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observes
Five years ago today the 1st
Armored Division was reac
tivated at Ft. Hood as a com
plete division.
The reactivation was part of
the new Army organizational
concept ROAD (Reorganiza-
tional Objective Army Divi
sions).
The division command was
given to then by Brigadier Gen
eral Ralph E. Haines.
Shortly after its reactivation
the 1st AD reached its full
strength. By August the divi
sion was declared combat
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ready.
Midway through the United
$1 Million
Bond Passes
For 190
Bell County voters gave the
go-ahead Tuesday for the $1
million bond issue to purchase
right-of-way to make Highway
190 from Ft. Hood to Belton a
four-lane limited-access high
way.
This is the first step toward
completion of a first class
highway linking Ft. Hood to In-
^terstate Highway 35 in Belton.
E or a os
through the southern edge of
Killeen the improved route
would generally follow the ex
isting roadway according to the
Texas State Highway Depart
ment.
Funds raised by the bond
issue will purchase half the
necessary right-of-way required
to widen the road and construct
the access roadways. State and
federal funds will be used for
the remainder of the right-of
way purchase and for the con-
0 struction.
The road betwen Ft. Hood and
Copperas Cove is also to be im
proved with the right-of- way
through Ft. Hood to be furnish
ed by the federal government
without cost.
The total turnout for the vot
ing was nearly 7500 persons
with 5759 for and 1587 against
the bond issue.
According to Bell County
Judge William C. Black it will
probably be a year before the
county will start buying right-
of-way for the highway.
OBSERVING Ft. HOOD TRAINING Visiting General Theodore J. Con
vey
tank firing conducted by Co. C 1st Bn. 66th Armor 2nd Arm
ored Division. With the general is Major Donald P. Hussey (center) bat-
talion commandei^andvlst £orn~
mander.
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1st Armored Division Reactivated Here
I As Complete Division Five Years Ago
States Strike Command's joint
Army Air Force exercise
'THREE PAIRS" the division
was declared a new member of
he S at A
(STRAC).
"Old Ironsides" first STRAC
mobility test was to Ft. Stew
art Ga. The 1100 mile-trip
from a standing start took only
three weeks.
The late President John F.
Kennedy paid a personal visit
to the men of the 1st. AD aX
Ft. Stewart and praised them
for their efforts during the Cuba
crises.
While in the southeastern part
of the country 12 battalions of
the division hit the beaches of
southern Florida. The amphibi
ous maneuvers gave the battal
ions an opportunity to gain "sea
legs."
In May 1963 Major General
H. J. Jablonsky assumed com
mand of the STRAC division.
In July "Old Ironsides" parti-
capted in exercise "SWIFT
STRIKE III" in the Carolinas.
In the latter part of 1963 the
division started a massive train
ing program. More than 7000
soldiers went through basic
training advanced individual
training and unit tactical train
ing.
In May 1964 the 1st AD was
a major part of the largest mil
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Offices Close As Men Move
To Field For 'Launcher III'
For the first time this year
the entire operations staffs of
Hq. & Hq. Co. 1st Armored
Division and supporting units
closed their offices and moved
to the field for a tactical prob
lem.
Command Post Exercise
"Launcher HI" took place last
Thursday and Friday. All gen
eral and special staffs of "Old
Ironsides" and units from the
16th Engr. Bn. 141st Sig. Bn.
501st S&T Bn. and the 501st
MP Bn. participated.
Principal activities during
"Launcher III" were assembly
of personnel motor march and
practice of setting up command
posts equipment set-up in dark
ness and a critique of the CPX
activities.
Co. A 141st Sig. Bn. main
tained VHF links to the 2nd
Bde. the CPX and Ft. Hood
telephone systems. AM and FM
itary maneuver in twenty years
exercise "DESERT STRIKE."
The "mock war" took place in
California's Mojave Desert.
