Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, August 23, 1963 Page: 5 of 12
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Friday August 23 1963
An 81-year-old Central Texas
woman recently visited her
grandson at her birthplace the
Fort Hood military reservation.
Her maiden name is known to
anyone who knows a Fort Hood
map or has prowled the area of
Manning Mountain and Manning
Mountain Road.
Iva Manning now Mrs. S. T.
Maiiott of Pearl Tex. was born
in a log cabin on the banks of
Cowhouse Creek west of what is
now Georgetown Road.
That was Aug. 9 1882.
Recently she returned to Fort
Hood to visit a grandson Lt. Billy
J. Piper who now trains on the
former land of his great-grand
father with Co. C 2d Bn. 50th
Infantry 2d Armored Division.
It was Aug. 5 just four days
before her 81st birthday and she
wanted to see again the place
of her birth. She had left the spot
on the Cowhouse nearly 75 years
ago when the family moved to
Pearl about 40 miles west of Fort
Hood.
The Army took over the area
for Camp Hood in 1942. A cousin
of Mrs. Mariott Jim Manning is
said to have been the last Man
ning to leave the reservation.
The 1st AD gym will be filled
with long rows of field tables and
clerks processing the new men
The replacements will file in one
door of the building have their
records checked and corrected
and will find themselves on the
way to their new units as thej-
go out another door.
"There will be five stations set
up for the trainees" the lieuten
ant said. "We will have already
received each man's records and
his assignment." lieutenant Cruz
said that the first station will
have fee new arrivals pick up
their records and then they will
go to the station where personal
files will be brought up to date.
The third phase of the processing
will be the checking of financial
records extra pay preparation of
vouchers for travel etc. At the
fourth station each man will fill
out forms for his STRAC folder
required in a STRAC division. At
the final station the replacements
will surrender their records and
be taken to assigned units.
Lieutenant Cruz noted that he
has 16 clerks handling the present
rush of replacements for Old Iron
sides. "We will have three times
that number at the gym" he said. |five.
Only
Woman Revisits Hood Birthplace
sought the log cabin home of her
first six years.
It was not there. But she
found the approximate location
and thoughts came back to her.
It seemed strange to see cattle
out there where the Manning's had
farmed in the late 1800's. She re
membered when there were 13
"I want my men to yell."
That is what Lt. Col. Frank
Cuevas battalion commander 16-
th Artillery 2d Armored Division
said the other day while referring
to the purpose behind a battalion
commander's plaque.
The plaque designed to in
crease esprit de corps was con
cocted by Colonel Cuevas and his
sergeant major M-Sgt.' Jack L.
Bennett.
"My sergeant major is my right
hand man" said the colonel. "He
is a combat soldier not an ad
ministrative soldier. And for
that reason I want the men of
the battalion to look up to him.
Back here again with her grand
son the bespectacled white-hair
ed lady of five feet three inches He is a leader. I want all my
Gym To Become Personnel
Officer For 'Cruit Arrivals
The 1st Armored Division gym
nasium will be put to a new use
for several weekends in Septem
ber when it will be a huge office
for the processing of mass ship
ments of replacements to Old
Ironsides.
Lt. Francisco Cruz-Aedo 501st
Replacement Detachment com
mander the processing unit for
arrivals to 1st AD said that for
the month of September approx
imately 1700 men straight from
basic training will be sent to
Old Ironsides in two shipments on
the weekends of Sept. 13 and 27.
"We expect approximately 800
men on each of the two week
ends" said lieutenant Cruz
He pointed out that most of. the
men fresh out of basic training
will be coming to Fort Hood from
leave and there will be no definite
times of arrival.
We can set up in the gym
and be ready to go when the
men do start coming in" Lieu
tenant Cruz continued. "We ex
pect most of them in the after
noon and early evening." He said
that the new men will be bil
leted by their assigned units but
the 501st Administration Co. will
feed some of the trainees when
they arrive. The detachment will
use its own vehicles and some
trucks from the 501st Supply and
Transportation Bn. to take the new
men to their units.
Col. Banks Named As
Temporary Chaplain
Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Edwin B.
Banks former 2d Armored Divi
sion Artillery chaplain has been
appointed temporary division
chaplain pending the arrival of a
chaplain from Germany next
month.
The Division post has been va
cant since Chaplain (Lt. Col.) J.
R. Andrews departed for reas
signment in June. The duties have
been handled by Chaplain Banks
and Chaplain (Maj.) W. C. Barn-
house who will now become the
assistant chaplain.
Already assigned as the division
chaplain but not yet here is
Chap. (Lt. Col.) Malcom Sadler
who will arrive from assignment
in Germany about Sept. 10.
Fred Lewis Co. B 1st Bn. 66th
Armor 2d Armored Division was
recently promoted to platoon ser
geant.
John Greve Co. B 1st Bn. 66th
Armor 2d Armored Division was
recently promoted to specialist
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brothers and sisters running
around working and playing in
the same areas that soldiers now
train.
Scattered miles apart through
the area Manning relatives walk
ed barefoot through the rocks and
brush to visit one another.
Mrs. Mariott gazed down a trail
Battery Receives
Battalion CO Honor
NCOs to be similar leaders and
one way to accomplish that is to
have this plaque."
