Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, August 28, 1970 Page: 1 of 20
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If you have rented and
operated a motorcycle and did
not have a special driver's
license for motorcycles state
law may have been violated.
Section 38 of the Texas
Motor Vehicle Laws prohibits
rental agencies from renting
a motor vehicle to a Texas
resident unless he is "duly
licensed" or to a nonresident
unless he is "duly licensed
VOL. 29 NO. 33
I
RESERVISTS PUT TRAINING TO
WORK Members of the 356th Trans.
Co. (Aircraft Maint.) (Gen. Spt.) Army
Reserve unit from Norman Okla. per
form as a team of mechanics in repair
By PFC. W. K. LAWRENCE
Information Specialist
The marquee on the theater
reads "Scream and Scream
Again." Inside the doors you
think the movie has already
started. A child is screaming.
Your eyes adjust to the subdued
lighting. It's not a movie. It's
real.
The plot of the play is disease
prevention. The protagonists are
thousands of school age children
in the Ft. Hood area. The an
tagonists the villians are
six medics from the 47th Med.
Bn. 1st Armd. Div. and the
mothers of the thousands of
children. The name of the game
is shots.
under the laws of the state
of his residence."
To be "duly licensed" to
operate a motorcycle in Texas
a person must have a special
iv
to a
driver's license is a re
quirement in 36 other states
as well as the District of
Columbia and Puerto Rico.
Many states adopted the
special driver's license re
SENTINEL SHORTS
mmgs
A HOOTENANNY will be held tomorrow at
8:30 p.m. at Theater 1. The show will be presented
by the Post Special Services Entertainment
Division.
REGULAR REGISTRATION at Central Tex
as College is being held today from 9 a.m. until
10 p.m. in the science building. Student orientation
will be held tomorrow at 9 a.m.- in the physical
education building.
The Ft. Hood Dolphins Swim Club came up
with their finest showing of the year as they fin
ished in third in the A portion and second in the
portion of their own Invitational Swim Meet. For
details see page 15.
Editorials 4 Movies 16
Eye Catcher 18 Social Notes ...... 6
Classifieds ........... 19 Sports' 14-15
quirement after Congress
passed the Highway Safety
Act of 1966 which authorized
a
Transportation to promulgate
uniform standards to be met
in state highway safety laws.
Standard 3 of the Depart-
me of Transportation
an a a in to
to a a a
suggested that motorcycle op
erators take a special written
Brig. Gen. Lawrence M.
Jones Jr. assistant division
commander of the 1st Armd.
Div. was honored Tuesday
or in it a
sponsored by the military af
fairs committee of the Killeen
Chamber of Commerce.
The coffee held at the
Cowhouse Motor Hotel was
one of several affairs being
held for Jones who is leaving
Ft. Hood Sept. 4. He will be
the guest of honor at a hail
and farewell party tomorrow
evening at the Ft. Hood Off
icers Open Mess.
Formal farewell ceremonies
will be held Sept. 4 at Ft.
Hood. On hand for the
ceremony will be Brig. Gen.
Frederick Charles Krause
who will replace the departing
general.
Jones promoted to his
present rank on July 1 has
been at Ft. Hood since
ing a helicopter rotor. The unit is pre
sently undergoing training with various
aircraft units on Ft. Hood including the
2nd Armd. Div. 124th Maint. Bn. (U.S.
Army photo by CWO Douglas Nelms)
The fear of the needle which
seems to be almost inbred in
the youngsters was evident
throughout the we -1 on
immunization clinic. While the
greatest number of children and
parents calmly bared their
deltoids shut eyes gritted their
teeth and took their medicine
there were a few children of
all ages who were utterly ter
rified of the needle.
Pvt. Kurt Dzibela like all
Army medics learned to give
shots the hard way at Ft. Sam
Houston. "One of the first
things you learn in school is
how to give shots. You sit down
it a an a
other shots until you •learn how
to do it. If you hurt him he
tells you what you did wrong.
Then he gives you a shot. By
the time you graduate after 10
weeks you know how to give
a shot."
The members of the 47th Med.
