The Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1953 Page: 5 of 16
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Thursday January 15 1953
Hospital Tent Battle
Army Medics Whip
'Manchiirian ever'
One of the most brilliant battles
of the Korean conflict is being
waged in a tent.
Pitched under the rim of a moun
tain near the 38th Parallel this
canvas covered battleground" is
a hospital. Here Army doctors and
nurses are busy 'round the clock
winning a battle against a my
sterious disease known as hemor
rhagic fever.
About 900 cases were reported
among United Nations troops in
1951 and 650 in 1952. Largely due
to the efforts of the Army doctors
and nurses more than 95 percent
of the soldiers affected with this
little-known illness have recovered
completely. The mortality rate
from the disease sometimes call
ed "Manchurian Fever" has been
extremely low.
VICTIMS EVACUATED
Main reasons for this marked
success are early recognition of
the disease evacuation of victims
by Army helicopter and constant
medical attention at the Hemor
rhagic Fever Center.
In order to detect the illness
early United Nations doctors are
instructed to send soldiers to the
center if they show the slightest
symptoms of hemorrhagic fever.
This results in the prompt dis
patch to the tent hospital of vir
tually every soldier who has a
fever of unexplained origin.
Sometimes other symptoms are
evident—a tendency to bleed
shock and vomiting.
Army 'Sh
el reps
Puts Finger On
Foe's Big Guns
The Army's "Duck
Count 'Em" club in Korea is put
ting many Communist mortar and
artillery pieces out of action.
While the average soldier in
stinctively ducks Red mortar and
artillery shells club members not
only duck 'em but also count 'em.
Reports of enemy activity in the
form of shell reports or "shel-
reps" as they arc populaily
known are of particular impor
tance in helping front-line soldiers
when the Reds start throvving
everything but the kitchen sink.
They form the basis for locating
hostile weapons so their fire may
be returned and the enemy pieces
destroyed or neutralized.
"Sheireps" also serve many
other useful purposes.
Properly analyzed "sheireps"
provide valuable clues as to the
enemy's intent. A heavy concen
tration of mortar and artillery
pieces in close support of the en
emy's front-line troops may sig
nal an impending attack. Lack of
fire may mean a shortage of am
munition movement of guns or
simply hoarding of supplies.
Careful scrutiny of these reports
by Army intelligence officers of
ten reveals the type of observation
the enemy is using for fire direc
tion and steps may be taken to
.knock out the observation posts.
Quantity and type of certain
enemy weapons and revelation of
new weapons and new types of
ammunition often are revealed by
the "sheireps."
The "shelrep" also tells:
1. Direction to the flash of the
gun sound of the gun firing and
sound of the projectile in flight.
2. "Time of flash to bang" which
is used to calculate distance from
the observer to the gun firing.
3. Number and nature of the
guns mortars or aircraft involved
in the shelling or bombing.
4. Exact time and duration of
the shelling.
5. Area shelled mortared or
bombed.
6. Number and type of shells or
bombs.
7. Damage inflicted by the ene
my's fire.
Blank forms for making these
"sheireps" are carried by all com-
bat leaders when they are in the
front line. As reports are filed
intelligence sections combine this
information with other sources of
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It takes only five minutes or less
from the time an Army helicop
ter lands at the hospital strip for
the patient to pass through the re
ceiving tent to be X-rayed have
a sample of his blood taken and
get into bed ready for an Army
doctor's immediate attention. From
then on he gets complete rest
frequent examinations and constant
nursing care.
Treatment often depends upon
severity of the case and the man
ner in which the ailment affects
the patient. It usually includes
careful control of the amount of
food and liquid the patient re
ceives.
APRIL OPENING
The 350-bed Hemorrhagic Fe
ver Center was opened last April
to give quick efficient care to UN
soldiers stricken with the disease
and to train doctors and nurses
in diagnosis and treatment of the
illness.
The center opened with six doc
tors six nurses and a small group
of medical corpsmen. It now has
15 doctors 17 nurses and more
than 200 medical corpsmen.
Exact cause of the non-conta
gious disease is not known but
some medical authorities believe
it may be a virus transmitted by
chiggers or mites that live on
rodents.
No case ever has been reported
in the United States. The disease
occurs in limited areas of Korea
and other parts of North East
Asia. (ANF)
The 70 combat veterans were
given a farewell review and wish
ed "Godspeed and a good trip" by
Gen. James A. Van Fleet 8th Army
Commander when they left Ko
rea. All were due to be rotated
within the next month even if they
had not been selected.
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tho infantry division of the Soviet Russian
Army.)
