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VOL. 13 NO. 35
Colorful ceremonies this morn
ing will bid Godspeed to Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. W. Paul Johnson
as they leave Fort Hood for a
new assignment at Fort Knox
Ky.
Colors of the units of the 2d
Armored Division which General
Johnson has commanded while at
Lieutenant Colonel William G.
Marks Jr. has arrived at Fort
Hood from Ottawa Ontario Can
ada for duty here as command
ing officer of the 2d Medium
Tank Battalion (Patton) 35th
Armor.
Colonel Marks was assigned to
the office of the Assistant Chief
of Staff Intelligence Department
of the Army at the duty station
Canada. Prior to that assign-
ent he was with the same of-
'ce in the Pentagon at Washing-
tog. He arrived here Oct. 2.
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After entering the army in
1942 Colonel Marks was grad
uated in 1948 from the Armor
Officer Advanced Course at
Fort Knox and in 1952 from
the Regular Course Command
and General Staff College at
Fort Leavenworth Kans.
From July 1944 to April 1945
Colonel Marks participated in the
Normandy Northern France Ar
dennes Rhineland and Centr?
Europe campaigns with the 329th
Infantry 83d Infantry Division.
He also served through five cam
paigns ^n Korea from July 1950
to June 1951.
Colonel Marks his wife Joyce
and their two children Richard
and Susan live at 206 Bowen Cir
cle Walker Village at Fort Hood
CaptJohnZito
Gets Majority
John Zito was promoted to
Major October 1 in a brief cere
mony in the office of Major Gen
eral William S. Biddle III Corps
and Fort Hood commander.
He is III Corps Ordnance
Supply Officer. His last assign
ment which ended June 4 was
ps Procurement Officer U. S.
Army Procurement Center Mann
heim Germany.
A native of Sacramento Cali
fornia Major Zito graduated in
1934 from Cranston High School
Cranston Rhode Island. In 1955
he received a bachelor's degree
from Kansas State College Man
hattan Kansas.
He entered the Army in 1939.
When World War II ended he
was stationed in the Philippine
Islands.
His post-war duty was in
Germany Austria and Greece.
(See ZITO on Page 4)
Farewell Ceremony
Held For Johnsons
Fort Hood will cordon Head-
ters Ave. and Hood Road along
which the general will pass as
he approaches the main gate.
The "Hell on Wheels" Band
will be stationed at the main
gate and Artillerymen of the
"Iron Deuce" will fire a 13-
gun salute.
200 See Museum
Items Given
Many
More than 1200 persons in
cluding Army Chief of Staff Max
well Taylor had signed the guest
book at the 2d Armored Division
Museum as of Wednesday and
dozens of the visitors had express
ed interest in donating or lending
souvenirs to the fast-growing
"Hell on Wheels" collection.
The building has been open
to the public during eight
Col. Marks
Is New CO
35 Armor
days since its formal dedica
tion Sept. 27 by Lieutenant
General John H. Collier and
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heavy traffic has led division
officials to establish a firm
schedule of operation includ
ing open house over the week
end to encourage public and
troop visitors.
Loans and donations of war
souvenirs and other historical
items have been flowing in since
the museum has opened includ
ing one package from as far
away as Virginia. That one came
from Colonel (Ret) R. F. Perry
secretary of the 2d Armored Di
vision Assn. who sent a German
pistol and a wallet taken from a
crew member of the first Nazi
tank knocked out by the Iron
Deuce during World War II.
Items also have come from Fort
Bliss Harlingen Waco Washing
ton D. C. and many other
places.
From the Nation's capitol came
a volume of letters written to
his mother by a 2d Armored Divi
sion officer killed in the Nor
mandy fighting in 1944. Nazi flags
and uniform items were mailed in
by a warrant officer at Fort Bliss
and a reserve captain in Harlin
gen. A former division chaplain
sent from Waco a German dagger.
The museum Will be open to
troop and public visitors on the
following schedule: Sunday 1-6
p. m. Tuesday 9 a. m.-4 p. m.
Wednesday 1-8 p. m. Thursday
9 a. m.-4 p. m. Friday 1-8 p. m.
and Saturday 9 a. m.-4 p. m.
Pecan Pickers
Told To Wait
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Again this year after the first
killing frost civilian and military
personnel of this area may gather
pecans from the groves along Fort
Hood's creeks.
Though it is unlawful to re
move any government proper
ty from the reservation for
personal use or resale for
commercial gain Fort Hood
officials have authorized that
individuals may pick pecans
for their own household needs
providing they do not damage
the trees or enter unauthorized
areas.
