Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1953 Page: 2 of 10
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The U. S. Army is spending hun
dreds of millions of dollars to put
war ravaged South Korea back
on its feet.
The Army was authorized to
spend moi'e than $700000000 (M)
during the past three years for
Korean relief and economic rehab
ilitation. An additional $700000000
(M) was appropriated to other
agencies to provide economic aid
to the war stricken country.
Contributions from other sourc
es amounted to $38813000 (M).
Present Calling
Of Guard Units
Thought Unlikely
Fourth Army headquarters has
been advised by the Department
of the Army that no National Guard
units are being considered for re
call to active duty at this time.
There has been considerable spe
culation in recent days about the
type and number of State troops
that might be called into service.
The Department of the Army stat
ed that earlier news releases on
the use of National Guard antiair
craft battalions are merely specu
lation.
Almost a year ago the "National
Guardsman" proposed a plan for
antiaircraft battalions to operate
on a minute man basis with about
ten percent of each unit on an
around the clock watch. The
remainder of the unit would be on
an inactive status but available
for action in the event of enemy
attack. The 'Saturday Evening
Post" has also proposed a some
what similar plan in recent articles.
Fourth Army headquarters point
ed out that all such articles are
unofficial and only suggested plans.
These plans are under considera
tion but have not been approved.
Two Missionaries
To Speak At Mass
PIO Two missionaries of the
Maryknoll Foreign Missionary So
ciety will be the speakers at Cath
olic masses at Fort Hood Sunday
Oct. 18.
The two Father James Cour-
meen M. M. and Father Ray
mond Bonner M. M. are now on
a one year furlough from their mis
sion work.
The Maryknoll Society has mis
sionaries in China Japan Korea
Africa South America and Cen
tral America.
The U. S. Army is conducting a
vigorous tuberculosis control pro
gram in South Korea where the
dread disease has been rampant.
Within a single nine month period
the Army administered 399502 tu
berculin tests to children between
the ages of six and 14. At the same
time 183308 children were vacci
nated against the disease.
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OVER ONE BILLION PASSENGER MILES OF FAITHFUL SERVICE
South Korea Recovery Program
To Cost US Army Billion Dollars
These came from United Nations
members and other free nations
and from U. N. agencies private
citizens and relief agencies.
Major General W. F. Marquat
Chief of Army Civil Affairs Mili
tary Government said that despite
huge sums spent by the Army in
its wartime economic aid program
for South Korea it will take $1000-
000000 (B) more over the next
three years to stabilize the coun
try's economy.
Korean Civil Assistance Com
mand is the Army Civil Affairs
agency now assisting South Korea's
recovery. Functions of this agency.
a new organization were handled
dui'ing the war by United Nations
Civil Assistance Command Korea.
Despite its U. N. title this was an
Army agency. Its relief program
was financed exclusively with Am-
Marquat said the estimated val
ue of foodstuffs alone delivered to
Korea during the past three years
was $136000000 (M). Of this am
ount the United States Govern
ment provided $125000000
worth of the items. U. S. tax dol
lars also paid for an estimated
$70300000 (M) worth of clothing
shoes and textiles.
Other items purchased exclu
sively with Army funds include
760000 tons of coal and other solid
fuels worth $11800000 (M) 562-
00 tons of petroleum and petroleum
products worth $15081000 (M) 948-
000 tons of fertilizer and other ag
ricultural supplies valued at $37-
600000 (M) 294000 tons of raw cot
ton and wool and other raw mat
erials valued at $33220000 (M)
and about 9300 tons of medical and
sanitation supplies worth $11428-
000 (M).
"In addition" Marquat said "the
Army furnished more than $55700-
000 (M) worth of ocean transpor
tation for relief supplies purchas
ed with U. S. funds and those do
nated to South Koreans by U. S.
church groups and other organiza
tions."
Army surplus clothing and relief
supplies worth $31394000 (M) also
were donated to needy South Ko
reans during the past three years
Marquat said.
"In the field of economic affairs"
the general continued "the U. S.
Army helped the Republic of Ko
rea government control inflation.