Exercise "SIILVER HAND"
took the division out to the field
for two weeks in May 1965. The
exercise was a "mock war" be
tween the 1st AD and the 2nd
AD.
In June Major General
George Ruhlen assumed com
mand of "Old Ironsides."
The year 1965 brought many
other changes to the division
The new M-60 tank began re
placing the old M-48s. Basic
training also started again in
the division.
Now celebrating its fifth an
niversary the division is train
ing advanced individual train
ees again and is again at com
bat strength.
Unusual Scene
At Airfield
"Since most of the people re
ceiving awards are from Echo
Company our Aircraft Main
tenance section we are going
to have the ceremony in front
of a hangar out at Hood Army
Airfield" said Maj. Peter
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radio-wire hook-ups were estab
lished.
The CPX moved from the gar
rison in two columns. Monitor
ing the march was a detach
ment from the 501st MP Bn.
They also acted as CPX se
curity during the entire prob
lem.
Transportation in part was
provided by the 501st S&T Bn.
while the 16th Engr. Bn. main
tained the water points.
Functioning as headquarters
commandant for the CPX Ma
jor Robert N. White noted that
the major difficulty "was in the
efficiency of our dissemintion
of instructions for displace
ments while the communica
tions net was out."
"However" he continued
"the overall movement and dis
placement went Very well."
Maj. White is operations offi
cer for the 1st AD.
r-
Concluding a two-day visit to
Ft. Hood General Theodore J.
Conway Cofmander in Chief of
the United States Strike Com
mand praised the mission of
the commad Tuesday and the
men and officers conducting the
training here.
Speaking at an exit press con
ference at Robert Gray Army
Airfield prior to boarding his
T-39 jet for the trip back to his
headquarters at McDill A
Force Base Fla. General Con
way said: "I'm particularly im
pressed by the missions that the
command here now has the
III Corps and the two divisions
—their training readiness and
of course the big load that
they've been carrying in the
recruit training for Vietnam
which I think you are well fa
miliar with but which some
times gets overlooked in the
general course of events when
more glamorous things are
brought to mind. But the every
day grihd of this training has
been considerable. I think out
standing credit is due the men
and officers responsible for this.
The cadremen work long hours
beyond comprehension and a
great deal of interest effort and
imagination have been put into
this. Great credit also belongs
to these young men the
trainees. I've seen them at the
other end of the line as well as
here and our country can be
proud of what our younger gen
eration has been doing in the
service of their country."
The retention of some 9000
soldiers who finished hasiv here
will be a sigificant factor in
Ft. Hood's two divisions reach
ing combat readiness by late
summer or early autumn Gen
eral Conway said.
Following an honor guard cer
emony at Post Headquarters
Monday General Conway re
ceived a 1JI Corps briefing. Ac
companying General Cpnwayoi*
his viuit: were: Afiiiy
George Robbins Special Mili
tary. Advisor Air Force Major
John B. Carey Aide-de-Camp
and USSTRICOM Sergeant Ma
jor J. C. Meachum U.S. Army.
Lieutenant General Ralph E
Haines Jr
By SP4 JEFF McLINDEN
"I had been on guard duty
on the perimeter of our base
camp when we received word
from a forward lookout that the
Viet Cong were moving toward
the camp. Soon a machine gun
opened up and another fellow
and I moved out to get it."
"We were moving up a hill
toward the gun. Just before we
reached a protective hole we
were both hit."
This is how Private First
Class Michael Turner explain
ed how he received two slugs
in his knee and the other sol
dier got a flesh wound in the
arm.
Recounting his rescue the 20-
year old soldier said "More
troops moved up to the perime
ter once the shooting started.
They came up and got us and
we were taken to a medic
where helicopters were called
for our evacuation." He said
that although the fighting was
heavy the helicopters were able
to get to them with surprising
speed.
Turner currently recovering
in Darnall Army Hospital was
later to learn that the fight had
continued for seven days and
By SP4 Bud Roberts
By presidential proclamation
the first day of February each
year is National Freedom Day.
