Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, March 5, 1965 Page: 1 of 18
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Students Visit
2nd Armored
Page 2
•VOL. 22 NO. 49
East Range Road commands a
view of the post's vast East
Range area.
On this hilltop last week the
men who command the 2nd Ar
mored Division's artillery pow
er assembled to direct massed
firing exercises.
The storms and freezing
weather that had plagued the
Central Texas area earlier in
the week had passed and the
hills and plains to the west were
bathed in spring sunshine.
The firing exercises were al
ready in progress.
Lt. Col. Billy L. Dixon divi
sion artillery S-3 was directing
the firing. Colonial Dixon gave
the order for Battery A of the
1st Bn. 78th Artillery to fire.
A sergeant nearby picked up
his radio and called in the order
to the 78th's guns stationed in
the hills behind Sonia.
W The reply came back "On
the way" and all eyes were
turned toward a hill several
miles to the front. Two puffs of
smoke appeared on the hillside
and seconds later the noise of
the detonating shells reached
the observers.
Colonel Dixon ordered the
78th's Battery to fire and
two more explosions followed
the reply "On the way."
The opening phase of the di
vision artillery live fire exer
cise was under way. As the aft
ernoon progressed all four par
ticipating battalions received
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Flying Crane
Visits Hood
"It's like a huge flying ant"
was one reaction to the Army's
new CH-54A "Flying Crane"
helicopter when it paid a visit
to Fort Hood.
Fort Hood soldiers their fam
ilies and many Central Texas
citizens viewed the new air
craft which can lift 10 tons
of equipment or a 30-soldier
load.
The new "bird" answers one
of the Army's requirements for
battlezone aircraft capable of
dropping supplies and soldiers.
Remaining 100 feet in the air
load can be lowered or
retrieved by cable regard
less of the inaccessibility of the
area.
Piloted by Capt. James H.
Goodloe the Flying Crane was
one of four visiting the Fourth
U.S. Army area from Fort Ben-
ning Ga. The five-man crew in
cluded CWO Chester Cook CWO
James R. Oden Sp-6 Horace
S. Morris and Sp-6 William J.
Taylor all from the 478th Fly
ing Crane Co. Fort Benning.
The new "chopper" weighs 3-
500 pounds. It can travel at 120
knots (100 knots fully loaded)
and it can travel 250 nauti
cal miles on one load of fuel.
The Army now has six of
these "birds" four are visit
ing here in Texas.
2nd AD Redlegs
Direct Exercise
\From OP Sonia
By PFC HOWARD COFFIN
Observation post Sonia atop
a hill rising above Fort Hood's the target area.
Colonel Dixon's command andl The first objective was to im-
sent their shells hurtling into prove tactical communications
This opening phase of the fir
ing acted as preparation for la
ter barrages that involved raid
firing and combined the simul
taneous fire of all battalions
The four-fold objective of t!is
two day exercise was an
nounced early last week by Di
vision Artillery headquarters.
AlTs Get
Baptism
Of Fire
Armadillo Company a pro
visional unit initiated by the 2nd
Bn. 46th Infantry to house 106
advanced individual trainees
received its "baptism of fire"
during the 1st Armored Division
unit's field training exercise.
The trainees 76 of whom will
be permanently assigned to the
46th Infantry provided the op
position for the Invincibles dur
ing the three-day "battle" at
the Mayberry Park training
area. Lt. Clarence G. Johnson
(Anchorage Alaska) commands
the company whose day to day
functions resemble that of a ba
sic training comDany.
During November 1964 the
tyrannical forces of Oklahoma
(Armadillo Co.) launched an of
fensive against the peace-lov
ing people of Free Land of Lone
Star (the 46th Infantry).
After fierce fighting during
the first week of February
1965 the opposition achieved a
os in of a el to
Armadillos then massed east of
Gray Base and proceeded on in
an attempt to capture the air
field.
The 3rd Brigade moved to a
defensive position east of Gray
Base with the 2nd Bn. 46th In
fantry withdrawing to an as
sembly area west of Anderson
Mountain preparing to attack on
order.
