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VOL. 12 i\(. 56
First Trainee
Group Awaits
Initial Eight
The first week's increment of
Army trainees which arrived here
for basic training last Wednesday
is about to begin its eight week
initial training period with the 51st
Infantry 2d Armored Division.
Forty-three young trainees in
uniform only a few days arrived
here last Wednesday from Fort
Knox Ky. to signal the start of
an inflow of 7500 new soldiers for
basic training with the 2d Arm
ored Division.
Major General W. Paul
Johnson commander of the
"Hell on Wheels" division was
on hand to personally welcome
the group including Pvt.
Stephen R. Shebek 23 of
Youngstown 0. the first man
to step off the chartered bus
that brought the men from
Temple Municipal Airnort.
They had come by air from
Fort Knox to Temple.
Division training officials noted
it was particularly appropriate
that the first group of trainees
should come from the reception
station at Fort Knox the Armor
Center to the veteran 2d Arm
ored Division the Army's only
armored division to remain in
continuous active service since its
organization in 1940.
Average age of the first trainee
group was 22. Most had been
inducted into the Army less than
a week ago.
Trainee Shebek felt more than
a little at home when he met
Corporal Milton C. Johnson also
of Youngstown who will be one
of the cadremen to conduct train
ing in Shebek's unit Company
"A" 1st Armored Rifle Battal
ion 51st Infantry.
Eighty-one more trainees ar
rived several hours later at
10 p.m. from Fort Leonard
Wood Mo. and approximately
SO more were due today from
Fort Chaffee Ark. and Fort
Carson Colo.
A steady input of trainees will
continue over the next three
months with about 600 due to ar
rive each week to begin training.
The first week's increment will
go to the 51st Infantry for train
ing. Others of the 2500 Febru
ary arrivals will go to the 1st
Howitzer Battalion 78th Artillery
1st Armored Rifle Battalion 50th
Infantry and 1st Medium Tank
Battalion 67th Armor.
Young Scout
Honors BSA
With Heroism
On Thursday afternoon Febru
ary 6 Donnie Campbell 11-year-
old Boy Scout from Killeen Troop
223 saved Walker Leathers age
3 from drowning in Nolan Creek
in Killeen.
Donnie had been walking near
the Adams Trailer Court and he
saw Walker playing on the bank
of the creek. Screams attracted
his attention as he walked on and
he saw that Walker was struggl
ing in four feet of water.
Displaying great presence of
jnind Donnie ran to the spot
and plunged fully dressed into the
water grasping Walker by his
clothing and pulling him to safety.
Such level headedness is parti
cularly appropriate at this time
for the Boy Scouts of America are
this week celebrating their 48th
anniversary.
When asked for a comment con
cerning his feat of bravery Don
nie said "It was my duty". In
simple terms this expressed the
code of the Boy Scout who takes
an oath to help other people at all
times.
Walker's parents Sergeant and
Mrs. J. W. Leathers found it im
possible to express their gratitude
to Donnie for saving their son's
life but his Fort Hood organiza
tion (B Company 2nd Medium
Tank Battalion 35th Armor) in
vited Donnie and his parents to
dinner on the following Sunday at
the company mess hall as a token
of appreciation.
Major General W. Paul John
son commander of the 2nd Ar
mored Division wrote a personal
letter of thanks to Donnie whom
he commended for bravery and
presence of mind.
TI Briefings
Slated Today
Next week's troop information
topic for post and 2d Armored Di
vision units "Your Outfit and
You" will be briefed for unit
troop information NCOs today.
The regularly scheduled brief-
Fjngs will be held in Theater No. 4
at 10:30 this morning for 2d Ar
mored Division units and in the
Post Information Office bldg. 60
thii- afternoon at 2:30 for post
units.
#"r
JLht
Sergeant Alan T. Taupier of
the 1st Armored Rifle Batta
lion 52nd Infantry attained
top honors in the Advanced
NCO Class.
