Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, July 2, 1971 Page: 1 of 24
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VOL. 30 NO. 24
CAV ARRIVES Members of the 1st Bn. 9th
Cav. 1st Cav. Div. arrive at Temple Airport sport
ing stetson hats. Returning from Vietnam the unit
Brig. Gen. Charles Austin
Jackson returning to the
United States from duty in
Vietnam will be welcomed as
•the new 2nd Armd. Div. assis-
a a in
ceremonies this morning at
Hell on Wheels field.
Replacing Brig. Gen. James
A. Grimsley Jr. the 52-year-
old general last served as the
deputy senior advisor combat
The man who guided the
Army int the Airmobile era
and one of the most influential
Directors in the DoD visited
MASSTER last week to view
he os in is of
major field test MASSTER
HI.
General Hamilton H. Howze
(Ret.) and LTG Alfred D.
Starbird (Ret.) were welcom
ed to Ft. Hood by Lt. Gen.
Beverley E. Powell Com
an in a
MASSTER III Corps and Ft.
Hood and Maj. Gen. George
P. Seneff Jr. Deputy Com
an in a
MASSTER.
Lt. Starbird who was
recently named the Deputy
Director for OTE Directorate
of Defense Research and
Engineering Department of
Defense was accompanied by
Maj. Gen. William B. Fulton
Director Doctrine Evaluation
and Command Systems Office
of the Assistant Chief of Staff.
Gen. Howze has a very close
relationshp with the various
programs being evaluated at
MASSTER because of his
The Fourth of July means
many things to many people
and Ft. Hood's Independence
Day celebration at Prichard
Stadium will do its best to
satisfy most of those tastes.
Band music fireworks and
a speech by the post command
er make up the show which
has an extra-added attraction
this year a preformance by
Country recording artist Jean
nie C. Riley.
James T. Hamilton en
tertainment director of Special
S vi a
overflow house of 10000 for
the 2 hour 20 minute show
when festivites begin at 8 p.m.
Ft. Hood annually packs in
audiencs audiences of that size
despite a 5800 person seating
capacity and the absence of
entertainment celebrities such
as Miss Riley.
Several thousand dedicated
fans will flock to the stadium
tactical zone for the Army
at the Military Advisory Com
mand Vietnam A
Grimsley will spend several
days on temporary duty in
Washington before receiving
his next duty assignment.
A native of Columbia S.C.
Jackson will receive a tradi
tional division color ceremony
welcome at the parade field
before being introduced to
During Final Stages Of MASSTER III Exercise
work with Aviation research
and development plans. Many
of the Army's top-ranking of
ficers were once members of
the now almost legendary
"Howze Board" which was
formed in the early 1960's to
study the role of air power
as it applied to the U.S. Army.
Lt. Gen. John Norton the
first Director of MASSTER
was a member of the Howze
Board and the present Deputy
Commanding General of
MASSTER Maj. Gen. Seneff
worked in a close coordination
with the Howze Board during
its fact-finding and evaluation
process.
The Howze Board was made
up of a large number of the
finest officers in the Army
who had been connected with
Army Aviation at one time
or another. The board drew
up definite plans of action to
be used by the Army in the
development of the air arm
which it would need in the
future. It developed plans for
he it in of a
airmobile strike force which
would eventually revolutionize
undeterred by the prospect of
sitting on the grass.
Ft. Hood's formal recogni
tion of the Fourth will not
come until Monday July 5
with the firing of a 50-gun
salute on the west side of
III Corps and Ft. Hood Head
quarters (Bldg. 1). Perform
ing the salute will be Div.
Arty 2nd Armd Div. An Army
regulation prohibits the firing
of guns on Sunday.
Spec. 5 Max Guthrie of the
Information Office will open
the Fourth of July program
by welcoming the audience
and introducing the 2nd Armd.
Div. Band which will play the
"Army Song."
Miss Riley and her sup
porting group the Harper
Valley Express will follow
with their one and one half
hour performance.
Guthrie will next introduce
Lt. Gen. Beverley E. Powell
III Corps and Ft. Hood Com
the tactics of ground warfare
as we know them. The rudi
ment elements of the 1st
Cavalry Airmobile Div. were
formed to pattern programs
el he
Board.
It is considered by many
aviation experts that the
Howze Board did more for
the development of' Army
By A. D. PITTMAN
Festive occasions involving
the use of fireworks this 4th
of July may turn into situa
tions of pain and tragedy for
countless men women and
children.
As school children leave
books and classrooms behind
them for a summer of fun
and recreation it is vital that
all youngsters are reminded
mander who will give a brief
address.
The always popular aerial
fireworks display will follow
Powell. Hamilton says it will
be one of the biggest displays
in the area.
