Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1953 Page: 1 of 12
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VOL. 1 No 42
4th Army CG
To Inspect
1st. Armored
PIO Lt. Gen. I. D. White
Fourth Army commander is sche
duled to arrive at Fort Hood today
for an inspection tour of the 1st
Armored Division's training facil
ities.
Accpmpanying General White on
the inspection will be Brig. Gen.
Lt. Gen. I. D. White
Numa A. Watson Fourth Army
Chief of Staff and Brig. Gen. Rob
ert L. Howze Assistant Command
ant of the Armored School Fort
Knox Ky.
General White and his party ]l|unj|-
will be visits to the Tank Infantry
!ombat Course Individual Tank
mbat Course and lunch"with the
St Armored's 701st AIB.
Christmas Leave
Established By DA
PIO A Christmas New Year|tion
holiday period from 8 a. m. De
cember 21 to 8 a. m. January -1
has been established by the De
partment of the Army.
Leave will be granted to the max
imum possible number of eligible
military personnel during this hol
iday period. During th# period nor
mal training will be suspended
with units to retain only such per
sonnel necessary for security and
administration.
However any suspension of bas
ic training during the holiday per
iod is not feasible the Army sai'd.
Transportation Officers of Fort
Hood and the 1st Armored Divi
sion are finalizing arrangements
for charter transportation service
for troops of Fort Hood during the
holiday season.
the October Driver of the Month.
Tuesday Col. Alfred H. Hopkins
^^bmmanding officer of Division
^^Trains presented Cpl. Russell with
a letter of commendation signed by
Brigadier General William S. Bid-
die a $15.00 award and a three-
day. pass.
Cpl. Russell also received a tri
angle-shaped pennant colored like
an armored patch which identifies
him as the October Driver of the
Month. The pennant will fly from
the front right bumper of his two
and a half ton truck for the nexti
thirty days.
Even as Cpl. Russell was receiv
ing his pennant competition for
the Crew of the Month award for
November was shaping up. Track
ed and half-tracked vehicles will be
considered for the November
award. Wheeled vehicles were judg
ed for September and October.
Members of the infantry artil
lery and armor were already
Defective Jackets
It has been reported that Jackets
wool OD M-1950 are defective in
that the flap covering the four but
tons on the front of the jacket is
not stitched securely.
To properly attach the flap it
should be machine tacked and
back-stitched between the buttons
instead of hand tacked as is now
specified.
Jackets previously issued or fu
ture issues which have these defec
ould be restitched by the Quar-
rmaster C&E repair shop at no
expense to the individual.
CC Collections
Total $35021
Ten Days Left
Chest collections at Fort Hood
now stand at $35021.
The last tally taken ten days
ago was $33389. Still leading unit
collections is Company "B" of
the 317th Tank Battalion. The Bak-
jers are contributing at a clip of
$15.07 per man which is $1.84 per
capita better than their contribu
tions ten days ago.
As the drive heads into the last
ten' days units are vieing for the
many incentive prizes being offer
ed in the military and civilian cat
egories for best per capita con
tributions. Included in the list of
prizes which will grace the day-
rooms of the units whose personnel
dig the deepest are television sels
radios and many other valuable
articles which the soldier may en
joy and appreciate in the months
ahead. The same is true also of
the various civilian offices on the
Post.
Drive officials are expecting
many units with low per capita
contributions at present to make
their bids for these prizes with an
accelerated campaign over the
payday this weekend and some
pronounced changes in the stand
ings are expected when the ne :t
compilation is made.
Still in second place among in
dividual contributions is Company
A of the 509th Tank Battalion with
a figure of $11.11 per man. This
anci
be met at the 1st Armored Division koth jn category A.
Airstrip by Brig. Gen. William S. other category leaders are B—
Biddle and will receive a briefing Bridge Company 16th AEB $4.18
in the Division Conference roomjper
(ant treasurer of the Drive has
requested that weekly reports of
contributions be submitted Monday
November 2 instead of on Satur
day.
Meanwhile Chest officials have
issued the schedule to be followed
when the drive comes to an end.
