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VOL. 19 NO. 13
General George H. Decker
United States Army Chief of
Staff will arrive here this even
ing for a brief tour of Fort Hood
and a glimpse at summer train
ing activities.
General Decker Army Chief of
Staff since Oct. 1 1960 will touch
down at the South Fort Hood air-
afield at 6 p.m. He will be ac
companied on his visit by Maj
Gen. Clayton P. Kerr Chief of
the Army Division National Guard
Bureau.
At the airfield the party will be
met by Lt. Gen. Donald P. Booth
4th United States Army Com
manding General and Maj. Gen.
William H. S. Wright post and
2d Armored Division commander.
Also greeting the General will be
Mr. H. Ben Decherd vice-presi-
dent of the Dallas Morning News.
An hour after arrival Gen
eral Decker and his party will
attend a reception at the Fort
%l Hood Officer's Open Mess.
Senior officers and presidents
and representatives of univers
ities colleges and -military
academies will attend the re
ception.
Saturday morning the visitors
will attend a briefing at Post
Headquarters and tour South
Fort Hood by sedan. From there
they will travel to North Fort
Hood where they will be met by
Maj. Gen. Harley B. West com
manding general 49th Armored
Division Texas National Guard
which is currently training here.
From 10 to 11:30 General Deck-
er Will review the 49th Arm
ored Division. The review an an-
^nual affair known as the Govern
ors Day Review will include all
men and vehicles of the division.
On the review
ing stand willl
be Maj. Gen.
James E. Tay
lor adjutant
general of the
state of Texas
who will official
ly re resent __
A Gen. Decker
Governor Price
Daniel. An added attraction on ths
reviewing stand will be Miss
Doloris Del Foley an 18-year-old
brunet from Mineral Wells who
was named Miss 49th Armored
Division for 1961.
Miss Foley was selected
from 200 contestants. The con
test was conducted on com
pany and battalion levels and
the five finalists were picked
by the John Powers Studios of
Dallas.
The final selection was made by
movie and television star Jack
Webb of Dragnet fame who per
sonally picked Miss Foley the win
ner.
General Decker was born in
Catskill New York and is a
graduate of Lafayette College
Pennsylvania with a bachelor of
science degree in economics. He
Sky Divers
This was the Fort Hood Sky
Diver's first Baton Pass and they
had a crowd of 10000 to watch
them do it. The day they chose
for the feat was the Fourth of
July.
They were hvo of the eight Sky
Divers that jumped on the Fourth.
With them in the first plane
load were Gene Ritchie club
president and Robert Sholiy.
I These four exited the plane at
7200 feet and fell 45 seconds
before pulling their rip cords.
About 20 minutes later the
same plane with four other jump
ers came into view. Seconds later
the sky divers were hurtling to
ward the ground. In this group
of jumpers leaving the plane at
5500 feet and falling free for 20
seconds were Ed Rybat Ed Luby
Jo Ashcraft (the only free falling
female sky diver in the club) and
a visiting officer now attached to
the Fort Hood ROTC Camp.
Earlier in the day the Sky Div-
I ers made a jump into Belton Lake
"and another at their regular drop
Army Staff Chief
To Arrive Tonight
For One-Day Visit
entered the Army as a second
lieutenant in 1924.
The Army Chief of Staff was
graduated from the Command
and General Staff School at
Fort Benning Ga. in 1936. No
stranger to Texas he served
as Third Army Deputy Chief
of Staff at Fort Sam Houston
in August of 1942.
During much of World War II
he served in the southwest Pa
cific zone as Sixth Army Deputy
Chief of Staff.
He served in that capacity
throughout the New Guinea cam
paign the operations to recap
ture Leyte Mindoro and Luzon in
the Philippine Islands and dur
ing the early phase of the occupa
tion of Japan.
In February 1956 he pro
ceeded to Europe as com
manding General VII Corps
in Stuttgart Germany and in
June 1956 was selected Depu
ty Commander in Chief Unit
ed States European Command
at Camp des Loges France.