Bn. don't usually have all that
much of an opportunity to give
injections. Their job normally
consists of work in the division's
is a a in
temperatures keeping records
and treating cases not serious
enough to warrant a doctor's
attention. But after the week
of preschool immunizations
they are all professionals. From
8 a.m. Aug. 17 when the shot
clinic oDened at Theater 1 until
and performance examination
that they be issued a special
driver's license that they
wear safety helmet and eye
protectors that the motorcy
cle be equipped with foot rests
and seats for passengers and
a rear-view mirror and that
it in
registered and at least an
nually thereafter.
The problem of motorcycle
safety is prevalent at Ft.
Assigned To CONARC
October 1969. He has been as
signed to CONARC headquart
ers at Ft. Monroe Va. where
he will serve as the assistant
deputy chief of staff for opera
tions and reserve forces for
plans operations and com
munications electronics.
Jones was appointed to the
it S at it a
A ad at W in in
1942 and was commissioned
as a second lieutenant in field
artillery upon graduation in
1945.
Following a short period of
instruction at Ft. Sill Okla.
he was assigned to a 105mm
howitzer battery in the 1st
Cav. Div. in Japan where
he served as battery executive
officer and battery comman
der.
He returned to the United
States in 1948 and attended
the University of Southern
California where he received
Col. ^aii W. Sharp former
1st Armd. Div. Spt. Cmd.
an as a
duties as the division's chief
of a re a in
Edward P. Crockett who is
the new commander of the
division's 1st Bde.
Sharp who had served as
the Spt. Cmd. commander
since Dec. 13 1969 has also
commanded Old Ironsides' 2nd
Bn. 81st Armor.
Sharp was commissioned in
the United States Army in
1950 and entered active duty
the following year. He saw
service in the Korean conflict
as platoon leader and com
pany commander of Co. K
Three colonels assigned to
Project MASSTER are
scheduled to retire in an 11
a.m. ceremony at MASSTER
headquarters tomorrow.
The three Col. William J.
McCaffrey Raymond L.
Martin and William B. Ray
on or in
ceremony which is slated to
be presided over by Maj. Gen.
John Norton deputy director
of Project MASSTER. After
the ceremony a reception is
planned at the West Ft. Hood
Officers Open Mess.
Special Driver's License Needed For Motorcycle Riders
Hood. According to Lt. Col.
Robert L. Lamastus post safe
ty officer "Less than three
per cent of vehicles registered
on post are motorcycles but
motorcycles are involved in
25 per cent of all POV ac
cidents."
The number of military
personnel killed in two-wheel
vehicle accidents in CONARC
went up from 29 in fiscal
year 1969 to 58 in fiscal year
ARMORED SENTINEL
Published in Hie interest of the personnel of Fort Hood
FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY AUGUST 281970
Jones Leaves Next Friday
a master of science degree
in aeronautics and guided
missiles.
Following his graduation
Jones served in a variety of
assignments including that as
instructor in the department
of physics and chemistry at
West Point. He also attended
the Artillery Officers Advanc
ed Course at Ft. Sill and
upon completion reported to
the 17th Anti-Aircraft Artillery
Group in Catonsville Md.
In 1954 he became part of
the initial cadre of the 54th
AAA Missile Bn. the first
Nike-Ajax battalion formed at
a location other than Ft. Bliss
Tex. He served as the opera
tions officer of that battalion
for one year during which
the battalion was deployed to
its permanent defensive posi
tion north of Baltimore.
In January 1955 Jones
became aide-de-camp to Maj.
~n
224th Inf. during three cam
paigns.
Subsequently he served as
a company commander in the
83rd Recon. Bn. 3rd Armd.
Div. at Ft. Knox Ky. and
in Germany and with the 1st
Bn. 13th Armor 1st Armd.
Div. He also served as a troop
commander with the 12th
Cav. 1st Armd. Div. and as
iv of it
1st Sqdn. 1st Cav. 1st Armd.
Div.
Sharp's other assignments
include duty as an instructor
at the United States Armor
School and as a sector advisor
it he it S a
Military Assistance Command
McCaffrey Departs After 9 Years At Hood
Several Ft. Hood units will
have representatives in at
tendance. The 55th Avn. Bn.
is scheduled to have three
of its OV-1 Mohawk aircraft
fly by in a "V" formation
to honor the retirees.
McCaffrey a 3 0 a
Army veteran has spent nine
years at Ft. Hood in various
command assignments with
the 2nd Armd. Div. as the
III Corps and Ft. Hood in
telligence officer and at his
present position as executive
officer of Project MASSTER.
