Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, June 5, 1970 Page: 1 of 14
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By PFC. BOB RICHTER
Information Specialist
Carnivals and circuses have
long been a part of the
American scene. The color
and excitement of the big top
seems to have a magnetic
attraction for young and old
alike and many of us probably
hold fond recollections of
carnivals gone by as a happy
part of childhood.
P. T. Barnum organized
America's first great travell
ing circus more than 100 years
ago and brought the circus
into many an American town.
Barnum also made the state
ment "a sucker's born every
VOL. 29 NO. 21
Editorial
(Classified
jSports ...
TWO ART EXHIBITS are on display at the
Arts and Crafts Center (Bldg. 3). A Texas Fine
Arts Association exhibit of award winning
watercolors oil paintings and drawings will remain
on exhibit until June 9. The other exhibit is
a display of Icons a series of religious pictures
from the Orthodox Eastern Church. This display
made by Pfc. Jim Shuto opens today and will
remain through June 20.
Inside Story
The uses and abuses of drugs have been in
the news much lately. Beginning with this issue
the Armored Sentinel presents answers to quer
ies about "The Drug Scene." See page 11.
minute" and he probably
wasn't very far from the
truth.
Cheap hokies and confidence
men have been swindling
''suckers'' for thous
ands of years and there
has been more than just one
owner of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Wherever money is found
there are people willing to
help drain off the excess.
There is some evidence at
the end of every month that
there are people aware that
some of the suckers in the
world are stationed here at
Ft. Hood. It seems that right
around pay day every month
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SENTINEL SHORTS
Happenings
THE COMMISSARY STORE will be closed for
inventory June 18. The commissary annex which
is normally closed on Wednesday and Thursday
will also be closed Friday June 19 for inventory.
THE MONTHLY ORIENTATION for
military families will take place at 1 p.m. Wed
nesday in Theater 1. Attendance by military
sponsors who have or who contemplate having
dependents at Ft. Hood or in the immediate vicini
ty is mandatory. In addition adult dependents
are encouraged to attend an orientation as soon
as convenient after arrival.
O
4 Social Notes 8
13 Movies 10
12 Eye Catcher 5
WWII Tank
Commander
Team Leader
Rendezvous
tents sprout up out of the
surrounding countryside and
the familiar howl of the
carnival barker echoes over
the Texas plain.
Yes it's carnival time again
and the rides games and cot
ton candy all point to a good
time. Pockets bulging with
pay many Ft. Hood soldiers
set out for the carnival and
thus begins many sad stories.
You see the carnivals are
As the smoke clears a Memorial Day salute to fallen comrades in arms.
The dedication of Ft. Hood's
newest enlisted dependent
housing area Venable Village
is scheduled for Sunday at
4 p.m. The dedication site
is located on the second street
to the right of Venable Drive
just inside the western en
trance to the village south
of Highway 190.
The annual barbeque and
general membership meeting
of the Association of the
United States Army will be
held from 6:15 to 9:15 p.m.
Tuesday June 23 in Prichard
Stadium. All people interested
in the AUSA and its activities
are invited to attend the open
meeting. A cost of $1.50 will
cover the evening meal with
free refreshments being serv
ed.
A business meeting will be
held with the guest speaker
being Frank Pace former
Secretary of the Army and
current AUSA national presi
dent.
With the second largest
AUSA membership in the na
tion the Cen-Tex chapter
boosts quite a few programs
of community interest as well
as providing many more of
their own.
From among its nearly 6700
members 97 attended the na
tional meeting in Washington
D. C. last year. This was
one of the largest delegations
present. Last year's regional
meeting was hosted by the
Cen-Tex chapter in Killeen.
Maj. Gen. William R.
Desobry 1st Armd. Div. com
mander greeted one of his
World War II commanders
and honored him with a
special color guard ceremony
at Division headquarters May
25.
The commander Brig. Gen.
(Ret.) Kenneth G. Althaus
was the commander of Combat
Command A 10th Armd. Div.
or A
Desobry then a major was
a team leader under Althaus.
Althaus remembers one
combat mission in which
Desobry played an important
Named in honor of Sgt. Maj.
