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VOL. 1 No. 48
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The pledge that is to be issued
calls attention to these facts and
others summarized from recogniz
ed safety codes. The signing of
the pledge will not be compuls
ory according to Woodrow W.
Young Post Safety Inspector but
soldiers who voluntarily sign pled
ge themselves "not to exceed speed
limits and not to drive while drink
ing or after drinking."
The safety office is also encour
aging unit commanders to immed
iately report accidents that occur
between now and the beginning
of the leave period and to sched
ule safety talks and demonstra
tions for all the men of the units.
Displays of wrecked vehicles and
lack coffin boxes wi'l be placed
each of the three gates leading
and off the reservation as grim
reminders of the cost of traffic
carelessness.
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A frames are also to be erect
ed along the main exit routes that
bear the message "Everyone Think
and Stay Alive" the motto being
emphasized this year by the Safe
ty Office.
Safety officials here have confi
dence that if everyone observes
the common courtesies of the road
the Fort Hood traffic fatality fig
ure which now stands at 16 will not
increase during the remainder of
the year. Last year at this time
the death total stood at 25
Engineers Lay
5 Miles Of Pipe
iTo Bring Water
Washington (AFPS) Officials
here report the Army is helping
nearly waterless Edina Mo. fill
its reservoirs again.
The 333rd Engineer Pipeline Co.
from Ft. Leonard Wood Mo. 250
miles south of Edina has laid a
4.8 mile combat pipeline from a
nearby lake to the town in an ef
fort to ease the water shortage.
Mayor O. M. Gillaspy said the
water situation was so bad it threat
ened "to practically shut down the
tire town." The Mayor disclos-
the town had been hauling wat
er but the cost was breaking the
city treasury.
The Misssouri state adjutant gen
eral Maj. Gen. A. D. Sheppard
notified Fifth Army Hq. which
in turn ordered a. survey of the
town's needs. The town had only
enough water to offer scanty fire
protection to protect its 1700 popu
lation.
The 333rd set up four pumps
three on a standby basis and laid
the pipeline. The entire operation
took only 48 hours.
Library To Hold
Op
en House Here
From book review to library
shelf describes the theme of the
Christmas open house to be held
at the main Post Library Monday.
The library will open its work
shop from 3 to 5 p.m. and from
6:30 to 9:30 p. m. to show visitors
the steps which a book goes through
as it is selected for inclusion on
the shelves of the library until
it is actually put there.
The regular staff of the 'library
will be at their desks to demon
strate various phases c: their work.
The Fort Hood Special Servic
es Bookmobile which carries boo-
iks to housing units and military
rganizations on post .will be park-
adjacent to the library for the
inspection of those who wish to
look inside.
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THE WINNER LINES UP AT THE LEFT WITH THE OTHER FINALISTS
Soldiers To Sign
Safe Driving Pledge
Fort Hood's constant battle campaign—accident prevention on the
highways—gained momentum this week as the Fort Hood Safety Office
released information that individual safety pledges would be issued to
all units stationed here in an effort to curb the usual high number of
id a a id
The large number of Post per- W|Af|1Pfl|
sonnel that will be on the roads
going home for Christmas holi
days coupled with the winter wea
ther hazards such as ice snow and
sleet make the approaching travel
period doubly dangerous.
Fort Hood Safety Officials
Outline Yule Safety Drive
Chief Assumes
Duties At Hood
Col. Raymond Maret has arrived
here from Walter Reed Army Med
ical Center Washington D. C.
to take over the position of Chief
of Medical Service at the Fort
Hood Station Hospital.
He replaces Col. Ralph M. Pat
terson who departed for duty
overseas.
A resident of BethSeda Md.
Colonel Maret is a graduate of New
York University with a Bachelor
of Science degree. He received his
Doctor of Medicine degree from
Georgetown University in 1935.
Prior to World War II Colonel
Maret practiced Medicine in Wa
shington D. C. He reopened his
offices following the war and was
recalled to active military duty in
1950 with Washington reserve unit.
He was commanding officer of the
382nd General Hospital in Japan
from 1951 until his assignment at
Walter Reed Army Medical Cen
ter.
