Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, February 12, 1965 Page: 4 of 16
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Since the days of Florence Nightingale nurses in
the armed forces have saved the lives of countless
servicemen progressed in the field of nursing and have
brought modern and technical knowledge of medical
care to servicemen on the battlefields. The Army Nurse
Corps the "angels of mercy" in one branch of the
armed forces observed its 64th Anniversary Feb. 2
1965.
Normally when one thinks about a nurses job one
pictures her in a clean white uniform going from one
sparkling ward to another in a completely-equipped
hospital. But nurses in the armed forces don't always
have it quite so good. Often they are required to ad
minister their aid in a hastily-erected dimly-lit hospital
tent or while running through the mud alongside an
injured serviceman on a stretcher headed for a rear
area.
In World War II flight nurses were trained for air
evacuation at that time anew concept in field nursing.
Nurses were flown into places like Omaha Beach after
the Normandy invasion. Flying over a fogged-in chan
nel much of the time flying under clouds and over
ship masts or flying above the clouds with the possi
bility of their planes being mistaken for enemy aircraft
was one of many ways they proved their dedication.
One of the pioneers in flight nursing in World War II
was Colonel Ethel R. Kovach. In 1963 she was ap
pointed chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps.
While caring for their patients on the battlefields
of World War II and Korea nurses were in danger of
being captured and placed in prisoner of war camps.
The Army's most decorated nurse Colonel Ruby G.
Bradley earned the name of "Angel in Fatigues" dur
ing 37 months as a prisoner of war of the Japanese.
In the Republic of Viet Nam today nurses are still
at the "front" caring for wounded and ill servicemen.
On Dec. 241964 four Navy nurses were injured by an
explosion of a Viet Cong terrorist bomb in the hotel
where they were staying. They would not let doctors
treat their wounds until after they had helped care for
58 Americans and one Australian who had been in
jured. These four nurses became the first women in
the armed forces to receive the Purple Heart for in
juries caused by hostile action in Viet Nam.
On the occasion of the 64th anniversary of the
Army Nurse Corps a tribute is due to nurses of all
branches of the armed forces for their tireless devo
tion to duty. They play a vital role in caring for the
lives of servicemen protecting our nation. (AFPS)
OCINFO Officer
Pays Visit To Hood
Col. George E. Moranda of
the office of the Chief of In
formation Department Of Army
visited Fort Hood Feb. 9-10 to
discuss the Army's Command
Information program at this in
stallation.
The visit was one of a series
of orientation visits the colonel
has made to other installations
in the Fourth U.S. Army area
and other continental U.S. Army
commands.
He was acompanied by Robert
Billingsley of the Fourth Army
Information Office.
Colonel Moranda left Fort
Hood en route to Fort Sill Okla.
Feb. 10.
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Fireworks will come early
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area.
The boys along with military
dependents will be guests of the
2nd Squadror 1st Cavalry dur
ing alive fire exercise conduct
ed at Jack Mountain training
•area.
There will be a day and night
phase in which live ammunition
will be used in addition to an
air strike.
Bleachers wlil be set up for
spectators and an Air Force
Officer will give a step by step
narration of the entire exercise
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AT FORT HOOD HOSPITAL
Failure to make appointments
has led to several misunder
standings the adjutant adds.
MISUNDERSTANDINGS
A situation which arose not
too long ago illustrates these
"misunderstandings." A ser
geant brought his daughter to
the clinic without an appoint
ment. The girl had fallen from
a stepladder and he thought she
might have broken some bones.
Because she came without an
appointment she had to wait.
After an hour and a half the
sergeant was boiling mad. (Sub
sequently it was learned that the
girl had a sprain and not a
serious one at that.) "Of course
we understand that to every pa-
jiuRses
Requires Appointments
With a workload approaching Giesecke hospital commander
1000 patients a day it is im-
perative that as many patients
as possible seek appointments
in advance at the outpatient
clinic of the installation hospital
medical authorities have said.
"We're doing everything pos
sible to offer maximum efficient
service in treating all illnesses
but the tremendous number of
'drop-ins' is proving a major in
convenience to everyone doctor
and patient" says Lt. Col. P. J.
Greenlaw hospital adjutant.
"No one entitled to medical
service will ever be turned! a-
way" the colonel emphasized
"but it embarrases us to create
waiting lines of several hours
in duration. Naturally unex
pected cases of a more serious
nature will always take prece
dence so that further compli
cates the situation for what we
call the "last-minute patient."
Fort Hood's outpatient clinic
normally has seven physicians
on duty two at all times. Six
of these are allocated for ap
clinic is so great that both the
1st and 2nd Armored Division
commanders have helped us out
by pulling doctors off dispensary
duties to support the outpatient
staff." They add that the num
be of iv is on a to
up or in os pi a
number 17.
24 HOUR CENTER
The problem is further com
plicated by the fact that the
emergency clinic which handles
all cases after 1700 hours is
being vastly overpatronized.