It is interesting educational
and appropriate at this time to
reflect back to another time
and place when freedom was
not the often taken-for-granted
commodity it is today.
"They were and still are the
sort of people who face a prob
lem until it is solved. There
was no despair. They were bas-
cally vibrant and happy in
spite of the difficult times."
These are the words of a man
who was there a man in the
middle of a crisis in a battle-
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FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3 1967
Hood commander accompanied
General Conway on his tour of
unit training and HI Corps Ser
geant Major Joseph A. Venable
escorted the USSTRICOM Ser
geant Major.
Two helicopters from the 55th
Avn. Bn. flew the group to the
1st Armored Division area in
the field for lunch with troops
from the 1st Bn. 6th Inf. The
troops were undergoing famili-
Ft. Hood's second annual
post wide religious retreat
draws to a close today with at
tendance exceeding all expec
tations according to III Corps
and Ft. Hood Chaplain Colonel
Charles J. Murphy.
"We expect the attendance to
top 24000 doubling that of last
March" Chaplain Murphy said.
"The most gratifying aspect
is that the spiritual impact of
this year's retreat is already
being seen in the increased at
tendance at our regular Sunday
chapel services" Chaplain Mur
phy added.
The retreat which started
Jan. 9 gave each member of
the command an opportunity to
spend "A Duty Day With God."
A retreat day consisted of con
ference lectures movies and
discussion periods concerning
the values by which men live
with each other.
The discussion periods prov
ed to be the most popular part
with many of them running over
time. Eighteen noted religious
leaders from the United States
and one from Quebec: Canacte.
asr 3ted post The tBsr
cussions frequently give and-
take covered such subjects as
sex love and marriage and
man's search for himself.
The idea of a religious re
treat proved popular with the
III Corps and Ft. men according to questionnaires
Vietnam Returnee Tells Of Battle Ordeal
Lookout Reported Viet Cong
Were Moving Toward Camp
his company had emerged the
victors.
Arriving in Vietnam August
1 1966 he was stationed with
the 1st Battalion 35th Infantry
25th Division as a chief fire
computer for a 81mm mortar
crew.
Speaking of his first encoun
ter with actual combat he said
"I was scared." Pfc Turner and
five other men from his unit
had gone into a village while
the main body moved over to
clear a landing zone for the
helicopters. "We were four or
five hundred meters from the
main body when we moved in
to check for the VC. I walked
down a hill on the other side
of the village. I was going to
check a guy who was walking
out of the village."
"Before I knew it there were
bullets hitting all around me.
The next thing I knew I was in
a little gully beside me trying
to pull that steel pot all the
way over me."
He said the first time in com
bat is the worst and after that
you learn to react to the situa
tion. "But" he added "y 0
never get used to it
National Freedom Day Feb. 1 Reminds
Sergeant Major Of German People
torn section of the globe twice
the enemy home-base during
world conflict.
The Communist East Ger
mans had placed a supply em
bargo on West Berlin in June
of 1948. The military was not
seriously affected but it was
virtually impossible to get food
and fuel supplies to the people
of West Berlin because of the
blockade of roads and rail sys
tems. Thus the joint American-
British-French Airlift of these
essential items to the Western
sector was initiated. The airlift
lasted through the entire exist-
ance of the blockade until
September 1949.
arization firing of the 3.5-inch
rocket and the 66mm Light An
ti-tank Weapon. The latter fir
ing a solid fuel rocket from a
one-time-usage fiberglass con
tainer is popular in Vietnam
as a "bunker buster."
At Jack Mountain the party
saw a 155mm howitzer firing
by DivArty and 1st Bn. 73rd
Arty troops.
A mechanized Infantry squad
Monsignor Patrick J. Ryan
the guest speaker at the second
ecumenical dinner pointed out
the importance of Army chap
lains in the life of the soldier
in providing religious support
which improves morale and pro
vides stamina in the face of
hardship and danger.
