Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1957 Page: 1 of 14
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VOL. 11 No. 22
Combat Command "B" which
captured the first city for the 4th
Armored Division in World War
II will be ready to do it again if
the need arises as the three bat
talions serving in the command
have filled their ranks with men
and are swinging full scale into
training to be ready to "Gyro
scope'' this fall.
CC"B" made up of 2d Medium
Tank Battalion 67th Armored
Regiment The 2nd Armored Rifle
Battalion of the 50th Infantry Regi
ment and the 2nd ARB of the 51st
^Jpfantry have all received their
flfcganic fillers some 2000 men
^md are starting full scale training.
First To Giro
The Command will be the first
to make the move this fall when
the Division begins its Gyroscope
move. CC "B" units will leave Fort
Hood in the middle of November.
Under the command of Colonel
Jackson S. Lawrence Jr. the com
mand is giving the necessary train
ing through the battalions to the
fillers. The Infantry Battalions are
teaching the men basic infantry
training the tank battalion is giv
ing tank training.
Each battalion will give the men
seven weeks of regular basic in
dividual traning (tank or infantry)
followed by seven weeks of ad
vanced training where the men
will go into specialized training.
As in the case of the 67th Armor
the battalions have more men than
TO&E vacancies exist but most of
the men will be used within the
command by filling specialized
jobs existing in Headquarters and
Headquarters company of CC"B."
Also some will go to other Battal
ions within the division after re
ceiving their training in CC"B".
Three Bn's To Train
The three battalions will train
primarily on their own for the first
14 weeks after that the battalions
will form together more as a Com
bat Command wherin they will
learn to fight together use com-
^Kned arms and tactics as a major
^Hrmored Unit.
The organic fillers all are men
who were either drafted or joined
the Army. None have much if any
prior service. The Cadre men of
the battalions the men who give
the training are mostly all going
to Gyroscope. A few from each
battalion will not however they
are being replaced by men who
will Gyro and according to offi
cials the command should be at
full strength by early fall with
men who will Gyro.
Leading Command In WW II
Combat Command "B" was one
of the leading fighting elements
for the 4th Armored Division dur
ing World War
n.
On July 28th
1944 elements of CC"B" captured
the city of Coutances France the
first city to be taken by the 4th
Armored Division.
On December 18 1944 CC"B"
rushed 151 miles in 19 hours to
Arlon Belgium from Genetrange
in the French Lorraine to be one
of the first units to rush in to res
cue the 101st Airborne Division
trapped at Bastogne.
Sfc Ramon Ancho
To Be "Top Kick"
JFor Soldier Show
^BfSergeant First Class Ramon
Ancho Jr. of
in
Corps Special
Services will be first sergeant of
the Army's soldier show "Rolling
Along of 1957" and is now at Fort
Jay New York making final pre
parations for the world-wide tour of
major commands next month.
Sergeant Ancho a judo expert will
be featured in the show.
The sergeant recently perform
ed in the Fourth Army Entertain
ment Contest here at Fort Hood
as part of a team with Specialist
Third Class Jackie Muranaka of
Company B 126th Ord. Bn. and
PFC Anna Lamitie who is a mem
ber of the Women's Army Crops.
This team is slated to ap
pear on the Ed Sullivan Show
on Aug. 11.
Bn Co. Of Month
Trophies Awarded
"Battalion and Company of The
Month" trophies were awarded
here Monday by Major General
Verdi B. Barnes commander of
the 4th Armored Division to out
standing units under his command.
The Battalion of the Month
award went to a representative
of the Second Howitzer Battal
ion 14th Artillery on behalf
of Lieutenant Colonel Raymond
F. Hotopp the battalion com
mander. The "Company of The
Month" trophy was awarded to
'the 404th Military Police Com
pany commanded by Captain
Edwin R. Flynn.
The trophies are awarded each
month on a competitive overall
proficiency basis within the 4th
Armored Division here.
CCB' At Full Strength Training
For Gyro Will Be First To Move
ON THE REVIEWING STAND last Saturday morning as troops
of Combat Command "B" Fourth Armored Division marched
past were Major John J. Drabic (left) and Major Jack W. Brown
who will retire from active military service tomorrow. Both
officers were awarded Certificates of Achievement for meritori
ous service by Major General Verdi B. Barnes commander of
the 4th Armored. Major Drabic has been operations (S3) officer
of the Second Tank Battalion 66th Armor since last August and
Major Brown served as Plans and Training Officer of Combat
Command "B" since September 1955. (U.S. Army Photo).