Col. Maret is a member of the
American Medical Association the
District of Columbia Medical So
ciety Military Order of World Wars
and Rotary International. He holds
the Legion of Merit award.
Colonel and Mrs. Maret have
two children Elizabeth 9 and Da
vid 8.
Maj. Gen. William S. Biddle
commanding general of Fort Hood
and the 1st Armored Division
made a first hand inspection of
the Belton Dam project last Fri
day accompanied by staff mem
bers and Col. H.R.Hallock Dist
rict Engineer Fort Worth Dist
rict Corps of Engineers.
The general also inspected the
intake structure which will provide
Fort Hood with water from the
reservoir by 1955 and the present
Lampasas River intake structure
and the wells supplying Fort Hood
with water from the Keys Valley
area. Colonel Hallock under whose
jurisdiction the projects are being
constructed "arranged the tour to
acquaint the new commanding gen
eral with the present and proposed
water supplies for Fort Hood.
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COL. RAYMOND MARET
Post To Raise
Dec. Blood Quota
To 350 Pints
Originally scheduled for 250 pints
of blood for December Fort hood
will attempt to conlect 350 pints
this month Lt. Col. Jon P. Evans
1st Armored Division Surgeon
says.
The blood will be collected on
Tuesday.
The reason for the self appoint
ed increase is the holiday season
during which'time the Cen Tex
Regional Blood Center at Waco
for whom the blood is being col
lected might find need for more
blood than during a normal per
iod. The blood center is an agen
cy of the American Red Cross.
Scheduled to give blood this mon
th are the 1st 4th and 100th Tank
Battalions of the 1st Armored Divi
sion the 505th Signal Group and
the 35th Engineer Group. The Sig
nal and Engineer Groups were
recently transferred to Fort Hood
from other posts.
Hood Team Inspects Site
Of New Belton Dam Project
General Biddle asked Colonel
Hallock and his project engineers
Wilber A. Blain of the Belton res
ervoir project and Arthur F.
Brown of the intake structure up
stream from the dam many ques
tions relative to the work in prog
ress.
Colonel Hallock pleased that con
struction on the huge project is
proceeding ahead of schedule said
that April 1 1954 has been set as
the tentative date for the closing
of the flood gates at the dam and
expressed an opinion that Fort
Hood could start watering lawns
with the reservoir water in early
summer 1955 with the cooperation
of Texas rains.
fTJeneral Biddle looked at the val
ley lying upstream from the dam
INSPECT BELTON DAM Maj. Gen. William S. Biddle second from left Fort Hood and 1st Arm
ored Division commander was conducted on an inspection tour of the Belton Dam and reservoir
project last Friday by Col. H. R. Hallock who is pointing out Construction progress on the dam now
ahead of schedule. Col. Hallock is Fort Worth district engineer in charge of the project. At right
is Col. Ralph M. Neal deputy post commander and at left Wilbur A. Blain Belton project engineer.
(D. S. Army Photo)
FORT HOOD TEXAS THURSDAY DEC. 10 1953 •12 Pages
2 New Rifles
Being Tested
By Army Dept.
WASHINGTON (AFPS)—The Army
has announced it is testing two
new rifles—either one capable of
replacing the Ml carbine machine-
gun sub-machinegun and BAR.
The T-44 an American ordnance-
developed weapon and the FN a
product of the National Arms Fac
tory of Belgium are the two rifles
under consideration. The T-44 has
been under test for some time and
the FN is now being procured for
extensive field testing under vary
ing climatic conditions.
The Army points out that such
procurement and testing in no way
constitutes a commitment for
adoption.
Both of the new rifles are shorter
and lighter than the standard Ml.
The T-44 has a 10 or 20-round ca
pacity while the FN has a ca
pacity of 20 rounds.
The FN will be chambered for a
new experimental .30 cal. shell.
Designated the T-65 this shell is
10 per cent lighter and V2 inch
shorter than the present standard
rifle ammunition.
1000 Visitors Attend
Bazaar And Barbecue
About 1000 people visited the ba
zaar and haiji barbecue Monday
night at Meadows school sponsor'
ed by the school's Parent-Techer
Association.