Sergeant Taupier is a squad
leader in Company "A" of the
52nd. He entered the army in
January of 1957 and prior to com
ing to the Missile Command in
August of last year he was with
the 1st Battle Group 30th Infan
try 3rd Division at Fort Benning
Georgia.
Sergeant First Class Martin K.
Canape also of the 52nd Infantry
attained third place honors in the
same class.
Sergeant Canape who is origi
nally from Hawaii is a squad
leader in Company "B" of the
52nd. He entered the army in
The story of bats in the belfry
has a Fort Hood sequel in an epic
entitled "Cat in the Chapel."
The story starting with one
lone tomcat in one lone chapel
seemed at the start as simple
enough. The job removing Tom
from the chapel also appeared
easy.
Two chaplains two chap
lain's assistants and two mili
tary policemen quickly dis
covered that this apparently
easy task required more than
six men to remove one un
willing pussy-cat from the
warm shelter of the 37th
Street East Chapel.
It all started Tuesday morning
February 4 when Chaplain's As
sistants Private Wilbur Repp and
Private Ernest Richter discover
ed the sleeping cat near the front
of the church. The two apprached
the sleeping cat with the intent of
gently picking it up patting its
head a few times and then gently
FORTY-THREE young Army trainees in uniform only a few days arrived here last week from
Fort Knod Ky. to signal the start of an inflow of 7500 new soldiers for basic training with the
2nd Armored Division. Major General W. Paul Johnson commander of the "Hell on Wheels" divi
sion welcomes Pvt. Stephen R. Shebek 23 of Youngstown Ohio the first man to step off the
chartered bus that brought the men from the Temple airport.
Misslemen Head Academy
Colonel Franklin G. Smith Com
manding Officer of the 2d United
States Army Missile Command
(Medium) recently congratulated
four members of his command
who attained high scolastic stand
ings in classes at the Non-Com-
missioned Officers Academy.
February 1946 and his last assign
ment was with the 35th Infantry
of the 25th Division at Schofield
Barracks in Hawaii.
First and Second place hon
ors in the potential NCO Class
went to Private First Class
Grady J. Norris 1st Recon
naissance Squadron 16th Ca
valry 2d USAMC (M) and
Private First Class Clinton G.
Glover 57th Field Artillery
Missile Group.
Private Norris entered the army
a year ago and after completing
his basic training at Fort Knox
was assigned to the Missile Com
mand.
Private Glover a surveyor with
Headquarters and Headquarters
Battery of the 57th entered the
Army in March of last year and
completed his basic training at
Fort Ord California before com
ing to Fort Hood.
The advanced NCO class and
the potential NCO class is design
ed to train men with leadership
ability so that they may teach
and lead others.
MAJOR ROBERT L. DUDLEY commander of the 2nd Medium Tank Battalion 35th Armor
presents a letter of appreciation from Major General W. Paul Johnson 2nd Armored Division
Commander to Donnie Campbell 11-year-old Boy Scout who saved the life of three-year-old
Walker Leathers whose father Sergeant J. W. Leathers holds him at left. The lifesaving took
pface on Nolan Creek near the Adams Trailer Court in Killeen on the afternoon of February 6.
Sergeant Leathers is in Company of the 2nd Medium Tank Battalion.
Pussy Cat's High Perch Leads
To Squelching Of Nine Lives
ushering it out the front door.
But the cat had different ideas.
It leaped and caught hold of a
curtain and scampered to the top
far from eager hands. Gentle
coaxing by well-meaning as
sistants proved to be of no avail
the cat wanted no part of them
or the outside.
Rougher tactics were then de
cided upon and a broom was
brought out. The cat then hur
riedly came down the cur
tain and just as hurriedly scam
pered up another.
From its precarious perch it
appeared to be at the trail's end.
Then Tom spied the rafters about
four feet away. A graceful leap
to the rafter put him safely be
yond the reach of the assistants'
broom.