The director of each unit will
decide the exact conclusion time
in his organization but must close
so that all founds and unsold tick
ets may be submitted to the Fund
treasurer not earlier than 1 p.m. on
November 5 and not later than 4
p.m. on November 6.
Chest officials were optimistic
about reaching the $50000 goal be
fore the November 6 deadline as
many personnel who failed to con-
(Continued on Page Two)
Driver Of The Month Named By Colonel Hopkins
Commendation Three-Day Pass $15.00 Received
(PIO) Corporal Raymond D.jboosting their chances of winning] lespite their trip to Falcon Dam.
T5.oooii nn r«+ -mvri a OR ic'the November award. It was re-i Lt. Col. Geoi'ge L. Cook Division
Russell Hq. Det. usra AUtf
coup with their vehicles this month
Amm
Company B 317th are
man
from Brig. Gen. Edward G. Far-jgj^ §3.73 per man D—H&S Com-
rand assistant commandcr of thejpany) ^3^ Tank Bn $3.19 per man
1st Armored Division before be- jn civilian categories group A is
ginning the inspection. headed by Civilian Personnel with
Among the high points of the $g.43 per capita followed by Corn-
Fourth Army commander's tour
ptroller and
Battery 2d AA
Finance with $2.08.
Headquarters and Miscellaneous
Sections lead in Group with $2.60
with Signal in second place with
$1.48. Post Exchange with $1.71
was topping the Group list fol
lowed by Quartermaster and Food
Service with $1.29.
So that payday donations may
be included in the next compila-
Lt"
Herman Greathousc assis
PIO Fort Hood elementary
school children will enjoy the sur
rounding of the new school build
ing before the end of the year.
"I anticipate that we will be
moving into the new building dur
ing the end of November" Super
intendent C. E. Ellison of the Kil-
leen Independent School District
said today as workmen were put
Lost in the maze of abbrevia
tions of Army jargon are the sim
ple letters ITCC. To old tankers
here at Fort Hood these are noth
ing new. They stand for the Indi-
With the advent of the new tank
without a bowgunnner (M-48 and
T-41) the course had to be re
vamped slightly to accommodate
progress. Basically it has re
mained unchanged and it is still
TROOPS OF THE 35th ENGINEER CONSTRUCTION GROUP load equipment in preparation for
their move to Fort Hood. The group used planes trains and trucks for the big move. Last elements
of the group arrived at Hood Monday.
New Fort Hood Grammar School Expected
To Open Doors The End Of Next Month
ting on the finishing touches.
Located on the Fort Hood mili
tary reservation the Meadows el
ementary building exemplifies the
most mdern trends in architect
ural design and construction.
Funds for construction of the
new building and use of the land
were provided by a special govern
ment grant. Administration cur-
Hood's Tank Combat Course
Tests Proficiency Of Tankers
and the Major Command Head
quarters are scheduled to test their
crews in nearly November.
The course is manned and main
tained by S-3 CCA. Lt. D. G. El-
vidual Tank Combat Course onejkjnSi 4th Tank Battalion is range
of the finest training vehicles of officer. Lt. B. D. Mc-Nally 13th
its kind in the Army. Its purpose
is 1o test the proficiency of the
basic unit of the Armored Divi
sion the tank crew.
Tank Battalion is chief control
officer. To show the importance
that Division places in the effi
cient operation of this range many
of the supporting units also take
part in the test. There is a per
manent demolitions team attached
from the 16th Armored Engineer
Battalion and a Commo team from
the 141st Signal Company. An Ord-
accordance with the Depart- nance team from the 123rd Ord-
ment of the Army Training Circu
lar 36. However after much delib
eration and test running G3 and
S3 CCA have substituted the use
of the coaxial machine gun on the
"bog" targets.
In the near future the ITCC
course promises to be the site of
much training. Already the 81st
Reconnaisance Battalion has had
the opportunity of running the
course. The four tank Battalions
of CCA and the tank sections of
the Armored Infantry Battalions
& Divarty sergeant
(Continued on Page Two)
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COL. RAYMOND RUSSELL was elected as the Driver of the
month for October. He is a member of Hqs. Det. 123rd AOB. The
selection is made monthly to determine the best all around driver.
nance Battalion is also at the dis
posal of the using units. The com
bined efforts of all these special
ists help spell out the mission of
the Division's supporting units
namely to get the tank crew up
there where it can engage and de
stroy the enemy.