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'Em-And- counter-fire data obtained
aerial photographs flash
sound teams artillery battalion
radars infantry counter-fire pla
toons and interrogation of pris
oners of war. As a result enemy
guns frequently are pin-pointed
and destroyed. (ANF)
Twenty Thousand
Servicemen Take
Part At Inaugural
Washington D. C. (AFPS) —Ser-
personnel nearly 20000
strong led by a hand-picked group
of 70 combat veterans will take
part in the Jan. 20 inauguration
cercmonies.
Members of the Army Navy Air
Force Marines and Coast Guard
will participate.
Maj. Gen. E. K. Wright chair
man of the Armed Forces Par
ticipation Subcommittee said that
the total will include 18500
marching troops and 1500 aboard
the planes helicopters super-
bombers and blimps which will
fly over the parade route.
The U.S. Army has been criti
cized for having approximately
twice as many radio men in one
of its infantry battalions as are
found in a Russian Army bat
talion.
But this very fact spells the dif
ference between killing power and
ineffective firepower.
The present U. S. Army com
munications system has been test
ed and proved in battle. It has
enabled American commanders
to contain and in many instances
defeat armies far superior in
numbers.
The Russians have learned the
hard way that a division without
communications is like a muscle
without nerves.
Russia now is making every ef
fort to provide its forces with a
communications system as effi
cient as that of the U. S. Army.
Since the beginning of the Ko
rean conflict the Russians have
imitated every major U. S. tech
nique.
At present 12 per cent of the
Russian infantry organization is
assigned to communications du
ties. In the U. S. Army the
figure is 15 percent. If the Rus
sian efforts to improve their com
munications system are success
ful the three percent differential
is certain to be closed.
U. S. artillery has proved to be
the most flexible and therefore
the most powerful known to the
modern world. A very significant
comparison of modern communi
cations—controlled artillery ver
sus the older style—can be drawn
from the Korean conflict.
U.S. operations in Korea are
supported by artillery which is
the last word in effectiveness due
largely to communications.
North Korean and Chinese ar
tillery units are at a great dis
advantage because they often are
limited to pre-arranged fire mis
sions—because of a lack of com
munications. Forward observers
are unable to obtain fire on tar
gets of opportunity.
Communist infantry units are
unable to obtain rapid counter-bat
tery fire so necessary to neutra
lize punishing U.S. artillery ac
tion. Reduction of breakthroughs
and surprise attacks are left to
the units in the immediate vicin
ity resulting in an appalling loss
of manpower.
When a U. S. forward observer
calls for "time on target" fire an
intricate and highly specialized
organization of communications
and fire direction experts—all re
quiring specially trained man
power—goes into action.
The artillery of an entire corps
—on the average perhaps 270 guns
ranging from 105-millimeter howit
zers to eight-inch rifles—can be
concentrated and fire at such
carefully calculated intervals that
all projectiles literally tons of
high explosives strike the target
at the same instant. The result
"The New Standard of the American Road"
howitzer in Korea fires on Com
munist positions. Superior weapons such as this manned by' 7
trained soldiers have given American divisions a decided aava
over the Reds in killing power.
Red Army Attempting To Copy
American's "Commo" System
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Such a mission is simple for U.
S. artillerymen but it is far be
yond the capability of Communist
armies.
No army in the world benefits
so much from a full and rapid
flow of intelligence as does the
U. S. Army. This is dependent
upon rapid communications ade
quate to carry the load of infor
mation
The supply system of the U. S.
Army is geared to support the
flexibility and high mobility of
combat forces. But without com
munications the supply system
would fail.
To reduce communications and
thereby decimate the effectiveness
of present U. S. techniques of
logistics support would be to
abandon one of the most favor
able factors that has made the
U. S. Army a winning force.
(Next in Scrips: Battlefield lessons show
Russian Army weapons inferior to
arms.)
DOD Advisors
Study Service
School Plans
WASHINGTON (AFPS)—In
effort to give Service personnel
the best chance to further their
education while in uniform" a
group of leading educators has
been appointed to review the edu
cational opportunities and pro
grams within the Armed Forces
Assistant Secretary of Defense
Anna M. Rosenberg has an
nounced.
The civilian advisory group
which includes four college
presidents will evaluate the Serv
ices' educational set-up and make
recommendations for its improve
ment through the Department of
Defense
Membership of the committee
includes: Dr. E. B. Fred Presi
dent University of Wisconsin Dr.
Kenneth E. Oberholtzer Super
intendent of Schools Denver Dr.
Frederick A. Middlebush Presi
dent University of Missouri and
Dr. Leonard Carmichael Presi
dent Tufts College.
Also on the committee are: Dr
Charles Dollard President Car
negie Foundation Dr. Logan Wil
son
Vice-President
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The Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1953, newspaper, January 15, 1953; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth254319/m1/5/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Casey Memorial Library.