The Fort Wolters Trumpet (Fort Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, September 23, 1966 Page: 1 of 8
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The Fort Wolters Trumpet
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VOL. X NO. 13 FRIDAY SFPTFMRFP 9.5? IQRR FORT WOLTERS, TEXAS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1966
DURING "FORT WOLTERS OPEN HOUSE"
Ft. Rucker CG To Speak At Graduation
Major General John J. Tolson III,
commanding general, U.S. Army Aviation
Center, Ft.Rucker, Ala., has accepted Ft,
Wolters invitation to speak before grad-
uates of Warrant Officer Candidate Class
66-23 at an outdoor ceremony to be held
September 30 at 2 p.m. in conjunction with
"Ft. Wolters Community Open House" at
Downing Army Heliport.
General Tolson a senior Army aviator
and master parachutist, has commanded
the Army Aviation Center since March,
1965. Prior to that he was director of
Army Aviation, Department of the Army.
About 310 students are expected to
receive completion of course certificates
at the graduation.
Following the graduation, the UJS.
Army Primary Helicopter Center's new $2
million heliport, adjacent to the Mineral
Wells Municipal Airport, will be dedicated.
The new aviation facility, Dowining
Army Heliport, is named in memory of
COL Wayne E. Downing, first assistant
commandant of the UJS. Army Primary
Helicopter School.
After the heliport dedication, aflybyof
TH-55A helicopters, the type of trainer
which will occupy the new heliport, will
be held. Activities will end with the
serving of refreshments.
The public is invited to attend the
open house.
The graduation speaker is a 1937
graduate of the UJS. Military Academy.
Guide Map To Heliport
An Infantry officer, General Tolson be-
came airborne qualified in 1941.
Following the outbreak of World War
II, General Tolson assisted in the activa-
tion of the 503d Parachute Infantry Regi-
ment. In 1942 he went with the regiment
to the Southwest Pacific Theater of Op-
erations and participated in all of its
combat jumps, including the recapture of
Corregidor in February 1945.
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'Silver Star To Be Presented
At Ceremony Here Tomorrow
The Silver Star Medal, the first to be
presented at Ft. Wolters for Vietnam ser-
vice, will be given MAJ Irwin K. Cockett
Jr. for gallantry in action at ceremonies
to be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Ft.
Wolters parade field.
Major Cockett, commander of flight
branch A-5 at U.S. Army Primary Heli-
copter School Flight Division, is cited for
an act of heroism on May 14, 1965.
"Upon being alerted that a Marine re-
connaissance patrol was under heavy fire
and surrounded by a numerically superior
Viet Cong force, Major Cockett proceeded
to the area, landed his helicopter in the
face of intense fire, and evacuated five
^ marines -- two of whom were wounded —
to Danang airfield," reads the citation ac-
companying the medal.
"He returned to the area," the citation
continues, "again landed his aircraft under
heavy fire, placed his crew chief and gun-
ner in firing positions on the ground, and
personally located and guided other mar-
ines to the rescue craft. He then directed
another Army helicopter into the area to
retrieve the remaining members of the
patrol."
COL E. P. Fleming Jr., UJS. Army
Primary Helicopter Center commander,
will make the presentation.
Others to be honored include three
retirees. Retiring are LTC Frederick
K. Walter, USAPHC executive officer, LTC
Everett G. Sutton, center judge advocate,
and SGT Dwayne E. Coy from the 311th
UJS. Army Security Agency Battalion.
In addition to receiving Ft,Wolters' re-
tirement plaques, Colonels Walter and
Sutton will be awarded the Army Com-
mendation Medal.
Others to be decorated include CPT
Bert L. Rice, CW2 Raymond L. Kuss and
WOl Dennis J. Marvicsin who receive the
Distinguished Flying Cross. Kuss will
also receive the Army Commendation
Medal.
