Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, February 12, 1965 Page: 1 of 16
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VOL. 22 NO. 46
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Three Fort Hood generals
have been nominated by the
President for promotion to ma
jor general.
Brig. Gen. E. C. D. Scher-
rer assistant division comman
der for maneuver elements 1st
Armored Division Brig. Gen.
Edward C. Dunn III Corps and
Fort Hood chief of staff and
Brig. Gen. Charles S. O'Malley
assistant division commander
for support elements 1st Ar
mored Division have been rec
ommended to the U.S. Senate
for their second stars by Pres
ident Lyndon B. Johnson.
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General Scherrer a native of
southern Illinois graduated
from the U.S. Military Acad
emy at West Point N. Y. in
1937. He served during World
War II in the Solomon Islands
campaign in the South Pacific
andtfhe European Theater dur
ing the Rhineland and Central
European campaigns.
Prior to coming to Fort
Hood's 1st Armored Division
General Scherrer was chief of
the U.S. Military Assistance
Advisory Group (MAAG) in
Cambodia.
In addition to West Point the
general has also attended
Southern Illinois University the
Command and General Staff
College at Fort Leavenworth
~Kans. the Armed Forces Staff
College Norfolk Va. and the
Army War College at Carlisle
Barracks Pa.
General Dunn a 1936 U.S.
Military Academy graduate
BRIG. GEN. SCHERRER
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BOWLER'S GREEN—Fort Hood's new 24-lane bowling center Bowler's
Green shown in the artist's sketch above is under construction with comple
tion expected by August. (U.S. Army Photo)
commanded the task force
which seized Les Isles de Mar-
couf off Utah Beach Nor
mandy on D-Day two hours
before the first wave hit the
beach in France. He served in
five combat campaigns in the
European Theater of Operations
during World War II.
General Dunn has been an
instructor at the Cavalry
School the U.S. Military Acad-
BRIG. GEN. DUNN
2nd A rmored
Private Qualifies
For EIB Award
Results of the now completed
Expert Infantryman Badge test
ing in the 2nd Armored division
have shown that only one pri
vate qualified for the coveted
award.
The lone private was Warren
W. Creson (Marion N.C.) of
the Iron Deuce's Co. B 2nd
Bn. 50th Infantry.
Thfe was an outstanding feat
for a beginning soldier. Only
18 per cent of some 586 men suc
cessfully performed the rugged
test. Those who were tested
first had to qualify under rigid
standards set up for the test
board by Maj. Thomas D.
Ayers (Birmingham Ala.) of the
1st Brigade.
Private Creson has been in
the Army eight months.
The 19 year old radioman
took hij basic training at Fort
Gordon Ga. where he was
named outstanding trainee of
the cycle.
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emy and the Command and
General Staff College. He has
served with military advisory
up in an
Nam.
Before coming to Fort Hood
last year General Dunn served
as deputy commandant at the
Armed Forces Staff College.
The general is a graduate of
the Cavalry School the Com
mand and General Staff Col
lege the Army War College
and the Army Management
School. He also holds a mas
ter's degree in political science
from Harvard University.
General O'Malley a native
of California graduated from
West Point in 1937 and served
duirng World War II in New
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During the Korean War he
served first with the Army
Corps and then as chief of staff
for the 24th Infantry Division
both in Korea. The general
served on the faculty of the
Command and General Staff
College in 1952-55 and on vari
ous assignments in Hawaii and
the Far East.
Prior to his assignment at
Fort Hood General O'Malley
served as chief of the Army
section MAAG-Formosa.
The general is a graduate of
the Command and General
S a he A
Forces Staff College and the
Army War College.
Re-assignments of the three
generals have not been released
at the present time
BRIG. GEN. O'MALLEY
Features
24 Lanes
By PFC CLIFF STEVENS
Sentinel Sports Editor
Construction of Fort Hood's
new 24-lane Bowler's Green is
expected to be completed by
August.
Two construction firms are
working on the project B-W
Construction Co. of Bryan Tex.
and the Texas Steel Building Co.
of Waco Texas.
Masonry and steel will form
the 140' by 140' structure hous
ing an elaborate interior and
sporting a modern exterior. Car
peted floors a league room and
a locker room are additional fea-
(See ALLEY Page 2)
A Medical Self-Help Training
groi^ain designed to prepare
Fbit Hooftlnilitary dependents
and Department of Army civil
ians for any domestic emerg
ency will begin March 2.
Two courses amounting to a
16-hour block of instruction will
be held on March 2 and 4 in
the conference room of the
U.S. Army Hospital
The training is aesignea to
teach families how to survive
and meet their health needs in
the event they are deprived of
their physician's services for a
protracted period of time such
as in the case of nuclear attack
or natural disaster.
The two courses will cover in
fant care emergency childbirth
radiological care healthful em
ergency living and radioactive
fallout and shelter instructions.