On July 1 1957 he left for Ko
rea where he became Commander
Chief United Nations Com
mand Commander United States
Forces Korea and Commanding
Foreign Duty
Lengthened
For Bachelors
WASHINGTON AFPS) —The
Department of the Army has an
nounced that normal overseas
tour of bachelor personnel will be
extended from 24 tc 36 months
effective August 1 in Hawaii and
11 European countries.
Officer and enlisted personnel
serving in the following countries
will be affected: Austria Belgium
Denmark France Germany It
aly the Netherlands Norway
Portugal Spain and the United
Kingdom.
Purpose of the extension is to
reduce undesirable turnover and
travel of personnel and to en
hance training and combat effi
ciency.
In the event of hardship in indi
vidual cases overseas com
manders will have the authority
to grant exceptions.
The extension will not be ap
plicable to personnel whose enlist
ment or other term of service
normally would dictate a return
to the United States earlier than
the end of a 36-month tour of
duty.
No appreciable difference in
strength of U. S. Army forces
overseas will result from the ac
tion since there will be a corre
sponding reduction in the number
of personnel shipped to these ov
erseas areas. Approximately 3-
000 personnel will be affected.
Chutists Complete
First Baton Pass
Six thousand feet above Pritch-
ard Stadium two men falling
|through the sky at 125 miles an
-hour maneuvered their bodies
with amazing accuracy and with
a final burst of determination
managed to make bodily contact
wtih each other.
zone on the Old Georgetown Road.
Osteen and Callahan
attempted a Baton Pass then
but missed the hand-over by a
matter of inches. Callahan
quite accomplished at pulling
rip cords was first man on
the ground.
In the matter of an hour the
crew was ready for the Pritchard
Stadium jump.
On hand to watch the jumpers
was Maj. Gen. William H. S.
Wright Post and 2d Armored Di
vision commander who is a quali
fied parachutist.
Sky Diving is a growing sport
and is constantly expanding its
ranks. Membership in the Fort
Hood Club is open to all military
persons interested.
See picture on page 6
The initial membership fee is
$20. This includes all ground train
ing membership cards parachute
jump log decals and guide book
Club chutes are available for
members at a cost of one dollar
per jump. Monthly fees are three
dollars.
Those persons interested in
membership into the club are in
vited to stop by the club house
any evening. It is located op
posite the parade field from the
66 th Armor.
General Eighth United States
Army.
General Decker assumed duties
as Vice Chief of Staff United
States Army on Aug. 1 1959 and
became Chief of Staff on Oct. 1
1960.
Tomorrow afternoon after the
49th Armored Division review
General Decker and his party will
return to South Fort Hood and
leave from there to journey to
Dallas.
10000
See 4th
Displays
A triple attraction drew an esti
mated crowd of close to 10000
to Pritchard Stadium on the ev
ening of July 4th and the crowd
got their money worth.
To get things rolling Special
Services and the 266th Army
band provided area talent and mu
sical medleys for the throng that
was beginning to form.
Following the entertainment por
tion of the program the New
Fort Hood and 2d Armored Di
vision commander Maj. Gen. Wil
liam H. S. Wright spoke briefly
to the entourage and expressed
his happiness at being back in
central Texas among all his form
er friends.
Gen. Wright retraced some
of the memorable moments in
American history and stated
that the military has always
been the explorer builder' in
ventor liberator healer and
defender of our nation.
Said the new commander "In
war and peace our nation has
every right to be proud of its sol
diers. And we as soldiers have a
right to be proud not only of the
ancient and honorable profession
of arms but proud and happy to
serve in the United States Army."
After Gen. Wright completed his
July Fourth message the lights
of the stadium were darkened and
the fireworks display began
amidst the oohs and aahs of the
gathering.