With the help of huge dollar pay
ments made by the United Stat
es for advances of Korean cur
rency the ROK built up its for
eign exchange. Foreign exchange"
Marquat explained "made it possi
ble for South Korea to buy raw
materials and finished goods to
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"All this is only a small part of
the tremendous contribution made
by the Army and other U. S. or
ganizations to pull South Korea
out of economic ruin" Marquat
emphasized.
"In addition to relief supplies and
equipment and direct economic aid
United Nations Civil Assistance
Command Korea gave valuable
advice and guidance to the ROK
in its efforts towards economic re
covery."
Army Schedules
10500 Officer
WO Promtions
WASHINGTON (AFPS)—Tem-
I t+ porary promotions for about 10500
encan dollars. It was established
officers and warrant officers to
early in the Korean war to pre
vent starvation disease and unrest
in the Republic of Korea.
"Most of the Army's funds ap
propriated during the past three
years for Korean relief and eco
nomic aid already have been spent
Marquat said. "The remainder is
earmarked for more items to speed
reconstruction of South Korea."
the grades of captain major and
lieutenant colonel and W-2 W-3
and W-4 have been scheduled by
the Army for the next six months.
Boards to consider and recom
mend the temporary promotions
began meeting about Oct. 12.
There will be promotions in at
least one grade on all promotion
lists. Vacancies exist in all six
grades for male officer lists in
the grades of captain and major
for ANC and WAC officer lists
and in the grade of captain for
the WMSC officer list.
The Army emphasized that these
promotions will be made only if
there are no major changes in the
present Army fiscal position troop
program or size. Most of the
projected promotions will be on
the Army list. About 900 of these
would be to lieutenant colonel
about 2000 to major and about
3700 to captain.
The cutoff dates for zones of
consideration fo rpromotion are:
Army: Lt. Col.JSept. 30 1930 Maj.—
Dec. 31. 199 Capt.—Dec. 31 1950.
.1AGC: Lt. Col.—Sept. 30 1950 Maj.—
Dec. 31 3949 Capt.—Dec. 31 .1950.
Chaplains: Lt. Col.—Dec. 31. 1949 Maj.
—Dec. 31 1946 Capt.—Dec. 31 1950._
Medcal Corps: Lt. Col.—Sept. 30 1950
Maj.—Dec. 31 1949 Capt.—Dec. 31. 1950.
Dental Corps: Lt. Col.—Sept. 30. 1950
Maj.—Dec. 31 1949 Capt.—May 31 1952.
Veterinary Corps: Lt. Col.—Dec. 31r
3948 Maj.—Dec. 31 1949 Capt.—Dec.
31MSC?1Lt.
Col.—Dec. 31 1949 Maj.—
June 30 1947: Capt.—Dec. 31 1950.
WAC: Lt. Col.—inonei Maj.—Dec. 31.
1948 Capt.—lune 30 1951.
ANC: Lt. Col.—(nonei Maj.—Aug. 31
1942 Capt.—June 30. 3950.
WMSC: Lt. Col.—(none) Maj.—(none
Capt.—June 30 1951. ....
Warrant Officers: \V—Nov. 28 39.^1.
W-3—Dec. 14 1953: W-2—Sept. lo 19ol.
Marine 'Colonel'
Happy He's Back
As M-Sergeant
SEOUL KOREA (AFPS) "Col
onel" John T. Cain USMC was
broken to master sergeant when
the Chinese Reds released
from POW Camp 2 near Obul and
was pretty happy about it. The
Reds had promoted him not the
Marine Corps.
Cain was captured by four Chi
nese soldiers after bailing out of
an observation plane. He carried
no identification or insignia of
rank and the Chinese looking
at his grey hair judged him
to be an officer.
Tommy guns in hand they de
cided he was a colonel. "After a
while I gave up denying it" said
Cain. "We settled for lieutenant
colonel."
He was questioned 84 days by the
Reds who thought he could give
information about U. S. air lanes
over the Pacific. Often he would
have to stand at attention for four
hours with bright lights glaring in
his face. The veteran of 11 years
with the Corps finally beat the
Reds when they tried as a last
resort to make him feel import
ant.
"You can stop using psychology
on me" Cain told them. "My
wife tried it for years and it never
worked."