By this time Chaplain (First
Lieutenant) Charles Gray and
Chaplain (First Lieutenant) Erwin
Knitt both of the 2nd Armor
ed Division got Into the act. It
Model Airplane
Club Forming
A meeting of the "Hood Balsa
Busters" an organization devoted
to the promotion of model air
plane building and flying in the
Fort Hood area was held at the
Post Arts and Crafts Center
bldg. 211 Monday evening.
The aims of the club were dis
cussed and it was decided that of
ficers would be elected at the
club's first meeting in April.
Regular meetings will be held
the first and third Mondays of
each month and model flying will
take place every Saturday and
Sunday afternoon weather per
mitting.
Requirements for joining the
club are that members civilian
or military be interested in mod
el building and flying and be
come affiliated with the Acad
emy of Model Aeronautics.
This organization with head
quarters in'Washington D. C. is
an educational scientific and non
profit organization established
as clearing house for all aeromod-
elling activities.
was decided that if they just left
the cat up there overnight it
would soon get tired and come
down on its own accord.
Morning came and with it Tom
was found still sitting upon his
self-chosen throne high in the
chapel.
Desperate measures were then
decided upon and the military po
lice were summoned. The cat just
climbed higher upon the arrival
of these new tormentors right up
to the top of the chapel some 30
feet from the floor.
The Post Engineers were
called and two men with a lad
der were promptly dispatched.
They finally dislodged the stub
born cat from its position high
above the floor which was Chap
lain Gray commented probably
the closest to Heaven the cat had
ever been.
The episode ended in a tragic
note as the cat upon contact with
the floor instantly and simultane
ously ended all bis nine lives.
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FORT HOOD TEXAS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13 1958
Post Contest For
Showmen Near
Post entertainers will soon have
a chance to work their way to the
top in the annual All-Army Enter
tainment Contest. The Fort Hood
Entertainment Contest is schedul
ed for March 3-5 the Fourth U. S.
Army Contest for May 5-8 at
Fort Sill and the All-Army Grand
Finals for June at Fort Belvoir.
The Fort Hood Entertainment
Contest for 1958 held March 3-
5 will start post entertainers on
their way to the Fourth U. S.
Army Entertainment Contest May
5-8 at Fort Sill and the Grand
Finals in the All-Army Contest
at Fort Belvoir in June.
Competition at all levels will
be divided into two classes
'Live" and "Recorded." The
deadline for the "Recorded" class
will be March 4 and competition
in the "Live" class will take place
Theater Number 1 March 3-5.
Persons entering the Fort Hood
entertainment contest will register
at Post Special Services Build
ing 211 in person in order to se
cure information required for De
partment of the Army Form 1853
R the official entry blank. Con
testants will receive necessary ad
ditional instructions when they
register.
The running time of an entry
in the "Live class will not exceed
four minutes. In the "Recorded"
class running ti. will be not
less than four nor more than six
minutes.
The "Live" class will be divided
into seven categories: (1) vocal
soloist (all styles: popular class
ical semi-classical musical com
edy folk etc. Contestants may ac
company themselves. (2) Instru
mental soloists accompanied or
unaccompanied solos in sill styles.
(3) Individual specialty (all acts
which are non-musical or not pri
marily musical including comedy
dancing novelty instrumentals
vocal impersonation etc. (4) Vo
cal group not more than four
members any style with or with
out accompaniment. (5) Instru
mental group not more than five
members. All ctyles vocal ele
ments may be included if they
are subordinate to instrumental
presentation.
(5) Specialty group-musical not
more than three members group
acts whose main elements are
novelty comedy or dance in addi
tion to vocal and or instrumental
presentation or groups whose vo
cal and instrumental elements are
equally prominent. (7) Specialty
groups non-musical not more than
three members all group acts
which have no vocal or instru
mental elements such as skaters
tumblers dancers comics.
