Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, January 22, 1965 Page: 1 of 22
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t7OL. 22 NO. 41
Once again the serenity of the
a as an a a
^tattered by the rumblings of
the powerful M-48 tanks as the
1st Bn. 13th Armor became the
first Old Ironsides unit to be
gin tank gunnery competition
for 1965.
The tank competition began
last Friday and will last
through the first week of Feb
ruary.
The tankers will be the first
unit to go through the tank ta
bles using a new gunnery sys
tem adopted at Fort Knox Ky.
The basic difference between
^he two systems is that more
Wight fire and added targets
will be used. The number of
points alloted to each hit will
also be different—the new sys
tem will give points for correct
pre-fire procedure whereas the
old system did not.
Many individual and team
awards are being provided by
the battalion to give the firing
teams added incentive. On ta
bles IV and individual mark-
manship awards will be given
since every member of the
tank crew must fire the
weapon.
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Certificates of commendation
nd three-day passes will be
given to the winning crew in
the sub-caliber competion. The
team that wins the over all
competition on record range
(Table VIII) will be awarded
the rotating trophy presented
Editor Lauds
Hood's FDS
As 'Friends'
"The men of (Fort Hood's)
108th Finance Disbursing Sec
tion (FDS) who paid a cool
$4.5 million to soldiers partici
pating in Exercise Desert
S so in
money couldn't buy.
"Four men from the 108th
won the friendship am} admira
tion of the Colorado River In
dian tribes simply by being
friends themselves."
The words are those of Jer
ry Eaton state editor of
Phoenix's Arizona Republic in
a newly published book titled
"The State We're In."
The book relates that while
participating in the U.S. Strike
an an on
Mojave Desert last May and
June Lt. James E. Kleypas
.(Houston Tex.) S-Sgt. Lester
PW.
Williams (Killeen Tex.)
Sp-4 Marco Orlando (Brooklyn
N.Y.) and Sp-4 Darold G. Dra-
der (La Porte Ind.)—all of the
29th Quartermaster Group unit
—established a mutual friend
ship with the Indians who do
nated office space to the unit.
The soldiers in turn cleaned
the grounds around their tribal
buildings edging the lawns
splicing motion picture films
and summarising the reference
section of their library—a job
the tribal office staff tried to
find time to do for five years.
A or as do in
spare time.
The 108th was on the tribe's
Parker Ariz. reservation six
weeks distributing pay to both
individuals and to other finance
offices.
"But" Eaton relates in the
book "the 108th came away
the richest with a treasure
greenbacks won't buy good
will."
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1st AD Unit Opens
New Tank Rivalry
each year to the winning crew
by the battalion commander.
Tables I and II under the di
rection of Lt. Robert W. Gal-
ster (Baltimore Md.) are used
primarily as an introduction to
proper tank gunnery pro
cedures. The tank commanders
score their own crews being
careful to point out any mis
takes. Before firing' the crews
must boresight and zero their
weapons.
Table III run by Lt. Otto
Jessen (Port Washington N.Y.)
is devoted entirely to firing of
the sub-caliber weapon at mov
ing targets. The primary re
sponsibility again lies with the
tank commander as he must
spot the targets and direct the
fire.
Day and night firing are
equally stressed in Tables IV
through VII which will run the
entire second week of the gun
nery training. Both phases will
feature more targets and will
stress individual markmanship
Table VIII (qualification for
record) is the day of days and
each crew must be at optimum
efficiency to score well under
the new scoring system.
Capt. Fred E. Cooper (San
ford Fla.) battalion operations
officer is in charge of the tank
gunnery competition and is
looking forward to spirited
competition between the crews
"I know our crews will go
all-out to win the competition
and will be a credit to the bat
talion when the division tank
shoot rolls around" said Capt
Cooper.
BIG BLAST—Anyone glancing up at the sky
over Fort Hood about the time this photograph
was taken may have gotten a little excited. But
instructors of the 16th Engineer Bn. demolition
class can assure one and all that even though this
might have looked like the infamous mushroom
cloud of a nuclear explosion it wasn't. The cloud
was the result of a simulated nuclear device de
tonated by the engineers for the benefit of students
in a 1st Armored Division class. (Photo Courtesy
of Army and Navy Publishing Co.)
2nd AD Yearbook
Nears Completion
Work is nearing completion! The final makeup for indivi-
on the 2nd Armored Division dual portraits will be the first
week of February.
Yearbook.