The problem is not a new one
nor is it unique to Fort Hood
in any way. A national news
paper recently published a sur
vey of hospital emergency
rooms all over the country. It
found few major complaints but
did discoevr that "there is a
sharp increase in emergency
room use that threatens to over
crowd many of these facilities
to the danger point. According
to hospital officials "th public is
in he
into a convenient 24-hour emer
gency center."
Colonel Giesecke emphasizes
tient his emergency is THE that while USAH's primary re-
emergency" says Col. Carl spqnsibility is to uniformed
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HQUSEHOIDn
THE ARMORED SENTINEL FORT HOOD TEXAS
members of the command an
"but had this man called in by attempt is made to service de-
telephone before coming in he pendents and retired personnel
would have had to wait only 10
15 minutes."
as quickly and efficiently as
possible.
FIRST COME BASIS
All patients military or de-
pendent active or retired are
pointments while one stands by treated on a first-come first-
in case an emergency demands serve appointment basis except
immediate attention. Hospital jn bonafide emergencies. "The
officials point out that The priorities we recognize"
workload the outpatient eki7C
rnlnrusl
fjipsprkp "arp in
says Colonel Giesecke "are in
the fields of therapy surgery
and' pre-planned treatment such
as x-rays." In these areas sol
diers get first priority.
Hospital officials indicate that
comments especially unfavor
able ones from hospital users
get immediate attention. "If one
of our patients finds a deficien
cy" Colonel Greenlaw reports
"we waste no time in investi
gating and taking corrective ac
tion when indicated." But he
adds a closer adherence to the
a in in a
clinics will probably expedite
patient needs faster than any
other corrective step.
SUGGESTIONS
os pi a a ha a
users can make its facility more
efficient -V
by being on time for ap
pointments
by cancelling appointments
if they can't be kept
by not bringing children or
friend's into the clinics if they
don't need medical treatment
by having the Privilege
Identification Card (DD Form
1173) with them if they are de
pendents. .fi\ V:y
One further way patients can
help us" Colonel Giesecke says
"is to give us their ideas on how
to improve our service. Ques
tionnaires are available in each
clinic for this purpose.
Sgt. Bertram N. Seesaran
Hq. Co. 2nd Bn. 50th Inf. 2nd
Armored Division was award
ed the Expert Infantryman
Badge.
Sgt. Wendell Milurri Co. A
2nd Bn. 50th Inf. 2nd Armor
ed Division was awarded the
Expert Infantryman Badge.
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MP's Celebrate Organization Day
It was a "policeman's ball"
for members of the 502nd Mili
tary Police Detachment as they
celebrated their battalion organ
ization day this week.
Festivities began with a birth
day cake ceremony and were
followed by a program of fun
and games.
Guided tours were provided
for guests and dependents to
observe the functioning of a
military police outfit.
by a relay race and a tug of
war that tested the "long arms
of the law."
re a a or
game winners at a party held
at the Fort Hood Non Commis-
ioned Officers Open Mess
PRIGADE BEST MESS
The 502nd Aviation Bn. has
earned the 2nd Brigade's Best
Mess award for January Col.
Charles L. Crain presented the
plaque to the battalion's mess
hall. A team of brigade inspec
tors judged Mess Steward SFC
Tena J. Wingfield's mess hall
on sanitation food preparation
and records
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combat is one job most sol
diers would just as soon not
have. The listening post is used
primarily for detection of ene
my activity especially in ter
rain or visibility conditions that
do not permit visual observa
tion
Now thanks to ground sur
veillance radar this task has
been greatly simplified. Most
battalions in the 1st Armored
Division now have one platoon
whose sole mission is the oper
ation of ground surveillance ra
dar sets. One such platoon is
directed by Sgt. Rubin W. Nor
wood (Del Rio Tex.) 5th Bn.
6th Infantry.
The platoon has 19 people as
signed to it and six radar sets
plus normal equipment to al
low it to function under com
bat conditions. Four of the ra-
•dar sets are PPS-4 short range
sets and two are TPS-33 med
ium range sets.
Both versions are highly mo
bile the PPS-4 is transported
on a %-ton truck and the TPS-
33 on a %-ton truck. Either set
can be moved into an area set
up and be operating in ten min
utes or less. Generators are
usually employed for power
but the sets can be operated
from hatteries.
The PPS-4 short range set
resembles a small barrel on a
tripod. Unlike the general con
cept of radar it does not have
Friday February 12 1965
Surveillance Radar
Detects All Activity
a view scope. Detection with
this set is done entirely by aud
io signal. It is operated by
two men and has a minimum
range of 80 meters and a maxi
mum of 8000 meters.
A view scope is employed on
the medium range TPS-33. Op
erated by three men it has a
maximum range of 18200 me
ters.
The super sensitivity of these
sets coupled with the high de
gree of training of the opera
tors allows detection of even
the most minute objects or
movement. Operators can tell
the number of men approach
ing on foot the number of ve
hicles the opposing force is
using even to the extent of dis
tinguishing between the types
of vehicles such as %-ton and
%-ton trucks.
FORT HOOD
Traffic Toll
As Of Friday
February 12
Injuries 16
Fatalities 6
This Time Last Year
Injuries 13
Fatalities 5
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