The Invincibles were furnish
ed with a supporting company
Co. A 2nd Bn. 13th Armor to
aid them in driving the Oklaho
ma forces from Free Land. The
infantrymen were then broken
into five march units. in order
to give them superior numbers
for flanking movements against
the opposition.
Shortly after arriving at the
assembly area Co. A of the
13th Armor and Co. of the
46th Infantry moved out on a
night tactical road march. Ar
madillo Co. executed several
ambushes and used "brushfire"
techniques to continually harass
the battalion task force.
At dawn of the second day all
units of the 46th Infantry were
given the attack order. One
hour later the 13th Armor com
pany crossed the line of demar
cation and seized their first ob
jective. Two more march units
overran them forcing the op
position to withdraw.
between artillery headquarters
and the commands of the par
ticipating battalions. The sec
ond was to exercise control of
division artillery and test tech
niques and procedures relative
to the control.
The third was to gain experi
ence for battalion and division
artillery staffs in coordination
of firepower across a simulated
division front.
The fourth and final objective
was to practice procedures in
volved in nuclear fire missions.
The exercises had gotten un
der way about noon on Thurs
day.
The firing of registration
rounds continued until the mid
die of the afternoon then all
firing stopped. Brig. Gen. Ste
phen W. Downey Jr. assistant
Hell On Wheels commander
and Col. James G. Kalergis
2nd AD artillery commander
arrived at observation point
Sonia. They with other mem
bers or the command atop the
hill trained field glasses on th
horizon.
Moments later a deafening
roar signaled the launching of
the artillery's most powerful
weapon the Honest John rock
et. The big nuclear-capable mis-
sle streaked overhead and roar
ed off over the distant hills to
slam into its invisible target.
Then the big guns opened up
in unison. The 1st Bn. 3rd Ar
tillery opened up with its how-
(See SONIA Page 12)
Led By General
A group of five field-grade
Mexican Army officers headed
by Maj. Gen. Chrisoforo Pineda
commanding general of the 2nd
Infantry Brigade will visit the
1st Armored Division March 9-
10. Also present in the party
of visiting foreign military lead
ers will be Col. Mario Burgos
commander of the 7th Cavalry
Regiment Col. Jorge Garcia
commander of the 3rd Bn. 2nd
Infantry Brigade Col. Carlos
Pedrote commander of the 22nd
Field Bakery Uses 6000
Pounds Of Flour Each Day
The long-standing recipe off Petroleum sewing laundry
the III Army Corps for one and bakery operations are all
day's field-baked bread includesjin a day's work for the 63rd
6000 pounds of flour 1000
pounds of shortening and sea
soning leavening and 125 gal
lons of water. Cool and serve
with lots of butter makes 58000
servings.
4 Corps Generals
Nominated For
Permanent Stars
Four III Corps generals have
been nominated by President
Johnson for promotion in the
permanent grade of brigadier
general.
The four are: Brig. Gen.
Charles S. O'Malley assistant
division commander for support
elements 1st Armored Division
Brig. Gen. E. C. D. Scherrer
assistant division commander
for maneuver elements 1st Ar
mored Division Brig. Gen.
Robert H. Safford acting divi
sion commander 2nd Armored
Division and Brig. Gen. Charles
A. Symroski commander of the
III Corps Artillery.
The nominations were an
nounced by the White House.
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'CRANE' IN FLIGHT—The Army's new GH-54A "Flying Crane" heli
copter goes through its paces at a demonstration visit to Fort Hood. The
"bird" a troop and equipment carrier was visiting the armor post from the
478th Flying Crane Co. Fort Benning Ga. (U.S. Army Photo by Cpl. William
Greer)
Quartermaster Bn. 29th Quar
termaster Group which not
only specializes in such culinary
Olympics but provides logisti
cal support for III Corps troops
under tactical or garrison con
ditions.
"In the event of deployment
the battalion must be able to
operate in the field under com
bat conditions" says Lt. Rich
ard R. Williams (Farmer City
111.) who supervises the battal
ion's service center. "We have
to be able to continue our serv
ices regardless of weather or
terrain."