Items displayed for sale were
contributed by PTA members. The
ceramics were made for the ba
zar by patients at the Recondi
tioning Section at the Station Hos
pital.
Proceeds of bazaar and ham bar
becue will go toward an addition
to the school's facilities.
and tower structure and remarked
that it would become a beautiful
lake.
"This is a splendid structure
and one that will be of great bene
fit to the people of Bell and Cor
yell Counties as well as to Fort
Hood" he said. He recalled that
a serious water shortage each sum
mer has been recorded in the an
nals of Fort Hood and remarked
that before his eyes lay the per
manent solution to the problem
and that the reservoir will be
a decided asset to all people of the
Central Texas area.
In addition to providing an ade
quate and dependable water sup
ply the reservoir will afford addi
tional training in stream and wat
er crossings for troops of
Hood.
A 1st Armored Division sergeant
was awarded the Silver Star Med
al for "outstanding gallantry and
devotion to duty" at a review held
here last Saturday morning.
Receiving the nation's third high
est award for bravery was Sgt.
Frederick A. Mensior assigned to
Headquarters and Service Com
pany 13th Tank Battalion. The
medal was awarded by Maj. Gen.
William S. Biddle Fort Hood and
the 1st Armored Division comman
der for the part Sergeant Mon-
sior played in the defense of a
Korean outpost last June while he
was asssigned to the 15th Regi
ment of the 3d U. S. Infantry Divi
sion.
A tank commander at that time
the tanks under his command were
furnishing support fire according
to the. citation accompanying the
decoration when one of the tanks
broke down.
Disregarding his own safety Ser
geant Monsior left his own tank
and directed the disabled vehicle to
safe ground after which his tank
was disabled by enemy fire. He
again leftthe comparative safety
afforded liy the thick armor and
dashed among the other tanks dis
tributing his unused ammunition
until the foe had been repulsed
the citation stated
Also decorated by Generial Bid
dle at the review were Capt. Jack
A. Baldwin and Lt. Phillip D.Jones
of the 1st Armored Division Avia
tion Section and Warrant Officer
British Colonel
Thanks General
For Hospitality
Lt. Col. Peter Sutton Royal Tank
Regiment British Army has ex
pressed his thanks and appreciation
for the treatment accorded him
on his visit to this post last month
in a letter recently received by
Maj. Gen. William S. Biddle Fort
ood and 1st Armored Division
ommander.
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wat- Hoc
Fort ton
I could not have had more co
operation and hospitality" the
letter stated in part and continued
that the experiences here were
"most stimulating."
Colonel Sutton appeared on the
reviewing star/l with General Bid
dle and other officers and civilian
dignitaries at the Armistice Day
parade of the 1st Armored Division.
He described this courtesy as a
"personal honor" and a "mark of
respect and friendship for our Ar
my."
Colonel Sutton visited here .or
the purpose of observing the 1st
Armored Division in training dur
ing the period cf November 3 to
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GI Bill Veterans Warned
To Check Regional VA
Washington (AFPS) The Vet
erans Administration has warned
veterans planning to use the GI
Bill for schooling to check first
with their regional VA office for
State approved courses.
This information cannot be sup
plied from Washington since local
changes occur constantly.
The VA suggests that the veter
an ask only for information in his
desired field of study. If he has
not chosen his field he should ask
for VA vocational counseling.
Four-Man Tank Team
Named Post 'Best Crew'
SGT. FREDERICK A. MENSIOR Hq Co. 13th Tank Battalion of
the 1st Armored Division is congratulated by Maj. Gen. William
S. Biddle commander of the division and Fort Hood after being
awarded the Silver Star Medal for outstanding gallantry in Korea
while serving with the 15th Infantry Regiment last June. Lt.
Robert Reuter aide-de-camp to General Biddle is at the left.
Silver Star Goes
To Hood Sergeant
Edward M. Buck Headquarters
Combat Command "A."
Captain Baldwin of Hitchcock
Tex. was awarded the 5th Oak
Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for
outstanding service while assigned
to Headquarters 57th Field Artil
lery Battalion in the Far East
early this year. The Commenda
tion Ribbon with Pendant went to
Lieutenant Jones for his service
as an observation pilot with the
24th Engineer Construction Group
in Korea. His home is at Seguin
Texas.