Joseph A. Venable former III
Corps and Ft. Hood command
sergeant major who was kill
ed in Vietnam Sept. 13 1968
Venable Village consists of 200
four bed-room quarters.
Mrs. Venable prestntly
residing in Austin will be
present for the dedication and
The mission of the chapter
is ". to extend itself in
creating a public awareness of
the Army AUSA and its aims
and purposes" according to
the chapter's bylaws.
Proof is available in almost
any national holiday as the
chapter involves itself with
patriotic gestures at every
turn. On Armed Forces Day
AUSA had a static display
at Ft. Hood's exhibition.
An extensive campaign to
"Fly the Flag" was sponsor
ed by the AUSA chapter for
Flag Day 1969. Independence
Day last year found the mem
bership sponsoring a float in
the Belton parade.
Christmas-time brought sup
port for the USO outlets in
Temple and Killeen. Financial
aid was given by the associa
tion for use in the program
to allow soldiers to call home
during the holidays. The
program nearly doubled by
the aid rendered by the Cen-
Tex Chapter.
Groups of visitors from
Finland and Ecuador were
on so re an
role. The mission The Battle
for Metz took place Nov.
25 to Dec. 2 1944. He had
issued orders to Desobry to
advance on their pre-planned
objective: a jab at Tettingen
France and a hook around
the German west flank near
Besch France. The ultimate
goal was to capture the
French city of Metz and cross
the Star River along the
Grench-German border.
Althaus remembers having
three columns abreast on a
six-mile front which reached
the objective at Metz despite
very heavy resistance.
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Beware Of The Confidence Men At The Carnival
AUSA Slates Barbeque
Tliere is some evidence at the end of the month that there are people aware that some of
the suckers in the world are stationed here at Ft. Hood.
in business. For a good time
they rightfully expect to be
paid. Most carnivals are
legitimate. A carnival is
usually divided into two parts:
first there are the people who
own the rides. No problem.
These people are selling a
service. The problem arises
in the other part: the con
cessionaires. These are the
people who run the various
games along the familiar
midways.
The concessionaires too are
out to make money however
their services are ques
tionable and this is where
the sucker comes in. Most
of the concessionaire's chance
games are legitimate but
when betting or any other
form of gambling with money
comes into play look out!
Lt. Col. Robert E. Wagnild
operations officer at the post
ARMORED SENTINEL
FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY JUNE 51970
will preside in the ceremony
by unveiling a monument and
memorial plaque at the dedia-
tion site.
During the ceremony Lt.
Gen. Beverley E. Powell III
Corps and Ft. Hood com
mander will give the dedica
tion address.
Following the unveiling
through the Central Texas
area by the local chapter x-
tensive tours and demonstra
tions were made available to
them through the AUSA.
The chapter also has plans
or a
museum. The outlet will be
the first of its kind to show
he at on
military and civilian com
munities in central Texas.
Tentative plans have been
drawn up for Ft. Hood to
hire 135 youths in the federal
Summer Aids Program ac
cording to Mrs. Juanita E.
Mingst chief of recruitment
and placement at Ft. Hood
civilian personnel division.
"Applicants must be from
very low income scales" says
Mrs. Mingst "and vary from
the ages of 16 to 22 years."
She added that the young peo
ple would be involved in
a or a
In fact the German
fortifications were so strong
that the 386th Inf. Div. was
called in to aid the 10th Armd.
Div.
It was at Metz that Althaus
recalls the first evidence of
a possible German counter-at
tack. However not until later
did the Germans mount the
great push that resulted in
the Battle of the Bulge.
During the advance Althaus
injured his back when his jeep
hit a mine. He was then sent
to Walter Reed Army Medical
Center and later to Ft. Hood
At Ft. Hood he commanded
Several Special Services
facilities have extended their
hours of operation until mid
night through the summer.
The main library Bowlers'
Green Fiddler's Green
Sergice Club the main arts
and crafts center and Swim
ming Pool No. 2 are presently
staying open later under the
program.
The purpose of this later
closing is according to Brig.