A new score card has been de
vised to aid in the determining
the proficiency of the tank crew.
Not only will the crew be scored
as to hits but also in other phases
of team work such as initial fire
commands speed in getting the
first round off and proper method
of fire. The possible maximum
score is computed at 1080 points
and the minimum satisfactory
mark is listed at 700.
The ITC Course is a good test
for tank crew proficiency. It will
bring home the importance of co
ordination and teamwork within
the tank.
Hood And Kaybee
Heights Children
To Be Treated
PIO Fort Hood and Kaybee
Heights children will be treated to
a Halloween party Saturday night
by the Post Special Services sec
tion.
The program will get underway
at 6 p. m. at Fort Hood's Theater
No. 2 with 30 minutes of movies
according to Captain L. A. Mun-
nerlyn Post Special Services offi
cer.
The children will then move over
to the sports arena behind the thea
ter for games refreshments and
judging of the costume contest.
Prizes will be awarded to the best
costumed boy and girl between
the age of 4 and 7 years and from
7 years up.
Capt. Munnerlyn is chairman of
the committee giving the party
which is being put on by the Fort
Hood Dads Club in conjunction
with Post Special Services.
An orchestra will provide music
at the sports arena with the pro
gram to last until approximately
9 p. m.
Following is the bus schedule
for children attending the party.
ineer
FORT HOOD TEXAS THURSDAY OCT. 29 1953
riculum and school funds are hand
led by the Killeen Independent
School district.
Construction Superintendent J.R.
Richards said today that all con
struction work is expected to be
completed by November 17. The
building will then be put into use
within 10 days.
All new furniture and equipment
is now in storage waiting to be
moved into the building as soon
as it is turned over to the leal
school district Ellison reported.
"With the exception of the cafe
teria furnishings most of the equip
ment can be moved in over a week
end" he stated. 'As soon as the
building is released by the contrac
tors we'll be in and starting
classes within a week or 10 days.
The three wing building has
29 classrooms that will accomo
date between 30 and 35 pupils each
and a number of special rooms.
These include a cafetorium or
combined cafeteria and auditorium
library music and visual educa
tion room' shop room conference
room teachers' lounge a spac
ious kitchen and ample office spac
All classrooms are done in a mo
dern trend with green blackboards
and "clear story" lighting that ev
enly distributes the light and elim
inates shadows.
A completely automatic heating
system maintains a constant temp
erature up to 75 degrees.
Attending the new Meadows
school will be first through eighth
Hood Village Walker Village Mc-
Nair Village and all others living
on the Fort Hood reservation.
There will also be an optional
zone in Killeen where elementary
pupils in the sixth seventh and
eighth grades will have a choice
of attending either Meadows or
Avenue school.
The Fort Hood Nursery was re
opened recently when Colonel Roy
Lassetter unpinned the triangle of
cloth (diaper) allowing interested
parents to enter the redecorated
nursery and observe the various im
provements. The Dads Club spon
sored the affair.
An advisory council consisting
of officers and NCO wives has
been appointed to employ qualified
attendants and supervise the opera
tion of this facility.
Mothers on the committee are
Mrs. J. L. Beynon chairman Mrs.
D. H. Cowels Mrs. F. W. Conley
Mrs. Harry Journeay. and Mrs. S.
J. Crouch.
Additions to the nursery include
a recreation room with work tables
and benches where the children
may be comfortably seated to play
eat lunches or watch "Howdy Doo-
dy" on television. All ceilings have
been lowered and insulated and the
nursery has been completely re
painted.
Entrance to the nursery is at the
rear of the building for safer en
trance and more convenient park
ing space.
New toys have been purchased
and Mrs. Cowels has carefully se
lected toys for every age group
from pull toys for the little ones
to a marionette stage and marion
ettes for the older children. Child
ren can find their favorite books
records handicraft materials doll
houses ranch set. farm sets trucks
wagons and doll buggies. Indoor
and outdoor play yards including
slides merry go rounds swings
and rocking horses are available.