Hood Personnel Receive
Anti-Heat Instructions
"Summer heat can be deadly to
the unwary or uninformed" is
the theme of instruction now being
given at Fort Hood.
Officers and noncommissioned of
ficers are being taught to recog
nize symptoms of heatstroke heat
exhaustion and heat cramps so
that they may better protect the
men in their charge from these
illnesses.
The instruction emphasizes pre
ventive measures but also includes
detailed instructions for first aid.
Printed cards listing symptoms
first aid and preventive measures
have been distributed and will be
carried at all times by those in
charge of troops in the field.
To prevent heat-caused sickness
the card advises plenty of water
taken frequently in small amounts
a salt solution two tablets in
a canteen of water to replace
salt lost in perspiration enough
sleep loose clothing confining
strenuous work to the cooler hours
and a four to seven day "break-in"
period for men not accustomed
to working the heat.
Symptoms of heat cramps are
SCHOOL NOTICE
Fort Hood personnel who wish
to enroll their children in sum
mer courses may do so by reg
istering them at the Avenue
"D" Elementary school next
Tuesday morning.
According to Mr. C. E. Elli
son Superintendent of School
iarents interested in remedical
courses may obtain full infor
mation by calling K-1751.
The school will last for 6
weeks or 80 school days.
An Anonymous Soldier
Writes 'Thank You'
Only an ingrate is ungrateful.
An old soldier chose Armed
Forces Day May 18 to insert the
following classified ad in a San
Antonio evening newspaper:
"TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
I wish to thank the City of San
Antonio before I fade away for
making my two-year tour of duty
here the most pleasant I have
ever enjoyed. OLD SOLDIER."
The huge cleanup project under
taken by Fort Hood troops in con
junction with civil authorities at
Lampasas following the disastrous
flash flood that struck that city on
the night of May 12 was in the
final stages this week after un
counted tons of debris was remov
ed by military dump trucks.
First Alerted
Fort Hood units were first alert
ed concerning the Lampasas flood
the night of May 12 at midnight
when Col. C. W. Henry DPC call
ed the major units and said to be
on standby. He said Lampasas was
flooded and probably troops would
be sent there.
On Monday the next morning
Major Paul C. Koerner and Capt.
Winn D. Hedleston of the 35th
Engineer Group (Construction) S-
3 section were sent to Lampasas
to reconnoiter. They talked with
Col. Henry telling him the situa
tion and he authorized direct sig
nal communications between the
flood site and the DPC office. Also
listed as painful cramps in the
muscles of the hands and arms
legs and feet and abdomen. The
victim should be placed in the
shade and should drink the salt
solution.
Heatstroke symptoms are weak
ness and headache nausea or vom
iting flushed hot and dry skin
delirium and unconsciousness. The
victim should be placed in the
shade and an ambulance should
be called. Clothing should be re
moved and the victim sprinkled
with water and fanned. The arms
and legs of the patient should be
briskly rubbed.
Heat exhaustion is characterized
by headache and dizziness poor
vision nausea or vomiting cold
clammy skin and profuse sweat
ing. The patient should be placed
in the shade and his clothing
should be loosened. He should be
given the salt solution if conscious
and sprinkled with water. The pa
tient should be kept lying down.
NDTA Names New
Cen-Tex Officers
New Officers were elected at
the monthly meeting on May 23 at
the Waco Country Club of the Na
tional Defense Transportation Asso
ciation.
New Officers are: president Lt.
Col. John J. Moran Post Trans
portation Officer Fort Hood sec
retary-treasurer Mrs. Margaret
Caldwell from Arrow Coach Lines
Killeen director representing rail
Mr. Herbert Harlan MKT Tem
ple director representing bus
travel Mr. I. F. Bay Arrow Coach
Lines Brownwood director rep
resenting air transportation Mr.
Kirk Henderson Continental Air
Lines Waco household goods car
riers director Mr. Milton Davis
Texas Fireproof Storage Company
Waco Motor freight director Mr.
Carrol Hazlewood Central Freight
Lines Killeen Military director
Captain Daniel Kocic assistant
Post Transportation Officer Fort
Hood and Director at Large Mr.
