Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 19, 1953 Page: 2 of 10
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TOP MEN IN THE Fort Hood Preventive Maintenance essay
contest were presented their awards Tuesday morning by Brig.
Gen. Vonna F. Burger Division Artillery commander. Left to right
are SFC James H. Wethington Battery "A" 2nd AAA third place
SFC David Navarro 16th Sig. Co. 505th Sig. Gp. second place
Cpl. Salvatore J. Papavero Battery "D" 2nd AAA first place
and Gen. Burger.
2ND AAA COPS HONORS
IN PM ESSAY CONTEST
Members of the 2nd AAA Bn.
won two of the top three prizes
as winners in the Fort Hood Pre
ventive Maintenance essay con
test were announced Tuesday.
Cpl. Salvatore J. Papavero of
Battery 2nd AAA first place
winner in the competition was
presented a scroll a check for
$15 and a three day pass by Brig.
Gen. Vonna F. Burger Division
Artillery commander represent
ing Maj. Gen. William S. Biddle
commander of Fort Hood and the
1st Armored Division.
Second place was won by SFC
David Navarro of the 16th Signal
Co. 505th Signal Group while the
third place winner was SFC Jam
es H. Wethington of A Battery
2nd AAA.
In addition to scrolls their awar
ds were $10 plus a two day pass
and $5 plus a one day pass re
spectively.
General Burger made the pre
sentations Tuesday mrrning at the
2nd AAA Bn. motor pool.
The essay contest is part of an
intensive post wide campaign
to make all Fort Hood personnel
aware of the importance of Pre
ventive Maintenance and its re
sultant savings in money and equip
ment.
Here is the text of Cpl. Papa-
vero's winning essay:
Now is the time for all good
men to take an active interest in
the upkeep and care of their in
dividual vehicle and equipment.
It is every man's responsibility
down to see that this task is ac
complished.
We all know that every man
is not a mechanic but they are
all taught how to service vehicles
and equipment according to in
structions and procedures found in
care of your equipment will not
only insure you of the prolonged
life of it but will also save time
and material in the long run. A
vehicle that has been neglected or
carelessly abused beyond the re
pair of first and second echelons
in many cases must be sent to
a higher echelon shop in order to
be put into circulation once again.
Often this results in a delay in
training which is important to
Small Arms Class
Students Graduate
Lt. Col. Donald P. Boyer Jr. as
sistant commandant of the Acad
emy was the speaker when fifteen
students of Small Arms Class Num
ber 24 were graduated last Fri
day.
At the top of this group was Pvt.
Earl N. Eaton of Headquarters
Company 1st Armored Division
with a 97.5 average followed by
PFC Jimmy L. Cody of the 504th
Signal Company with 97.1.
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CHECKING ACCOUNTS
Smart people pay all their
bills by check and most
smart people have their
checking accounts here!
Service is friendliest and
most convenient. Banking
facilities are available on the
post at Headquarters Ave
nue. Take advantage of this
service as soon as you arrive
at Fort Hood drop in to
see us at our post station or
stop in at the main bank in
Killeen.
avoid. It can also take up much
of the time of qualified mech
anics who in many instances have
more to do than they can handle.
Every soldier should realize
will only operate for him success
fully as long as he performs his
services faithfully and correctly.
By following step by step proced
ures for prevenitve maintenance
found in the Technical Manual"
he is not only doing his job as it
must be done but he also adds
to his pride and prestige. A proud
soldier is a good soldier and a
good soldier realizes the need for
proper and continuous maintenan
ce of his equipment.
I think in summing up that
there is an old proverb which
is very appropriate and also quite
true in regard to preventive main
tenance as I have tried to explain
it. It should stand as a reminder
to all of us. A stitch in time saves
nine."
The thoughts expressed by Cor
poral Papavera in his essay were
heartily endorsed by General Bid-
die who ordered that it be re
produced and posted on each unit
bulleting board at Fort Hood so
that all personnel may profit by
it.