The nursery is inspected by the
post health nurse and advice for
Pick up schedule:
Buses will follow .present school the health and happiness of the
(Continued on Page Ten) children is given.
Personnel of the 35th Engineer
Construction Group began setting
up housekeeping in earnest here
at Hood this week at the last ele
ments arrived from Camp Polk
La.
The last convoy of troops pulled
into Fort Hood Monday evening at
The 35th Engineer Regiment was
constituted on paper October 1
1933. It was re designated 35th
Engineer Regiment (Combat) (Cor
ps) on December 16 1940. The
35th Engineer Regiment was ac
tivated on July 15 1941 at Fort
Snelling Minnesota.
Prior to September 12 1943 when
the regiment was redesignated Hqs
and Hqs Company 1122nd Engin
eer Combat Group there is no
unit history available. The unit was
re organized at Camp White Ore
gon.
During the period from Septem
ber 25 1942 to July 26 1944 the unit
was attached to the IV Corps 4th
Army and the III Corps while at
Camp San Luis Obispo. The unit
was attached to the 96th Infantry
Division for amphibious^ training
The unit took part in the landing
on Leyte Island under the 6th Ar
my. In this campaign met the Jap-
Hopes For
Safe Weekend
Held By Post
Military Police and Post Safety
officials are holding high their
hopes of a safe Halloween payday
weekend this week. Last years like
weekend cost the lives of three
Fort Hood soldiers in two traffic
accieents. A total of six accidents
in addition to the two fatal ones
were recorded last year.
The traffic toll for October this
year shot up to 59 accidents last
Monday to overshoot 52's total of
40.
This year post safety officials
and military police and company
personnel about the seriousness of
this weekend through various
methods.
Hood soldiers will receive a safe
ty talk while awaiting their pay-
Saturday safety posters will be
placed in conspicuous places on
the post.
With Fort Hood entertaining
BAMC on the gridiron Saturday
along with Halloween and payday
this could be a tragic weekend for
Fort Hood.
The cooperation of each individ
ual is asked by the Post Provost
Marshal's office in keeping this a
safe weekend. Don't let last years
Halloween be duplicated. Remem
ber the rules of the highway.
Hours of operation for the trial
period are: Monday through Fri
day 0730 hours to 2330 hours. Sat
urday 0900 hours to 0130 hours.
Sundays 0930 hours to 1230 hours
and 1700 hours to 2330 hours.
Three And One-Half Mile
Convoy Brings Last Troops
18:30 hours in a three and one-half
mile long convoy. Brig. Gen. Wil
liam S. Biddle viewed the troops
as they passed through the main
gate en route to their area.
The convoy was assisted in the
movement from Temple to Fort
Hood by local Military and civili-
Group Boasts Colorful History
anese 16th Infantry Division. No
casualties were suffered.
In January tl^e unit was respon
sible for construction of Base De
pot near Dulag on Leyte. All road
networks in the area were assigned
(Continued on Page Ten)
Cowboy Band
To Hightlight
Tanker Game
PIO The widely travelled and
world famous Cowboy Band of
Hardin Simmons University will
perform at the Saturday night foot
ball game between Fort Hood and
Brooke Army Medical Center Capt
L. A. Munnerlyn Fort Hood Spec
ial Services Officer has announced.
The Cowboy Band will play dur
ing the game and put on a special
halftime performance.
Star attractions of the halftime
show will be Naomi Zarbock Na
tional VFW baton twirling champ
ion Sammy Beam a whip crack
er and Delton Galloway a trick
roper.
The public is invited to attend
the contest which will get under
way at 8 p. m. at Fort Hood's
Prichard Stadium where approx
imately 7000 spectators can be ac
comodated and parking facilities
cars.
Civilians may enter Fort Hood
through the main gate on Route
190 and proceed directly to Prich
ard Stadium. There is no admission
charge for the game.
Forty members strong the Cow
boy Band has travelled through
out the 48 states and into seven
foreign countries. It toured Europe
last winter and has future plans
to tour the Far East.
Replete in cowboy boots chaps
and ten gallon hats the Cowboy
Band has appeared in two short
movies produced by Metro-Gold-
wyn Mayer.
