Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 23, 1954 Page: 8 of 12
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M-SGT. PALMAGE C. BRYMER (left) who received $925 for re-
enlisting to fill his own vacancy as chief of the ID card section
post Signal Photo Lab said "This is the one I have been waiting
for" as he raised his right hand to begin the last of his three year
liitches last week. M-Sgt. Brymer plans to retire at the complet
ion of this enlistment. Administering enlistment is Lts. Wolsborn
III Corjps reenlistment officer. (U.S. Army Photo)
81st Recon. Bn. Checks Civilian Cars
An extensive inspection program
aimed at spotting and correcting
mechanical deficiencies in civilian
vehicles owned by its personnel is
row being conducted by the 81st
Reconnaissance Bn. of the 1st
Armored Division.
More than 60 vehicles belong
ing to battalion personnel have
been checked in a series of after-
hours inspections held in the 81st
motor pool. Battalion safety offi
cials estimate that three weeks
will be required to check the con
dition of approximately 250 ve
hicles as yet uninspected.
The 81st is endeavoring through
its inspection program to control
the mechanical factors often lead
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ing to death and destruction on the
highway.
The safety inspection includes
road test of each vehicle in the
battalion as well as a thorough
check of the vehicle's operating
apparatus "while stopped."
Other division units have pre
viously established similar safety
programs including the 73rd Arm
ored Field Artillery and the 100th
Tank Battalions.
The Army will operate 74 main
tenance shops in the United States
and 73 shops overseas during the
next 12 months.
Drive carefully and live.
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First Armored Male Chorus
And Band Heard In Concert
The 1st Armored Division Male
Chorus marked its first anniver
sary Tuesday evening in a joint
concert with the division band at
Theater No. 1.
The concert which was open to
the public as well as military per
sonnel and their families featured
a full program of sacred classi
cal and musical comedy selec
tions.
High point on the evening's pro
gram was the 26-minute "Testa
ment of Freedom" by Randall
Thompson in which the 40-man
chorus was accompanied by the
1st Armored Division Band in the
closing concert number.
Romberg Selection
After joining the band in Sig-
mund Romberg's "Stout Hearted
Men" the chorus presented "Hal
lelujah" by Youmans "Roving"
by Rowley "Come to the Fair
by Martin and "Louisiana Hay-
ride" by Schwartz.
The band presented the "Finale
from Txchaikovsky's Fourth Sym
phony in "F" Minor "L'Amour
Toujours L'Amour" by Friml "In
termezzo" by Provost and joined
the chorus in Jerome Kern's ever-
popular "Smoke Gets In Your
Eyes."
Directing the choirs was Pvt
Jerry Hoover Evansville Ind. of
Hq. Co. Combat Command "B."
NEW COMMANDER of the 1st
Armored Division's Combat Com
mand "C" is Col. William A.
Sussman of Flushing N.Y. This
marks the colonel's third assign
ment with the division during his
16 year Army career. A 1938
graduate of the Military Acade-
my at West Point N.Y. Colonel
Sussman assumed command of
CC "C" September 16. The post
was recently vacated by Colonel
Roy Lassetter Jr. El Paso who
now heads the division's Combat
Command "A". Colonel Suss-
mann's last assignment was with
the Department of the Army in
Washington D.C. His wife
Ramona and four children live
in McNair Village. (U.S. Army
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Accompanist for the group was
Cpl. David F. Richey Abilene of
Hq. Co. Combat Command "A".
The band was directed by CWO
Erwin M. Greger Los Angeles
Calif.
Concert Schedule
The chorus has a crowded calen
dar as it begins its second year
of entertaining military and civil
ian audiences in the Central Texas
area.
The group will present a concert
at Mary Hardin-Baylor College
Belton at 8 p.m. tonight.
On Sunday at 4 p.m. the Music
Federation Club of Temple will
sponsor a concert by the chorus in
the Temple Municipal Auditorium.
Born as a quartet one year ago
the chorus was developed under
the guidance of Chaplain (Maj.)
Albert R. Moss Waco of the 1st
Armored Division's Combat Com
mand "A". It is composed of tal
ented fighting men a ne
throughout the entire "Old Iron
sides" division.
Major Porter
Leaves Hood
For Europe Post
Fighting men of the 1st Armored
Division's 25th Armored Infantry
Bn. marched to the music of the
division band Friday evening at a
Retreat Parade held on the divi
sion parade field.
Commander of Troops and re
viewing officer was Maj. John
Porter Dallas executive officer of
the 25th who is slated to leave
Fort Hood for a new assignment
in the European Theater of Opera
tions.
Major Porter a veteran 1st
Armored Division Officer has
been with the division for more
than three years serving first as
company commander of Co. of
the 634th Armored Infantry Bn.
then with the Tactics Committee
at North Fort Hood during recruit
training and as the S-3 (Plans
and Training) Officer for Division
Trains.
Major Porter assumed his post
with the 25th AIB in September
1953 serving first as S-3 Officer
and later as battalion executive
officer.
A native Texan the Major was
with the 35th Infantry Regt. of the
25th Infantry Division in Korea
before his arrival at Fort Hood.
Major Porter his wife Grace
and their four children live in
Killeen.
Youth Becomes
Bar Mitzvah
Martin Irwin Blaustein son of
Maj. and Mrs. Joseph Blaustein
became Bar Mitzvah Saturday
during ceremonies conducted by
Chaplain (Lt.) Joseph D. Herzog
At the 50th Street Chapel.
It is believed to have been the
first time a Bar Mitzvah has been
conducted at Fort Hood.
Major Blausteir attached to
the 4005th Dental Corps. The fami
ly originally from New York City
resides in Killeen.
Tells Fishy Tale
CORPUS CHRISTI (AFPS)
This may sound fishy but when
James R. Frank AN at the Naval
Air Station here wanted an extra
week extension on his leave he
wired his CO: "Request seven day
extension muskies running in
northern Wisconsin." He got the
extension.
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THE ARMORED SENTINEL FORT HOOD TEXAS Thursday Sept. 23 1954
MAJ. GEN. THOMAS J. H. TRAPNELL commanding general of
the 4th Armored Division pinned the double-bars on his aid Capt.
Briggs H. Jones in a promotion ceremony at the general's office
last week. The captain whose home is Byhalia Miss. is presently
on TDY to attend the Armor School at Fort Knox Ky.
(U. S. Army Photo)
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510th AIB 4th Armored Division
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Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 23, 1954, newspaper, September 23, 1954; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth254398/m1/8/?q=negro: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Casey Memorial Library.