Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, November 18, 1960 Page: 1 of 10
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1959
FORT HOOD
Traffic Toll
Deaths 21
Injuries 90
Total Traffic Deaths
And Injuries Last
Year At This Time
VOL. 18 NO. 33
Xmas Leave
Transport
Scheduled
The Fort Hood Transportation
Office has programmed a stream
lined schedule for all personnel
on leave over the Christmas holi
days.
Commanders have been au
thorized to establish a liberal
leave policy for the period of
Dec. 21 to Jan. 5. During this
normal training will
pended.
In expectation of a mass exod
us during this time arrangements
for travel by every mode of com
mercial transportation covering
scores of cities and towns through
out the country have been made.
For those desiring the air-ways
scheduled flights leaving Dallas
and Houston have reserved 1000
seats for sale to Fort Hood per
sonnel.
Due to limited availability of
carriers 50 percent of per
sonnel traveling by scheduled
air or bus will be released at
4:30 p.m. Dec. 21 and the
remaining will depart at 6 a.
m. Dec. 22.
Personnel traveling by bus or
plane will board connecting bus
lines situated in the parking area
near Sports Arena No. 1 for de
parture to airports and major
bus-lines.
All scheduled trains will depart
from the Fort Hood rail-yard the
evening of Dec. 21. Departure
times will be announced in the
ARMORED SENTINEL and Daily
Bulletins.
CWO E. H. Rose assistant
transportation officer emphasized
the key to success in a large
personnel movement such as this
rests with the unit commanders.
"It is their responsibility to see
that all personnel are kept intact
until proper time for departure
to the feeder buslines and
trains" he said. "And to insure
against mix-ups or delay he must
C:
SCHEDULE Page 2)
CCA 2d AD
Opens M-14
Instruction
A special class on the M-14 ri
fle for instructors only is being
conducted by Combat Command
A 2d Armored Division.
The first three hours of a six-
hour block of instruction on the
Army's new basic weapon was
given Wednesday and Thursday
Nov. 16 and 17 at Bldg. 1130 of
the 51st Infantry. It consisted of
mechanical training.
Pilot Knob Rifle Range will be
the site of phase II on Monday
Nov. 21 where the class will fire
for familiarization.
The committee conducting the
class has the purpose of giving
the instructor personnel of the di
vision a uniform background on
the Army's latest weapons devel
opments.
The committee led by Lt. Ed
win S. Mitts of Co. B 51st In
fantry consists of Sgt. Royston
R. Kothmann of Co. A and S-Sgt.
Fred L. Poe of Co. C both of the
51st Infantry Sgt. Oren L. Smock
Co. and S-Sgt. Moise Breaux
Co. B both of the 41st Infan-
and SFC Ralph R. Ryan of
•*q. Co. and Sgt. William C. En-
gleback of Co. A both of the 67th
Armor.
Visit Nov. 22 23
L.
Gen Trapnell
Gourmet Special Scheduled Here
For Troopers' Thanksgiving Meal
ft
GOBS OF GOBBLERS Shown here with only a small fraction of the turkeys which will
be consumed at Fort Hood Thanksgiving day is food inspector Sp-4 Robert Young who will
have mountains of the birds to check this year. To be consumed next Thursday are: 10 tons
of turkey 15000 shrimp 5200 pounds of dressing 3100 pounds of cranberry sauce about
five tons of mashed potatoes and literally thousands of pounds of other holiday delicacies.
(U. S. Army photo by SFC Greer.)
Lt. Gen. Trapnell To Observe
STRAC Units At Ft. Hood
Lt. Gen. Thomas J. H. Trapnell serve and discuss activities of
commander of Strategic Army
Corps and Fort Bragg N. C. will
visit Fort Hood Nov. 22 23 to ob-
STRAC units here.
Gen. Trapnell will be accom
panied by Brig. Gen. George S.
Speidel Jr. corps artillery com
mander and 10 general staff and
technical service officers.
The party will land at Gray
Air Force Base Tuesday morning
at 10:30 and will be greeted by
Maj. Gen. Edward G. Farrand
Fort Hood and 2d Armored Divi
sion commander.
After lunch the group will im
mediately jump into scheduled
activities by presenting a STRAC
briefing and in turn will be brief
ed by Fort Hood general and spe
cial staff officers and STRAC unit
commanders.
Gen. Trapnell and his party
begin their inspection of units
in the afternoon. They are to
stop briefly at the 720th Mili
tary Police Battalion. 185th
Ordnance Bn. 697th Engineer
Company 670th Transportation
Co. 3d Army Postal Unit and
the 54th Signal Co.
Gen. Trapnell will te honored
with a reception at the Fort Hood
Officers' Open Mess at 6 p. m.
attended by general and special
staff officers and STRAC com
manders and Vives.