Mrs. A. C. Chazulle of the
Army Navy Publishing Co.
firm taking the training pic
tures and individual portraits
or he 4 0 0 pa ok a id
some 6500 individual portraits
have been taken so far.
Feb. 8 is the anticipated com
pletion date for the basic pho
tography of the yearbook Mr.
Chazulle said. The $7 book is
scheduled for delivery in April.
The massed colors of Hell On
Wheels will be photographed
Feb. 8. That day the photo-
raphic crew also will shoot
or pi re of he a
weapons of the Iron Deuce.
Coleman Road Patton Park
Named in honor of Lt. Col. Wilson D. Coleman 41st Armored
Infantry Regiment killed in action in France July 30 1944.
Darrow Barracks (Building 10005)
Named in honor of Lt. Col. William L. Darrow commander
of the 126th Armored Ordnance Bn. 4th Armored Division.
Fiddlers' Green
(Service Club)
The name "Fiddlers' Green" was selected from among
entries submitted during a troop contest held prior to the service
club's opening. The club located at the west end of Headquart
ers Avenue was officially opened March 14 1959.
Units yet to be photographed
include the 2nd Bn. 50th In
fantry 502nd Administration
Co. Hq. Co. 2nd AD 142nd
Signal Bn. and the 1st Bn
3rd Artillery.
The yearbooks are being sold
on a completely voluntary bas
is. The Army-Navy Publishing
Co. located in Baton Rouge
La. is a civilian firm and is
one of the oldest producers of
service yearbooks and similar
publications.
2nd. AD Chapel
Ground Breaking
Ceremonies Held
The first shovelful of dirt
was spaded late last weqjc to
mark the beginning of construc
tion of a new chapel at Fort
Hood.
Lt. Gen. Harvey Fischer III
Corps and Fort Hood com
mander opened construction at
the Battalion Avenue and 33rd
Street site.
The ceremony marked the
beginning of a brigade-sized
chapel in the 2nd Armored Divi
sion area.
Maj. Gen. George R. Mather
2nd Armored Division com
mander was present at the
ceremonies along with III Corps
and Fort Hood Chaplain (Col.)
Wilber K. Anderson 2nd Arm
ored Division Chaplain (Lt.
Col.) Malcor.i Sadler and other
Fort Hood dignitaries.
The new chapel will seat 300
persons and will be comfortably
appointed and air conditioned.
6Army
In Action'
Series To Start
The Big Picture the televi
sion program which tells the
U.S. Army story will begin a
new thirteen part history re
view from World War I to the
present. Airing of the new se
ries will start in late January.
Named "Army in Action" it
is an outstanding tribute to all
those Americans who have
served their country well
whether in war or peace and
ha he it
States free. The new series doc
uments the five decades of
moving world events interna
tional pressures and crises that
a us he up of
United States Army from 1914
weakness to 1964 strength.
The "Army In Action" se
ries starts with the events that
led up to World War I and
American participation through
Fascism Nazism and Japa
nese evils throughout the world
Pearl Harbor the combining
of it a or
world D-Day the invasions
the occupation of territory by
Soviet Russia the Berlin af
fair the Chinese Communists
the Korean War the cold war
to South Viet Nam and Cuba
and the effects of President
(See ARMY Page 2)
He adds that the device can
be applied to the weapon's el
bow telescope for direct fire as
well.
Present boresighting systems
either align the tube on a dis
tant aiming point such as a
tree on the horizon or a "test
target" a board with butterfly
crosshairs bringing the pano
ramic telescope into coincidence
with the same object taking up
any differences in the scope's
mount.
Artillery units boresight as
often as conditions of weather
terrain and time permit. Ad
verse conditions of weather and
visibility sometimes hinder the
use of the methods mentioned
a a or S pi be a
his invention a paddle shaped
board overcomes these prob-
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FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY JANUARY 22 1965
Maj. Julius Spitzberg (Newllems because the device fits di-
York N.Y.) executive officerjrectly onto the barrel of the
of the 4th Bn. 3rd Artillery pjece thus carrying its
has invented a device which he
says will improve the speed
and accuracy of artillery fire.
The 1st Armored Division of
ficer has conceived and built a
boresighting device which he
says makes it possible to align
both the tube and the pano
ramic telescope of the 105mm
howitzer in 30 seconds.
New Artillery Bore Sighting Device
Invented By First Armored Major
piece tnus carrying
"test target."