Colonel Arthur M. Murray Fort
Hood G4 asked that prospective
pecan pickers wait until a start
ing' date is announced by au
thorities here. He cited instances
last year in which trees were
scarred and mutilated when some
pickers used methods abusive to
the trees in shaking pecans to
the ground.
He said that a person gathering
pecans before the frost pulls off
part of the nut's stem along with
the pecan. From this stem grows
next year's pecan crop if it is
allowed to remain on the branch.
He asked the public's help in
caring fo rthe trees and future
pecan crops.
All civilian visitors to the groves
must get a visitor's sticker at the
Fort Hood Main Gate before en
tering the reservation.
BRAINTRUST—Private Thad J. Buckey left and Private Nor
man H. Kohler right shake hands over the deadlock for second
place in ceremonies at the graduation of Clerical Procedures
Class Number. 37 held Friday at the III Corps Academy. Private
David E. Bixler who was high man in the course effects the
Rockets artillery tanks and
personnel of the division will take
part in the departure ceremonies
at the gate scheduled for 8 a. m.
General Johnson began his good
byes to Fort Hood yesterday when
he reviewed more than 5500 per
sonnel of his command on Pa
rade Ground 1. Representatives
of all units of the division wi
passed in review before him at
that time.
Immediately after the re
view General arid Mrs. John
son attended an informal
reception for all division of
ficers and their wives and 50
prominent Central Tex
as friends of the Johnsons.
The reception was held in the
Fort Hood Officers' Club.
Later Thursday evening a for
mal dinner for all senior com
manders battalion commanders
and division staff chiefs was held
at the Officers' Open Mess.
Post Boy Scouts
Distribute Books
Fort Hood's Boy Scouts tomor
row will join other Scouts in
Cen-Tex in distributing Civil De-
ense Handbooks.
Delivery will be made door-
to do or in in
areas on post by members of
Troops 111 125 and 126 and Ex
plorer Post 111.
Scouts will deliver the booklets
in Belton Temple Killeen Troy
and Rogers according to Sgt.
M. Hancock Texas Highway Pa
trol.
Sergeant Hancock is chairman
Health and Safety Committee Boy
Scouts of America.
The new handbooks being
distributed by the Scouts cover
procedure for emergencies
and are being distributed as
a part of the National Safety
"good turn" in which Boy
Scouts throughout the United^
States are participating.
More than 22000 of the booklets
are to be distributed by the Chi-
solm Trail District Scouts 5000
in Belton 10000 in Temple
Rogers and Troy and 7500 at
Fort Hood and Killeen.
Ft Hood In Review
Shows Tank Trng
This month's "Fort Hood in
Review" television program will
give Central Texans a glimpse of
training conducted by the 2d Ar
mored Division.
"What It Takes: The Story of
2d Armored Division Training"
.will be seen Saturday Oct. 11 at
5 p.m. on KCEN-TV Channel 6
Temple.
A specially made film will
show what it takes to turn a
"Hell on Wheels" division
trainee into a fighting man
ready to take his stand in the
NATO outposts of Europe.
The show will also include a
pictorial review of the 3rd Ar
mored Division in Germany des
tination of many of the Fort Hood
trainees.
Two outstanding trainees of the
division will be interviewed "live"
during the show.
The program is produced by
the Fort Hood Information Office
and directed by Private First
Class Fred Dravland.
Graduates of the III Corps Aca
demy Clerical Procedures Class
Number 37 heard an address Fri
day by Major Leonard A. Nuckolls
personnel officer of the 2d Armor
ed Division at ceremonies mark
ing the end of their specialized
training.
The 56 graduates all of the
502d Administration Company list
ened as the guest speaker con
gratulated them on the successful
completion of the eight-week
course.
Major Nuckolls advised the
graduates not to be overcome
by the routine of Army cleri
cal jobs but to bring to their
work initiative and interest in
improving clerical procedures.
He told them of the Army's
great need for original admi
nistrators.
Leading the graduates of Class
Number 37 was Private David E.
Bixler who had an over-all aver
age of 96.42 in the course.
An unusual situation developed
when two students were tied to
the decimal in competing for sec
ond place. Private Thad J. Buckey
and Private Norman H. Kohiep
MMM
The longest bridge ever built
at Fort Hood by engineer troops
was dedicated Oct. 1 by Major
General William S. Biddle III
Corps and Fort Hood commander.
The 195-foot House Creek Bridge
spans a frequently flood-swollen
creek on West Range Rd. key
link between the main post and
North Fort Hood. The bridge was
designed by the 35th Engineer
Battalion (Construction) and built
by Company C 46th Engineer
Battalion (Construction) and built
by Company C 46th Engineer
Battalion (Construction).