After the fireworks which
are expected to last 30
minutes the band will do its
rendition of "Stars and Stripes
Forever". Lt. Col. Carl P.
McNally will then give the
benediction followed by the
playing of the National An
them.
The celebration will be one
of thousands nationwide com
memorating the birth of anew
nation with the signing of the
Declaration of Independence
on July 4 1776. That declara
tion broke formal ties with
the British Crown for 13
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finally became the United
States of America after a long
and bloody war.
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expression of the Department of the Army. The appearance of advertisement
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will take the place of the inactivated 4th Bn. 9th
Cav. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. William C. Horn)
Jackson Succeeds Grimsley
staff members at an informal
reception after the ceremony.
This afternoon he will meet
with Lt. Gen. Beverley E.
Powell III Corps and Ft. Hood
an be or in
briefed on the operations of
the post and taking a one-hour
helicopter tour of the fort and
its training areas.
Beginning next week
Jackson will be thoroughly
briefed on the operations of
the 2nd Armd. Div. by key
staff officers. The new assis
tant division commander also
will visit Hell on Wheels units
in the field undergoing field
training exercises.
Jackson was promoted to
brigadier general in February
1970 while serving as ex
ecutive officer in the Office
of the Chairman of the Joint
Generals Howze• Starbird Visit MASSTER
Aviation than any single event
in the history of the Army.
he am an a
developed during the Howze
Board deliberations are used
today as the backbone of the
testing systems being utilized
for the Air Combat Cavalry
Brigade and TRICAP Division
programs at MASSTER.
The ACCB and TRICAP pro
Firework Safety Stressed
of the very real danger in
fireworks and that they are
a a a a in
pa an a
cracker balls and other so-
called "harmless" 4th of July
items.
There are no safe fireworks.
Each and every firecracker
sparkler and sky rocket car
ries with it the potential
an of a or
ARMORED SENTINEL
Published in the interest of the personnel of Fort Hood
FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY JULY 2 1971
Yesterday morning two
units of the 1st Cav. Div. came
home to Ft. Hood from Viet
nam to rejoin their sister
units. A full-scale homecoming
ceremony was held at division
he ad a to
them home.
Psychedelic light shows a
female vocalist and rock
music may not be the usual
fare for Army safety classes
a a
elements are combined in the
2nd Armd. Div. to present an
entertaining and informative
Chiefs of Staff at the Pen
tagon his last assignment
prior to going to Vietnam for
his second tour.
He entered the Army in 1942
as a platoon leader with the
168th Inf. at Ft. Dix N.J.
and remained on active duty
until 1946. In 1951 he returned
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grams at MASSTER are both
utilizing extensive aviation
support and for this reason
many of the officers assigned
to A S S E a re A
Aviators and have served in
am in a a a it
as so at it a
troop usage or planning. The
major tests of the ACCB and
TRICAP programs will in
permanent injury. Loss of
eyesight serious eye injury
and loss of finger or hands
ad he is of a
fireworks' accidents. Severe
ok on a
serious cuts are also at
to he iv
playthings.
Cracker balls and sparklers
are two fireworks items which
Jeannie C. Riley At July 4 Celebration
The 1st Sqdn. 9th Cav.
replaced the 4th Sqdn. 9th
Cav. and the 227th Avn. Bn.
replaced the 230th Avn. Bn.
in the "First Team" family.
The 4th of the 9th and 230th
have been inactivated. The
new units are commanded by
Singer Emphasizes
2AD Safety Theme
program about the hazards of
highway driving.
The combination of music
by the 2nd Armd. Div. band
and safety information from
the Hell on Wheels safety
education section have proved
to be an unbeatable com
bination. Although the division
can prove no direct cor
relation the number of fatal
a to a id a
decreased substantially since
the first safety show was
presented nearly two years
ago.
This year's first safety show
was presented this week in
Old Theatre 4 now occupied
by the post's community
theater. Traditionally the pro
grams are presented just prior
to the Fourth of July weekend
and the Christmas-New Years
Day holidays.
Project Sound a 10-man
combo composed primarily of
clude many of the battle-
originated in Vietnam by the
1st Cavalry and by units which
trained under the Howze
Board.
Both Gen. Howze and Lt.
Gen. Starbird were essentially
interested in the losing of the
a or el is
MASSTER III which was held
cause many injuries to small
children.
A cracker ball sometimes
called a cracker cap is
a small brightly colored ball
meant to be exploded by
•throwing it against a hard ob
ject. Youngsters mistaking
them for fun balls or candy
bite down on them and suffer
mouth burns fractures and
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connected with the Department of the Army. Opinions expressed by wrl ten herein are their own and are not to be considered an (Official
in this publication does not constitute an endorsement by the Deparment of the Army of the products or services advertised."