The Bronze Star will be awarded MAJs
Leonard A. Stanley, Guy R. Claybourn Jr.,
Robert H. Kellar, Charles A. Poss, Roy
R. Steves, George M. Dustin and DuaneR.
Brofer. Major Steves also receives the
Army Commendation Medal.
The Bronze Star also goes to CPT
Robert W. Hornaday, CW3 James P. Mc-
Cune, WOl David L. Cummings and MSG
William P. Bingham.
Recipients of the Army Commendation
Wolters Contributes $3,000
To AER-ARS In Record Drive
One of the most successful Army
Emergency Relief-Army Relief Society
0Fund Campaigns ever conducted at Fort
Wolters has ended with a record collec-
tion of over $3,000.
The drive, which began on June 28,
received 100 per cent participation from
almost all of the units, offices and sec-
tions at Fort Wolters.
The drive closed with a total of $3,-
228.84 collected for AER-ARS.
CPT Robert F. Baker, project officer
for the AER drive, expressed his grati-
tude and thanks to all units for their out-
standing support. "Their efforts made this
one of the most successful AER drives
ever conducted here," he said.
Center S-2/S-3 and the 4th WOC Com-
pany became trailblazers in the campaign
by reporting as the first two agencies to
achieve 100 per cent participation.
Troop Command was the largest group
to report 100 per cent participation. Every
soldier in Troop Command—permanent
party officers and enlisted men as well
as students at the UJS. Army Primary
*GEN Paul L Freeman Jr.,
Walter Cronldte Added
To List Of Well-Wishers
Two more prominent Americans have
added their names to the growing list of
notables who have forwarded special,
personal material for the publication in
^the 10th Anniversary Issue of the Trum-
pet, September 30, 1966.
General Paul L. Freeman, Jr., CON-
ARC Commander, and internationally re-
spected newsman Walter Cronkite have
added their salutes to the U.S.Army Pri-
mary Helicopter School.
A partial list of other notables making
special contributions to the Anniversary
Issue are: Pulitzer prize winner Bill Maul-
din (Willie & Joe); Charles Schulz (Pea-
nuts); Milt Canniff (Steve Canyon); Ches-
ter Gould (Dick Tracy); John Wayne;
'Senator John Tower; General Mark Clark;
t General Hamilton H.Howze; General Omar
N. Bradley; Congressman Jim Wright; and
many more.
Helicopter School — contributed to the
fund-raising campaign.
Outstanding among the contributing
agencies in Troop Command was 1st
WOC Company with the highest single do-
nation, $503.25. Fourth WOC, the first to
have 100 per cent among the Troop Com-
mand agencies, donated $361, which was
more than half of what was collected in
the entire fund drive last year.
The campaign received help from the
64th Arty Gp at Duncanville which con-
tributed $252.12.
A breakdown of Fort Wolters' AER-
ARS collections follows:
ORGANIZATION CONTRIBUTION
Hq. Troop Command $ 14.34
Hq. Co., Troop Command 174.30
1st WOC Company 503.25
2nd WOC Company 105.33
3rd WOC Company 445.78
4th WOC Company 361.00
5th WOC Company 393.54
Officer Student Company 145.50
USAPHS 70.00
Flight Division, USAPHS 315.75
Beach Army Hospital 135.53
U.S. Army Dental Detachment 22.00
311th ASA Bn. 62.56
330th ASA Co. 118.84
Center Staff 47.00
Center S2/S3 32.00
Center S4 23.00
Center Safety 7.00
64th Arty Gp, Duncanville 252.12
TOTAL: $3,228.84
Time's Running Out
For Contest Entrants
If you're planning to enter the Design-
er-Craftsman Contest here at Wolters, you
don't have much time left.
Deadline for entries is September 30.
Fort Wolters is offering $100inprizes
to the winners, and military entries will
be considered for awards in the Fourth
Army Designer-Craftsman Contest.
Anyone interested in entering the con-
test should inquire at the crafts shop,
Bldg. 803, or call at Ext. 342.