Lieutenant General Ralph E.
Haines Jr. Ill Corps and Ft.
Hood commander in expressing
a deep personal interest in the
current retreat said in part:
"The results of past retreats
have convinced me more than
ever that such a program is
vital in maintaining a high de
gree of moral and spiritual val
ues in the military service."
Among the noted ciyjban. re
tort nraastfrsi ^rtiripating^'in
the retreat were nine Protes
tant two Jewish and eight
Catholic religious leaders.
Protestants included: Dr. J.
C. Pippin First Christian
Church Oklahoma City Okla.
Chaplain (Col. Ret.) Edwin L.
Asked of the training given
before going to Vietnam he
said "I think it's as good as
could be expected but they just
can't duplicate the weather and
terrain."
After living in the States
it's hard to get used to those
conditions. Over there you have
to fight the jungle the insects
water and the country itself
plus the VC."
"It's good to be home" he
concluded "alive!"
Scheduled to attend the Army
War College Carlisle Barracks
Pa. Aug. 7 1967 to June 10
1968 are Lieutenant Colonels
Walter O. Bachus 2nd Armor
ed Division and Frederick C.
Turner 1st Armored Division
Selected for the National War
College Ft. McNair Washing-
Sergeant Major Donald F. O'-
Dens Personnel Sergeant Ma
jor 2nd Armored Division Per
sonnel Service Division (PSD)
recalls some of his observations
and experiences during the Ber
lin Airlift while assigned to the
6th Inf. Regiment in West Ber
lin and working at Tempelhof
the American airbase inside the
isolated city.
"It was a great sight. The
German workers and our sol
diers used to have contests to
see who could unload supplies
from the planes the fastest"
said Sgt. Maj. O'Dens. "Some
times we would just stand back
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Gen. Conway Commends Hood
ious Retreat
Termed A Success
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course demonstration was next
put on by members of the 1st
Bn. 6th Inf.
The group next flew to a
"Vietnamese village" to see ex
amples of Viet Cong booby
traps. Some of these featured
Punji spikes which impale and
trap a man. Troops from the
1st Sqdn. 1st Cav. also con
ducted a search of a suspected
village.
answered by the men attending. Kirtley Alamo Heights Chris-
Preliminary surveys indicated
that the men would like to have
them every six months.
The guest speaker at the first
phase kickoff dinner Jan. 9
Major General (Ret.) Frank A.
Tobey a former Chief of Army
Chaplains emphasized the idea
that our religious principles are
our source of strength.
tian Church San Antonio Tex.
whose son Stephen is a chap
lain (Capt). with the 1st Armor
ed Division Dr. Hayden Ed
wards Superintendent of he
Fort Worth West District of
the Central Texas Conference
of the Methodist Church.
Also Reverends Joe W. Bail
ey Columbus Ave. Baptist
Church Waco Tex. Gerald Ot-
te Saint Paul Lutheran Church
Fort Worth Tex. Stewart A.
Newman Professor of Philoso
phy Campbell College Buie's
Creek N. C. John W. Sawyer
Evangelical United Brethren
Church Staunton Va. Nelson
W. Trout Grace Lutheran
Church Eau Claire Wis.
Frank B. Walker First South
ern Presbyterian Church Aus
tin Tex. M. Dean Woodruff
Windsor Park Presbyterian
(See RETREAT Page 2)
Units of the 2nd Armored Di
vision continued to train sol
diers in a wide array of mili
tary specialties this week. Per
sonnel are being trained as Ad
an I iv id a a in
(AIT) On Job Trainees (OJT)
and as members of Basic Unit
Training (BUT) groups.
The "Iron Knights" of the 2nd
Bn. 66th Armor received class
room instruction on tank gun
nery this week in preparation
for upcoming field firing.