To make sure that quarter
master troops will be able to
carry out their mission under
no an a on it on
battalion frequently sets up in
tents on a close-in training area
and carries on its normal sup
port mission.
In 24 hours portable ovens
and mixing equipment in spe
cial tents go to work on four
tons of ingredients and come
out with 4000 loaves of bread—
Hell On Wheels
Association To
Meet In May
California's Vandenburg Air
Force Base will be the site of
the seventh annual meeting of
the western branch of the 2nd
Armored ("Hell On Wheels")
Division Association May 1.
West Coast members of the
association will convene in the
Air Base Officers' Club for the
two-day meeting.
The reunion will be highlight
ed by a tour of Vandenburg's
missile sites and launching
pads. An inspection of a "Min-
uleman" launching silo will be
included in the visit to the base.
All former members of Hell
On Wheels the wives and
friends are invited to attend
the meeting.
This year's association meet
ing is expected to be even big
ger and better than the 1964
get-together [officials say. Last
year the rennion was held at
Fort Ord Calif. and was term
ed the mosi successful of the
previous si
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FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY MARCH 5 1965
WAIT AND HIDE—A 1st Armored Division artilleryman of the 3rd Bn.
19th Artillery maintains a vigil for aerial and guerrilla attacks. The crew of
the well-cammouflaged 105 mm self-propelled howitzer was waiting for a fire
mission during a live-fire exercise as part of the operational readiness test
that was called for the battalion. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Tom Huerkamp)
Mexican Officers
To Visit Fort Hood
Infantry Bn.
dardo Ortiz
sub-section
secretariat.
The Mexican officers will ar
rive at Gray Army Airfield on
March 8 and will spend the
first day of their tour visiting
post maintenance and repair
sections.
They will begin their tour of
the 1st AD on March 9 with
a visit to Maj. Gen. H. J. Jab-
lonsky Old Ironsides command-
enough for 16000 men at three
meals a day.
Rubber tanks hoses and ele
vated nozzles comprise the pe
troleum operation where diesel
fuel and gasoline are pumped
into thirsty vehicle tanks.
Enlisted men at Fort Hood
and Army posts throughout the
world can become part of the
Army's historic "Long Grey
Line" become cadets at the
United States Military Academy
at West Point under the pro
visions of a newly-revised reg
ulation.
The regulation AR 350-55 sets
forth conditions under which en
listed men can become commis
sioned officers of the Regular
Army by appointment ta the
USMA.
Requirements are that the ap
plicant be between the ages of
17 and 22 a citizen of the United
States a high school graduate
physically sound unmarried
and have a desire for a military
career as a regular officer in
the United States Army.
Under the authorization of a
pa by on re a
a he of
Academy will be gradually rais
ed during the next five years
from the present 2529 to 4417.
This means that more enlisted
men can be admitted and be
come officers through Academy
graduation.
Nominations for enrollment in
the USMA come from two cat
egories congressional appoint
ments and competitive ex
aminations which include en
listed men in the Regular Army
Army Reserve and National
Guard.
Under the new regulation ap
plication fo.r admission will be
by letter and selection will be
based on the applicant's pre
vious academic records not on
his performance on qualification
tests.
All Regular Army applicants
who are accepted will first at
tend the U.S. Military Academy
Preparatory School at Fort Bel-
voir Va. a school designed
to aid the Army personnel to
a if or ad is on to
and Lt. Col. Gil-ling general. Following a brief-
chief of training ing by the general staff the
national defense Mexican dignitaries will be es-
corted to the 3rd Brigade where
a static equipment display will
be set up in the brigade motor
pool.
Later in the morning Gen
eral Pineda and his staff will
observe an artillery live fire
demonstration put on by the 1st
Bn. 73rd Artillery. Following
the artillery demonstration the
Mexican officers will be trans
ported to the Clear Creek Train-
fire Range where they will ob
serve the 1st Brigade during
their weapons qualification fir
ing.
After lunch in the field with
1st Brigade the visiting digni
taries will travel to Jack Moun
tain where they will watch the
1st Squadron 1st Cavalry dur
ing a live fire exercise. The
visiting dignitaries had stated
before their arrival that their
main areas of interest were unit
(See VISIT Page 12)
More EMs Can
Apply ForPoint9controllersColonel
Academy. The advanced period
of instruction gives training and
instruction which will aid candi
dates after their admission to
the USMA. The two-part course
last from mid-August to mid-
January.
