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VOL. 9 No. 28
Elm Knob echoed to the roar of
diving Sabre Jets Wednesday morn
ing as 12 super-sonic aircraft
flashed across the valley 600 yards
away firing rockets and machine
guns and dropping 500 pound
bombs while Fourth Armored Di
vision tanks infantry and artil
lery routed the "enemy" on the
ground.
Climax of the tactical air support
"Heave-Ho" "Watch that pon
ton" and other familiar engineer
terms are being heard daily
around Belton Lake this year as
Corps Engineers start under
going extensive bridge building ex
ercises.
Cowhouse Creek which last
year was only a small stream is
receiving the brunt of bridge build
ing as the 24th AEB 4th Armd
Div. and 16th AEB 1st Armd
Div.! take two months of bridge
training in preparation for fall
maneuvers. At the bridge sites
which last year were only 20 feet
wide and six inches deep engin-
fi
ajor Olsen Is
New* Commander
Of 4th Tank Bn.
The 1st Armd. Div's 4th Tk 13N
has a new commanding officer.
Maj. Charles I. Olsen of Staten
Island N. Y. relieves Colonel
Armistead R. Harper who has
been assigned to special duty in
the division chief of staff's office.
A 19-year Army veteran Maj.
Olsen came to Fort Hood and the
"Old Ironsides" Division in Sep
tember 1953 as operations' officer
of the 81st Recon. Bn. and later
served as battalion executive of
ficer.
During his 56 months overseas
the major had tours of duty both
in the European Theater of War
and Turkey.
Deoci'ations earned during his
Army career include the Bronze
Star Eastern-Asian Campaign Rib
bon and the Army Occupation
Medal of Germany.
Other awards he received are
•Hie American Defense Service
a A an a a
Medal World War II Victory
Medal and the National Defense
rvice Medal.
FMaj.
Olsen is a graduate of the
Army's Armored School. He and
his wife. Lois have two young
children Karen who is nine and
five year old Paul.
Air Force 4th Armored
Repeat Fire Show Today
OLD AND NEW MEMBERS of the Fourth Armored Division
pause In front of a bronze statue of one of America's greatest com
bat leaders General George S. Patton Jr. The scene was Boston
where Captain James H. Fields Congressional Medal of Honor
winner with the 51st Armored Infantry Battalion (right) in World
War II and Brig. Gen. John K. Waters present commander of
the 4th and son-in-law of the famous Armor leader placed a
wreath on the statue.
Division Engineer Battalions
Build Bridges At Belton Lake
eers now put up 220 foot bridges
in 20 feet of water.
Class 60 rafts and floating
bridges widened steel treadway
Bailey and timber trestle bridges
are rapidly becoming "old friends"
to the engineers. This training is
one of the most important func
tions of combat engineers in as
sisting the forward movement of
other combat arms. This serves
as an excellent media in giving
practical experience in training
job management and organiza
tion.
All companies of the 16th and
24th Engrs. are shooting for the
record set last year by Co "B"
24th AEB 4th Armd. Div. when
they constructed a 380 foot widen
ed steel treadway bridge at Inks
Lake in two hours forty eight min
utes.
Assault boats with 25 hp out-
boards and 27 foot .power boats
can be seen at any time of day
or night pushing pontons loaded
with their steel treadways in con
struction of bridges to take the
tanks and vehicles of III Corps to
a victorious clash with the enemy
—whether it be in maneuvers or
on tTie field of combat. So when
you hear the familiar cry of
"Heave-Ho" watch out because
the engineers are on the move
and another bridge is about to be
constructed.
Armors
was the dropping'of napalm (fire The Fourth Armored Division
bombs) by Sabre pilots flying at
and
The "sonic boom"—a spine-chill
ing afterpiece to the main event
was provided as the jets went into
a steep dive breaking the sound
barrier with an earth rattling
thump heard for miles around.
the 450th Fighter Day Wing
tree-top altitude only a skip and a Urom Gary AF Base will put on a
jump ahead of the billowing flames
they created
second performance of the air fire
power demonstration this morning
at 10 o'clock at the Elm Knob dem
onstration area.
Troops from the Fourth Armored
and personnel from non-divisional
units will see today's demonstra
tion along with 1200 ROTC students
now in training at Fort Hood.
A large crowd witnesed the dem
on at on W a in
from the spectators' bleachers and
from vantage points on the slopes
of Elm Knob.
First Armored Division troops
saw the Wednesday show. Among
the visitors present were 200 Air
Force ROTC students from James
Connally AF Base in Waco mem
bers of the Central Texas Military
Affairs Committee press radio
and TV representatives and many
dependent wives and families.