General Biddle pinned the same
award to the uniform of Warrant
Officer Buck for outstanding per
formance of duty while assigned
to the Headquarters Battery of the
29th AntiAircraft Artillery Group
during the latter part of 1952 and
the spring and summer of 1953.
'Armor' Features 123rd AOB
In Support Role Of 1st Armored
Considerable space in the No
vember December issue of' Ar
mor Magazine the bi-monthly pub
lication of the United States Ar-
Association is devoted to
military problems as seen and ex
plained by officers of the 1st Ar
mored Division.
A five page article printed
under the "Sum and Substance"
department a regular feature
where various military problems
are discussed in each issue con
cerns the role played by the 123d
providing ordnance support for
the 1st Armored Division.
Pertaining to the problems of
ordnance support the subject is
presented from the Battalion Com
mander's viewpoint and also as
seen by the company command
ers. Separate articles written by
Lt. Col. O. C. Tonetti command
ing officer of the 123rd Lt. Robert
G. Edmonson battalion communi
cations officer and Headquarters
and Headquarters Company Com
mander Capt. J. D. Lewis A Com
pany commander Capt. T. H. Tyn-
er B. Co. Commander and Lt. C.
C. Ralph Co. Commander tell
Defense Plans Cut
In Doctor Strength
Washington (AFf*S) There'll
be approximately 1600 fewer med
ical doctors serving the Armed
Forces during Fiscal Year 195
according to new Defense Depart
ment policy.
The reduction is being made be
cause of expected slices into total
troop strength and economy meas
ures. No physician will be releas
ed before the expiration of nor
mal tour of active duty but 1600
doctors will not be replaced when
their tours are completed.
When the reduction has been
made it's expected by July 1
1954 the overall ratio for the
Defense Department will be three
doctors per 1000 men. Actually
the Army will have three per 1000
but the Navy will have 3.26 and
the USAF 2.74 per 1000.
These figures a Defense Depart
ment official reports are exclus
ive of medical officers serving in
ternships and engaged in residen
cy training.
CCA Rep
resentatives
Win Monthly Award
An M48 Tank crew from Company "D" 13th Tank Battalion of
the 1st Armored Division has been named "Crew of the Month" at
Fort Hood.
The four-man crew representing Combat'Command "A won over
four other finalists in the final judging of the contest conducted as
part of Fort Hood's continuing Preventive Maintenance campaign.
Each finalist had previously won
in competition at the platoon com
pany battalion and major com
mand levels in order to qualify for
the finals.
Members of the top crew are
Sgt. Louis L. Angel Jr. Privates
First Class J. D. Guthrie and
Allen Brackins and Pvt. Donald
E. Timmons.
The men will divide a $50 check
which will be presented to them
by Maj. Gen. William S. Biddle
commander of Fort Hood and the
1st Armored Division.
They will also receive three-day
passes and a pennant to fly from
their tank during December des
ignating it as the vehicle of the
Crew of the Month."
Runner up in the contest was
a D7 bulldozer crew from the
61st Engineer Battalion Construc
tion which reached the finals by
taking top honors in the 35th Eng
ineer Group.
Other finalists included another
D7 bulldozer crew from the 16th
Armored Engineer Battalion rep
resenting Reserve Command an
M16 half track from the 2nd
Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion
representing Division Artillery and
an M75 personnel carrier from the
701st Armored Infantry Battalion
representing Combat Command A.
The "Crew of the Month" will
be selected each month with the
pennant to be passed along to
each winning crew.
This competition is held in addi
tion to the "Driver of the Month"
contest which is held to select the
outstanding driver of a vehicle
which requires only a single opera
tor.
Judging in these contests includ
es close inspection of the men and
their vehicles in addition to vigor
ous tests of both vehicles and driv
ers or crews.
The two contests will be suspend
ed in December because of the
holiday season but during January
and each month thereafter tfie
"Driver of the Month" and "Crew
of the Month" will be selected
monthly.
That the campaigns have been
successful has been expressed by
Gen. Biddle who stated his satis
faction with the results of the
contests in a letter to all mem
bers of the Division and assigned
and attached units.
of the problems confronted at the
different command levels.