Instead of aligning the cross
hairs in the muzzle with some
distant point the bottom por
tion of the paddle has guides
which are matched to the scribe
marks on the tube. Once the
paddle is fitted properly into the
muzzle the gunner sights
through the panoramic tele
scope and aligns the sight with
the butterfly target pattern on
In New Bedf ord
By PFC HOWARD COFFIN
In the town of New Bedford
the windows walks still adorn
the housetops and the tavern
of Peter Coffin still serves the
tired thirsty seamen as it did
in the days when Ahab and Que
Quay went out to hunt the killer
whale Moby Dick. Fishermen
still sail their boats out of the
A PRE-RETIREMENT orientation will be held for person
nel eligible for retirement' in CY 1965 and other interested per
sonnel Jan. 26 at 12:30 p.m. in Theater No. 1. Representatives
from the Texas Employment Commission Social Security Ad
ministration Civilian Personnel and Veterans Administration
will be present. Persons desiring to attend have been asked
to call Sgt. Kira at QV5-4500.
NO FATIGUES will be worn after duty hours unless
the individual involved is actually performing some duty
which requires their wearing. This includes Saturday and
Sunday.
A NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY becomes effective
with the cutover to automatic dialing under AUTOVON Satur
day morning. Distribution of the new directories has begun
and telephone subscribers will be contacted by telephone and
advised when and where to pick up their directories. Distri
bution to Class subscribers will be made directly to quar
ters.
GIRL SCOUTS at Fort' Hood need an experienced
junior troop leader and Brownie assistant leaders. Anyone
who can offer her time and talents is asked to call Mrs.
Robert Van Derveer OV5-4484 or the Girl Scout Office
OV5-2288.
THE LOCAL WEATHER planning forecast has been
increased and changed to a 30-hour forecast covering a valid'
period from noon to 6 p.m. the following day. The forecast
should now be available for distribution in the first afternoon
courier run.
BOMBS AWAY A 2nd Armored Division infantryman flips a hand
grenade into an "enemy" bunker to complete the perfect execution of an at
tack maneuver. The soldier Pvt. Chester Dunmars (Chicago 111.) was under
going testing for the Expert Infantryman's Badge. (U.S. Army Photo by
Lt. Lewis B. Riley).
the other end of the paddle.
To prevent parallax a small
disc is placed in the eyepiece
of he el or in
gunner to align the sight
through a miniscule hole.
own
Major Spitzberg says that the
device with modifications can
be adapted to other artillery
weapons as well.
The major worked on the new
device for three months. He
was assisted in the fabrication
by -Forrest W. Brooks (Killeen
Tex.) devices division foreman
New Englanders Still Rely
On Fickle Fortune Of Sea
harbor each morning on their
way to the banks where the
fish run and come back at
night with their catch.
The young men of New Bed
ford still thrill to the stories of
the glories of the town when the
whalers went out in the square
riggers. Modern day mechani
zation has taken away much of
the glamor of the old port but
even in this day of motor boats
and canning factories the fish
erman's life is still a colorful
one not without danger.
Sp-5 Richard (Monty) Mon-
terio of the 2nd Armored Di
vision's 502nd Administration
Co. grew up in New Bedford.
One of the joys of his life as a
youngster was to put to sea on
his uncle's boat for a day of
fishing.
One September morning in
1954 when the sun was just
rising over the harbor his
uncle's boat the "Mary Ann"
put to sea with Monty on board
Instructions Issued
By IRS On Tax Payment
WASHINGTON (AFPS) In
on or in a
check payments and U.S. sav
ings bond refunds have been
issued by the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS).
All checks should be made
payable to the IRS. Income tax
is not considered paid until the
check clears the taxpayer's
bank. If a check is returned
for insufficient funds or other
reasons after the filing dead
line a penalty may be incurred.
Taxpayers can elect to have
tax overpayments refunded in
Series E savings bonds. For a
savings bond refund the tax
payer may check the appro
priate box in Line 21 Page 1
Form 1040 or Item 11 Form
1040A.
Air Force Night Owls Aid
2nd Armored Infantrymen
for the post training aids cen
ter.
The device has been 'demon
strated to a gathering of Old
Ironsides officers including
Brig. Gen. C. S. O'Malley as
sistant division commander for
support elements and Col. Phil
lip A. Hatten (Fort Collins
Colo.) Division Artillery com
mander Lt. Col. Truman I
Lillie (Corry Pa.). Division Ar
iv of a
Lt. Col. Joseph L. Strelecki Jr.
(Pittsburgh Pa.) commander
of the 1st Bn. 6th Artillery.
for one last outing before the
school year began.