Bill Bigham chamber of com
merce Killeen.
The outgoing president is Major
Richard E. Dunsmore post trans
portation officer Fort Hood.
communication was set up to
Group headquarters.
On Monday the first Fort Hood
units with the mission of guard
and clean up were in Lampasas.
During Monday and Tuesday
groups of men and equipment
from 10 Fort Hood organizations
and Gray AFB and Killeen Base
arrived to help with the clean-up.
Here's a list of who was repre
sented there:
35th Engineer Group (Construc
tion)
61st Engineer Battalion (Con
struction)
46th Engineer Battalion (Con
struction)
104th Engineer Company (Heavy
Equipment)
578th Engineer Company (Field
Maintenance)
24th Armored Engineer Battalion
144th Armored Signal Battalion
195th AAA Battalion
96th Quartermaster Battalion
720th Military Police Battalion
Gray Air Force Base
Kille
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Last Of 7000
'Packet' Men
Leave Sunday
The last of approximately 7000
"packet" trainees who have taken
six months basic and advanced
training with units of the Fourth
Armored Division here will depart
by special trains for the Brooklyn
Port of Embarkation and thence
to the Third Armored Division in
Germany this weekend.
Leaving here on six separate
trains Sunday will be trainees of
the 37th Armor Regiment 54th In
fantry Regiment 14th Artillery
195th AAA Bn Headquarters Com
pany CC"C" 504th Administration
Company "B" Company 126th
Ordnance Bn "A" Company 24th
Engineer Bn "B" Company 46th
Medical Bn and "B" Company
4th Quartermaster Bn.
Train departure times Sunday
with the trains numbered in the
order in which they will arrive at
the destination are: No. 1 0830
No. 2 0805 No. 3 1245 No. 4
2000 No. 5 2215 No. 6 1&5.
Upon arriving at the Brooklyn
Port the soldiers will board the
transport USNS Randall to com
plete the trip to Germany.
The 'packet' training program
started in the Fourth Armored last
October 1 and training has been
g'ven the young soldiers in ar
mor infantry reconnaissance en
gineer artillery quartermaster
ordnance medical signal and mili
tary police units to prepare them
as replacements for the 3d Arm
ored Division since that time. Other
groups of the 'packets have de
parted for their new unit in Eu
rope in the last two months.
With the end of the 'packet'
training mission the training of
other new men who will gyroscope
with the 4th Armored this fall will
be intensified.
Bible School
Starts June 10
Hood Village
Vacation Bible School for chil
dren of Protestant military and
civilian personnel of Fort Hood will
begin at 9 a.m. June 10th at the
Hood Village Chapel Center and
will close with commencement ex
ercises oiv the 21st of June. Classes
will be provided for children from
ages three through sixteen accord
ing to Chaplain Joseph C. Solo
mon School director.
Study Materials
An inter-denominational Protes
tant emphasis upon the Holy Scrip
tures will be the center of the in
struction. Study materials and
handwork emphasizing the impor
tance of spiritual and moral truth
revealed in the Bible will be pro
vided for all classes.
Highlights of the activities will
be memory work. Stories based on
actual life situations will be told
every day and refreshments will
be served daily.
Faculty Listed
Members of the faculty present
ly working at advance planning
are: Mrs. T. L. Buckley Mrs.
V. C. Batts Mrs. Paul LaChance
Mrs. Leonard Storey Miss Jean
Storey Mrs. Carl Gunther Mrs.
F. M. Crow Mrs. F. W. Hawks-
worth Mrs. W. Jennings Mrs.
P. H. Knight Mrs. Joseph C. Solo
mon Miss Wanda Cummings and
Chaplain Joseph C. Solomon. Chap
lain Solomon will have general
supervisory responsibility for the
school.
More Help Needed
According to Chaplain Solomon
there is a need for more teachers
and workers to help with the
school. Anyone interested in help
ing are invited to call either Fort
Hood 32117 or Fort Hood 35242.
Story Of Army Help For Lampasas Told
With such a large number of
units on the site it was soon nec
essary for them to be placed under
one control. On Monday as Gene
ral Gillmore inspected the flood
area he put Colonel Walter A.
Faiks commander of the 35th
Engr. Group in overall command
of the relief force.