The 1st Bn. 67th Armor con
centrated on weapons of a
much smaller caliber the 45
cal. pistol and sub-machine gun
Artillery
DivArty units continued their
driver training programs with
other courses also offered dur
ing the week.
The 1st Bn. 14th Arty train
ed with the M-79 grenade laun
cher and the M-60 machine gun.
A Saturday morning firepower
demonstration is planned by the
14th Arty at the Sugar Loaf
Tank Table No. 5
Fort Hood Officers Will Attend
Senior Service Schools By FY 1968
Four lieutenant colonels from
Ft. Hood have been selected by
the Department of the Army to
attend senior service schools
during Fiscal Year 1968.
ton D. C. is Lieutenant Colonel
Richard G. Beckner 2nd AD.
His course runs Aug. 8 1967
to May 31 1968.
Lieutenant Colonel Allen M.
Goodson of the 2nd AD is to
attend the Industrial College of
the Armed Forces Ft. McNair
from Aug. 18 1967 to June 11
1968.
Colonel Bachus is presently
commander of the 17th Engr
Bn. a position he assumed Jan.
25 this year. This assignment
followed his attendance at the
Armed Forces Staff College
Norfolk Va. Prior to that he
held G-3 position with Eighth
U.S. Army Korea.
Colonel Turner assumed com
mand of the 2nd Bn. 13th Ar
mor Dec. 7 1966 coming from
the Dominican Republic. There
he served from December 1965
to September 1966 as secre
tary to the Combined Staff
Headquarters of the Inter-
American Peace Force.
Colonel Beckner became com
mander Sept. 10 1966 of the
1st Bn. 67th Armor moving
from a
Chief of
vision.
Colonel Goodson is comman
der of the 2nd Bn. 41st Inf. He
came to Ft. Hood Feb. 8 1966
a at in he A
Forces Staff College. Previous
ly. he was with Headquarters
U.S. Army Pacific in Hawaii
as Chief of Plans Branch G-l.
Flying to the 2nd Armored
Division area the group next
witnessed M-60 tank firing by
Co. C 66th Armor. General Con
way here tried his hand at fir
ing a 105mm gun aboard one
of the tanks.
Company of the 17th Engr.
Bn. constructed a hasty mine
field for the group at the next
stop.
Last demonstration for the
day was riot control training
conducted by Co. C 2nd Bn.
41st Inf.
Tuesday's tour started early
at the 589th Engr. Bn. motor
pool where III Corps Engineer
Colonel Elgin G. Radcliff brief
ed the visitors on the 589th and
Engineer operations.
Aircraft gunnery by two UH-
lCs of the 55th Avn. Bn. was
seen next. The ships fired the
XM-21 weapons system featur-
ign dual mountings of 7.62mm
Miniguns and 2.75-inch rocket
clusters.
Infantry
The 1st Bn. 41st Inf. offered
in-the-field training in machine
gun fire and squad tactics.
Medics
The 48th Med. Bn. "Medicine
Men" added mechanics to their
already varied list of AIT and
OJT programs. This week's
schedule listed classes titled
basic nursing procedures en
gine and fuel system mainte
nance cardial resuscitation and
preparation of breakfast foods
Signal
The 142nd Sig. Bn. continued
training of future wiremen and
it a at or it
courses applying to the specif
ics of each.
Supply and Transport
Drivers training continues at
the 502nd S&T Bn. with most
of the week devoted to practical
driving exercises.
FirePower
Exercise
Page 5
Engrs. In 60 Hours
The sawdust has been swept
up and the last nail driven in
a hurry-up construction project
of Co. B 69th Engr. Bn.
Two platoons erected a 20 by
80 foot building in less than 60
hours by working around the
clock. The building is located
in the 2600 area on Park Ave.
The need for a supply shed
came to light Jan. 21 when
the company received notifica
tion that their own present stor-
The 1st Bn. 78th Arty otter
ed machine gun training in ad
dition to. a heavy driving sched
ule.