In his remarks at the tape-cut
ting General Biddle compliment
ed the men of the 46th and the
35th. He expressed his gratifi
cation that engineer troops at
Fort Hood are being used on pro
jects which maintain their tech
nical proficiency and at the same
time benefit the post and the
safety of its personnel.
The old House Creek Bridge
was washed out in June by
at a vi
Hood units without safe ac
cess to training areas north
of the creek during periods
of heavy rain.
Ill Corps Academy
Graduates 56 EM
both completed the course with a
96.14 average.
Officiating at the graduation ex
ercises was Major Norman M.
Bakke Assistant Commandant III
Corps.
Chief Army Chaplains
Retires On October 31
The retirement of Chaplain
(Major General) Patrick J. Ryan
Chief of Army Chaplains since
May 1954 on Oct. 1 is announc
ed by Secretary of the Army Wil-
ber M. Brucker. Chaplain Ryan
will retire after more than 30
years of active service.
Chaplain (Brigadier Gen
eral) Frank A. Tobey Deputy
Chief of Army Chaplains will
succeed Chaplain Ryan as
Chief of Army Chaplains Nov.
1 the same date his promo*
tion to Major General be
comes effective.
Chaplain (Colonel) William J.
Moran Chaplain of the Eighth
U. S. Army Korea has been
assigned to succeed Chaplain
Tobey as Deputy Chief of Army
Chaplains effective Nov. 1.
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FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY OCTOBER 10 1958
THE BRIDGE ON HOUSE CREEK—Work on the 195-foot House Creek Bridge by men of the
46th Engineer Battalion (Construction) climaxed last- jveek -jvfcen Major General William S~ Biddle
(lower left) III Corps and Fort Hood commander cut the tape at official opening ceremonies.
Captain Frank F. Francisco (lower right) commanding officer of the 46th was supervisor of the
project which was designed by the 35th Engineer Group (Construction) commanded by Lt. Col.
Roland A. Brandt. Work began (upper left) with power-saw trimming of stringer beams for the
shorter spans. After the concrete piers had hardened their wooden forms were removed (lower
right). Then the 60-foot steel I-beams (upper light) were swung into place to bridge the long
center spans. (Photos: Morris and Howard).
46th EEC Constructs Bridge
Construction begem Aug. 11 andl At the same time the 70 men
wwas completed Sept. 20. The of Company received excellent
bridge will carry 70 ton loads training experience.
which means it will bear the After the approval of designs by
heaviest vehicle now in use by
the Army.
The bridge cost $2896.28. By
assisgning the job to engineer
troops Post Engineers saved
about $13000.
MajDickerson
Departs Here
The first 2d Armored Division
officer to receive an overseas as-
signement after returning to Fort
Hood from Germany with the di
vision was given a Certificate of
Achievement Oct. 2 on the eve
of his departure for Saudi Arabia
Major James W. Dickerson was
honored by Major General W.
Paul Johnson division comman
der for his service as military
government officer from June
1956 to March 197 and assist
ant personnel officer (G-l) from
then until Oct. 2 198.
The certificate states that
Major Dickerson "engender
ed good will among the civil
population by expediting pro-.
cessing of claims for maneu
ver damages" and contri
buted "significantly to the
creation of favorable German-
American relations."
The major will be stationed at
Riyadh Saudi Arabia as a mem
ber of the U. S. Army Element
U. S. Military Mission to that
country.
A 1939 graduate of Northeastern
Oklahoma State College Tahle-
quah Okla. he entered the Army
in January 1941.
During World War II he served
in an infantry division in Europe
and after the war was assigned
in Japan. Before joining the 2d
Armored Division he was com
manding officer of the 1st Bat
talion 12th Infantry Regiment
4th Infantry Division at Geln-
hausen Germany.
In addition to numerous
campaign ribbons Major
Dickerson holds the Bronze
Star Medal for Valor with Oak
Leaf Cluster and the Combat
Infantryman Badge.
With his wife Inez daughter
Leslie 11 and son Michael 3
Major Dickerson lived in Temple
while assigned to Fort Hood.
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Post and Fourth U. S. Army En
gineers work began with survey
ing. The remains of the old bridge
were removed and material was
salvaged for use in the new
structure.
The next step was the pouring
of 164 cubic yards of concrete
for the 10 piers the highest about
1SV2 feet.
Ten 36-inch steel -beams were
swung into place by cranes to
form the two 60-foot center spans.