The "Recorded" class is divided
into six categories: (1) Barber
shop quartet four male or female
singers. (2) Spiritual rhythm and
blues or rock 'n roll group three
to five members. (3) Country and
western groups (three to seven
members must include instru
mental music may or may not
include vocal presentation)
4) Army band chorus (not less
leader) 5) Singing platoon )not
less than 24 members includ
ing leader) songs will be sung
in unison in march tempo) 6)
Policy Change
Affects Some
Future Officers
The Department of the Army
has announced a new policy con
cerning the ordering to active
duty of Reserve Officer Training
Corps graduates with majors in
certain scientific subjects.
Reserve Officer Training Corps
students concerned who are not
needed to fill branch quotas will
now be ordered to only six months
active duty for training unless
they prefer a two year tour.
However it was emphasized
that a limited number of science
major graduates will be called for
two years active duty. Formerly
these ROTC graduates did not re
ceive preferential treatment in
exclusion from selection for two
years active duty.
The policy change applies to
those students commissioned be
tween May 1 this year and April
30 1959.
Those affected are students
majoring in chemistry geology
geophysics mathematics micro
biology parasitology pharmacol
ogy physics physiology and en
gineering. I
Army chorus (battalion regimen-
mand not less than 24 members
including leader).
All U. S. Army personnel on
active duty for more than 90
days are eligible to compete. A
perpetual trophy now held by
Ft Sill will go to the winning
installation in the Fourth U. S.
Army Contest.
It has been customary to pre
sent the winners of the Depart
ment of the Army fnals on Ed
Sullivan's nation-wide television
program.
Colonial Franklin G. Smith
Commanding Officer of the 2nd
United States Army Missile Com
mand (Medium) recently wel
comed two officers from the Can
adian Army who will be attach
ed to his command for six
months.
Major Reginald S. Farnell
mil initially be assigned to
the G-3 Training Operations
section and Major Ronald W.
Roscoe in the G-2 Intelli
gence Section. During their
stay both officers will rotate
through the entire unit to ob
serve the functioning of a
Missile Command.
Major Farnell holds a senior
staff position in the Headquar
ters of the First Canadian In
fantry Division. He is a Brigade
Major Royal Artillera position
which corresponds to both an op
erations and intelligence staff of
ficer in the U. S. Army.
The major served with the 1st
Regiment' Canadian Horse Ar-
66th Armor
Writes Final
Gyro Chapter
With the arrival of the 1st Medi
um Tank Battalion 66th Armor
aboard the USNS Patch last Fri
day in New York the 2d Armored
Division has all of its units back
in the United States for the first
time since July 1951.
The 66th Armor was the last
unit of Combat Command "C"
which composed the third incre
ment to depart from Germany.
All elements of the "Hell on
Wheels" division will be at
Fort Hood when the personnel
of the 66th Armor report by
March 10.
Thus far the 2nd Armored Divi
sion has brought 2625 families to
the Fort Hood area on "Operation
Gyroscope'.'
The remaining "units have ap
proximately 400 more family men
gyroscoping".
Col. Rudolph Barlow commands
Combat Command "C" which was
garrisoned in Smith Barracks at
Baumholder Germany site of one
of the largest Army training
areas.
Also returning with the third in
crement is Colonel Elwin T.
Knight commander of Division
Trains whose headquarters was
at Rose Barracks Bad Kreuznach.
The 2d Armored Division re
turned to. the U. S. aboard 12
MSTS vessels the first of which
docked at New York Nov. 26
with the 1st Medium Tank Batta
lion 67th Armor the principal unit
aboard.
Thus "Hell on Wheels" be
gan and ended its Gyroscope
move back to Texas with two
of the division's oldest out
fits. The 66th and 67th made
up the bulk of the tank bri
gade around which the Iron
Deuce was built in 1910 and
both are descendents of the
Army's World War I tank
tank corps.