The command post was set up in
the town's city hall where requests
for relief by the town's citizens
were received and where clean up
work could be coordinated with
the Lampasas mayor and civil de
fense authorities.
Big Job Underway
Initial work by the Fort Hood
it as a on a
guarding pumping out of flooded
buildings and heavy equipment
work. As this got underway gene
rators arrived to aid the town's
el a a it a
lighting sets were set up to light
the town to aid in security. Troops
from Fort Hood left the post about
6:30 a.m. messed on the site at
n then worked until 6 p.m.
FORT HOOD TEXAS THURSDAY MAY 30 1957
Well-Known
Track Coaches
Here June 6
Well-known Texas track coaches
and officials will be running the
course when the Fourth United
States Army Track and Field meet
gets underway here next Thurs
day (June 6).
Headed by Colonel Frank An
derson famed Texas A. & M.
track coach the officiating line
up includes: Carl Price athle
tic director and head football
coach of Waco Texas High
School clerk of the course and
John H. Smith head football
coach of Belton Texas. High
School Inspector.
About 130 track and field stars
from throughout the five-state
Fourth Army area of Texas Okla
homa Arkansas Louisiana and
New Mexico will be battling for
spots in the All-Army finals here
June 13-15.
Probable chief field judge is H.A.
"Sandy" Sandford head football
coach of Tarleton State Teachers
College Stephenville Texas. His
assistants include track coaches
Bill Lierman of Killeen Texas
High School and J. Purtle of Bel-
ton Texas High School.
Ray Butman assistant Tex
as A. & M. track coach will
be chief timer.
Probable chief finish judge will
be John Dunn assistant track
coach at Tarleton State Teachers
College.
John. Cook principal of Mea
dows Elementary School at Fort
Hood will be chief scorer.
Other officials are Leo V. Jack
son head football coach of Cam
eron Texas High School and
Eken of Austin and Tom Waldrop
of Temple who have officiated in
some of the most important Texas
college and state high school
meets.
Dub King Temple Texas sports-
caster will announce the compe
tition.
A 'Healthy Respect' Taught
Trainees For Hood 'Varmits'
Rattlesnakes copperheads scor
pions and centipedes men of
Troop D 2nd Reconnaissance Squa
dron 15th Cavalry while not
really friendly with
such
varmints
have learned to coexist with them.
When the troop moved into an
area along Cowhouse Creek for
'bivouac week" May 20-24 it
found its campsite already occupi
ed by the poisonous snakes centi
pedes and scorpions.
Knowing that contact with dan
gerous snakes was a new ex
perience for many of the trainees
some of whom had never "camped
out" Captain Robert C. Gray
troop commander used the occas
ion for instruction in "how to con
duct oneself in the presence of an
angry rattler."
Snakes scorpions and centi
pedes were captured by quali
fied cadremen of the troop and
shown to the trainees with ex
planations of how to identify
poisonous species and how to
avoid being bitten. Trainees
were not allowed to handle live
specimens.
prior-to returning-to the P°s* fw
the night.
Emergency Over
On Tuesday the work lost is
emergency state and became more
and more the job of men and ma
chines cleaning up the filth left
by the flood. Pumping continued
but much work was done by doz
ers graders cranes and men with
shovels. Also on Tuesday it was
decided that on the following
day the operation would. go. fron*
the hands of the military authori
ties to the control of civil defense
representatives. Requests for work
were channeled through this repre
sentative who authorized what
work was to be done.
On' Wednesday the estimate of
the Lampasas damage was set at
$3700000 by Rolland C. Haun the
civil defense coordinator. Clean up
work continued and plans were
made for the phasing out of mili
tary aid for the area.
Typical of the projects on
Wednesday were construction of a
sanitary fill
Spring Chest Fund Drive
Starts Sat. Goal $24075
COMING EVENTS
May 30—11:30 a.m. Memorial
Day Ceremonies At. Post
Headquarters Building.
May 31—4:30 p.m. 4th Quarter
master Battalion retreat pa
rade across from Theatre
Number 1..
June 1—9:30 a.m. General
Barnes greets new 4th Ar
mored Division fillers Theatre
Number 1.
une 6-8—4th Army Tracks
meet Prichard Field
une 13-15—All Army Track
meet. Pilchard Field.
Post Will Honor
Memorial Day
With Ceremonies
Memorial Day Ceremonies will
be held today in tribute to our
honored dead with ceremonies be
ginning for Fort Hood at Reveille.
