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VOL. 19 NO. 5
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OFF TO FORT POLK—Members of the 67th Armor 2d
Armored Division are spending many hours preparing for their
journey to Fort Polk La. to act as Site Support for Reservists
and National Guardsmen in summer training. These men are
packing weapons—.45's machine guns rifles and mortars—for a
Big Task Ahead
Fort Polk La. will be the
ate of tiie annual summer pil-
erimmage for over 17000 Reserv
ists and National Guardsmen as
operations begin for the opening
of summer training.
The task of opening maintain
ing and closing the post which
will run from June through Sep
tember belongs to the 67th Ar
mor 2d Armored Division.
The 67th commanded by
Lt. Col. Keith Lain has the
assignment of Site Support
Group that is the logistical
support needed to supply
training units during two week
of summer activity. The 67th
with component parts of the
124th Ordnance Bn. 2d AD
and the 35th Engineer Gp.
will set up the post for the in
coming troops and help them
organize their housing and
equipment needs.
The Site Support Group has sole
responsibility for providing facili
ties for units normally found at
Regular military installations
Leming. Janco
Soldiers Of Month
Named For April
Engineer and Signal representa
tives topped the field in the re
cent Fort Hood Soldier of the
Month competition for April.
In the grades of E-5 and above
Gilford L. Leming 46th Engineer
Bn. took post soldier honors.
Sp-4 Robert A. Janco 142d
Signal Bn. 2d Armored Division
won in the E-4 and below cate
gory.
A native of Illinois Sp-5
Leming carries a duty assign
ment as crane operator. He
entered the Army in 1948
completing basic training at
Fort Knox Ky.
He is a member of the Masonic
Lodge 1125 in Killeen and form
erly was employed by Buick Mot
67th To Operate Fort Polk
For Summer Site Support
such as Post Exchange postal fa
cilities chapels medicals facili
ties^housing recreational outlets
telephone communications and a
myriad of other facilities.
The first elements of the
group arrived at Polk last week
and their function is to get hous
ing and equipment unstored and
usable. The main body of the
group arrives at Polk about June
1 and will have approximately
15 days to finalize the activation
of the post.
Every angle will be checked
out before the training units
arrive for their annual two
week sojourn. Military Police
are sent to Polk to work with
the civilian authorities ranges
are set up and made sa.fe for
the firing of armor and infan
try weapons telephone
switchboards are installed to
handle a great amount of
phone calls.
The Site Support Group under
the command of Col. Lain will
not engage in training as such
ors Division of General Motors
Corporation in Flint Mich.
Sp-5 Leming and his wife Ilse
live in Killeen.
A radio relay and carrier op
erator Sp-4 Robert A. Janco
also comes from Illinois
where he worked as a techni
cal representative for Meyer-
cord Company in Chicago be
fore entering the Army in 1959.
Completing basic combat train
ing at Fort Riley Kan. Sp-4 Jan
co also attended the Signal School
at Fort Gordon Ga. before his
arrival at Fort Hood.
A graduate of Quigley High
School in Chicago he attended:
a iv it or re
years before entering the service.
His wife Rita Mae lives in
Kemper Tex.
Sp-4 Janco Sp-5 Leming
long rest. Most of the battalion's organizational equipment will
be stored in the motor pool for the summer. ROTC detachments
will take over the empty barracks. (U.S. Army Photo by PFC
Walton.)
with the Reserve and National
Guard units but will provide
equipment and assistance inmain
taining this equipment during the
training cycles.
There will be 18 units training
Mexican
Officers
See Post
Fort Hood welcomed eight Mexi
can general officers yesterday
arriving at the airfield at 3:15
p.m. for a brief tour of the post.
They were greeted by an honor
guard ceremony of CCA 1st Ar
mored Division including the
266th U. S. Army Band.
Commanding garrisons and
zones adjoining the Fourth U. S
Army portion of the United States-
Mexico border the distinguished
party consists of Lt. Gen. Praxed-
es Giner-Duran commander of
the 5th Military Zone Chihuahua
Lt. Gen. Baltzar R. Leyva-Man-
cilla commander of the 8th Mili
tary Zone Tampico Tamauli-
pas.