On Wednesday morning the tour
will continue with inspections of
the 649th Quartermaster Co. 85th
Evacuation Hospital 418th Medi
cal Co. and the 108th Finance
Disbursement Section.
Most of the morning from
9 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. will
be spent with CCA 1st Arm
ored Division the major arm
ored element of the Strate
gic Army Corps.
The visiting dignitaries will
leave Fort Hood early Thursday
__ fmfiml
morning for Fort Sill Okla.
One of the most important
"hats" Gen. Trapnell wears is
that of STRAC commander. The
Strategic Army Corps is the "fire
brigade" of the Army ready to
move in a matter of hours with
weapons including missiles and
equipment.
STRAC's commander is a'
1927 graduate of the U. S.
Military Academy. He was
commander of the 26th Caval
ry in 'the Philippine's when
the islands were captured by
the Japanese in 1942. Taken
prisoner he survived the
Death March'and two sinkings
(See TRAPNELL Page 2)
Toys For Tots
Has The Bikes
But No Pumps
The Fort Hood stockade and
the Killeen Fire Dept. —working
together in a "Toys for Tots"
Christmas project —are snowed
under with German-made bicycles
but nary a German tire pump
to go with them.
SFC Francis J. Bass stockade
representative working with fire
chief Vernon Rucker on the pro
ject to rehabilitate donated toys
for underprivileged youngsters
said the German bikes have tire
tubes with a special valve fitting
requiring a German type tire
pump.
Persons who can donate Ger
man tire pumps are urged to
brig them to Bldg. 4313 or call
Sgt. Bass at 451
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FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18 1960
Competition Gets Hot And Heavy
With Final Platoon Test Today
a
Giving Thanks Dominant
Theme Of November 24th
Soldiers at Fort Hood and their
Thanksgiving guests are expected
to eat about 10 tons of turkey
next Thursday a ton and a half
of cranberry sauce a couple of
thousand pounds of fruitcake and
other traditional delicacies in pro-
portionate amounts.
And the spirit of Thanksgiving
gratitude to a benevolent
generous Almighty will domi
nate the feast and the day.
In reference to this holiday
Maj. Gen. Edward G. Far-
rand commanding 2d Armor-
ed Division and Fort Hood re
called that the Pilgrims of
Plymouth colony had their
first bountiful harvest in the
year 1621. They celebrated the
first thanks to God for the
First At New Location
blessings of Thanksgiving Day
giving thanss to God for. the
blessings that he had bestowed
on their small struggling com
munity.
Gen. Farrand stated "If the Pil
grims could feel so thankful for
the comparatively small blessings
that had come their way in 1621
how much more can Americans
of 1960 be grateful! For we today
have a greater degree of freedom
and well-being and more opppor-
tunity for accomplishment and
service to mankind than has been
the lot of any people previously
known to history."
He also commented "it would
be disastrous were present-day.
Americans to feel these advan-
(See THANKSGIVING Page 2)
THANKSGIVING MENU
Shrimp Cocktail or Fresh Fruit Cup with Crackers
Roast Turkey with Giblet Gravy
Bread Dressing Cranberry Sauce
Mashed Potatoes or Brown Sweet Potatoes
Buttered Peas or Corn
Assorted Crisp Relishes Hot Rolls with Butter
Pumpkin Pie with Whipped Cream or Mincemeat Pie
Fruit Cake Assorted Fruits
Dates Nuts Coffee
Tea Candy Milk
64 Get Diplomas
At NCO Academy
The first graduates of the newly
located Fort Hood NCO Academy
have received their diplomas.
Thirty-six students of the Active
Army class received diplomas and
another 28 graduated from the
two-week National Guard and
Refurbished
Commissary
Is Reopened
A festive air—and a brisk south
wind to boot—prevailed Tuesday
at ceremonies opening Fort
Hood's rehabilitated main com
missary store with some 200
dignitaries and customers on hand
to get an early look inside.
Maj. Gen. Edward G. Far
rand Post and 2d Armored Di
vision commander flanked by
Mrs. Farrand and Mrs. Kenneth
Hockenberry NCO Wives Club
president cut a ribbon to offi
cially reopen the store after mak
ing brief remarks to the gather
ing. Mrs. Farrand and Mrs.
Hockenberry became the first
shoppers to see the refurbished
store.
The main store had been
closed since August for a
$25000 improvement project
that added 3500 square feet
of floor space brightened the
interior of the store and
added a number of features
to provide better service.
The store will be open Wednes
day evenings until 8 p.m. to
accommodate customers unable
to shop during the regular 9:30
a.m.-5:30 p.m. hours.
The 266th-2d Armored Division
(See COMMISSARY Page 2)
U. S. Army Reserve Class in cere
monies last Saturday.