Employed in the demonstration
from the 4th Armd Div is a rein
forced tank company from the 704th
Tank Bn an infantry platoon from
the 51st AIB and a section of ar
tillery from the 22d AFA Bn.
Air Support is. furnished by the
722d Fighter Day Squadron from
the 450th Fighter Day Wing at Gary
AF Base Texas. Lt. Col. D. Lewis
will command the 12 Sabre Jets
during the demonstration.
This demonstration is the second
of three phases given to Fort Hood
troops. Phase one consisted of a
four-hour orientation to key offi
cers an non-commissioned officers.
The instruction was given by a
Joint Air Ground Instruction team
from Southern Pines N. C.
The purpose of the demonstra
tion is to illustrate the effects of
air delivered ammunition against
selected ground targets and to
show one of the means of control
ling its delivery—the air control
team.
Phase three of the Air Ground
training will take place later this
summer when the tank and infan
try battalions take their exercises
and tests.
In charge of the demonstration
is Maj. Harold D. Parker III Corps
G-3 Air and Capt. Lloyd L. Dun-
lap Jr. HI Corps Air Liaison Of
ficer from Hq. 9th AF.
4th Armd. Div. veterans this
week recalled the landing in Nor
mandy and the first days of com
bat of the division eleven years
ago as men and machines of the
Fourth joined the Allied fighting
team in the hedge rows of France.
Commanded by Major General
J. S. Wood the Fourth landed at
Utah Beach in Normandy on July
11 and was assigned to the VII
Corps of the First U. S. Army.
On July 17 the division was ord
ered to relive elements of the 4th
36th Div Trains
At North Fort
North Fort Hood is buzzing with
the training activity of Texas' own
36th Infantry Division this week.
The division commanded by
Maj. Gen. Carl L. Phinney of Dal
las moved into North Fort 10000
strong last Sunday for two weeks
of field training. They arrived by
ha re us an a
jeep convoys.
There are some 900 men on duty
from the Central Texas area and
the total strength of the 36th rep
resents 66 cities throughout the
state of Texas.
The 36th Division will complete
its schedule of training on July 23.
"This will be the biggest Nation
al Guard field training effort in
a in he is to of
Fourth Army area" General Phin
ney said.
MEMBERS OF "B" CO. 16TH AEB 1st Armd Div construct a pon
ton for a class 60 floating bridge. "B" Co. along with all other
units of the 1st Armd Div will celebrate their organization day
July 15. (See Page 2 for more pictures)
FORT HOOD TEXAS THURSDAY JULY 14 1955
MAJ. GEN.. HOWZE
13-Gun Salute
To Greet Gen.
Howze Friday
A 13-gun salute will officially
welcome Maj. Gen. Robert L.
Howze the new First Armored Di
vision commander at his arrival
here tomorrow morning.
Present for the occasion will be
a division color and honor guard
and the "Old Ironsides" jeep-
mounted band.
Battery A of the 91st AFA Bn
will act as firing battery.
The honor guard will include
tankers from A company of he
100th Tank Bn and infantrymen of
the 701st Armored Infantry Bn.
While the "Old Ironsides" jeep-
mounted band.
Battery A of the 91st AFA Bn
will act as firing battery.
The honor guard will include
tankers from A company of the
100th Tank Bn and infantrymen of
the 701st Armd Inf Bn.
While the "Old Ironsides" jeep-
mounted plays appropriate march
he a in
honor guard. This inspection com
pletes the arrival ceremonies.
General Howze comes to Fort
Hood and Central Texas from an
assignment in the Far East. He
is the former chief of the Korean
Military Advisory Group.
Brigadier General or A.
Rehm has been the "Old Ironsides"
commander since Major General
William S. Biddle's departure in
May.
4th AD Veterans
Recall Normandy
Inf. Div. the fronjt line north of
Periers France and the 53rd AIB
(now the 553rd) was the first
division unit to oppose the enemy.
The battalion drove off a strong
attack by the Germans during the
night with six men of the unit
fatally injured and 25 wounded
before they were relieved by the
10th AIB (now the 510th).
Lt. Gen. Bruce C. Clarke (then
Colonel) who headed a combat
command of the fourth Armored
at that time was among the of
ficers who made a reconnaissance
of the combat area before the
553rd was committed to action. He
later commanded the Fourth in
combat in Europe and has since
been the Commander of Fort Hood
The enemy opposing the Fourth
Armored unit was identified as
two battalions of the 6th Nazi
Parachute Regt. and one battalion
of S. S. troops.
