Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1964 Page: 2 of 20
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Lt. Gen. Harvey Fischer III
Corps and Fort Hood command
er at Friday's retirement cere
mony gives Maj. (Ret.) Earl A.
Robertson several III Corps
mementoes to give to the peo
ple of Langres France the city
where the III Army Corps was
founded now the retirement
home of the Robertson family.
Major Robertson formerly of
Headquarters III Corps com
pletes 32 years in the service
with the retirement ceremony
Friday.
Among the mementoes will
be a plaque dedicating the con
tinued relationship and a let
ter from General Fischer. It is
planned to be presented to the
people on Veteran's Day (Nov.
11). The mayor of Langres
Mayor Jean Favre will accept
War Memories
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pounded into me through the
stafings and in school."
Guhther Brueckner shared
this fear of the 'enemy" with
the majority of the German
poplation.
"The further the war progres
sed" he said "the more agri
culture diminished. By the time
it was over the entire country
was on the verge of starvation.
But even this did not change
our image of Americans."
Brueckner told of his first
encounter with the GI's. After
entering Neustadt-Coburg they
unloaded mourrds of candy and
food for the people but no one
made a move to accept the
gifts.
"Then a child grabbed apiece
of candy and swallowed it" he
said. "I remember knowing in
side that he would die from poi
son. When nothing happened we
attacked the food like animals
The abnormality of Brueck-
ner's childhood atmosphere
was enhanced when a new line
appeared on the German map—
a line which was to split Ger
many into East and West.
He recalled that "the early
days of the occupation were
chaotic. N a ly everyone was
on the move. Germany was a
land of displaced persons all
attempting to return to their
homes. The people had under
standably shut their minds to
politics. It made no difference
if their home was in the east
ern or western sector."
Brueckner's family were
among the few who had man
aged to remain in their own
home for the duration of the
war. Strangely enough this in
volved him even more in the
mass migration.
"Food became more scarce
and it was impossible to feed
a family the size of ours on
the rations allotted us" he
a id he re or a he a
of 13 I became a guide help
ing families across the border
—in either direction."
As the year progresed Brueck
ner was dealing primarily in
westbound traffic. Finally the
Russians tightened security on
border passage and his danger
ous dealings ended.
He enrolled in Seimans En
gineering School to become a
draftsman. Following gradua
tion he ventured to Berlin in
search of work. Here the dif
ferences in the two zones were
even more apparent. It was
not long before he returned to!
West Germany.
A life he had led for 231
years was drawing to a close.
In January 1957 he packed
his bags and headed for a ren
dezvous with his sister in Cali
fornia U. S. A.
"It was a miracle. Few peo
the items.
Ill Corps was organized
during World War I in Lan
gres Haute Marne depart
ment France at which time
there were many units in and
around the area. General
Pershing's headquarters were
15 miles away in Chaumont.
Due to the excellent disci
pline and courtesy of the III
Army Corps' troops when the
U.S. soldiers returned during
World War II they were wel
comed with open arms.
During World War II 1st. Lt.
Robertson didn't arrive until
Thanksgiving of 1944 to assist
at in in a re a a
building space for vehicles.
Not too long after the lieu
tenant's Arrival in Langres the
owner of the area his medium
CMMI AWARD—Receiving the Fort Hood Command Management
Maintenance Inspection award from Lt. Gen. Harvey Fischer III Corps and
Fort Hood commander is Maj. William A. Snider commander of Co. A. (In-
terrogiation) on behalf of the men in his unit (and to his left) Lt. Col. Paul
M. Wimert commander of the 319th MI Bn. (Field Army)
ple will ever know the sensa
tion of stepping from a world
of depression into the Ameri
ca of 1957" said Brueckner.
Immediately after his arrival
he applied for a permanent
visa. He worked a few months
for an aircraft manufacturer
and then was drafted. The ma
jority of his first two years
were spent in Alaska. At the end
of his tour he returned to Cali
fornia where he reenlisted for
feiting his German citizenship.