Children and adults alike
were treated to a maze of
day.7ling color which included
streamers roman candles sky
rockets and a gigantic fi
nale which pictured two tanks
firing at each other.
The finale also included a sky-
filled firecracker display explo
sions a true-to-life replica of the
American flag and the 266th band
which lent their talents to the
playing of The Star Spangled Ban
ner.
Credit for the fine show must go
to the 266th Army band the Spe
cial Services branch at Fort
Hood and the 47th Ord. Disposal
Demolitions who set up the fire
works display.
New CO Takes
Over Command
Of Killeen Base
Col. Joseph C. Conell assumed
command of Killeen Base in June.
He succeeded Col. L. Dow Adams
who had departed for a new as
signment at Fort Bliss Texas.
Col. Conell a native of New
York entered the U. S. Military
Academy in 1934 and graduated in
1938. From 1942 to 1944 he served
with the Eastern Defense Com
mand and from 1944 to 1945 he
served with the Western Defense
Command.
He later served in the office of
the Inspector General Eighth
U. S. Army in Japan and was
Commanding Officer 24th AAA
Group comprising the Philadel
phia Pa. Air Defense.
From 1954 to 1957 he was as
signed to Headquarters European
Command and attended the Arm
ed Forces Staff College in 1957
and 1958. He also served on the
Staff and Faculty of the Com
mand and General Staff College.
Before assuming command of
Killeen Base he was Command
ing Officer of the ACSOM Area
Command in Korea.
For Citizen-Soldiers
Instead of "readin' writin' and
'rithmatic" the Guardsmen were
schooled in the more somber
skills of being a missileman.
This session is the second for
the 3rd Howitzer Bn. Last year
shortly after being transferred
from an 8-in gun battalion to the
Honest John rocket the 3rd re
ceived basic training from the
16th.
Shortly after their arrival
Tuesday morning the 3rd
split their men into sections
and got down to business. Sur
vey and fire direction men re-
acquainted themselves with
the theatolite a device for dis
tance and direction guidance
peculiar to the Honest John.
Sp-5 Marvin K. Lale of the 16th
was instructor with a group con
centrating on the vital electric
System check-out. After an hour
of class the Guardsmen per
formed these checks themselves.
SFC Tom B. Welch of the 16th
put his charges through a class
on the rocket motor itself. Rather
than a mock-up the training aids
used were Honest John Rockets
and its related equipment.
Staff Sgt. Charley O. Reeves
of the 16th headed up the in
struction to fire direction and
survey sections. Here Sgt.
Reeves and his assistants
conducted morning classes in
side a large squad tent and
then went outside for practi
cal problems in the afternoon.
Lt. Robert Wolpert executive
officer of Battery D 16th Artil-
leiy has been with the unit in
both training sessions with men
of the 3rd. As to their status of
training he said "They haven't
forgotten much from last year.
Their assembly proceedures are a
little rusty but otherwise they
haven't forgotten much at all."
After Tuesday's general classes
the 16th ok its students outside
and classes were concerned
with readying the Honest John
Rocket for march order and also
mounting a war head to the sleek
missile.
Capt. Edward Derwin com
mander of Battery D was the
man in charge during the entire
schooling. He worked closely with
Lt. Col. Otto E. Schertz battalion
commander of the 3rd.
The next instruction the 16th
will be involved in will be on
August 3 when they travel to
Fort Polk for classes and a
Children's Story
Hours Scheduled
A summer schedule of Chil
dren's Story Hours intended to
improve the reading ability of
elementary school youngsters has
been set up by the Academic
Branch Library.
Beginning on July 11 classes
will be held on Tuesday for first
and second graders Wednesday
for third and fourth graders and
Thursday for fifth and sixth grad
ers.
Classes will begin at 9 a.m. and
are slated for six weeks duration.
Children are urged to register
as soon as possible as each group
will be limited to 30 partici
pants. Poorer readers will be tak
en first.
Registration is at Academic
Branch Library.