On July 19 elements of the 10th
AIB were withdrawn from combat
and replaced by units of the 53rd
and 51st battalions as the action
was halted except for patrolling
due to heavy rain storms all along
the sector. Though action was lim
ited by the weather in the first
week the division suffered 49 dead
and 408 wounded while taking a
heavy toll of the enemy.
Colonel Stone
To Pentagon
Lt. Col. Loren F. Stone assist
ant deputy camp commander of
Fort Hood's ROTC Camp leaves
the Camp today for his new as
signment to the Army General
Staff in the Pentagon Washington
D. C. it was announced today by
Col. Alston Grimes deputy camp
commander.
The Colonel a graduate of Ohio
University received his commis
sion at OCS Fort Sill Oklahoma
and was integrated into the Regu
lar Army in 1946. He is a gradu
ate of the associate course Com
mand and General Staff college.
Colonel Stone went overseas in WW
II as an officer in the 3d Division
Artillery and has been awarded
the Bronze Star the French Four-
agere and The Presidential Unit
Citation for service in the Euro
pean Theatre.
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Caltrop II
Coming Up
On July 19-21
Command and staff personnel of
Hq Corps non-divisional support
units and Hq 1st and 4th Armored
Divisions will move to the field on
July 10 for Caltrop n—a three-day
comand post exercise.
Designed toT acquaint command
ers and their staffs with proper
tactical and communications pro
cedure next week's exercise is the
second of a series of three to be
held in preparation for later full-
scale maneuvers.
Hq IH Corps (Forward) will be
set up in the Georgetown Road
area of the reservation and the
rear echelon will operate from the
Mayberry Park area.
Ill Corps support units will par
ticipate in the exercise along with
personnel from the two divisions.
The tactical problem will be a
continuation of the situation exist
ing at the close of Caltrop I on
June 23. The third phase of the
exercise will take place in August.
General Waters
From CONARC
To Visit Hood
Maj. Gen. W. E. Waters Corps
Artillery Continental Army Com
mand will visit Fort Hood next
week to observe training activities
it was announced yesterday by HI
Corps Headquarters.
General Waters is expected to ar
rive Sunday afternoon July 17 and
will be met by Maj. Gen. Thomas
L. Harrold III Corps and Fort
Hood commander.
Monday morning he will be given
a briefing by Corps staff offi
cers after which he will visit the
1st and 4th Armored Divisions and
proceed to North Fort to observe
the training of the 36th Infantry
Division.
Gen Biddle Arrives
At New Command
Major General William S. Bid-
die former commander of the
First Armored Division at Fort
Hood has arrived in Tokyo for
his new assignment as Chief of
the Military Assistance Advisory
Group-Japan.
He replaces Major
General Gerald J. Higgins who
is returning to the United States.
General Biddle departed from
the "Old Ironsides" division which
he had commanded for nearly 20
months late in May.
Medical care to dependents of
military personnel will be on a
"facilities available" basis be
ginning August 1 it was announ
ced this week by Col. James D.
Gardner Post Surgeon and Com
manding Officer of the US Army
Hospital at Fort Hood.
The authorized strength of the
Medical Officers assigned to the
U. S. Army Hospital Fort Hood
has been reduced by approximate
ly one-third. This necessitates a
change in policy
regarding
medi
cal care of dependents of military
personnel as well as others nor
mally eligible for treatment. In
order to render the maximum
amount of service to the great
est number of people it is im
perative that complete coopera
tion be given by all concerned.
Effective 1 August and until fur
ther notice medical care of de
pendents of active duty personnel
retired personnel and their de
pendents will be solely on a "fa
cilities available" basis. Every ef
fort will be made to render as
much care as possible but the
quality of medical care will not
be sacrificed in the interest of
quantity. Outpatient care will be
on a
first-come-first-served
basis
without distinction as to the serv
ice affiliation or assignment of the
sponsor. Only the number of pa
tients can be properly cared for
during clinic hours will be regis
tered at any of the clinics in any
one day. All others will be re
fused medical care on that day
and asked to return.