Pre-School Clinic Helps Immunize 8000 Children
it closed at 3:30 p.m. on Aug.
21 each of the six medics had
given approximately 2000 shots.
Another child began scream
ing pleading with the medics
not to stick him with the needle.
"Do you get many like that?"
someone asked. Spec. 4 Charles
Torrey nodded "Too many."
"Are they usually about that
age?" the man asked. "All
ages" Torrey said trying to
calm the child.
"The worst part of the job
is the scared kids and the pro
longed standing" Spec. 4 Scott
Price said looking at the line
that wound all the way from
the stage back to the lobby.
"One kid starts screaming up
1970 an increase of 83 per
cent.
a a id
Lamastus "at Ft. Hood we
have had only 3 deaths in
the last 15 months due to
motorcycle accidents. Usually
fatalities in this area are
higher. But 30 of the 120 POV
injuries in the last fiscal year
resulted from motorcycle ac
id an he in
Gen. Thomas M. Waltington
commander of the 8th Inf.
Div. which later deployed to
Germany. During his tour in
Germany he also served the
supply officer of the division's
artillery and as S-3 of the
1st Fid. Arty. Bn. 28th Arty.
Having returned to the
United States in 1959 he at
an a
General Staff College and
upon completion of the course
remained as an instructor in
the department of nuclear
weapons.
Following a tour in Korea
with the 8th United States
Army and the 7th Inf. Div.
Jones returned to the Pen
tagon to become chief of the
systems branch strategic
reconnaissance division office
of the assistant Chief of staff
for intelligence.
He graduated from the
A W a in 1 9 6 6
Republic of Vietnam.
Sharp returned to Ft. Hood
and joined the 2nd Armd. Div.
in September 1967 serving as
the division G-4 until his
departure to study at the
Army War College in June
1968. Upon completion of the
Army War College in June
1969 he once again returned
to Ft. Hood where he assumed
command of the 2nd Bn. 81st
Armor.
He was graduated from
West Virginia University as
well as the Armor Officers'
Career Course the Command
and General Staff College the
Armed Forces Staff College
and the War College.
The Legion of Merit the
Joint Service Commendation
Medal the Army Com
mendation Medal the Viet
namese Medal of Honor and
the French Croix De Guerre
have been presented to
McCaffrey. The colonel plans
to reside in Temple upon his
retirement.
Martin the chief of
MASSTER's STANO in
telligence systems division
will be retiring after serving
assignments in signal posi
tions including White House
here and a kid back there starts
getting scared.- Then he stands
in line for about 30 minutes
to get up here and by that
time he's getting nervous."
They weren't all nervous
though. Some were like the little
blue-eyed blonde who came tod
dling up to Dzibela for her shots.
She was barely old enough to
walk. He stuck the needle in
her left arm. She smiled. She
was scheduled for another in
jection. He stuck the needle in
her right arm. She smiled. He
laughed. As she started toddling
off holding her mother's hand
she asked "Mommy am I
bleeding?"
Then there were those like
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usually involved serious
broken bones."
Two rental agencies in
Killeen had been renting
to to it a
personnel without assurance
that the person was "duly
licensed" according to Texas
law according to Lamastus.
"The problem was one of
ignorance" said Lambastus.
"The agencies were just
and returned to the Pentagon
for duty in the office of the
director of force planning
analysis office of the chief
of staff. In March 1968 he
assumed command of the
American DivArty. in Viet
nam.
Following his Vietnam tour
Jones served as executive of
ficer to the deputy under
secretary of the Army for
coming to the 1st Armd. Div.
as assistant division com
mander.
Jones' list of decorations in
clude the Legion of Merit with
oak leaf cluster Vietnam
S vi a it
bronze stars Medal of Honor
First Class (Vietnam) Gallan
try Cross with silver star
(Vietnam) and the Vietnam
Campaign Medal.
Jones is married and has
two sons.
H:s decorations include the
Legion of Merit and the Army
Commendation Medal with
three oak leaf clusters.
Crockett has served as chief
of staff since Feb. 7 1970.
Prior to joining Old Ironsides
he served for three years with
the Officer of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff in Washington D.
W in W a in to
Crockett served on the staff
of the special assistant to the
joint chiefs of staff for
strategic mobility as chief of
the policy branch.
During his 20 years on
military service Crockett has
served in a variety of
capacities including that of a
3 MASSTER Colonels Retire Tomorrow
communications liaison officer
and as a signal advisor in
Taiwan Republic of China.