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FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY JULY 7 1961
ELECTRONIC CHECKING The fine points of checking the
sensitive electronic systems of the Honest John Rocket are
being stressed by members of the 2d Armored Division's 16th
Artillery to officers ajid men to the 132d Artillery 49th Armored
Divisions. Going over the five points in a practical exercise with
an electronic check set are (left to right) Sp-5 Marvin K. Lale
of the 16th PFC Leslie M. Overstreet and Sp-4 Eugene J.
Dusek of the 132d. Both National Guardsmen are from San
Angelo.
16th Arty Conducts
Honest John Class
NORTH FORT HOOD (Spl.)
The citizen-soldiers of the 3rd
Rocket Howitzer Battalion went
to school Tuesday and Wednesday
under men of the 16th Artillery
2d Armored Division from South
Fort Hood.
missile firing with the Division
Artillery of the 39th Infantry
Division of the Louisiana Na
tional Guard.
This hand-in-hand teacher-stu
dent proceedure is part of the
current "One Army" policy where
by the Active Army National
Guard and Army Reserve units
work as a team.
The men of the 16th expect
their National Guardsmen coun
terparts to be well qualified
enough to conduct an actual mis
sile firing by summer training
1962.
Top Soldiers
Announced In
June Ratings
The 53d Signal Battalion has
provided June's Post Soldier of
the Month in grades E-5 and
above. Sgt. Byron K. Holdren a
radio teletype team chief with the
battalion copped "bride's month"
honors and was also named sol
dier of the quarter in the same
category.
Sgt. Holdren is from Indianap
olis and holds a bachelor of sci
ence degree in Industrial Eco
nomics from Purdue University.
He entered the Army on Aug. 25
1959 and completed basic train
ing at Ft. Leonard Wood Mo. on
Nov. 20 of that year.
Upon completion of basic train
ing he attended radio-teletype op
erations school at Fort Gordon
Ga. The 24 year old sergeant was
associated with Lambda Chi Al
pha fraternity while at Purdue
and also served as assistnt scout
master for Boy Scout troop 109
in Indianpolis. Holdren is a mem
ber of Co. B.
PFC Frederick C. Ivor-Camp
bell Jr. Hq. Co. 66th Armor 2d
Armored Division v/as named
Post Soldier of the Month for
June in grades E-4 and below
Campbell became eligible for
the postwide honor by being
named 2d Armored Division S-M
and then sweeping the post con
test.
PFC Ivor-Campbell Jr. entered
the army in April 1960 and took
basic training at Fort Hood with
Co. B 35th Armor 2d Armored
Division. He stayed in "Hell on
Wheels" for advanced individual
training with Co. B 15th Cav
alry before going to the 66th
Armor as a pay clerk.
Before entering the Army he
was employed as editorial assist-
tnt to toe Gospel Light Publica
tions Co. in Glendale Calif. He
is married and. resides with his
wife Alma in Killeen.
Policeman's. Red Light
Becomes A Lifesaver
MT. SHASTA Calif. (AFPS)
Normally the flashing red light
of a highway police car is an un
welcome sight to most people. But
for 1st Lt. William H. Hines of
Ft. Lewis Wash. the light
proved to be a lifesaver.
Lt. Hines a helicopter pilot was
lost in a bliding snowstorm over
Mt. Shasta unable to locate a
suitable landing site. Realizing
the 'copter pilot was in difficulty
a sheriff cruising in a patrol car
used his red dome light to guide
the floundering pilot to a nearby
high school field for a safe land
ing.
Met By
Honor
Guard
Fort Hood welcomed its new
commander Maj. Gen. William
M.S.
Wright with an honor guard
ceremony at the Main Gate Mon
day morning.
The new commander officially
took over duties as the 2d Ar
mored Division and post com
mander.
Gen. Wright replaced Maj. Gen.
Edward G. Farrand who retired
from the Army with ceremonies
at Fort Hood Friday.