Maj. Gen. Reynoldo A. Hi-
jar-Medina commander of
Garrison Ciudad Juarez Chi
huahua Maj. Gen. Calizto
Ramirez- Garrido commander
of Garrison Nuevo Laredo
Tamaulipas Maj. Gen. Emil-
iano Castrejon-Calvillo com
mander of Garrison Reynosa
Tamaulipas Maj. Gen. Raul
De Alba-Luna chief of staff
7th Military Zone Monterrey
Nuevo Leon Maj. Gen. Juan
F. Trujillo-Quiroz commander
of Garrison Matamoros Tam
aulipas and Brig. Gen. Mateo
Hinojosa-Fernandez comman
der of Garrison Ojinaga Chi
huahua.
The generals are accompanied
by their wives and aides-de-camp.
Official American accompani
ment is Brig. Gen. Phillip H
Bethune U. S. Army Attache to
Mexico. Escort officer from Fort
Hood is Col. C. F. Mitchim com
mander of the 35th Engineer
Group. Assistant escort officer
and project officer is Lt. Fran
cisco Diaz-Estrella of the 1st Cav
alry CCA 1st Armored Division.
To assist the Mexican gen
a he S
Ari.iy officers are on hand
as interpreters for each indi
vidual. They are: Lt. Col.
John McKee III Lt. S. Y.
Rodriguez Capt. John Rallis
Lt. Aida N. Sanchez (AM-
SC) Maj. Josefina Rodriquez
(ANC) Lt. R. K. Hocker
Capt. R. A. Carr and Capt.
Josephine Neeley (ANC).
Itinerary for the visit includes
a firepower demonstration this
morning conducted by CCA 1st
Armored Division at Tank Tables
IV and V.
at Fort Polk this summer. All but
one represent -units from the
Fourth Army-are:? wfcrcb.i covers
Texas Arkansas New Mexico
Louisiana and Oklahoma. The out
sider is an Armor element from
the 35th Infantry Divison which
is part of the Kansas-Nebraska
National Guard.
The units have met in con
ference with Site Support lead
ers at Fort Hood to discuss
their equipment needs and
other problems.
This year the training units in
clude everything from a junior
ROTC unit to an Infantry Division
numbering almost 11000 men.
The ROTC unit is composed of
high school students from Louisi
ana and Texas who spend their
own time and money in two weeks
of training which includes famili
arization of weapons and a bi
vouac problem in the field.
The largest element will be
the 39th Infantry Division
(See FORT POLK Page 2)
Suggestion Is
Key To Bond
For Sgt. Rice
A $150 United States Savings
Bond has been awarded to SFC
Dennis D. Rice for a suggestion
he submitted to the 7th Logistical
Command in Korea.
The prize was presented on
Sgt. Rice
April 27 by Lt. Col. W. H. Hern-
don post quartermaster.
SFC Rice developed a design
for an ice-crushing machine for
use at perishable food depots in
Korea that will result in an esti
mated annual savings of $4200
and won the Command's enlisted
mens' suggestion contest for the
second quarter of fiscal year 1961.
He is native of Lonewell Okla.
and has served with the Army for
18 years including combat duty
in both World War II and Korea.
He resides in Belton with his wife
Mildred and three children.
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FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY MAY 12 1961
New CO
Arrives
Monday
Col. Roy Lassetter Jr. newly
appointed commander of CCA 1st
Armored Division will arrive
here Monday.
Col. Charles J. Girard deputy
commander of CCA will present
Col. Lassetter before an honor
guard composed of Troop A 12th
Cavalry and the 6th Artillery. The
honor guard ceremony will begin
at 8 p.m. on 65th St. adjacent to
the 6th Infantry motor pool.
In addition to the honor
guard Col. Lassetter will in
spect guidons from CCA
units. On hand for the oc
casion will be the 266th U. S.
Army band.
Following the inspection Col.
Lassetter will tour the 1st Arm
ored Division area escorted by
Col. Girard.
Col. Lassetter nominated for
the grade of Brigidier General
comes to Fort Hood following 22
months of service at Fort Mc
Pherson Ga. where he was as
signed as the deputy chief of
staff Headquarters Third Army.