Popular and marching music will
be played by the band all of whose
members are students at Hardin-
Simmons one of the foremost mu
sic schools in the country.
The Cowboy Band director is
no stranger to Fort Hood. He is
Major Marion B. McClure a re
serve Army officer who has spent
his summer training period for the
past three years here with the post
special services office.
Redecorated Nursery Opened For Children
One Month Trial Period Present Schedule
The nursery is under a month
trial period and the attendance must
increase to maintain the present
schedule of operations. The present
schedule offers the maximum hours
for child care at. reasonable rates.
The rates have been computed on
the basis of the service given and
are not as high as other Army
Post Nursei'ies in the area.
Rates for the nursery will either
be hourly or monthly. Hourly rates
are: Twenty five cents for one
child thirty cents for two children
and thirty five cents for three
children. Monthly rates wall be $10
for one child $12.50 for two and
$15 for three or more.
All suggestions and complaints
are to be made to Mrs. J. L. Bey
non chairman of the advisory coun
cil.
Regulation governing the nursery
will be as follows: Children enter
ing the nursery will be registered
by a responsible adult telephone
FOUR OF THE YOUNGER MEMBERS of (he newly opened
Nursery here at Fort Hood arc
sIjowii
toys. They are provided w'th various typps of toys have their own
d'r.ioK roor.i plry reeni bc?!roo»v. and •'above ail. a television to
v*at"h. Fro-. 1 !c' to s-re Ore'yn Zrov
with just a few of their
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daughter of Maj.
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an police. A section of the high
way at Belton was opened for the
convoy and immediately after
wards the barricade was replaced.
Guides were posted at the main
gate and along the route to the
units area so there would be delay
in the movement.
The troops were greeted in the
w0m
Col. Frank J. Polich
area by a prepared hot meal and
beds were waiting for their retire
ment.
For the past month arrange
ments were being made for the
big move to Hood. Even housing
arrangements were made by of
ficers of the unit and local renta1
agencies for married men and their
families.
The 35th Engineer Construction
Group commanded by Colonel
Frank J. Polich is composed of
the 46th Engineer Construction
Battalion commanded by Major
George E. Knipe the 61st Engi
neer Construction Battalion com
manded by Major Kostenski and
the 578th Engineer Field Mainten
ance company under the command
of Captain Alex P. Digges.
The Group's home is located on
Battalion avenue and 34th Street
where the unit is presently occu
pied in arranging the area.
Vehicle Reminder
Hood personnel are reminded
that the Texas Vehicle Inspection
Act expired August 25 1953. The
new law in a more abbreviated
form providing for the inspection
of lights horn windshield wiper
and mirror became effective Aug
ust 26. Official motor vehicle in
spection stations are receiving ve
hicles for inspection at the present
time. Certificates issued at a $1.00
fee will be valid one year from
date of issue.
All operators of privately own
ed vehicles bearing the Fort Hood
decal will comply with the pro
visions set forth by the Fort Hood
raffic Code by November 10 1953.
numbers will be given in case of
an emergency.
The parent or responsible person
will not leave the reception room
until the child has been received
by the nursery attendant.
Hourly fees will be paid when
the child leaves the nursery.
The register will be signed by
responsible person indicating time
of childs'departure and amount of
fee paid.
Monthly fees may be paid at
anytime.
Children may remain in the nurs
ery during the lunch and dinner
hour if the families supply lunch
es. Lunches must be marked with
the childs name.
Refreshments will be served to
the children at 1000 and 1500 hours.
Milk will be available upon the
parents request and a fee Gf six
cents will be paid by the parent.
Nursing babies bottles will be
marked with childs and parents
names along with hours of feeding
time. Diapers and clothing will
be furnished for babies left at the
nursery by the parent. A contain
er for wet clothing should accom
pany the child.
Toys brought to the nursery must
be approved by the attendant to
ensure safety of all children. Nurs-
(Continued on Page Two)
CORRECTION
The 13th Tank Battalion was
ommitted from the Falcon Dam
story in last weeks Armored Sen
tinel due to an oversight from this
end. We wish to apologize to the
members of the battalion for the
mistake and congratulate them for
a job well done at the dedication
of the dam.
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