Medal include MAJ Clark H„ Cummins,
CPTs Charles R. Brazeale and John W„
Hood, CW2s Charles A. Krueger and
Howard D. Shoudy, WOls Bruce L„ Dun-
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Members of the Mineral Wells 5
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5 fairs Committee will be lauded for j§
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EE Helicopter Center during the Ft. §j
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E emony.
COL E.P. Fleming Jr., USAPHC §
E commander, will present each an en- §j
E graved plaque.
= Those to be recognized are Mar- s
= shall Hamilton, Jake Varnell, Grady e
E Elder, J. Travis Key, Chester R. e
E Upham Jr., Cecil Young, Frank C. e
E Meyers Jr., Carl Kessler, Perry E
E Horton, Pennie Adkins, Duncan E
E Gault, Charles G. Lee, PaulSchnei- E
| der, Dr. H. Arthur Zappe, Billie E. |
E Kemp, Green Stoker, Orval Shore, E
E David E. Clemens, John Roy Creigh- =
E ton, Bob Hickey, Ed Lee, Senator E
E Tom Creighton, John Winters, John E
E Ritchie, Bill Houghton, Jack Pratt, E
E Joe Kirby and LTC Thomas J. New- E
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can, William E. Haynes and Robert W.
Graves, PSG B. J. Toth and SFC Oscar
Calhoun Jr.
Music for the review will be by the
Mineral Wells High School Band, under
the direction of T. R. Atwood.
General Tolson entered Army aviation
in August, 1956 when he began the Senior
Army Officers Flying Course at Ft,Ruck-
er. He completed flight training in June,
1957, qualified in both fixed and rotary
wing aircraft.
Upon winning his wings, he served for
two years as assistant commandant at the
UJS. Army Aviation School at Rucker.
Subsequent assignments include serv-
ing as deputy director of Army Aviation
from June, 1959 to May, 1961. He was
chief, U.S„ Military Assistance Advisory
Group to Ethiopia until May, 1963 when
he returned to Washington as Army Avia-
tion director.
General Tolson wears the Silver Star,
two awards of the Legion of Merit, Bronze
Star, Air Medal, Army Commendation
Medal, Purple Heart, the Presidential
Citation (Philippines), and the Combat
Infantryman's Badge.
The general is a 1933 graduate of the
University of North Carolina. Military
schools include the Chemical Warfare
School, Command and General Staff Col-
lege, Armed Forces Staff College, Air
Command and Staff School, Army War
College and the British Staff College
at Camberley, England.
SGMHite To Attend
4th A Conference
Fourth U.S. Army's second annual
Sergeant Major Conference will be Oct.
3-4 in the quadrangle at Fort Sam Hous-
ton, Tex., according to SGM Edward G.
Baldwin, Fourth Army sergeant major.
Representing Fort Wolters at the con-
ference will be SGM Samuel N. Hite,
Fort Wolters sergeant major.
Interrelated problems of the primary
mission of each major Army installation
in the five-state area of Texas, Arkansas,
New Mexico, Oklahoma and Louisiana
wjfll bo explained to the conferees, and
they will discuss matters of mutual in-
terest, including personnel management of
career enlisted men.
San Antonio's Mayor Walter W. Mc-
Allister will be a guest at a luncheon
Monday at the Fort Sam Houston Non-
commissioned Officers' Club.
Sergeant Major Baldwin will present to
him a scroll expressing appreciation for
support of the enlisted program by civic
officials, business and social organiza-
tions in San Antonio. Other guests invit-
ed are LTG Thomas W. Dunn and MG
Edward C. Dunn, Fourth Army commander
and chief of staff, respectively.
Another highlight of the conference will
be a visit to .the mock Vietnam village
at Camp Bullis, used in training soldiers
who will be assigned to Southeast Asia
later.
At the conclusion of the two-day con-
ference the sergeant majors will formu-
late recommendations to be considered for
presentation at the Army Sergeant Major
Conference in Washington, D. C., in
November.