Approximately 20000 individuals
including dependents made the
move from Germany to the U. S.
with the division. Virtually all the
families came on to Fort Hood
although several thousand enlist
ed men moved to different assign
ments or were discharged from
the service on their arrival in the
U. S.
Secretary Higgins Sees Post
After Speaking In Killeen
Winners have appeared on oth
er such nationally known shows
as those of Lawrence Welk and
Tee Mack. MR. HIGGINS
Canadian Officers Serve
With Missile Command
tillery during World War II. He
was with this unit when it went
to France in 1940. When France
fell to the Germans the division
returned to the United Kingdom.
In 1941 Major Farnell returned to
Canada where he became an in
structor at the Field Artillery
School.
He attended the Canadian Ar
my Staff College in 1950 and
has held various staff appoint
ments. In 1954 he servfed in Ko
rea with the 3rd Regiment Royal
Canadian Horse Artillery.
Major Farnell is from Alberta
Canada. He is married and he
and his wife Mary have two sons
Stuart 15 and Campbell 9.
Major Roscoe is originally
from Kentville Nova Scotia.
His home unit in Canada is
the 3rd Regiment Royal Can
adian Horse Artiller where he
is a battery commander.
Secretary Higgins was
greeted on his arrival by Ma
jor General W. Paul Johnson
Fort Hood and III Corps Com
mander in the absence of Ma
jor General William S. Biddle.
An honor guard composed of
Armor Infantry and Artillery
units was reviewed by the sec
retary shortly after his arrival.
Major Lawrence Tait command
ed the units from the 41st Infan
try the 37th Armor the 15th
During World War II Major
Roscoe served with the Infantry
throughout Northwest Europe.
After the war he became a Reg
ular Army officer and returned
to his basic branch Artillery.
He was with the 3rd Regiment
Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
when the unit was activated in
1951 and he was with the unit
when it was rotated to Gemany
that year. He attended the Can
adian Army Staff College in 1956.
and their children Barry 14
Major Roscoe's wife Kay
Ronald 7 and Gail 3 presently
live in Oromocto New Bruns
wick. This is the first time tliat
the Major has served with an
American force. However this is
not his first trip to Texas. Re
cently he completed the GM
Staff Officers' course which in
cluded a tour in Piton Cana-
(See CANADIAN Page 3)
COLONEL FRANKLIN G. SMITH left commander of the 2nd
U.S. Army Missile Command introduces Major William J.
Denkerley center commander of the 523rd Field Artillery
Battalion to staff members of the missile command and visiting
Canadian officers. Major Denkerley is shown shaking hands with
Major Reginald S. Tarnell one of the Canadian officers tem
porarily assigned to the command. The 523rd Battalion is the
first guided missile unit assigned here.
Hood Receives New
USAMC Battalions
Ceremonies at Fort Hood's main
gate last Wednesday marked the
arrival of the 523rd Field Artillery
Rock Battalion (Corporal) from
Fort Bliss to join the 2nd United
States Army Missile Command
(Medium).
In a movement unique in these
times the entire unit complete
with its equipment was moved
from Fort Bliss to Fort Hood by
motor convoy.
Major William J. Denkerly
acting commander of the
523rd arrived shortly before
the main body of vehicles ar
rived at Fort Hood's main
gate.
He presented himself to Major
General W. Paul Johnson 2nd
Armored Division Commander and
acting post commander in the ab
sence of Major General William
Biddle.
Major Denkerly reported to Col
onel Franklin G. Smith command
ing officer of the 2nd United States
Army Missile Command (Med
ium).
The arrival of the 523rd adds
another important weapon to the
Missile Command's lire strength
and marks the first guided mis
sile unit to be stationed at Fort
Hood.
Already attached to the Mis
sile Command are Honest John
units but unlike the Honest John
a free flight rocket the Corporal
is capable of being guided elect
ronically afte rit has been fired.
The 523rd will be commanded
by Major Rex H. Hampton. Major
Hampton arrived at Fort Hood
last November and has been as
signed as assistant G-3 in the
Missile Command pending the ar
rival of his unit.