The National Flag at Post Head
quarters will be displayed at half
staff from reveille until noon and
the 4th Armored Division Band will
play at building Nr. 1 for 15
minutes before and after 12 noon
when the flag will be hoisted to the
top of the staff.
A 21 gun salute will be fired at
12 noon with the full raising of the
flag.
Each unit will conduct their own
ceremonies honoring the day
with special ceremonies and a mes
sage 'The Significance of Memo
rial Day" will be read to the men.
NOTICE
South Avenue between 24th
St. and the new Batchelor's
Officers Quarters entrance road
will be closed from 8 a.m.
Saturday June 1 until 6 p.m.
Sunday June 2 to place a drain
age pipe under the street. Traf
fic will detour on marked route.
South Avenue extends west off
Rancier Avenue through the
East Gate.
Specialist Third Class Lester Ir-
vin Coushatta La. a graduate of
the jungle warfare school at Fort
Clayton Panama Sergeant First
Class Frank L. Merrell Quanah
Texas and Captain Gray captured
the specimens and instructed the
trainees.
Captain Gray pointed out that
posonous snakes are not particular
ly dangerous to the person who
knows how to recognize and avoid
them and that thorough knowledge
of snakes is a good antidote for
fear of them.
He said the trainees learned
to treat poisonous snakes with
"healthy respect" but to not
let fear of them interfere with
normal activities.
One of the trainees Private Wol-
gang G. Priebe from Germany
said he had never seen a snake
before a year ago and before ar
riving at Fort Hood had no idea
of how to protect himself from
them. "But" he says "because of
this training I know what to do
now."
sanitary conditions and first work
on repairing of levees on Sulphur
Creek. It was the overflowing of
these levees which poured the wa
ter of the creek into the town.
Clean up work continued through
Thursday Friday and Saturday.
No troops worked Sunday and the
clean up on a smaller scale con
tinued through Friday May 24. The
35th Group cleared the disaster
area on 1600 hours on the 24th
qnd provisions were made for the
24th Engr Bn of the 4th A. D.
to work in the flood area for the
following five days.
24th Eng Still Work
The 24th Engineers who have
worked on the flood sight since a
few hours after the flood are still
sending men to Lampasas every
day.
Eleven men and an officer are
working there this week with dump
trucks hauling away debris. 2d
Lt. Thomas Alford is in charge of
the men who are working with 10
trucks. Hiey are expected to be
remainder of the
The Center under direction of
Major James L. Dowdy is set up
to streamline the paper work nec
essary in obtaining passports.
Complete medical processing is
available at the Center.
Dependents should take pre
viously issued passports birth
certificates naturalization cer
tificates and immunization re
cords with them when report
ing for processing.
Before the big job is finished
at the DPC it is expected that
more than 2300 dependents will
have been processed.
4 A. D. Bandsman
To Mobile Ala.
For T.V. Show
A 4th Armored Division soldier
will make a feature television ap
pearance in Mobile Ala. June 1.
Specialist Third Class Donald M.
Flewell 4th Armored Division
Band will present his interpreta
tion of Louis Armstrong and the
Chee-Chee Girl of the early 40s
Rose Murphy as a part of a
giant Youth Appreciation Day show
"That's My Desire" as done by
Louis Armstrong and "I Can't
Give You Anything But Love" by-
Rose Murphy are two songs that
Specialist Flewell will do as part
of his act.
In antoher part of the act Flewell
plays 'with a Dixie Land Band
switching from piano to the bass
fiddle and to the drums then go
ing into his interpretation of Rose
Murphy
Specialist Flewell first started his
act six years ago while play
ing with bands around his home
town of Detroit Lakes Minn.
He entered the Army in 1952
and was assigned to the 77th
Army Band Fort Sill Okla.
where he continued his imper
sonations. He has continually
improved his act by participat
ing in Army talent shows the
most prominent of these being
the Current All-Army Talent
Show "Get Set Go".
A 1950 graduate of Detroit Lakes
High School Specialist Flewell at
tended Concordia College Moor-
head Minn. before entering the
Army.
Now assigned to the 4th Armored
Division Band Specialist Flewell
lives in Killeen Texas with his
wife Wanda Lee.