Member Drive
Emphasized At
Chapter Dinner
The annual business meeting
and dinner of the Old Ironsides
Chapter of the 1st Armored Di
vision Association was held last
night at he Fort Hood NCO
Open Mess. The gathering also
served as a kick-off dinner for a
chapter membership drive
which got under way Feb. 1.
Several hundred members
turned out to hear Maj. Gen.
H. J. Jablonsky division com
mander call for maximum ef
fort during the membership
drive in order to obtain the high
est possible number of mem
bers. The general also outlined
the aims and goals of the as
sociation at both the local chap
ter level and the national level.
Lt. Col. John J. Dorociak
(New Kinsington Pa.) Old Iron
sides Chapter president present
ed awards to Lt. Hamilton N.
Hering (Williamsburg Va.)
Sgt. Maj. Paul D. Nunan (Syra
cuse N.Y.) Sgt. Maj. Thomas
T. Harlan (St. Marys Pa.) 1st
Sgt. Gerald J. Easton (Brook
lyn N.Y.) and M-Sgt. David T.
Weisenhorn (East Orange N.J.)
The awards were made for
outstanding contributions to the
association particularly dur
ing the time at which the local
chapter hosted the association's
national convention at San
Antonio.
Decorations and the dinner
were planned by Naomi Tucker
(Killeen Tex.) hostess for the
NCO Open Mess. Entertainment
was provided by the 1st Armor
ed Division Stouthearted Mens'
Chorus under the direction of
Lt. Eugene Jones Jr. (John
son City Tenn.)
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FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 12 1965
Medical Self-Help Program
Schedule^ To$Begiri March
LT. GEN. HARVEY FISCHER
'.'The need lor this course is
periodically recognized by all
Americans" says Capt. John
O'Neil (Boston Mass.) Army
program coordinator. "We're
trying to avoid any last minute
rushes for civil defense or na
tural disaster information in a
By PFC STEVE THORWALD
Silhouetted against the horizon
were long lines of marching
men orderly precise. Suddenly
the calm was shattered by the
raucous staccato bursts of a
machine gun and the silhouettes
were gone. A sharp command
was barely audible over the din
of machinegun fire "Tanner
take the right flank Smith you
take the left I'll go up the
gut." 7-i
This scene and many others
closely resembling combat situ
ations were repeated time and
again this week as the 1st Arm
ored Division's Regulars —the
5th Bn. 6th Infantry—underwent
specialized Ranger training at
the Dry Net training area and
Lake Belton. The combat-pre
paratory course under the di
rection of Capt. Gerald G. Epley
(Pacific Palisades Cal.) Co.
commander was set up (on a
smaller scale) to resemble the
classes conducted at the Ranger
school at Fort Benning Ga.
The Regulars' training was
primarily deisigned to benefit
the individual soldier and make
him aware of the stresses one
experiences in combat. Such ex-
45-Day Limit
Set On Requests
For Awards f*
Recommendations for awards
for individuals leaving Fort
Hood for reassignment retire
ment or release from active
duty must arrive at the Person
nel Actions section of the Ad
jutant General Office not later
than 45 days prior to depart
ure date.
Recommendations for the
Legion of Merit and Army Com
mendation Medal on personnel
being reassigned or released
from active duty (requiring the
approval of Department of
Army) must arrive in the Per
sonnel Actions section 90 days
prior to the individual's sched
uled date of departure.
Special attention should be
given to retiring personnel to
insure presentation of the award
before their departure
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situation in whteh time might
te-a critical- faetor."
He added that the course is
an attempt to supplement civil
defense and emergency dis
aster plans already being im
plemented by Texas and local
civil defense authorities.
1st Armored's 5th Bn. 6th Infantry
ger
ercises as basic rappelling in- Belton where the second phase
structions pre-patrol coordina
tion stream and bridge crossing
techniques ambush techniques
and patrol leader briefings were
the order of the day.
The. first two days (Monday
and Tuesday) were devoted al
most exclusively to basic rap
pelling techniques. The soldiers
were taught the Swiss Seat and
the Suspension Traveler meth
ods of rappelling and were given
instruction in evacuation rappel
ling by litter and rappelling
equipment down a sheer cliff.
The initial instruction in rappel
ling was given at the 40-foot
toWer at the Dry Net training
area.
Early Wednesday morning
the Regulars began a four-mile
tactical road' march to Lake
To Become
Gen. Harvey Fischer commander of Fort Hood and the III
Army Corps largest armored force in the Free World is
being reassigned as deputy commander of the Continental U.S.
Army Command headquarters at Fort Monroe Va. according
to official notification received Wednesday.
The date of his transfer has not been announced by Depart
ment of Defense nor has his successor been named.
He came to Fort Hood to assume command of this most
populous Army installation west' of the Mississippi in January
1964 after commanding I Army Corps in Korea.
A veteran of both the Rome-Arno campaign in Italy and
China service during World War II the Dunsmuir Calif.-born
general won added battle stars for two 1953 campaigns in the
Korean War.