Awarded to Battery in July
the plaque will not necessarily be
a monthly award until the 16th
Artillery completes its organiza
tion under the ROAD concept.
"However" remarked Colonel
Cuevas "if the executive officer
the sergeant major and I feel
that a battery has achieved a cer
tain excellence we will not hesi
tate to award it."
Colonel Cuevas has carried his
esprit de corps among the NCOs
policy all the way. Instead of the
customary battalion commander-
to-battery commander presenta
tion the battalion sergeant ma
jor presents the plaque to the
battery first sergeant.
To win the plaque a battery
must excel in all facets of mili
tary life. Included.besides training
best barracks and best vehicles
are items such as a low AWOL
rate low accident rate and over
all behavior.
These facets of military life are
all subjected to a weekly inspec
tion by Colonel Cuevas. However
contrary to many inspections Co
lonel Cuevas' is not restricted to
checklist.
'As I mentioned the executive
officer the sergeant major and I
sort of comprise a three-man jury
We combine 60 years of experi
ence and try to base our decisions
on professional judgement."
Nevertheless if Colonel Cuevas'
plan works out it shouldn't be
too long before the 16th Artillery
is yelling up a storm.
Extra Sweet Payday
Awaits Iron Deuce
The fourth Sabin oral polio vac
cine distributor previously sched
uled for June 30 but which was
delayed will be given to 2d Ar
mored Division this payday.
The long-awaited fourth dose
a combination of Sabin Types I
II and
in
will be given to each
man as he passes through his
unit's pay line.
The vaccine will be dispensed
on sugar cubes and the operation
will be supervised by medical per
sonnel and teams from the divi
sion surgeon's office.
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near the old homesite and re
membered when her mother used
to ride on horseback to Copperas
Cove to market her eggs.
And there was the time when
she and her mother went to
Gatesville in a horsedrawn wa
gon because her mother was a
witness in a murder trail. They
had to stay overnight because of
the long trip back.
Then there was the big day in
1888. The six- year- old Iva and
her sister Hattie rounded up the
family's horses at Table Rock
Creek.
MI Detachment
Finishes 3d Year
Without Accident
One of the safest outfits in the
2d Armored Division is the 502d
Military Intelligence Detachment
which recently racked up its third
straight win of the annual divi
sion small unit safety trophy.
The detachment has completed
its third straight year with a no
accident slate.
How does a unit maintain such
a record? According to officials
at the 502d it is a matter of
driver education and orientation of
new arrivals. One of the first
things a replacement hears when
he arrives at the 502d MI is the
unit's stress on safety.
The 502d MI stands well above
other division units in safety rat
ings below them in size but with
about an equal ratio of exposure
to accidents or safety hazards.
The division safety award is
based on all types of accidents.
Areas covered in the awards
criteria include vehicles bar
racks and living areas work
shops off-post and off-duty safety.
Maj. Gen. Edwin H. Burba 2d
Armored Division commander pre
sented Maj. Robert L. Leonard
502d Commander with the trophy
representing this year's award.
Dr. Robert R. Webb. Jr.
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We are pleased to announce that Donn T. Boyd Lt. Col.
USA Ret. has joined our staff as special representative for the
Ft. Hood area.
A combat veteran of WW II and the Korean conflict
he was III Corps aviation officer prior to his retirement 30
April 1963.
Colonel Boyd is a substantial landowner and absentee
citrus grower in the Magic Rio Grande Valley. He is particu
larly well qualified to tell the story of the Valley and its won
derful opportunities for investment and retirement. He is our
sole representative in your area and will be happy to explain
our program to you. Colonel Boyd resides at 706 Alexander St.
Killeen Texas and his telehone number is ME4-6880.
R. F. Pool Jr.
"Citrus Lands Of The Rio Grande1
BOX 455 McALLEN TEXAS
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3d Brigade Plans
Birthday Party
In September
The recently organized 3d
Brigade of the 2d Armored Divi
sion will celebrate its birthday
in early September even though
the unit is less than two months
old. The celebration will mark
the 21st anniversary of Combat
Command C the unit from which
the 3d Brigade was formed.
Col. G. R. Dunn 3d Brigade
commander asked for and receiv
ed permission to hold the birth
day celebration Sept. 7 instead
of Sept. 2 because Labor Day
falls on the latter date. The unit
was organized Sept. 2 1942.
Taking part in the celebration
will be the men and their fami
lies of Hq. & Hq. Co. only.
The 3d Brigade came into be
ing on July 1 of this year with
the advent of ROAD (Reorgani
zation Objective Army Division).
Under the reorganization all
units that were formerly under
command of the commander of
Combat Command C were shift
ed to the 3d Brigade.
The birthday celebration will
be held in a classroom near bri
gade headquarters with a lunch
to follow hi the Hq. Co. mess
hall. The celebration will start
at 9 a.m. A ball game between
the officers and enlisted men will
follow in the afternoon.
The 3d Brigade or OCC was
formed during World War II and
remained with the 2d AD-during
the battle for Europe.
William Thompson Co. B 1st
Bn. 66th Armor 2d Armored Di
vision was recently promoted to
specialist four.
Laurence Clark Co. A 17th
Engineer Bn. 2d Armored Divi
sion was recently promoted to
specialist five.
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Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, August 23, 1963, newspaper, August 23, 1963; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth254755/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Casey Memorial Library.