Gen. Wright was greeted at the
main gate by Brig. Gen. Robert
Q. Brown 2d Armored Division
Artillery commander.
After a 13-gun salute to Gen.
Wright the two general of
ficers inspected the honor
guard which was command
ed by Col. William A. Burke
Combat Command C 2d Arm
ored Division commander.
He addressed the assembled
troops from a public address sys
tem on their splendid and soldier
ly appearance. "You are a credit
to Fort Hood and your departed
Commander" lie said.
He added that he is happy to be
back at Fort Hood and is look
ing forward to seeing his friends
on post and throughout central
Texas.
Gen. Wright's military ca
reer began when he enlisted
in the New Jersey National
Guard in 1924. He was com
missioned to second lieutenant
of Cavalry in 1930 upon his
graduation from the United
States Military Academy.
In 1942 he returned to West
Point as a Tactical Officer
charge of a company of cadets
and as an instructor in tactics.
Gen. Wright participated in the
Normandy assault landing and
served in combat throughout the
Northern European compaign
and was Provost Marshal First
U.S. Army until VE Day.
After V-J Day the general at
tended the First Command Class
at the Command and General
Staff College at Fort Leavenworth.
Gen. Wright served in Ko
rea from 1948 until late 1950
as Chief of Staff and later as
Chief of the Korean Military
Advisory Group. In that ca
pacity he helped develop the
Korean Army.
He returned to Washington and
was detailed as a student at the
Industrial College of the Armed
Forces graduating in June 1951.
In December 1955 Gen. Wright
was assigned to the 1st Armored
Division at Fort Hood and com
manded Combat Command of
that division until 1956 when he
was appointed Chief of Staff.
He is a qualified parachutist
and is a career Logistician
filling key positions within the
logistics field.
His list of decorations include
the Legion of Merit with Oak
Leaf Cluster Army Commenda
tion Ribbon Legion d'Honneur
(France) Croix de Guerre with
Palm (France) Order of Abdon
Calderon (Colombia) Order of
Couronne de Chene (Luxem-
embroug) the Military Valor
Cross of Italy and the Disting
uished Military Service Medal
(Korea).
He is married to the former
Matilda Thayer Basinger of Kan
sas and has three sons.
FOKT HOOD
Traffic Toll
As of Friday Morning
July 7
Injuries 70
Fatalities 8
This Time Last Year
Injuries 71
Fatalities 8
New CG Assumes
Command Of Post
From Fort Hood the Farrands
drove to Fort Sill Okla. to visit
friends. They planned to drive on
to Delafield Wis. to supervise
the unloading of their furniture
at St. John's Military Academy
and then continue to the East
Coast for a vacation and family
get-together.
Gen. Farrand will become the
president of St. John's on August
i5.
The final ceremony cli
maxed three days of hectic
activities which began with a
mounted review Thursday
June 29.
In this review over 4600 men
and 415 armored vehicles of CCA
1st Armored Division rolled past
the reviewing stand in a massive
mounted parade for the general.
Adding to the impact of the pro
ceedings was a 13-gun salute by
the 6th Artillery.
In his farewell speech at the
mounted review Gen. Farrand
stated that he looks iback with
pride and nostalgia as a form
er commander of the 1st AD.
Friday morning Gen. Farrand
witnessed a review by the 2d
Armored Division and heard his
retirement orders read to a crowd
of more than 3000 persons.
Gen. Farrand stood at stiff at
tention through most of the hour
long ceremonies during which he
was lauded by Lt. Gen. Donald
Booth and was awarded the
Distinguished Service Medal.
Gen. Booth is commander of the
Fourth United States Army.
On the reviewing stand with
the two generals were Mrs.
Farrand Col. James F. Hol-
lingsworth chief of staff of
the 2d AD and Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Joyce the Farrand's
daughter and son-in-law.