Prior to his tour at Fort Mc
he so a
U. S. military attache to the
Federal'ReiAiUic of Germany.
a 3953-55 IK- 'was assigned
as chiei of staff of the 1st Arm
ored Division (then a full divi
sion) and commanding officer of
CCA.
Col. Lassetter has served con
siderable time in the Far East
including assignments with the I
and Corps 1st Cavalry Divi
sion and the Far East Command.
Holder of a BA and MA de-
Col. Lassetter
gree from the University of
Arizona Col. Lassetter stud
ied German at the Army
Language School attended the
Army War College and the
Command and General Staff
College.
His decorations include the Silv
er Star Legion of Merit with two
Oak Leaf Clusters Bronze Star
and Air Medal.
A native of El Paso Texa Col.
Lassetter entered the Army in
1940.
Fourth Army of S
To Get Brazil Post
Maj. Gen. George R. Mather
Chief of Staff of the Fourth U.S.
Army has been reassigned as
Chairman of the U. S. Delegation
to the Joint United States-Brazil
Military Commission and Chief of
the Military Assistance Advisory
Group to Brazil effective in De
cember.
FORT HOOD
Traffic Toll
As of Friday Morning
May 5
Injuries 52
Fatalities 2
This Time Las* Fear
Injuries 58
Fatalities 3
Based On 1960 Performance
Fort Hood has produced seven
units of the Strategic Army Corps
who have qualified for the STRAC
Superior Unit Award based on
their performances during 1960.
Of the 137 units announced by
Headquarters USCONARC the
Hood units are: 1st Cavalry 13th
Cavalry and Co. A 1st Quarter
master—from CCA 1st Armored
Division 720th MP Bn 418th
Medical Co. 87th Ordnance Co.
and the 149th Ordnance Co. all
Fourth Army units attached here
This year's competition
marks the second time that
£he 1st Cavalry 13th Cavalry
and 720th MP's have qualified
Post Slates
Big Program
For May 20
Armed Forces Day will be
celebrated in grand style next
weekend at Fort Hood.
Theme of the event in "Pdwer
For Peace" and all displays will
be representative of that credo.
Two programs are scheduled at
Prichard Stadium where most
displays will be located for vi
sitors on Saturday afternoon May
20. At 2:30 the combined Fort
Hood and 2d Armored Division
band will present a concert and at
4 p.m. the Fort Hood Skydivers
will make numerous parachute
jumps. Each program will last
about 30 minutes.
A military review open to
the public will begin at 9:30
a.m. More than 2000 sol
diers including 81 Wacs will
be reviewed by Maj. Gen. Ed
ward G. Farrand Fort Hood
and 2d Armored Division com
mander. Commander of troops
will be Brig. Gen. Robert W.
Brown 2d Armored Division
artillery commander.
A firepower demonstration by
CCA 1st Armored Division is ten
tatively scheduled.
Equipment to be on display for
the public from the 2d Armored
Division includes the M-41 M-48
and the new M-60 tanks an
Honest John rocket the howitzer
family M-84 and M-59 carriers
and various radios.
An armored vehicle launch
ed bridge will be demonstrat
ed by CCA 1st Armored Divi
sion.
Post aviation will provide five
different aircraft for the show.
Each display will be manned by
men familiar with the Equipment
and able to answer arty questions
from the many visitors. An Infor
mation Booth will be available
for public use throughout the day
FILE
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POST LIBRARY
Col. Lassetter To Get
CCA 1st AD Command
"NOW YpU TAKE THIS WEAPON"—M-Sgt. Lawrence O. Pautsch curator of the 2d Armored
Division Historical Museum discusses weapons with Maj. Gen. Ralph J. Butchers Provost Marshal
General United States Army. Maj. Gen. Butchers former 2d Armored Divsion Chief of Staff paid
a surprise visit to the museum during his recent visit to Fort Hood. (U.S. Army Photo by PFC
Leonberger).
Severn STRA C^JJn its
Jf if*
Get Superior Awards
as superior STRAC units giv
ing them a perfect two for
two record.