GRADUATION SPEAKER
Major General John J. Tolson III
U. S. Army Aviation Center Commander
NEW DA POLICY ANNOUNCED
lieutenants Due To Get
Speedy Hike To Captain
WASHINGTON (ANF) - The Army has
announced a new promotion policy that will
see several thousand first lieutenants
promoted to captain before the end of the
year.
Under the plan certain commanders
have the authority to promote first lieu-
tenants in the professional services to
captain on October 31. This includes those
eligible in the Judge Advocate General's
Corps, Chaplains, Veterinary Corps and
Medical Service Corps officers withPhDs
allied to medicine. Medical and Dental
Corps officers are covered under another
plan.
Furthermore, all such officers who
come on active duty after November 1
will begin service as captains.
Also effective November 1 is authority
to promote to captain all eligible first
lieutenants not mentioned above who quali-
fy according to a new schedule of time-
in-grade.
As of April 2, 1968 time-in-grade
promotions to captain is set at 18 months
for those promoted to first lieutenant on
and after Nov. 1, 1966.
The Army said that in granting this
authority it recognized that commanders
are in the best position to determine
promotions.
But it also cautioned commanders
nificant advance than promotion from
second to first lieutenant and that they
should not consider (his as authority for
automatic promotion.
The message announcing the new
policy, DA Message 780697 of September
2, said current recommended promotion
lists and the one established in July will
be exhausted by October 31.
Increased Officer
Combat Tax Exemption
Sought By President
WASHINGTON (AFNB) - President
Johnson has asked Congress to increase
from $200 to $500 the monthly combat
pay tax exemption for commissioned of-
ficers serving in combat zones.
Under present law, the pay received
by enlisted personnel while serving in a
combat zone is fully exempt from*Federal
income; however, commissioned officers
receive only a $200 exemption per month.
The President's proposal would amend
Section 112 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1954. The bill notes that the amendment
"shall apply with respect to compensation
paid for period of active service subse-
quent to Dec. L 1965."
that promotion to captain is a more sig-
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I LARGEST DONATION EVER RECEIVED BY PAW PINTO UNITED FUND |
| Southern Airways Gives $10,250 To UF j
The largest single donation in the
history of the Palo Pinto United
Fund-$10,250-was made at Ft. Wol-
ters Wednesday when the employees
and management of Southern Air-
ways of Texas, Inc., presented
checks to UF officials, according to
Raymond L. Thomas, Southern's
general manager.
The gift also represented the larg-
est individual gift by any corporation
in the county.
Accepting the $10,000 check from
Southern employees R„ Hooten, H.A.
Strutz and S.L. Winton were Benny
Saylors and Dave Cleveland. Say-
lors is Co-Captain of the local fund
drive while Cleveland is Co-Captain
of the Advanced Gifts committee.
In addition, on behalf of South-
ern's management, Director of Ad-
ministration Larry Hartley pre-
sented an additional $250 to Pennie
Adkins, Co-Captain of the fund drive.
Adkins stated that Southern's com-
bined gifts enabled the local fund
drive to reach 50% of its required
goal of $47,600.
Southern Airways of Texas, Inc.,
which conducts a contract flight
training program for theU.S.Army,
is Palo Pinto county's largest in-
dividual employer in terms of per-
sonnel. Over 1,700 local residents
are employed by the organization.
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$10,000 CHECK—Employees of Southern Airways of Texas,
Inc. gave $10,000 Wednesday to the Palo Pinto County United
Fund. Shown at check presentation, from left, Southern repre-
sentatives R. Hooten, H. A. Strutz and S, L. Winton, and Dave
Cleveland and Benny Saylors from the United Fund. Follow- e
ing this presentation, Larry Hartley, director of adminis- =
tration for Southern presented Pennie Adkins of the Palo s
Pinto County United Fund a company donation of $250.
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