Capt. Norman F. Priest assign
ed to the G3 (plans and training)
Section of the 1st Armored Divi
sion has written a two page ar
ticle dealing with the sighting of
ground mounted light machine
guns. It is titled Tanker's Ap
proach To An Infantry Problem."
Dinner Honors
Hood Tankers
The 1953 Fort Hood football
squad will be honored at a ban
quet to be held at the non-com
missioned officers club on
Tuesday evening Maj. Blair C.
Minthorn 1st Armored Division
Special Services Officer an
nounced this week.
Maj. Gen. William S. Biddle
commander of the Division and
Fort Hood will speak at the
event and will present athletic
jackets to the members of the
squad. The team finished fourth
in the final standings of the
Fourth Army Football league
in .the current season with a
record of one win thr^e ties
and four defeats in league play.
Total Now 16
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LT. COL. WILLIAMS
Colonel Williams
Appointed CCA
Executive Officer
Lt. Col. John A. Williams form
er executive officer in the G-4
Section of IX Corps in Korea arriv
ed at Fort Hood last week to as
sume the position of executive of
ficer of Combat Command "A".
Colonel Williams comes from a
long line of military service his
grandfather Col. C. A. Williams
(retired) having served his coun
try for forty years and his father
Maj. Charles L. Williams (retired)
served twenty years in the U.S.
Army.
For the prominent part he play
ed in assuring logistical support
for front line units of IX Corps
while serving in Korea the newly
assigned officer was awarded the
Oak Leaf Cluster to the Bronze
Star Medal.
Accompanying Colonel Williams
to his new assignment here are his
wife and their son and daughter.
Three EM Here
Get Bronze Star
For Korean Duty
Three 1st Armored Division en
listed men have been awarded the
Bronze Star Medal at Fort Hood
for heroic conduct in the Korean
conflict. Two of the three are Tex-
ans.
The Bronze Star Medals were
presented for "heroic achievement
in connection with military opera
tions against an enemy of the Unit
ed States." The heroism of each
the citations state "reflects great
credit upon himself and the mili
tary service."
Those to receive the honor were:
PFC Charles M. Sims Midland
Tex. SFC George R. Maurice Nor
th Kennebunport Me. both of the
1st Armored's 701st Armored In
fantry Battalion and SFC Wendell
Daunis 25th A4mored Infantry Bat
talion.
The medals were presented at
battalion review Saturday. Mem
bers of the battalions to which
the three belong stood stiffly at
attention while the medals were
pinned on by the battalion com
manders.
Army Mess Features
Thanksgiving Reminder
Fort Monmouth (ANF) —Ar
my messshall tables here offer an
"extra" to the regular three squar
es for men of the First Battalion.
Prayer reminder cards signed by
the chaplain urge the men "Each
in his own words each in his own
way let us remember at meal
time to thank Him for our bless
ing."
Wreck In Waco
Fatal To Soldier
A 1st Armored Division soldier
scheduled to be released from ac
tive service early in January died
at 12:35 a. m. Monday of injuries
received late Saturday night when
the car he was driving ran off a
bridge in Waco and crashed 30
feet into a dry creek bed the
Fort Hood Provost Marshal's of
fice reported.
Dead is Cpl. Joseph Todaro 23
of Co 4th Tank Battalion. He
is survived by his parents Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Todaro of 11809
Union Avenue Cleveland Ohio.
Also injured in the accident was
Sgt. Lee R. Shadley 25 of the
same company who was treated
and released at a Waco hospital.
Todaro's death raised to 16 the
total of Fort Hood personnel kill
ed in traffic accidents this year.
According to Waco police the
two men were crossing the Waco
creek at Plum and Lincoln streets
when their car crashed through
the bridge railing and dropped 30
feet lodging against a pillar. Shad-
ley managed to climb out of the
wreckage but Todaro was pinned
beneath it.
Todaro entered the Army Jan.
4 1952 and underwent basic train
ing at Fort Dix N. J. He was
assigned to the 4th Tank Battalion
on June 19 of that year.
At the time of his death he had
already been placed on orders to
report to the 4005th Area Service
Unit Transfer Center early next
month for transfer from active to
inactive service.
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