Dependents residing away from
the immediate vicinity of Fort
Hood in communities where ci
vilian medical care is available
are urged to utilize such care to
the fullest extent possible. Tem
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1st Armored Celebrates
15th Birthday Tomorrow
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MRS. BETTY SIMMONS smiles as she holds her daughter Cathy
Diane the 1000th child born this year at the Fort Hood Station
Hospital last week. The happy mother is the wife of PFC Julian
Simmons of H/S Co. 553rd AIB 4th Armd. Div. (U. S. Army Photo
by Treadway) (See Story Page 2)
Col. Paul Morrill Is
4th AD Chief Of Staff
Lieut. Colonel Paul M. Morrill
former G-l (Personnel) Officer of
the 4th Armd. Div. has succeeded
Colonel James D. Alger as Chief
of Staff of the division accord
ing to an announcement from
Div. Hq.
Col. Alger departed Thursday for
a new assignment in the G-l Of
fice Department of Army in
Washington.
The new Chief has headed the
G-l staff at division headquarters
since reactivation of the Fourth
Armored in June 1954 and be
fore his assignment here held a
similar position with the 2d Armd.
Div. in Eiirope.
A veteran of 16 years military
service with 72 months overseas
Col. Morrill participated in cam
paigns with the British Army in
Egypt and East Africa in WW II.
He attended the Army's Officer
Tank Course of the Infantry
School the Armored School and
Basic and Advanced Gunnery
Courses of The Armored School.
An Honor Guard composed of
troops from the 704th Tank Bn.
and 51st AIB turned out in final
salute to the departing Chief of
Staff Thursday morning as he left
New Policy Is Announced
On Dependent Med Care
#. n.u :ii- nunll
ple Belton Gatesville and Lam
pasas are included within this cate
gory. Such care will be at the
expense of the individual.
It will be necessary that de
pendents presenting themselves for
medical care be properly iden
tified—have in their possession the
Privilege Identification Card—DA
form 999—and that only members
of the immediate family of the
military sponsor apply. This ex
cludes visiting members of fam
ilies who are not in fact income
tax deductions. The military spon
sor will be held responsible that
only bona fide dependents are pre
sented for treatment as his de
pendents.
Home care of minor illnesses
and injuries will be practiced to
the greatest extent possible.
Many cases come to the hos
pital which the patient or their
sponsor consider an emergency but
which are actually routine cases.
Emergency care is defined as that
care necessary to save life or limb
or to prevent undue suffering. Call
ing a case an "emergency" in
order to have an Army physician's
care will not be condoned and
treatment will be minimized or
withheld. No dependents except
those requiring obstetrical care
will be seen between the hours
of 4 p. m. and 7 a. m. except
emergency cases produced by ill
ness or injuries incurred during
these specific hours or referred
by a civilian physician.
Pre-employment examinations of
civilian employees will be discon
tinued effective 1 August 1955.
There will be no change in the
care of injuries of civilians in
curred in the course of their dut
ies.
The following clinic schedules for
the post for his new assignment
at the Pentagon. On Wed. the de
parting Chief was presented a Cer
tificate of Achievement and a
plaque by the division commander
Brig. General John K.. Waters at
a luncheon in the division officers
field mess.
Gen. Waters praised Col. Alger
for his part in helping to form
the Fourth Armored into one of
the top Armored Divisions in the
U. S. Army during the year since
reactivation. Later in the day the
Colonel spoke briefly to officers
and enlisted men of the general
and staff sections of the head
quarters thanking them for their
cooperation as he bade them good-
by.
Included in decorations award
ed the new Chief are the Bronze
Star Medal and the Army Com
mendation Ribbon with Cluster.
The post vacated by Col. Mor
rill is being filled by Maj. Ran
dolph V. Foster former assist
ant G-l of the Fourth Armored.
1st AD Private
Is Honor Grad
A First Armored Division pri
vate first class was named honor
student at the Ordance Automo
tive School at Atlanta Ga. from
which he graduated recently.
Receiving this honor was Wayne
R. Hansen of Company "C" 123rd
Maintenance Battalion. Pfc. Han
sen won his title in the Auto
motive School's Wheel Vehicle Re
pair Course.
The honor student award goes
to the man who attains the high
est grades in each graduating
class.
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1 1 1
dependents will be in force as of
1 August 1955:
Immunizations Ward C-23. Both
adult and children—9 a. m. to
11:30 a. m. Monday through Fri
day.
Medical Clinic Ward C-23 12:30
p. m. to 3:30 p. m. Monday
through Friday.
Surgical Clinic Ward A-10 12:30
p. m. to 3:30 p. m. Wednesday
only. Orthopedic Clinic Ward C-2
12:30 p. m. to 3:30 p. m. Tues
day only.
Pediatric Clinic Ward C-21 8
a. m. to 11 a. m. Monday through
Friday.