He had retained it until volun
tarily entering a foreign mili
tary service.
His departure from German
law however did not automati
cally qualify him for U. S. citi
zenship.
American law requires five
years service before applying
for citizenship and the applica
tion must then be filed within
the United States. These restric
on a
seven years while he was sta
tioned in France and Germany
from 1959 to March of this year.
After returning to the states
he submitted is application
and completed his examination.
He was summoned to Austin
last week to begin a second life
—as an American.
Dempsey J. Burton Killeen
recently received a Superior
Performance Award at Fort
Luther F. Taylor Gatesville
Performance Award at Fort
Hood.
Marvin B. Ware Copperas
Cove recently received a Sup
erior Performance Award at
Fort Hood.
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311 N. 8th
General Fischer Presents Corps
Officer Mementos For France
truck company was occupying
introduced him to the family
living in the house across the
street eventually be
came his in-laws with his mar
riage to their daughter Su
zanne on Easter Monday (Ap
ril 2) 1945.
Lt. Robertson was the only
one in the batalion who could
speak any French—all con
tacts with the people were
made through him.
After the war his mother
came overseas to join them
and returned to the states
with them when now Capt.
Robertson finished serving
with the occupation forces of
Europe.
In January 1948 he was
transferred to the reserves in
Michigan his home.
"'HtlMfWMinifiri!
J. D. Magill Killeen recent
ly received a Superior Perfor
mance Award at Fort Hood.
Carl V. Walker Killeen re
cently received a Superior Per
formance Award at Fort Hood.
Dan C. Barton Temple re
cently received a Superior Per
formance Award at Fort Hood.
Charles W. Patterson Lam-
recently received a Superior
erior Performance Award at
Fort Hood.
The Korean Conflict called
him to active duty. He com
manded an M-l platoon which
was soon sent to Germany
Sensing a long stay in Europe
his wife and two children
journeyed from the United
States. Capt. Robertson was at
that time with Allied Forces
Central Europe Fontainebleau
France. He was then assigned
to Fort Gordon Ga. until De
cember '57 when he returned
to France at La Rochelle and
stayed for 4% years.
Fort Hood was the next as
signment being stationed
with the 502d Administration
Company working with the 2d
Armored Division Information
Office then assigned recently
with Headquarters III Corps.
Besides the major and his
wife their son Ellis 16 and
their daughter Elisabeth 15
will be going too.
Ellis is a music student who
has been studying in the U.S.
with the Junior String Project
of the University of Texas Aus
tin. He plays the cello. He is
now a. senior in high school and
in France he will resume his
music studies with his first
music teacher Prof. Carlo Jes-
si of the Conservitories of La
Rochelle and Poitiers.
Elizabeth is now a sophomore
in high school and will resume
her studies in L'Ecole Superiore
of Langres.
Major Robertson will con
tinue with his hobbies of hunt
ing fishing music and repair
ing stringed instruments col
lecting old coins and partici
pating in Boy Scout activities.
While in France he will still
continue to keep his American
citizenship.
Langres France is located
on a promentory of a high
plateau 1500 feet above sea
level. Because it blocks the
routes coming from the north
it was recognized as a mili
a on in
Gallic wars. When the Ro-
an on re a
(France) they recognized the
fact and added Roman forti
fications to the town.
Since this beginning 'dukes
kings and even Napoleon con
tinued to maintain the area as
a strong point.
At the present time there are
five outlying forts which date
from Napoleon and the War of
1870 that still can hold a regi
ment (2500 troops). Now they
are being used as Ordnance
storage areas.
The town has a large wall
about 25 feet wide around the
town which at some parts re'ach
es 80 feet in height and which
is in an excellent state of repair
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The city is about 250 miles
from Paris.
Langres is on the main line
from Paris to Basle and there
are two national highways that
provide the town with automo
bile accessability.