Rackety-Coon Name Of Pogo
Finds Home In Murine Core
PoGO?
8
Privately First Class George L. Mugford what runs some special-
type services around La June here is di-rect re-sponsiboble for the
care and cleaning of Pogo the rackety-coon.
(Course anyone who reads Walt Kelly's Pogo know for sure that
Pogo be an oppossum in truly real life. But Mr. Kelly drawed up a
cartoon 'bout Pogo being in the Second Marine (Long) Division here
—and he didn't seem to make no never-mind 'bout Pogo turning
into a rackety-coon.)
Man's-best-friend-the-noble-dog
CHECKING
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Serving Fort Hood and Killeen
Class 32 Graduates
From NCO Academy
"The way is open for promotion
to those who are qualified" an
nounced Maj. Gen. William S. Bid-
die Commanding General of the
1st Armored Division and Fort
Sood at the Graduation Exei'cises
of Leadership Class No. 32 of the
Non Commissioned Officers Aca
demy Friday morning.
The Commanding General stated
further in his address congratu
lating the men upon successfully
AFPS Service
Reaches 1300
Army Papers
New York (AFPS) The 1300th
Service newspaper recently was
added to the list of military pub
lications receiving news and fea
ture stories from Armed Forces
Press Service.
The paper "Pulse Beat" of the
16th Med. Bn. APO 201 San Fran
cisco became the 396th official
Army publication and the 670th
military mimeograph newspaper
recorded with AFPS.
The Air Force has listed 247 of
ficial papers and the Navy and Ma
rine Corps 521 including letterpress
offset and mimeograph. In addi
tion 60 Army and 76 Air Force in
stallation newspapers published
by civilian companies receive AF
PS material.
The 1300 mark is an increase ov
er the 1041 papers supplied at this
time in 1952 887 in 1951 and 591
in 1950.
The exact number of service
newspapers when AFPS was es
tablished (Apr. 6 1947) is not
known. The Army Newspaper Serv
ice and camp newspaper service
were merged in August 1946 to
serve the Army and Air Force. The
Ships Editorial Assn. joined in
1949 and AFPS material was then
forwarded to Navy and Marine
Corps publications.
Camp Newspaper Service foun
ded in 1942 was a forerunner to
AFPS and during WWII featured
such cartoon strips as "Male Call"
by Milt Caniff and featured news
and war coverage.
CAMP LEJEUNE N. C. (AFPS)—Pogo done joined into the Murine
Core and the re-ports say he running 'round with Beauregard the
noble dog. 'Course the Murine Core Pogo look more like the Rackety-
Coon Chile than he do Pogo on account of he is a actual natural-born
rackety-coon.
WHY \s V»u
wnrt "THE
SECONO AWUNES
SEC0NV
Beauregard is an old veternarian.
He been here at La June for several years. But Pogo just got his-
self cotched under a persimmonary tree a little spell back yonder.
Seems Beauregard and Pogo (the Murines) is greatly friends now.
They eats from the same pan and have a rip-snorter playing together.
They don't be much for inspections but they show up regular at chow
time. They're insufferable now—like Damon and Pythagoras.
The hangman tightened the knot
and asked the condemned golfer
if he had anything to say before
being hanged.
"Yes I'd like to take a couple
of practice swings."
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completing the course that "The
NCO is important to the ultimate
success of the division in peace
time or in combat. Whatever is to
be done the NCO must set the ex
ample and then teach his men the
proper way of doing it. By passing
this course you have been given
a start in becoming NCO's and I
will be watching your careers as
closely as a Commanding General
can."
Honor graduate of the class
was Cpl. Alton N. Nelsen of
Company 47th Armored Medical
Battalion with an average of 93.6
placing secod in the class with an
average 92.8 was Pvt. Richard L.
Rodriguez of Company 81st Re-
con Battalion and ranking third
was Pvt. Herbert A. Thomason of
A Company 16th Armored En
gineer Battalion with an average
of 91.45. Leadership Class Nr. 32
had 91 members including four
from Fort Sam Houston Texas.