Interested enlisted men should
contact their commanding offi
cers for further instructions as
well as the new regulation.
Opens
Testing
Battalions of Division Artil
lery led off the annual training
year operational readiness test
(ORT) requirements in the 1st
Armored Division. During the
past week every unit in Divi
sion Artillery has been called
upon to demonstrate its combat
readiness.
The 4th Bn. 3rd Artillery was
the first to receive the call fol
lowed by the 3rd Bn. 2nd Ar-
lerry 3rd Bn. 19th Artillery
1st Bn. 6th Artillery and the
1st Bn. 73rd Artillery who
wrapped up the tests for the
artillerymen.
During the months of March
and April all maneuver battal
ions of Old Ironsides' three bri
gades will be called on to dem
onstrate their readiness. Sup
port elements in the division
will receive their testing during
a future maneuver.
This year's ORTs are being
conducted under the direction of
Brig. Gen. Charles 3. O'Malley
assistant division commander
for support elements. Lt. Col.
Van T. Barfoot (Carthage
Miss.) commander of the 501st
Aviation Bn. is acting as deputy
test director and chief evalua-
tor and Lt. Col. John J. Doro-
ciak division G-5 is the as
sistant evaluator.
An ORT is a 25-hour test in
which every segment of a bat
talion is checked on 245 sep
arate points in seven different
categories. These check lists
are broken down into chemical-
biological radiological opera
tions logistics medical plans
and operations fire support
evaluation intelligence and a
general check list to cover all
other areas of individual and
unit activity.
Senior commands of the
battalion furnished appropriate
personnel to act as umpires
and evaluators of the
various segments under the di
rection of Barfoot. Bat
talions take turns providing op
posing forces for each other.
The tests are sprung without
any prior warning to the unit
to be tested.
From the time the test is
called until 24 hours later the
unit is evaluated on every move
it makes. The unit moves to
the field where it is pre
sented with a problem combat
(See ORT Page 12)
COOKIE TIME—Col. J. C. Conell command
ing officer of Killeen Base buys the first Girl Scout
Cookies from (left to right) Girl Scouts Theresa
Kirby and Barbara Tevington of Troop 227 and
Brownie Scouts Judy Portell and Susan Brinkpeter
of Troop 359. The girls represent some 50 girls
both Brownie and Girl Scouts who are selling the
cookies this week at Killeen Base. (U.S. Army
Photo)
Captain Stout was an observer
and gunner on a mission con
trol aircraft when he saw
Viet Cong force advancing to-
PFC Fiancee
Reunited By
TV Program
A a so
much of their leisure time
watching television although
very few ever get the chance
to be seen on a nationally tele
vised show. A 1st Armored Di
vision soldier PFC Roy Y.
Nishiyama (Los Angeles Cal.)
of Battery A 1st Bn. 6th Ar
tillery got that chance when he
appeared on "Truth or Conse
quences."
"I have no idea how they
heard about me" commented
Private Nishiyama "but I'm
sure glad they did."
Nishiyama received a letter
of introduction from Charles
Lyon the show's associate pro
ducer in early January sug
gesting the idea for the pro
gram and they worked out the
details in the correspondence
that followed. Truth or Conse
quences specializes in surprise
reunions.
The Old Ironsides soldier was
married four days after the pro
gram was shown although he
had not seen his fiancee for
over 11 months. Nishiyama's fi
ancee an employe in a
S he an O a be a
knew nothing of the show and
was completely surprised. Ac
cording to Nishiyama "Pauline
was so shocked to see me
she just stood there in the mid
dle of the stage and stared at
me."
Private Nishiyama left Fort
Hood Feb. 12 and was flown
to Los Angeles where he stayed
until the show was taped Feb. 15
for national showing on the 23rd.
The one-halt hour reunion was
seen on 200 NBC stations from
coast-to-coast.