Gen. Samuel McC. Goodwin
the III Corps and Ft. Hood
chief of staff "to make
available selected recreational
facilities some a n-
ditioned during the pre-mid-
night hours when comfortable
rest in sun-heated un-cooled
barracks is often not possi
ble."
The general stated that the
further availability of Special
Venable Village Dedication Sunday At 4
ceremony Mrs. Venable will
cut the door ribbon on the
new set of quarters and
present the keys to the new
occupants of Venable Village.
After the key presentation
Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Robert A.
Young command sergeant
major III Corps and Ft.
Hood will escort Mrs. Venable
Another program the AUSA
sponsors is the "Vietnam
Returnees Program." Soldiers
returning from that combat
zone with battle injuries are
treated to special programs
including the highly publicized
trip to Waco for the Baylor-
Texas football game.
Memberships will be
available at the meeting.
workmen messengers etc.
Work will end September 30
and total no more than 700
hours.
Summer Aids program will
also be employed at Ft. Sam
Houston and Ft. Wolters Tex
as an S O a is
year. Fourth Army and the
A a so
a id a of
civilian force reductions Ft.
Bliss Texas and Ft. Polk
La. will not participate.
Provost Marshal's office said
"any time the prize at a
carnival is money then we
haven't got much chance of
winning. My advice is to just
stay away from this type of
game."
of
plaints from the carnivals
in this area come from the
a a a
Various carnivals call it "Play
Football" or it often comes
At Ft. Sill about 75 Indian
the Tank Destroyer school and
was in charge of the Sphinx
Project.
The project's purpose was
to determine the best method
of offense against the cave-
type defense expected to be
found in Japan. An invasion
of the Japanese -mainland
seemed a likelihood at the
time.
Althaus found that the best
method of closing the caves
was by napalm bombing and
the project's results became
part of a training directive
and film. However Day
precluded the use of the direc-
connected with the Department of the Army. Opinions expressed by Publisher and writers herein are their own and are not to be e°"sWered an official expression
The facilities open under
this program will operate on
the midnight schedule through
he if
is enough participation. If the
facilities are not used during
the late hours they will return
to their regular hours of
operation.
The main library located
on Headquarters Avenue near
ad is
operating Monday through Fri
and guests on a tour of a
el of a
Refreshments will be served
in adjoining quarters.
Venable Village was con
structed to relieve the critical
housing shortage here at Ft.
or os a
enlisted personnel with large
families. At least four children
are required for the family
to be eligible for these
quarters.
Earlier this year this newest
Ft. Hood housing area was
opened for a few families.
In April 58 families were
presented their keys and then
in May another 86 families
moved in. The last group of
56 families were presented
their keys on Monday and
Tuesday.
Venable a veteran whose
military career spanned more
than 28 years served at Ft.
Hood with the 1st Armd. Div.
in 1955 and again in 1959 and
1960. In 1965 the sergeant ma
Program Helps Youths Find Jobs
youths from the Bureau of
I an A a a in
school in Lawton will be
employed. This will enable
the school to remain open
during the summer.
The main purpose of the
Summer Aids Program is to
assist students who must have
summer employment to help
supplement their education
costs as well as developing
marketable skills in order that
they may more readily find
future employment.
tive or the training. He closed
down the tank destroyer
school and retired.
Retiring to Okala Fla.
Althaus became the city's
Superintendent of Grounds and
Springs.
Following the ceremony
Althaus was taken on a
helicopter tour of the post.
Althaus found the growth of
the fort "remarkable."
He also visited his son Col.
A ha us
deputy test director of Com
S vi S
System (CS3) Test Hq. Ill
Corps.
in the form of tossing rings
onto numbered pegs or throw
ing balls into numbered holes
on a board.
There is usually a fast-talk
ing man running this sort of
game and the usual procedure
is to start his victim out by
winning a prize such as a
stuffed animal. O.K. but when
that same fast-talking man
suggests "putting up a little
more money" do an about
face and move out. The con
cessionaire (the fast-talking
man) will never lose in the
end although it may seem
that way.
In addition to this Wagnild
Midnight Summer Closing
For Recreation Activities
Services facilities would
enhance the recreational op
portunities on-post.