It was one of those cool fall
a he he in
bright but its warmth has been
spent and the New Englanders
begin to talk of early frosts
bringing in an early Autumn.
While the farmers in the hills
prepare for an early harvest
the fishermen gaze anxiously
toward the horizon hoping for
a few more days of good luck
before the Nor'easters move in
and the little boats must seek
the shelter of the harbors.
On this day the winds were
(See SEA Page 2)
For the first time in the his
tory of military training in the
continental United States
ground forces will be supported
by the Air Force's unique Night
Owl attacks.
On Jan. 26 and 29 jets from
Cannon Air Base at Clovis
N
night skies over Fort Hood to
lend support to the 2nd Armor
ed Divisions live fire exercises
in the Jack Mountain area of
Fort Hood.
The planes will light their
own way by dropping para
chute flares over the "battle
field."
The exercises will be con
ducted basically the same as
daytime live fire maneuvers.
Batteries of the 1st Bn. 3rd
Artillery will fire illumination
for ground forces prior to the
air strike.
After armor and infantry
units have secured their ob
jectives Air Force jets will be
called in to destroy an "enemy"
column moving in to counter
attack.
The lead plane will fly over
the target and drop a flare.
The powerful beacon flare is
capable of providing two full
minutes of sustained light be
fore falling to the earth.
The other two jets in the
flight will follow with a napalm
bomb attack.
Rocket and 20mm cannon
strafing runs will follow until
the "opponent" is satisfactorily
destroyed. All of the aircraft
are equipped with flares which
will be dropped periodically to
keep the-target visible as long
as possible.
It is doubtful that the jets
will have to make many passes
The Fort Hood Directorate of
Services will be presented a
certificate of appreciation by
the Central Texas Fort Hood
chapter of the Association of
the United States Army (AUSA)
at the group's quarterly mem
bership meeting Jan. 28 at the
Harker Heights Skating Rink.
if at
awarded for achieving 100 per
cent membership in the or
ganization. All of the Directo
rate's enlisted personnel in
grades E-7 through E-9 and of
ficers plus all civilian employes
in grades GS9 and above as
well as 39 civilians below E-7
and one enlisted man below E7
belong to AUSA.
Lt. Gen. Robert W. Colglazier
Jr. Fourth U.S. Army com
mander will be guest of honor
and will address the group.
O he
presentation of certificates of
appreciation for 100 per cent
membership to 10 military units
from Fort Hood and Killeen
MOBILE MACHINE SHOP Sp-5 Harry J. Hilewetz (Ossining N.Y.)
right supervises Pvt. Antonio Yanez (Los Angeles Calif.) left working on a
metal lathe. The lathe part of the 538th Engineer Detachment's mobile ma
chine shop is mounted on a semi-trailer which is pulled by a 5-ton tractor.
(U.S. Army Photo).
22 Pages in Two Sections
History-Making
First For 2nd AD
before ground forces consider
the "enemy" convoy destroyed.
The jets can fire six thousand
20mm rounds a minute plus
their rocket and napalm fire
power.
On Jan. 26 the fighters will
support the 1st Bn. 67th Ar
mor's exercises while On the
29th the 1st Bn. 41st Infantry
will receive the air support.
Ft. Hood
To Have
Marina
Tentative plans for the con
struction of a Belton Lake Ma
rina and Recreation Area have
been approved by the Depart
ment of the Army and work on
the facilities will begin in the
near future according to Fort
Hood Special Services officials.
The project includes construc
tion of a fishing marina ma
rine supply dock and a boat
launching ramp in addition to
a public swimming area com
plete with diving and ski decks
cabanas lifeguard towers and
beach and bouy markers. A 90-
car parking lot and. a picnic
area with tables and grills will
complete the recreation area.
The new- facilities expected
to be completed by summer
will be maintained by Post Spe
cial Services. No charge will
be made for the use of the
area.
AUSA Chapter To Honor
Directorate Of Services
Base and the presentation of
20 life memberships more
than any other AUSA chapter.
A delegates report from the
at on a on on he a
November in Washington D.C.
will be given.
Old Ironsides
Pictorial Review
Work Continues
Work on the 1st Armored Di
vision Pictorial Review com
memorating the Silver Anni
versary of Old Ironsides is
progressing according to sched
ule.
The representatives of Army
and Navy Publishing Co. the
firm which will publish the
book have completed the
scheduling with all units for in
dividual portrait taking. At
present their photographers are
recording activities throughout
the division.
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