This is the second major
unit which has been assigned
to the Missile Command with
in the past three days. The
86th Field Artillery Rocket
Battalion arrived here from
Fort Sill Oklahoma last Mon
day.
The 86th is an Honest John
Unit similar to the 634th Field
Artillery Rocket Battalion famil
iar to many through several fir
ings and demonstrations which
they have presented in the Fort
Hood area. The 86th is command
ed by Major Jean D. Willis.
—14 Pages
No Push-Button Holocaust
Likely Says Logistics Chief
Frank H. Higgins Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Logis
tics visited Fort Hood Tuesday
for his first tour of this Central
Texas Army post since 1954.
Cavalry and the 2nd U.S. Army
Missile Command.
The 266th Army band played for
the ceremony and a 105 milimeter
howitzer battery from the 2nd Ar
mored division fired a 17 gun sa
lute honoring the secretary.
Prominent among the specta
tors at the honor guard ceremony
was Lieutenant General John H.
Collier Commanding General of
the Fourth U.S. Army and Mr.
Earl Matthews of Taylor Texas
personal friend and host for the
secretary's visit to the Lone Star
state.
Following his reception at the
parade grounds Secretary Hig
gins visited the 2nd Armored Di
vision Troop Processing Center
where new basic trainees were re
ceiving their initial processing up
on arrival at Fort Hood for train
ing with the division.
After hearing a brief explana
tion by officials on the Processing
Center's activities Secretary
Higgins met a young soldier from
his home state Michigan who
had passed through the center
only two days before.
Private Bruce A. Boyd
Grosse Pointe Shore Michi-
gan the new trainee spoke to
the secretary for several min
utes answering questions
about nis background and re*
ceiving hints from Mr. Hig
gins in regard to his success
as a soldier.
The next stop in Secretary Hig
gins itinerary was the Post Or
dnance Shop. Here the secretary*
(See HIGGINS Page 2
Adult Medical
Clinic Revises
Dependent Care
Fort Hood Hospital officials
have announced that effective
Monday Feb. 17 dependents re
quiring treatment in the adult Me
dical Clinic of the Hospital will be
seen by appointment.
The adult Medical Clinic will
operate Monday through Fri
day of each week from 12:30
p. m. to 4:15 p. m.
Appointments can be made by
calling extensions 44105 or 35205
or by a personal visit to the adult
Medical Clinic Ward C-23 bldg.
3288.
Clinic patients will no longer be
required to pick up their out
patient records from Central Re
cords at the hospital but this
change does not affect the routine
procedure for patients visiting the
surgical Eye ear nose and
throat obstetrical and well-baby
clinics.
The emergency room wi" re
main open 24 hours a day.
Revisions in the hospital
procedure have been introduc
ed to prevent excessive wait
ing periods for patients and
to provide the best possible
medical care for adult depen
dents.
When a patient secures an ap
pointment at the adult Medical
Clinic hospital officials have sug
gested that he be there 15 minutes
before his appointment.
Jewish Services
Anticipate Week.
Of Brotherhood
Post Chaplain Lt. Col. Rex Ken-
dayy will be guest speaker at to
morrow evening's Jewish Sabbath
services at the 268th Street
Chapel.
The services will be in con-
juntion with observance of
Brotherhood Week and have
been scheduled according to
Post Jewish Chaplain 1st. Lt.
Abraham D. Feffer "In order
to give greater emphasis to
the fine spirit of cooperation
cooperation between the
three major faiths at Fort
Hood."
Chaplain Feffer has also invit
ed Fort Hood Seventh Day Ad-
ventists who also observe the
Sabbath on Friday to attend to
morrow's services at 8 p.m.
Chaplain 1st Lt. James L.
Claiborne will be special reader
at the services. He has just re
turned from a tour of duty in Ko
rea.
Also invited for the occasion is
Mr. Ghazi Sakran an Israeli Arab
educated at Baylor University
and now practicing psychology in
Gatesville.
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