An Infantryman who has commanded Infantry unite from
platoon to division in size in his career General Fischer has
been awarded the Silver Star medal for gallantry in the Korean
War and also has earned the Army's coveted Combat Infantry
man's Badge and the Senior Parachutist Badge.
Other key assignments General Fischer has held include
chief of staff of both IX and Army Corps and commander of
the 45th (Thunderbird) Infantry Division in Korea in 1953-54
assistant commander of the 11th Airborne Division at Fort
Campbell Ky. assistant chief of staff for Allied Forces Southern
Europe in 1956 and subsequently for two years in command of
the Southern European Task Force in Italy.
On return to the United States in December 1958 he as
sumed command of the famous 1st (Red One) Infantry Division
and its home station Fort Riley Kan.
Other assignments took himto duty at the Pentagon with
the Department of Army the Department of Defense arid the
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
A 1932 graduate of West' Point -he attended the first com
mand class at the Command and General Staff College at Fort
Leavenworth Kan. and graduated from the Army War College
at Carlisle ^Barracks the firstvclaiss aftt^WprlA
Other decorations presented to General Fischer include the
Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit Bronze Star with
oak leaf cluster and awards from Great Britain Nationalist
China Korea Italy and Brazil.
The general claims his past year of duty in central Texas
(See GEN. FISCHER Page 2)
of the training would take place
Shortly before arriving at their
destination the infantrymen
were hit by an ambush affected
by the reconnaissance platoon
of Headquarters Co. The recon
platoon acted as the opposition
throughout the problem and con
tinually utilized "brushfire"
(hit-and-run) tactics.
After setting up camp in a
heavily-wooded area the Reg
ulars spent the rest of the day
rappelling a 65-foot cliff near the
lake and crossing Cowhouse
Creek via a single-rope bridge
and a permanent three-rope sus
pension bridge. During the re
maining hours of daylight the
infantrymen were given basic
instruction in the proper use of
15-man rubber assault boats
NIGHT FIRE—Tanks of the 1st Bn. 67th
Armor use searchlights to illuminate targets while
other tanks of the battalion pour fire into the simu
lated enemy objective. In the background can be
seen the lights of Fort Hood. The 2nd Armored
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Wednesday evening the Regu
lars were split into six 35-man
patrols and were sent out on
their first simulated combat
patrol. The patrols were trans
ported down Cowhouse Creek
for approximately two miles in
the rubber boats. After disem
barking at a pre designated
area the patrols moved toward
their objective a simulated
enemy command post. The pa
trols atacked en masse and suc
cessfully overran their objec
tive. The patrols then retreated
individually to the boat pick-up
area. vS-r-
Thursday the Regulars moved
to the Clear Creek area where
they were ordered to move out
to a designated area and rend
ezvous with a civilian agent who
(See RANGER Page 2)
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support
While 2nd Armored Division
infantry and armored'units ad-
vanced on "enemy." positions Jjfc
in the Jack Mountain area of
Fort Hood this week artillery
shells screamed in overhead to
blast targets in advance of the
Iron Deuce forces.
Batteries of the 1st Bn. 14th
Artillery were engaged in fir
ing support for the ground
forces undergoing live fire ex
ercises.
The first of the 14th's bat
teries to fir-? was Battery
commanded by Capt. Lee R.
Solley. The batteries brought
the fire of their M-108 howitzers
to bear on five enemy positions
in advance of the attacking
forces. vU.
During the first six days of
firing Battery saturated
their objectives with over 500
rounds of shells. Firing con
tinued day and night as the
battery fired illumination shells
for night time attacks.
The battalion's Battery will
take over the support firing
next week. Charlie Battery is
commanded by Capt. Harvey
A. Smith (Little Rock Ark.).
Maj. Michael H. Covey of the
1st Bn. 14th Artillery called
Battery B's efforts thus far ja.
"highly successful exercise."
The combined efforts of the
battalions' support firing are
under the direction of the unit's
commander Lt. Col. Charles D.
Wilson (Houston Tex.)
2nd AD's EIB
Award Ceremony
Scheduled Today
The 2nd Armored Division's
2nd Bn. 50th Infantry will reap
Expert Infantryman's Badge
awards in ceremones Friday
at 4 p.m. at Fowler Field.
Division commander a j.
Gen. George R. Mather will
present the battalion with a sil
ver cup for qualifying the most
men (34) for EIB's in the divi
sion.
At company level the batta
lion's Hq. Co. and Hq. Co. of
the 2nd Bn. 41st Infantry will
share the award for the highest
number winning the coveted
badge.
A $25 savings bond an infan
try soldier statuette plus a let
ter of recommendation will be
presented to Lt. Darrell A. Sku-
binna (Columbus Ga.) Co. A
for making the highest score in
the division.
Division armored battalion was tiring a nignt live-
fire exercise before Air Force jets moved in to
attack with flare illumination as part of their
"Night Owl" exercises. (U.S. Army Photo by SFC' r|
John M. King)
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