During his retirement speech
Gen. Booth called him "one
of the exception" because he is a
major general and few others in
his West Point class have at
tained that rank. "The Army is
losing one of it's great leaders"
he concluded.
He then pinned the Distinguish
SALUTING THE COLORS Maj. Gen. William H. S. Wright new commander of Fort Hood
and the 2d Armored Division salutes the colors with Col. William A. Burke (in helmet) and
Brig. Gen. Robert Q. Brown. The assembled troops are an honor guard which greeted the new
commander at the Fort Hood Main Gate when he officially arrived on the Post. (U. S. Army
Photo by Sgt. Greer)
Awarded Distinguished Service Medal
Maj. Gen. Edward G. Farrand
left Fort Hood today after in
specting an honor guard at .the
Main Gate and completing the
last of many good-byes to friends.
The generall officially retired
from the Army June 30.
Saturday's ceremony began
when Gen. and Mrs. Farrand
drove through a mile-long double
row of soldiers each holding the
flag of his respective unit. Every
battalion and company at Fort
Hood was represented.
At the Main Gate the gen
eral reviewed the massed col
ors of the 2d Armored Divi
sion and heard a 13-gun sa
lute from four cannons.
The final good-byes took twenty
minutes and when Mrs Farrand
entered the family station-wagon
she was crying. Gen. Farrand
was also having difficulty with
his eyes.
Gen* Farrand Leaves Post
i Military School
ed Service Medal on Gen. Far
rand's chest and congratulated
him for the honor.
The retiring general in his
final address to the division
he commanded attributed the
honors received to the whole
division and said that they
had earned it more than he.
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CM
The Chief of Staff of the 2d
Armored Division Col. James F.
Hollingsworth will leave Fort
Hood this month for a new as
signment with the Department of
Defense at the Pentagon in Wash
ington D. C.
The departing officer first join
ed the 2d Armored Division in
1940 shortly after having grad
uated from Texas A&M and
receiving a commission as a sec
ond lieutenant.
During his overseas stay with
the divison Col. Hollingsworth set
a precedent on the battlefield for
leadership and heroism.
From North Africa in 1942
to Berlin in 1945 he succes
sively commanded a platoon
company battalion and regi
mental size task force.
His war time association with
the 2d Armored Division included
seven campaigns.
Now leaving the division again
as the number three man Col.
Hollingsworth has nearly run the
gamut
positions.
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He said "I leave with sadness
and regret but I have absolute
confidence that the 2d AD will live
up to its glorious reputation as it
always has.
Commenting on the review the
general added "The formation is
as perfect as I ever expect to
see. God Bless You!"
Col. Hollingsworth To Leave
For Department Of Defense
_f XI OJ +i"k U'Aif TJf»
Before returning to Fort Hood
in 1959 the colonel served as
Chief U. S. Army Element Mili
tary Assistance Advisory Group
Pakistan.
When he arrived here he
served as Deputy Commander
CCA 1st Armored Division be
fore being assigned his present
position.
On notification of Col. Hol-
lingsworth's departure from
the 2d Armored Division the
division senior NCO's present
ed him with a plaque bear
ing each division unit's in
signia.
On the same day Maj. Gen.
Edward G. Farrand former com
mander of the division presented
Col. Hollingsworth with the Army
Commendation Medal.
Col. Hollingsworth wears on his
chest the Distinguished Service
Cross Silver Star with three Oak
Leaf Clusters Bronze Star with
three Oak Leaf Clusters Purple
Heart with four Oak Leaf Clus
ters Distinguished Unit Citation
ltM.6 UlbUUXUlollcU umi
in command and staff Belgian Fourragere and Croix
:de
Guerre.
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A KISS FOR THE GENERAL Maj. Gen. Edward G. Far
rand breaks into a broad grin when his daughter Mrs. Robert
Joyce of Houston plants a kiss on Ms cheek after a retirement
review at Fort Hood. The commander of Fort Hood and the
2d Armored Division retired from the Army June 30.
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