Fifteen-foot wooden beams cross
ed the five shorter spans.
The surface was then covered
crosswise with laminated wood
decking and lengthwise with
wooden treads.
Supervising the project were
Lt. Col. Roland A. Brandt
commanding officer of the
46th Engineer Battalion and
Capt. Frank F. Francisco
an in of
Company C.
Lts. Thomas C. Cooke and
Comer W. Dickens and CWO
Robert A. Gamble were construc
tion supervisors.
Construction foremen were M-
Sgts. Lonnie L. Hayes and Daniel
Majil.
Missilemen
Buy Bonds
Two units of the 2nd United
States Army Missile Command
(Medium) boast records of 100 per
cent participation in the Savings
Bond program according to a re
port issued by the command fin
ance office.
Four other units have achieved
the 65 per cent participation goal.
The top four units are all
from the Missile Command's
Supply Group.
Leading units are the Headquar
ters and Headquarters Detach
ment Supply Group commanded
by Captain Howard G. Ling and
the 507th Chemical Detachment
commanded by Major Glenn C.
Bell.
The remaining units that have
exceeded the set goal and their
percentages are: 20th Quartermas
ter Company 97.8 727th Engineer
Detachment 95.6 Headquarters
Troop 1st Reconnaissance Squad
ron 16th Cavalry 71.9 and 487th
Medical Company 69.9.
Is Promoted
To Lt. Gen.
Lieutenant General G. S. Meloy
Jr. assumed command of the
Fourth U. S. Army Oct. 1 on its
25th anniversary.
The twentieth Commanding
General of Fourth Army General
Meloy has had a varied and bril
liant military career divided be
tween combat and training be
tween staff and command duties.
A recipient of the Distin
guished Service Cross the na
tion's second highest decora
tion the General served as
the Army's Chief of Informa
tion before coming to Fourth
Army last September as De
puty Commanding General
for Reserve Forces.
General Meloy was born in Lan-
ham Md. Sept. 4 1903. He was
graduated from the U. S. Military
Academy and commissioned a
second lieutenant of Infantry June
14 1927.
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His first assignment was with
the 12th Infantry Fort Washing
ton Md. Subsequent assignments
were with the 27th Infantry Scho-
field Barracks Hawaii March
1931 to Sept. 1934 66th Infantry
(Light Tanks) Fort Benning Ga.
Feb. 1936 to .Sept. 1938 and 1st
Infantry Division Fort Benning
from June 1939 to Aug. 1941.
From August to December
1941 General Meloy studied
'Anti-tank and Armored Tac
tics in England. Assigned to
Camp Hood Tex. he served
successively as an instructor
and as executive officer of the
Tank Destroyer School from
Jan. 1942 to May 1943 when
he was named Chief of Staff
Tank Destroyer Center.
General Meloy became Chief of
Staff 103d Infantry Division
Camp Howze Tex. in April 1944.
He continued in this capacity
throughout the Division's combat
in Europe and through early oc
cupation thereafter.
In November 1945 General Me
loy assumed the duties of Chief
of Staff Airborne Center Fort
Bragg N. C. The following Jan
uary he became Air Activities
Control Officer Army Ground
Forces Board Number One at Fort
gg. From May 1946 to Aug.
1948 General Meloy served as
Professor of Military Science and
Tactics and Commandant of Ca
dets at the Agricultural and Me
chanical College of Texas.
From Aug. 1948 to June
1949 he was a student at the
National War College Wash
ington D. C. From there he
went to Japan to command
the 19th Infantry Regiment
part of the 24th Infantry Divi
sion commanding this unit in
(See MELOY on Page 2)
The 2d Armored Divisions' as
sistant commander Howard Sny
der Thursday became a briga
dier general.
In one of his last official acts
as commander of "Hell on
Wheels" Major General W. Paul
Johnson pinned a star on General
Snyder in ceremonies at 2d Ar
mored headquarters Thursday
morning. Mrs. Snyder lent a
helping hand.
Word of the promotion came
unofficially Wednesday night
during a farewell party given
by the Killeen Chamber of
Commerce for General John
son who read a telegram of
on at at on A
Chief of Staff Maxwell D. Tay
lor. General Snyder was sen
ior aide-de-camp to General
Taylor for three years before
joining the Iron Deuce here
last July.
Official confirmation followed
yesterday morning.