Commemorating this achieve
ment the four Post units will
take part in the Armed Forces
Day parade. The three CCA units
will be commended in a parade
review for Brig. Gen. Roland H.
del Mar commander of CCA to
morrow at Sadowski Field be
ginning at 10 a.m.
The Superior Units Awards pro
gram administered by Gen. Her
bert B. Powell commander of
Headquarters USCONARC at
Fort Monroe Va. is aimed at
honoring the combat ready high
ly mobile STRAC forces to even
finer operatiohal readiness.
In 1960 the second anniver
sary of the program 62 more
units qualified than in 1959.
The 137 superior unite select
ed from 181 making applica
tion will be presented certifi
cates and streamers for or
ganizational banners at ap-
propirate ceremonies.
The program is set up as a com
petition of units against STRAC-
wide standards established by
USCONARC rather than competi
tion of units against each other.
Selections of winners were based
or recommendations of major
commanders upon applications
made by the individual units.
To be designated a superior
STRAC unit a unit is required to
achieve a rating of at least "ex
cellent' in all activities pertain
ing to administration operations
training logistics and overall
combat readiness.
The following factors are taken
into consideration: STRAC readi
ness inspections STRAC mobility
exercises command maintenance
inspections annual general in
spections the performance of rec
ommended units in such matters
as savings program participation
disciplinary matters accident and
injuiy rates reenlistment pro
gram results and other informa
tion submitted with the unit appli
cation.
Units stationed in each of the
Continental Army Command's six
U. S. Armies are represented
among the 1960 winners as well
as units stationed with the Army
Security Agency Chief Chemical
Officer Chief of Engineers the
Surgeon General the Quartermas
ter General Chief Signal Officer
and the Chief of Transportation
RIGHT 50 Add 20 is the deflection and range change given by Lt. John D. Silvati (right)
14th Arty. 2d Armored Division during the battalion's recent service practice. Making the cor
rection shift is S-Sgt. Roy King (left) with assistance from Sgt. Marion McClary and Pvt.
Clarence Jennings.
VJ .?f
—12 Pages-
General
del Mar
Departs
Brig. Gen. Roland H. del Mar
commander of CCA 1st Armored
Division will leave here tomorrow
for his new assignment as com
mander of the Antilles Command
U. S. Army Caribbean.
Following a review of CCA be
ginning at 10 a.m. at Sadowski
Field Gen. del Mar's entourage
will proceed along Hood Road
to the main gate. An honor guard
from the 12th Cavalry including
two light tanks will be lined on
both sides of Hood Road begin
ning at the South Ave. inter
section and continuing south to
the main gate.
Gen. del Mar succeeds Col.
James D. C. Breckenridge the
present commander of the An
tilles Command.
Since taking command of CCA
months ago Gen. Del Mar has
made an impressive record for
both CCA and Fort Hood.
The military activities lak-
en-on by CCA under his com
mand include: repeated Com
mand Post and Field Training
Exercises in preparation for
Exercise Thunder Bolt troop
tests of the M-60 main battle
tank and the M-113 Armored
Personnel Carrier ^annual
Armor Leadership Award :oa-
test for the Draper Trophy
and Exercise Thunder Bolt
TACAIR 61-5 a joint Army-
Air Force maneuver April 17-
27.
Through constant encourage
ment by Gen. del Mar CCA has
had a strong athletic program and
countless trophies awarded. He
also instituted monthly award
trophies in almost all fields of en
deavor in CCA as well as rotating
trophies and individual trophies.
He worked closely with the 49th
Armored Division officers (Texas
N.G.) who observed the Armor
Leadership Award contest.
He also assisted the 12th Air
Force staff and representatives
for staging of a firepower demon
stration and training during ex
ercise Thunder Bolt.
He personally interviewed ap
proximately 100 reserve officers
who joined CCA for two weeks
(See GENERAL Page 2)
NOTICE
A change in hours of the
Main Commissary has been
announced by Lt. Col. W. H.
Herndon post quartermaster.
Effective May 24 the
Wednesday hours will be from
11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednes
day is the only day affected
by the change.
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Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1961, newspaper, May 12, 1961; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth254673/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Casey Memorial Library.