Genito-Urinary Clinic Ward A-
10 12:30 p. m. to 3:30 p. m.
Wednesday only.
Neuro-psychiatric
•14 P££es
Clinic Ward
C-22 8 a. m. to 12 p. m. 1 p. m.
to 4 p. m. Monday through Fri
day by appoinment only phone
35204.
Ear Nose & Throat Clinic Bldg.
3213 12:30 p. m. to 3:30 p. m.
Tuesday only by appointment
phone 33216.
Eye Clinic Bldg 3213. 12:30 p. m.
to 3:30 p. m. Tuesday by ap
pointment only phone 33216.
Gynecology Clinic Ward C-21
12:30 p. m. to 3:30 p. m. Tues
day only. 7 a. m. to 12p. m..
Wednesday 12:30 p. m. to 3:30
p. m. Thursday and 7 a. m. to
12 p. m. Friday.
Obstetrical Clinic Ward C-21 7
a. m. to 12 p. m. Monday new
patients 12:30 p. m. to 3:30 p. m.
Monday return visits. 7 a. m. to
12 p. m. Tuesday new patients.
7 a. m. to 12 p. m. Thursday
post partum and return visits.
12:30 p. m. to 3:30 p. m. Fri
day return prenatal patients.
Dermatology Clinic Ward C-23
12:30 p. m. to 3:30 p. m. Monday
and Friday.
Activated
At Ft. Knox
In July 1940
The 1st Armored Division famed
for its peace-time participation in
atomic-age test exercises in Cen
tra] Texas and its war time battle
successes in Africa and Italy is
15 years old Friday July 15th.
This combat-ready unit has be
come a 15000-man neighbor of Cen
tral Texas residents during the
four years since its reactivation at
Fort Hood.
As a post World War training di
vision for infantry and armor
troops the First Armored has wel
comed thousands of men to Fort
Hood and the "Lone Star" state.
Brig. Gen. George A. Rehm is the
current commander of the division.
Though the "Old Ironsides" di
vision was the first of the modern
day armored divisions many of its
units trace their history to pre-civil
war days.
Both the 1st and 100th Tank Bat
talions were born in 1833 as the
1st Regiment of Dragoons. The 1st
Tank Bn has participated in more
campaigns than any other in the
Army.
The 2nd Anti Aircraft Artillery
Battalion was originated January
11 1812 as the 2nd Regiment of
Artillery.
A gala open-house and division
review will take place at the Or
ganization Day ceremonies on July
22nd when the Division will cele
brate its birthday and welcome its
new commanding general Maj.
Gen. Robert Lee Howze former
of he or an A is
Group.
The 1st Armd Div was activated
at Fort Knox Ky. in July 1940.
Under its first commander Maj.
Gen. Bruce R. Magruder "Old
Gen HarroX Sends
Message To 1st AD
Maj. Gen. Thomas L. Harrold
HI Corps and Fort Hood com
mander has sent a special mes
sage to the 1st Armd Div upon
the occasion of its 15th birthday
this Friday. He said:
'During its entire period of ac
iv vi iv is on a
shown its ability to meet with dis
tinction the ever changing de
mands of war and peace.
'The division was the first ar
mored division organized under the
ATFA concept. There will be in
the future many more 'firsts' for
the famous First Armored Di
vision. I am confident that the
members of the division will ac
complish these missions with the
same loyalty spirit and ability as
members of the past.''
Ironsides' journeyed to Louisiana
in September 1941 for prelimin
ary lessons of war.
World War II came a few months
later when the Japanese attacked
Pearl Harbor.
In November 1942 a column of
tanks p.nd infantry from the 1st
AD made a landing at Les Anda-
louses in North Africa. After a
vicious day-long battle inter
spersed with enemy counterattacks
he a in iv re
city of Oran was totally isolated.
By the summer of 1943 all Ger-
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Of
M-SGT. JOSEPH P. McCORD of
Headquarters Company III
Corps recently received the Ko
rean WHARANG Medal. The
medal along with citations in
both Korean and English was
sent to Sgt. McCord by the Min
ister of Defense of the Republic
of South Korea for distinguished
service while serving with the
8th Army Ordnance Support Bat
talion in Korea.
The medal was pinned on Sgt.
McCord by Maj. Gen. Thomas I*
Harrold HI Corps and Fort
Hood Commanding General. Mc
Cord has been in service for
more than 10 years and in addi
tion to spending two years in
Korea he also served in Europe
during WW II.
He is the chief clerk in the
office of the Secretary to the
General Staff. (U.S. Army photo
by Dell)
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