Receiving a master's degree
or W a in to
University he was awarded
his Ph.D. in business ad
ministration while serving as
director of the U.S. Army
Avionics Laboratory.
After tomorrow's retirement
ceremony Col. and Mrs. Ray
mond Martin will reside in
Melbourne Fla. where Martin
will serve on the faculty of
the Florida Institute of
the little boy who screamed and
cried when Spec. 4 Cuthbert
Mack gave him his shot. The
next day he was back with
his little brother standing shyly
off to the side waving and
saying "Hi Mr. Mack." Mack
waved and grinned.
"You're sure making a lot
of kids mad at you" someone
said. "We're keeping a lot of
kids healthy" a nurse said. The
shots available at pre-school im-
at on in in
a ox as a
measles mumps and tetanus.
Also available were
(tuberculosis) tests and oral
polio vaccine. Those receiving
the tyne tests had to return
unaware that such a law ex
isted."
The post safety section has
notified the Killeen Chamber
of Commerce and the chief
of police about these violations
and Lambastus said "Now
that the agencies know the
law we are confident they
will obey it."
Lambastus predicts that
most features in Standard 3
platcon leader in the 66th
Tank Bn. at Ft. Hood in 1950
and the 83rd Recon. Bn. in
1953.
He has also served as the
Personnel Officer for the in
structional department of the
Armor School at Ft. Knox
Ky. and in 1958 became an
instructor at the United States
Military Academy. There he
taught courses in military
psychology and leadership.
In 1963 Crockett became
commander of the 2nd Bn.
70th Armor 24th Div. in
Europe and served in that
capacity until April 1964 when
he became assistant executive
officer and aide-de-camp to
Technology.
A 26-year service veteran
Ray Project MASSTER's
Combat Developments Com
mand liaison officer has serv
ed in assignments from in
fantry company commander
to assistant commandant of
the U.S. Army Information
School when it was at Ft.
Slocum N. Y.
The Airborne Ranger has
also served with the 1st
Special Forces in Okinawa
the 1st Air Cav. Div. in Viet
nam and with the special and
48 hours later so the medics
could check their reaction to
the tests.
Even mothers found the clinic
a in O
matronly lady herding her
share of the population explosion
out the door breathed a deep
sigh of relief. "Thank God it's
over 'til next year."
Dzibela had a tip for those
receiving the shots. "Relax.
Completely relax your arm and
you'll barely feel it. When the
muscles are rigid the shot
hurts." To the parents he said
"Tell the kids it's going to hurt
a little. Be honest with them
but don't scare them to death
about it."
of the Department of
Transportation will eventually
be adopted by most states
as well as a requirement that
turn signals be required on
motorcycles.
He added that his office
is recommending a revision
of post regulations pertaining
to motorcycle safety to accord
with the Department of
Transportations Standard 3.
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Brig. Gen. Lawrence M. Jones Jr.
the supreme allied com
mander of Europe.
In June 1966 Crockett left
Europe to attend the National
War College in Washington
and in 1967 worked in the
office of the joint chiefs of
staff where he served until
his assignment to the 1st
Armd. Div..
Crockett is a 1950 graduate
of West Point where he earned
a bachelor of science degree.
He earned a master's degree
in psychology from Vanderbilt
University in 1958.
His decorations include the
Silver Star Medal the nation's
third highest award for valor.
strategic operations branches
of the Combat Developments
Command before coming to
MASSTER.
A graduate of the University
of Maryland Martin attended
Command and General Staff
College and has been awarded
the Legion of Merit the Air
Medal (four awards) the
Army Commendation Medal
and the Vietnamese Cross of
Gallantry with Silver Star.
Martin plans to reside in Waco
and attend Baylor University
in pursuit of a law degree.
Lt. Col. Betty Griffith chief
of the clinic section at Darnail
Army Hospital supervised the
immunization clinic. Standing
at the main entrance welcoming
the parents and children she
noted that an estimated 8000
people would be vaccinated
some more than once during
the week.
The needle stung the child's
arm. The child cried. The mar
quee read "Scream and Scream
Again." For thousands of
children in the Ft. Hood area
it will never read "Die Die
My Darling" at least not from
disease thanks to six "mean"
medics from the 47th Med. Bn.
1st Armd. Div.
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