He stated that "limited
recreational facilities are
available in barracks occupied
by bachelor soldiers stationed
at Ft. Hood. These limitations
are most acute in the World
War II mobilization barracks
still occupied by many soldiers
at Ft. Hood."
day from 10:30 a.m. until
midnight and on Saturday
and Sunday from 1 p.m. 'til
midnight.
The arts and crafts center
in Bldg. 3 across from post
headquarters is open Monday
through Friday from 5:30 p.m.
until midnight and on Satur
day and Sunday from 12:30
p.m. until midnight.
The Fidders' Green Service
Club is open Monday through
Friday (except Wednesday)
from 5:30 p.m. until midnight
and Saturday and Sunday
from 1 p.m. to midnight.
ro
Bowlers' Green across the
street from Fiddlers' Green
at the intersection of Head
quarters and 162nd St. is open
from 9 a.m. to midnight Mon
day through Friday and from
8:30 a.m. Saturday until 1
a.m. Sunday.
jor returned to Ft. Hood to
take the position of command
sergeant major of III Corps
and Ft. Hood.
a of a re in
quished his post on Sept. 13
1967 to join the 1st Inf. Div.
in Vietnam. Exactly one year
later Sept. 13 1968 Venable
died in a helicopter crash 60
miles north of Saigon that
also claimed the lives of
several others including Maj.
Gen. Keith Ware World War
II Medal of Honor winner
for whom Ft. Hood's high rise
officers quarter's Keith Ware
Hall is named.
The sergeant major from
Bristol La was one of the
few men whose long and
distinguished military career
justified his being called a
"soldier's soldier." In his
nearly 30 years of service
he held every rank from
private to command sergeant
major was decorated 14 times
Melvin W. Bishop chief of
the recruitment and place
ment branch civilian person
el iv is on A
said "Fourth Army's Summer
Aids program has been high
N on a
youths given the opportunity
to earn money but they
are provided employment
counseling and encouraged to
stay in school."
"Many of the young people
through their summer work
at Fourth Army installations
duets or services advertised
explained that by puting up
money for a game a person
has shown intent to gamble
and this makes him as guilty
as the games operator.
"The most drastic thing that
can occur would be to put
a carnival off-limits in the
area of the Fourth U.S.
Army" said Wagnild. "The
Army does not ignore these
things."
Carnivals still are a part
of the American scene and
provide a lot of good clean
fun but avoid the "fast
talkers" and prove P. T.
Barnum at least partially
wrong.
—14 Pages
Swimming Pool No. 2 east
of the 1st Armd. Div. head
quarters area will remain
open seven days a week from
12:30 p.m. until midnight. A
Post Exchange mobile snack
bar will provide extended
service to the pool.
Prior to the announcement
on the extended hours it had
been announced that Theater
3 would add a performance
to its schedule for the sum
mer. The theater now has
on a S a a
shows at 6:30 8:30 and 10:30
p.m and four continuous
performances Sunday
beginning at 1:30 p.m.
Other special services
facilities will not change their
operating hours. Most of them
remain open until 9 or 10
p.m.
including the Combat In
fantryman's Badge with two
stars for combat in Europe
Korea and Vietnam.
Venable also served as U.S.
Continental Army command
sergeant major at Ft. Monroe
Va. from 1964 to 1965.
a is in is he
himself early in his military
career. Joining the Army at
age 20 in 1940 he was assigned
to the 8th Regt. of the 4th
Inf. Div. He was with that
unit when it led the assault
on Utah Beach during the
Normandy invasion.
He fought in five major
campaigns in Europe and was
wounded twice. His second
wound almost cost him his
a
evacuated to England for
hospitalization he voluntarily
left and made his way to
the combat zone in France
and rejoined his unit.
have discovered occupational
goals. Whatever may be their
ambitions in life the Summer
Aids program has given
them strong desire not only to
succeed but to fulfill their
obligations as citizens."
Those interested in applying
for these jobs should contact
their state employment agen
cies rather than the civilian
personnel division. The ap
plications will be routed from
there through proper channels.
Generals Desobry and Althaus
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