The 6th Bn. 92nd Arty touch
ed on riot control communica
tions and maps.
Members of the 1st Bn. 16th
Arty continue to train with the
other DivArty units.
Engineers
Tra in of he
Henry" 17th Engr. Bn. partici
pated in practical exercises in
road building.
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The Bell Cobra helicopter
the Army's newest and fastest
was viewed next. Technical rep
resentatives of the manufactur
er briefed the visitors. The Co
bra is undergoing jettision and
armament systems testing ex
pected to last into April
During a visit to Darnall
Army Hospital General Con
way presented Purple Heart
awards to seven soldiers wound
ed in Vietnam. Private First
Class James Ulkie also receiv
ed the Army Commendation
Medal with Device and an
Oak Leaf Cluster to the Purple
Heart. Others were: Privates
First Class Renaldo E. Franco
John Haun Michael Turner and
Carl E. Waldon.
Also Platoon Sergeant Joseph
B. Pollock and Staff Sergeant
Freddie L. Frazier.
The touring group next flew
to Robert Gray Army Airfield
for General Conway's departure
at 10:05 a.m.
age facilities would not be avail
able after Jan. 27.
Captain Joseph B. Richard
son company commander re
ceived blueprints for the single
story wooden structure and con
struction began the next day.
Two platoons worked around
the clock under supervision of
2nd Lt. Duane A. Johnson in
the daytime and 2nd Lt. Nich
olas V. Maselli under flood
lights at night.
The building was completed
that Thursday afternoon. How
ever construction halted Wed
nesday when the troops took
part in the religious retreat pro
gram.
Capt. RiChar^n ^idpJJi^
Building' coulii be consmSS&u
by the same crews in half the
time with the experience gain
ed in this emergency project.
The construction provided on-
the-job training for some of the
newer troops who had just com
pleted basic training.
The building will store engi
neering materials and hard
ware according to Capt. Rich
ardson. It is constructed on a
concrete slab base with a two-
inch wooden floor two ten-foot
sliding doors a front entrance
and several sliding windows
The company will construct a
similar building four times larg
er in the near future.
FORT HOOD
Traffic Toll
To Date This Year
Injuries 8
Fatalities 3
This Time Last Year
Injuries 6
Fatalities 0
Advanced Trainees
Learned Specialties
The diversified advance indi- then went out in the field to
practice gunnery. They also had
instruction in land navigation.
vidual training program keeps
moving in the 1st Armored Di
vision.
Armor
Trainees of the 1st Bn. 13th
Armor took their communica
tions test this week. Their train
ing also included chemical biol
ogical radiological training
preventive maintenance and
drills in field expedients.
Operation and crew mainte
nance of the M-60A-1 tank filled
the major part of the week for
the advanced individual train
ees (AIT's) of' the 2nd Bn. 13th
Armor. They also received
classes on safety and crime
prevention.
position as Assistant
Staff G-3 for the di- AITs of the 1st Bn. 81st Ar
mor took their driving profi
ciency test this week. Detect
ing and breaching mines de
it on an os iv a
cafouflage and concealment
filled out their week.
The 2nd Bn. 81st Armor
trainees received classes on
tank gunnery this week and
Artillery
Hq. & Hq. Btry. DivArty
trainees spent this week in
practicing firing techniques.
AIT's of the 3rd Bn. 2nd
Arty had training in commu
nication classes on map read
ings and first aid. This train
ing is more advanced than that
the AIT's received in basic com
bat training.
Intelligence counter guerril
la and counter insurgency
training were undertaken by
the trainees of the 4th Bn. 3rd
Arty. The AIT's went out in
the field this week for the
training where they also prac
ticed camouflage and conceal
ment techniques.
Infantry
AIT's of the 1st Bn. 6th Inf.
were introduced to the 3.5"
rocket launcher this week. By
the end of the week the train
ees were firing the launcher.
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