Private Nishiyama entered
the Army in January 1964 and
took basic training and ad
vanced individual training at
Fort Ord Calif. He came di
rectly from AIT to the 6th Ar
tillery and has been the bat
tery armorer since he arrived.
Hood Boxers
Win Smoker
Page 14
—18 Pages
Ironsides
Begins ORT
2nd AD Captain Receives
18th Cluster To Air Medal
Capt. Stephen B. Stout com-1 ward a helicopter waiting the
mander of a 2nd Armored return of its parachute recov-
(Hell On Wheels) Division in-iery team.
fantry company received the
18th cluster to the Army Air
Medal for heroism in an air
borne action against the Com
munist Viet Cong.
The medal was given in rec
ognition of his heroic actions on
March 22 1963 when he held
pinned down a Viet Cong force
that was advancing on Ameri
can troops in the South Viet
Nam guerrilla war.
He relayed the information to'
the pilot of his craft who warn
ed the helicopter crew by ra
he as
opened fire on Captain Stout's
aircraft and he returned the fire
so accurately that the Viet Cong
troops were pinned down.
As a result the parachute re
covery team made it back to
their helicopter and joined Cap
tain Stout's craft in a heliborne
attack on the Viet Cong posi
tion.
A large part of the enemy
force was either killed or cap
tured.
The presentation was made
by Lt. Col. John S. Mace com
mander of the 1st Bn. 41st In
fantry of the 2nd AD.
Captain Stout a native of
Escondido Calif. is presently
the commander of the infantry
unit's Co. B. In Viet Nam he
was assigned to the U.S. Mili
tary Assistance Command.
Gen. Haines
Led 2nd AD's
3rd Brigade
The newly designated Fort
Hood commander Maj. Gen.
Ralph E. Haines Jr. was once
the commander of what is now
Hell On Wheels' 3rd Brigade.
At that time the 2nd Armored
Division was stationed at Baum-
holder Germany as part of
America's NATO complement.
The 3rd Brigade was then called
Combat Command C.
General Haines then a col
onel commanded the unit from
January to August of 1955. La
ter he was assistant 2nd AD
commander and went on to as
sume command of the 1st Ar
mored Division.
The unit participated in ma
neuvers conducted battalion
tests for the division and sup
ported Baumholder training.
Many other former 3rd Bri
gade commanders attained the
rank of general. They include:
Lt. Gen. Charles G. Dodge
Maj. Gen. Ralph C. Butchers
Maj. Gen. Thomas A. Van Nat-
ta Maj. Gen. Briand P. John
son Maj. Gen. Hugh M. Exton
and Brig. Gen. Bogardus S.
Cairns.
These officers held or hold
some of the following posts: CG
Fifth U.S. Army the Provost
Marshal General Deputy Chief
of Staff Continental Army Com
mand Chief of Staff U.S. Mil
itary Academy and Deputy
Chief of Staff U.S. Army.
The present commander of
the Ghost Brigade is Col. Ar
thur N. Whitley (Severna Park
Md.) who took command in July
1964.
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS there are 400 Fort Hood Girl Scouts in our Blue-
bonnet Council and nearly 4000000 throughout the United
States conscientiously dedicated to building a bridge to a future
of good citizenship and world understanding and
WHEREAS this promise of knowledgeable service and lead
ership to mankind is of critical urgency both at home and abroad
in developing a web of respectful understanding among all
peoples and
WHEREAS there are today in the United States millions of
adult women who have truly been fashioned into better citizens
wives and mothers because they ever remember their Girl Scout
promise of dedication to God country and humanity and
WHEREAS this fine organization is now proudly celebrating
its 53rd anniversary as the Girl Scouts of America:
NOW THEREFORE I the Commanding General of III
Army Corps and Fort Hood by virtue of the authority vested in
me do proclaim with extreme pride and pleasure the period
March 7-13 1965 as Girl Scout Week at Fort Hood and call upon
all Americans to extend these young ladies their full cooperation
and support in this and the years to come for in inspiring this
generation to the highest ideals of character conduct patriotism
and service the world we live in will be in better position to
reap a harvest of happier tomorrows.
G. R. MATHER
Major General USA
Acting Commander
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