Honor graduates in the act*
ive class which is four weeks
long were: Sp-4 Joe J. Mathist
Hq. and Hq. Battery 16th
Artillery 2d Armored Divis
ion with an average of 92.14
Sp-5 Richard A. Scott Hq.
Company 142d Signal Bn. 2d
Armored Division with 91.85
and Sgt. Ernest M. Week 50th
Infantry.
Honor graduates of the NG and
USAR class which was composed
of seven students from Arkansas
23 from Texas one from
Oklahoma two from Louisiana
and three from New Mexico
were:
Sp-4 Frederick L. Omundson
XIX Corps Arkansas Reserves
with a leading average of 97.75
Sgt. Ralph T. Phillips XIX
Corps Louisiana Reserves with
96.01 and M-Sgt. Edward H.
Vaughan 49th Armored Division
Texas National Guard.
Guest speaker was Lt. Col.
Carl Wolfe 2d Armored Di
vision Artillery assistant exe
cutive officer. He was in-
(See NCO ACADEMY Page 2)
Bulletin
The United Fund Drive of
the military community crept
into its third overtime week
today still $1850 short of the
$61000 goal.
The drive was extended past
the original drive-end date—
Nov. 4—when officials decided
a successful drive was too
close at hand to toss in the
towel.
Col. Frank Stepcyzk drive
coordinator has issued an ap
peal to all units who are still
far off their fair share objec
tives to make an extra effort in
their collections next week.
Competition to chooose the
Army's best tank platoon moved
into high gear today as the final
platoon entered the race.
Lt. Walter C. Evans' platoon
from Co. B 13th Cavalry is the
last to enter the 1960 Draper com
petition. The crew began the test
this morning.
Winners of the competition will
be announced next week.
Eight platoons from the 1st and
13th Cavalry each judged best
of its company have been com
peting since Nov. 11.
The tankers of Combat
Command A 1st Armored Di
vision have spent weeks bon-
ing-up for the annual "world
series" of tank warfare pro
ficiency. They've worked 15
hours a day—weekends and
y?
Lt Evans Terminates
Final Draper Contest
holidays included in ~inany
cases.
Every day of the test dozens
of tankers pour through the mili
tary stakes course one phase
of the competition covering
six stations.
Squads of men from each pla
toon can be seen double-timing
briskly from station to station.
Their preparation and determina
tion are obvious.
The problems could not be gone
into in detail at press time be
cause many of the platoons
were still going through the test.
Each platoon enters the compe
tition not knowing exactly what
it will face.
The responsibility and know
ledge of the platoon leader is
put to test in every phase and
A LEADER PLOTS—Lt. Paul R. Schwartz platoon leader of Co. C 13th Cav. 3d pit. gives
the operations order prior to an all-night tactical problem. Selections of the competing Draper
platoons were based on tank gunnery and Annual Training Test scores. (U. S. Army Photo by
PFC Johnson)
DRAPER—SFC Rollo O. Boster Co. C 13th Cav. inspects communication system in the Military
Stakes Course. A complete knowledge of communications is required for this phase of the com
petition. (Below) PFC Charles H. Drinks Co. A 1st Cav. fires a cal. 45 on new Fort Hood pistol
range. The new range employs more realistic targets than predecessors. The tankers fired from
various positions including the prone crouch kneel and assault. (U.S. Army Photo by PFC. Johnson)
LARGE AND SMALL—Men of Co. C 13th Cav. team swab the bore of an M-48 90 mm gun
as a last minute preparation before attack. (Left to right) PFC Bobby J. Huff SP-5 Marvin E.
Childs M-Sgt. Donald Jackson and Sgt. Joe E. Harris. An important phase of the competition is
assembly and disassembly of Cal. 30 machine gun. PFC George M. Johnson'Co. C 13th Cav. is
midway into the assembly phase as umpire SFC Jimmie L. Todd Co. A 16th Engrs. figures
his scores. Eight platoons of the 1st and 13th Cavaliy are moving swiftly through the Draper
competition. (U. S. Army Photo by PFC Johnson)
1960
FORT HOOD
Traffic Toll
Deaths 12
Injuries 99
As Of Friday
Morning Nov. 18
—10 Pages—
all phases demand the coopera
tion of his crew.
Some five miles away from the
military Stakes Course situated
on the old Jack Mountain tank
tables tanks are firing for the
first time a new tank-proficiency
course.
In this new improved course
tanks fire at moving targets
with their devastating 90 milli
meter gun. While still on the
move crewmen open up with
the turret mounted 50 caliber
at simulated personnel (actu
ally cardboard silhouettes.)
Pointing out the advantage of
the new range over the old Lt.
Richard C. Williams Co. A 1st
Cavalry said:
"On the old range the scorers
had to read firing results with
(See DRAPER Page 2)
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