Every man inducted for military
service in the Fourth Army area
is now being trained as a combat
soldier. Under a new system of
basic training all soldiers will be
able to fight in an emergency re
gardless of their assignment.
Inductees go directly to a com
bination reception and trianing cen
ter at either Camp Chaffee Ark.
or Fort Bliss Tex. where they
receive eight weeks of basic train
ing. This new system not only pro
duces a better trained soldier but
it also eliminates the time form
erly lost traveling from a recep
tion center to a training center.
When the soldier leaves the train
ing camp he is qualified for duty
in a combat force or for addition
al schooling as a specialist. Re
gardless of his future assignment
if he is called upon to fight he is
trained to do so.
Every soldier learns to fire in
dividual weapons like the rifle and
the carbine and the operation of
crew served weapons such as
machine guns. He is taught how
to load and fire rocket launchers to
stop enemy tanks. The use of hand
grenades and bayonet training
show him how to fight at close
quarters.
"Battle Indoctrination Courses"
teach the soldier how to fight in
towns and the way to advance
under machine gun fire. He be
comes accustomed to the sight and
sound of explosives and artillery
fire. These courses are design
ed to familiarize the new soldier
with the sights and sounds of the
battlefield.
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HERE ARE THE HONOR GRADUATES of Leadership Course No.
32 with Maj. Gen. William S. Biddle Commanding General of the
1st Armored Division and Fort Hood as they look at the plaque
with their names and those of graduates before them of the Non
commissioned Officers Academy Leadership Course. Left to right
they are: Cpl. Alton N. Nelson of "B" Co. 47th AMB who was
first with an average of 93.6 Pvt. Richard L. Rodriguez of "B"
Co. 81st Recon who placed second with an average of 92.8 and
Pvt. Herbert A. Thomason of "A" Co. 16th AEB who ranked third
with a 91.45 average and General Biddle. Leadership Course No.
32 had 91 members including four from Fort Sam Houston.
Combat Training Now Prepares
Every Soldier For Fighting Job
ing course. Due to unfamiliarity
with night fighting in past con
flicts the new training program
for seeing and firing at night. A
third of the field training is con
ducted at night.
Operations against guerrilla
troops and ways to combat infil
tration are taught. The new soldier
is taught how to fight alone and
is hardened physically.
Throughout the entire training
period every effort is made to give
practical instruction rather than
theory. Every step is explained
and the "why" stressed so that
soldiers understand the importance
of proper training.
During the eight weeks of basic
training the soldier also takes clas
sification tests. When his training
is finished he is assigned to a
unit or sent to school based on
his classification score.
The new system has been in
operation since Oct. 1 and Army
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Combat experience in World War
and Korea has been used as a
guide in developing the new train-
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A member of the 34th Inf. Regt.
24th Inf. Div. he was captured
soon after the start of hostilities in
Korea at Chonan July 8 1950. He
spent over three years at Camp
No. Three on the Yalu River be
fore being repatriated.
In 1942 SFC Rye was captured
on Bataan during the last ditch
stand of the 31st Inf. Regt. of the
famed Philippine Div. He was con
fined for 42 months at a prison
in Japan until the end of WWII.
Elsewhere Cpl. Ramond Arias
recently released by the Chinese
Communists after 28 months in a
Korean POW camp has re-enlist-
ed at Fort MacArthur Calif.
In Portland Maine Sgt. Wilbert
R. Estabrook a survivor of 38
months confinement in a Korean
POW camp signed six year en
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15-Year Army Vet Twice POW Reups
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Army service SFC Jay Rye
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here for another tour of duty.
listment papers and then signed
up for life by marrying Miss Rita
Alves.
Armed Forces I&E Office
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Washington (AFPS) Material
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Armed Forces I&E includes AF
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Anywhere" and a revision of the
pamphlet 'Facts For Your Fu
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Servicemen should and should not
do to gain -"riendship in overseas
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information for hospitalized serv
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cause of physical disability.
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