During World War II below
the town in the valley of the
Marne the Gertnans had es
tablished one of the largest
munitions depots in Central
France. The French intelli
gence disguised one of its
members who spoke excel
lent German as a German
inspector general. While in
specting the plant this
Frenchman planted a bomb
that exploded when he was
far away from the area. The
gigantic explosion could be
noticed 100 miles away. The
local French citizenry were
warned to evacuate the im
mediate area—all but one
evacuated and he was the
only French casualty.
Major Robertson's sister-in-
law was a member of an am
bulance corps. Besides knowing
how to save lives all had to
have an excellent knowledge of
the vehicle as well. During the
Normandy Invasion she found
herself behind the German
lines. One night she picked up
three of our soldiers and head
ed for the line. After being stop
ped by the Nazis (while they
were ready to open the ambu
lance from the rear) she
rammed through the line and
made her goal safely.
The British and the Ameri
can governments decorated her
for her actions.
Her husband a captain in
he re A or a
smuggled out of France dur
ing the War and joined the
DeGaulle free French army.
He now works closely with
the U.S. government--based
at the French Air Field at
Toul France.
On the way to New York
City where the Robertson fam
ily will board for France they
will stop off with the first com
manding officer of Maj. Rob
ertson Col. (Ret.) Jesse Ca
nary in Owensboro Ky. "One
of the greatest officers one has
the pleasure of serving with."
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of Killeen Copperas Cove Bel-
ton Temple and Lampasas all
receive allocations from the
Fort Hood UF.
Members of the Federal Plan
Coordinating Committee the
heart of the United Fund in
clude Colonel Hansen chair
man Maj. Loren J. Heller
vice-chairman Maj. Davis Bur
nett Jr. publicity Mr. Gronke
advertising and project
officers Lt. Col Truman Lillie
Maj. Edward B. Harston Maj
Erman P. Carnegy Maj. ohn
R. Waters Capt. Bernard H.
MacDonald Capt. Jack R.
Kerns Joel W. Ingram and Wil
ton J. Scott.
As the 1964 Fort Hood United
Fund Campaign Drive begins
remember the UF slogan "One
gift works many wonders" and
give the United Way—contrib
ute your Fair Share to the 1964
Fort Hood United Fund.
Shoot
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gunner of the "top tank" had
is to a on in
placing first. "I contribute all
our skills to our tank command
er Sgt. Brown. Everyone in the
crew feels the same as I do as
to why we placed first."
The number two tank's gun
ner PFC James V. Leford had
never fired in competition be-
ore either. He had been a gun
ner exactly one week.
This year's contest according
to Major Sesslar was harder
than last year. "All the down-
range markers were removed
making the tank commanders
target acquisition much hard
er" said the Major. "The tank
ers did very well the contest
went very smoothly and the
scores were high."
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Doctors Meet
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Two medical ctoctors who met
while completing residence re
quirements for psychiatry at
Illinois' State Psychiatric Insti
tute are back together again—
but not for long.
One is replacing the other as
the 2d Armored Division's psy
chiatrist.
Capt. Doyle Carson will take
over Capt. Thomas Stone's!
duties in that position.
At the Illinois Institute the
twt had classes scheduled to
gether during their grueling!
three year residency at the hos
pital.
Captain Stone was at the In
stitute from 1959 to 1962 while
Captain Carson studied there
from 1961 to 1964.
Captain Carson a native
Texan earned his Bachelor of
Arts degree at Texas Techno
logical College was graduated
from the University of Texas'
Southwestern Medical School
and interned at Parkland Hos
pital in Dallas before traveling
to Illinois for his residency.
Captain Stone has been with
the Iron Deuce since 1962. He
plans to practice in the East.
Ronald D. Cain Co. B 47th
Medical Bn. 1st Armored Di
vision was recently promoted
to specialist five.
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Joseph S. Ryan Battery 1st
Bn. 16th Artillery 2d Armored
Division was recently promot
ed to specialist five.
Albert Wallace 502d MP Co.
2d Armored Division was re
cently promoted to sergeant.
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