A native of Cheyenne Wyo. the
general received his commission
as a second lieutenant upon his
graduation from West Point in
1936. Early in World War II he
was assigned to the 3rd Armored
Division at Camp Polk La. now
Fort Polk where he served first
as aide-de-camp and later as as
sistant intelligence officer (G-2)
During the early yean of
General Meloy
Takes Command
Of Fourth Army
Smith Gets New Bars
Ralph P. Smith 73d Ordnance
Battalion 2nd United States Army
Missile Command (Medium) was
promoted last week to chief war
rant officer.
Warrant Officer Smith is assign
ed to the Ordnance Guided Mis
sile Company of the battalion a
unit within the Command's Sup
ply Group. He is nuclear weapons
assembly officer.
He and his wife Kay are
residents of Killeen.
Asst. Division Commander
Is Promoted To Brigadier
World War II General Snyder
was instrumental in the train
ing of the 3rd Armored Divi
sion both at Camp Polk and
at the desert training center
in California.
During 1943 he served as Di
vision Operations and Training
Officer (G-3) while the 3rd Ar
mored was training at the In-
diantown Gap Military Reserva
tion in Pennsylvania.
In 1944 he became operations
and training officer of XX Corps
an dremained in this assignment
until after the Allied Powers had
been victorious in Europe.
From September 1945 to July
1946 he assisted in the conver
sion of the Army to peacetime
status as staff officer in the GT3
section of the Army Ground
Forces. In July 1946 he was as
signed to the Department of Tac
tics at the United States Military
Academy where he remained for
three years.
In October 1949 General Sny
der became an assistant secre
tary of the General Staff Head
quarters European Command. In
1950 he became general staff
secretary a post in which he
served until May 1952 when he
took over as commanding officer
of the Sixth Armored Cavalry
Regimental Combat Team en
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NEW COMMANDER—Lt. Gen. Guy S. Meloy Jr. new com
manding general Fourth U. S. Army receives his third star
from Lt. Gen. John H. Collier his predecessor in command.
General Collier retired September 30 and General Meloy suc
ceeded to command and was promoted to lieutenant general
the following day. (Photo: Jellema).
Parents Cautioned
On Child Hazards
Parents were cautioned this
week by the Fort Hood safety di
rector of several seasonal and
continuing hazards to the health
of their children.
One warning pointed out that
poisonous snakes are an added
seasonal hazard on the golf course
in addition to the always present
danger of being hit by a golf ball.
The safety office noted that in
the last few days several poison
ous snakes have been killed cm
the golf course. The safety direc
tor urges that children not be al
lowed to play on the course.
He repeated a warn
ing against leaving medicines
including aspirin flammables
and such seeds as castor
beans witMng reach of small
children. Hardly a week
passes without one or more of
these items causing trouble
for some child the safety of
fice said.
Rats mice rabbits 'coons
skunks and other wild animals
continue to send children to the
hospital some of them for the
long and painful rabies treat
ment.
Several children have been bit
ten by these animals during the
last several days. Any of these
animals as well as household
pets can be infected with dread
ed rabies a disease that is in
variably fatal unless treated be
fore symptoms appear. This
means that the long painful
series of innoculations must be
given if it is even suspected that
the animal biting or scratch
ing a child may be rabid.
VA Warns Vets
On Mortgages
WASHINGTON (ANS) The
Veterans Administration warns
that veterans selling their homes
and "GI" mortgages must first
touch base with VA if they want
to be released from liability to
the Government on their loans.
This release protects veterans
if the new purchaser defaults in
payments. A 196 law allows vet
erans to be released from liabili
ty to the Government provided
the new purchaser meets credit
re re an as
veteran's obligations on the "GI"
loan.
The new purchaser need not be
a veteran the VA points out and
the Government's guaranty of the
loan is not affected by releasing
the veteran from his liability.
border patrol along the Iron Cur
tain.
He returned to the United
States in 1953 and attended the
Army War College. Completing
this course in June 1954 the
general became chief of the Re
serve Components Division in the
office of the Assistant Chief of
Staff for Personnel (G-l) and
served1 in this capacity until 1955
when he took over as aide-de-
camp to the Chief of Staff.
General Snyder holds the Silver
Star the Legion of Merit the
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Clus
ter the Purple Heart and many
foreign decorations.
Hyde Of Killeen Base
Is Appointed Warrant
Thomas E. Hyde a member of
SW A at Killeen Base last week
was appointed warrant officer.
He was sworn in by Maj. W. E.
McMasters head of Personnel
Services at the base.
A member of the Army since
1942 Warrant Officer Hyde is
from Pickering Mo. where he at
tended school and where his fa
ther Virgil B. now lives.
Warrant Officer Hyde and his
wife Helen who pinned the new
bar on her husband's collar make
their home in Killeen.
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