AWAY
Six Hood Men
Place In Camp
Perry Matches
The final results of the 1953
Camp Perry Rifle and Pistol
matches have just been received
and they show that six men repre
senting Fort Hood did exceptional
ly well. Due to the nature of the
scoring system and the time lag
in printing complete results the
final returns were' delayed.
The Fourth Army Pistol team
placed 11th of 41 teams partici
pating in National Trophy Pistol
Team matches and the Rifle team
placed 11th in Rumbeld matches
and 18th of 65 teams participat
ing in National Trophy Riile
matches.
Two men from Hood placed in
the rifle competition. Lt. John M.
Shea placed 10th in the marksman
class in Match No. 119 and took
10th place in Match No. 125.
M-Sgt. Harold J. Brown did very
well as he placed 13th in the marks
man class in Match No. 120 9th
in Match No. 112 13th in Match
No. 103 2nd in Match No. 121 and
12th in Match No. 127.
In the pistol competition Lt.
B. S. Red took 7th place in Match
No. 216 3rd in Match No. 218
2nd in Match No. 221 and 5th in
Match No. 222. Lieutenant Red
entered competition in the marks
man class.
Another person that did well in
the pistol competition was Lt. H.
R. Woosley. He fired in the
marksman class and placed 4th in
Match No. 214 5th in Match No.
217 9th in Match No. 224 and took
a 5th place in Division in Leech
Cup match with a score of 98 out
of a possible 100.
Lt. Walter B. Sorrels firing in
the expert class placed 5th in
Match No. 217. Lt. M. E. Strate-
man took 5th in Match No. 217
while firing in the marksman
class.
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THE ARMORED SENTINEL
BRIG. GEN". JAMES P. COONEY Commandant of the Medical
Field Service School at Brooke Army Medical Center congratu
lates Pvt. Thomas A. Alspach honor graduate of the School's
Medical Aidman Advance course. Alspach is a member of Com
pany B 47th Medical Battalion.
Citation Given Employers
By Fourth Army Commander
Cooperation of employers in
granting employees military leave
was largely responsible for the Na
tional Guard and the Army Re
serve in the Fourth Army area ac
complishing their most successful
summer training program since
World War II Fourth Army head
quarters has revealed.
Considered particularly outstand
ing was the fact that 95 percent of
the National Guard members and
82 per cent of Reservists assigned
to units in the Army area attend-
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ed summer encampments.
Lt. Gen. I. D. White new Fourth
Army commander in commending
employers for acceptance of the
concept of military leave for par
ticipation in summer training said:
"Reserve component training is
one of the most economical means
of securing effective national de
fense. Employers realize that in
supporting the Army's program by
this policy they are not only creat
ing good will but are practicing
sound business.'
He pointed out that esprit de
corps of Reservists and Guards
men also has been greatly strength
ened by the cooperation of em
ployers and that enlistments in the
National Guard have shown an in
crease in excess of 5000 in the
Fourth Army area since the first
year.
"In many instances during the
summer" Gen. White said "em
ployers made up the difference be
tween military and civilian pay
while their employees were at sum
mer encampments."
Commanding general of the
Corps in Korea before coming to
the Fourth Army General White
praised the outstanding record
made by Reservists and National
Guardsmen in the Korean action.
"Their performance and devotion
to duty were truly outstanding
they underlined in a magnificent
manner the importance of the Re
serve and National Guard pro
grams to national preparedness."
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Sept. Prove§ Big Month
For Divarty's 2nd AAA
PIO September was a big
month for the 2nd AAA.
Of the six awards given month
ly by Division Artillery four were
won by the antiaircraft.
Brig. Gen. Vonna F. Burger Com
manding general of Division Ar
tillery presented awards for best
orderly room and best motor shop
to Battery of the 2nd AAA and
for the best day room to A Battery
of the AAA battalion.
PFC Otis Fleeton won the last
of the Second's awards. He was
chosen Divarty's Driver of the Mon
th.
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ters Division Artillery for the best
supply room and tq Battery
68th AFA for the best mess.
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month for relief in the Republic
of Korea. Of this amount 26000
long tons were distributed free to
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Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1953, newspaper, October 15, 1953; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth254353/m1/2/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Casey Memorial Library.