53rd Sig. Praised
By King Cole Chief
Officers and men of IH Corps'
53rd Signal Battalion have been
commended by Major General Ed
ward G. Farrand for their contri
butions to the success of Exercise
Sledgehammer at Fort Polk Louis
iana.
The 53rd returned to Fort Hood
last week after being at Fort Polk
since January establishing and
maintaining communications for
Exercise King Cole and Exercise
Sledgehammer.
General Farrand Commanding
General of the First Armored Div
ision at Fort Polk and Deputy
Director of Exercise Sledgeham
mer told the battalion "The sup
port which your-organization ren
dered the First Armored Division
in the provision of control com
munications for Exercise Sledge
hammer is worthy of special com
mendation.
"This performance reflects great
credit upon your organization and
the military service. I wish you
continued success upon your return
Buy
Bonds
Now!
Ft. Hood KB Gray Participate
Citizens of Fort Hood Killeen Base and Gray Air Force Base
both military and civilian will participate in the Spring Chest Fund
Drive for 1957 during the next six weeks. The goal for this drive
$24075 is less than half the $60000 aimed at in the fall drive last
year.
Big Job Starts
At Dependent
Proc. Center
All but two or three of the de
pendents who will accompany their
husbands to Germany in August
on the advance party of the Gyro-
sccping Fourth Armored Divison
have started or have finished
their processing at the Division's
Dependent Processing Center in
Building 2305.
While no quotas have been set
for either individuals or units this
year guides for determining what
each ones "fair share" amounts
to have been established by the
Chest Fund Committee headed by
Brigadier General John A. Berry
HI Corps Artillery commander.
Supports Agencys
The drive which supports 13
health and welfare organizations
most of whom directly or in
directly benefit Fort Hood person
nel is the second half of the
annual fund raising system devised
last year to avoid multiple fund
raising campaigns for charitable
causes.
Selected this year for assistance
in the amounts indicated are:
The Fort Hood Youth Activities
$8000 .Chaplains Fund $1900
United States Army Hospital Nu
tritional Aids —$75 Texas United
Defense Fund—$500 Civilian Wel
fare Fund $500 American Red
Cross $8500 Bell County Tuber
culosis Society $500 Texas Scot
tish Rite Hospital for Crippled Chil-
American Cancer Society $500
Blinded Veterans Association—
$100 Texas Society for Mental
Health $250 and the American
Heart Association $500.
Post C. G.Launched Drive
"The whole hearted cooperation
and participation by all personnel
is an effective method of demon
strating your deep interest in this
(See CHEST FUND Page 2)
Honesty Nets
Sfc C. G's Praise
And... $20
One of the 'small" incidents of
the Lampasas flood came to light
here last week when a soldier was
commended by his commanding
general found himself $20 richer
the flood relief fund received an
additional $80 and the faith of a
Lampasas doctor in his fellow man
was given a 'shot in the arm*.
SFC Douglas Faciane of Bat
tery 195th AAA Bn. was in charge
of one of the cleanup details at
Lampasas on Tuesday May 14
two days after the flash flood
which claimed five lives and dealt
widespread destruction to the com
munity. Caught in the mesh of a
partially submerged chicken wire
the Hood soldier found a ?100-bill»
which he turned in at the emer
gency relief headquarters in the
City Fire Station.
The owner of the bill was identi
fied by officials as Doctor W. M.
Brook and it was returned. Im
pressed by the honesty of the serg
eant and appreciative of the aid
given the devastated community by
the servicemen Dr. Brook sent a
letter of appreciation of Sgt. Fac-
SFC DOUGLAS FACIANE who
found a $100 bill caught in a wire
fence while in charge of a clean*
up detail after the disastrous
Lampasas flood.
(U.S. Army Photo)
iane's action to the Fort Hood
commander Major General W/l-
iam N. Gillmore requesting that
the $i20 he enclosed be given to the
sergeant with presentation of the
letter. He added that th remain
ing $80 was being turned over to
the Red Cross Relief Fund at Lam
pasas.
Thursday in the general's office
Sgt. Faciane was presented the
doctor's letter the $20-bill and a
letter of appreciation from General
Gillmore in which the Hood com
mander praised the integrity and
the soldier.
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Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1957, newspaper, May 30, 1957; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth254484/m1/1/?q=sigma+nu+north+texas+state: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Casey Memorial Library.