First Team Welcomes Home
Sister Units From Vietnam
Lt. Col. James Patterson and
Lt. Col. Ray Young respec
tively who had commanded
the deactivated units.
Redesignation of units
became necessary when the
1st Cav. Div. came to Ft.
Hood on May 5 and the 227th
men from the Hell on Wheels
band provides the music for
each of the shows this year
re in os on
performed by the instrumental
group "Chicago." Composed
of three trumpet players a
saxophone player two trom
bonists two guitarists a
pianist and an organist Pro
ject Sound comes off as a
professional group able to do
justice to the rock in
strumental tunes.
Spec. 4 Dan Mills a
member of the band did all
the musical arrangement for
the safety show as he did for
previous shows and "Irma La
Douce" presented by the Ft.
Hood Little Theatre.
Add to a professional-soun
ding group and an expert ar
an a el a
vocalist who can sing as well
as look good and you have
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in the Cowhouse Creek-Belton
Lake area of the Ft. Hood
reservation. Many of the top
Pentagon and White House
staff members have visited
the field headquarters in the
last three months during
various stages of the exercise.
Gen. Howze and Lt. Gen.
Starbird were helicoptered in
to the very heart of the tac
tical field positions to visit
the Vietnam-like Firebase Sid.
The fortification surrounding
FB Sid are as close to those
of a Vietnam firebase as could
possibly be constructed. The
instruments being used by the
troops defending the firebase
a re so of he
sophisticated available to any
troops in the world.
Col. Norman Sallisbiiry
re to of I a
Airmobile HQ MASSTER has
served as the field test com
mander at field headquarters
during the exercise. Troops
from both the 1st Air Cav.
(TRICAP) and the 2nd Armd.
Div. have been utilized during
Continued On Page 2
and 1st Sqdn. 9th Cav. still
had a mission to perform in
Vietnam. Thus the 4th Sqdn.
9th Cav. and 230th Avn. Bn.
were created.
Tuesday night 35 men
representing the new arrivals
landed at the Temple airport
bringing their colors home to
Ft. Hood. Commanded by
Maj. Hilbert Chole the men
were greeted at the airport
by Col. Richard G. Trefry
1st Cav. Div. chief of staff
and Col. J. W. McEnery 2nd
Bde. commander.
At 11 a.m. yesterday the
re at on
reviewed by Maj. Gen. James
20.
Sports 20-22
Movies 14
Passtime 18
A composite battery from
the 1st Bn. 3rd Arty 2nd
Armd. Div. will fire a 50-gun
salute to accompany an In
dependence Day ceremony at
noon July 5 at III Corps and
Ft. Hood headquarters. Bat
tery C commanded by Capt.
Richard Tilley will be in
charge of the salute.
Btry. C will provide two
of the four gun crews to be
used in the firing and also
will provide the commander
of the firing detachments 1st
Lt. Ralph Coleman executive
officer. Btrys. A and will
provide the other firing crews.
The significance of the 50-
gun salute is to honor the
birth of the nation and the
50 states that comprise the
Union. A round will be fired
for each of the 50 stars on
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C. Smith 1st Cav. Div. com
mander and attended by Brig.
Gen. Robert M. Shoemaker
III Corps chief of staff and
former "First Team" assis
tant division commander was
held on the division review
field.
As the ceremony drew to
a close three Kiowas trailing
red smoke three Hueys trail
ing whit smoke and three
Cobras trailing violet smoke
he ad
helicopters came from the 1st
Sqdn. 9th Cav.
The 1st Sqdn. 9th Cav.
Continued On Page 2
SENTINEL SHORTS
SUMMER FUN-TIER. Sign up your kids
now for the second session of Summer Fun-Tier.
The second session lasts from July 12 to Aug. 6
and costs only $5.00 for the entire session. Sign
up at DYA Bldg. 425.
VISIT THE POST LIBRARIES for an even
ing of literary enjoyment. They offer a cool re
laxing atmosphere on a warm summer night.
They also provide you with books containing a
wealth of information on every possible subject.
Inside Story
Paced by the John Collins-Charlie Jurva
doubles title the Ft. Hood tennis team returned
Friday from Ft. Bliss with a Fifth U.S. Army ten
nis championship. For details see the sports page
.....
Eye Catcher 13
Social Notes 6
Classified 23
50 Guns Salute
US Independence
the United States flag.
The salute will highlight a
ceremony conducted by HI
Corps for military and civilian
obsevers. The narrative por
tion of the ceremony will be
presented by Lt. Col. Charles
A. Glenn commander of the
1st Bn. 3rd Arty. He also will
outline the entrance of the 50
states into the union in order
of entrance into the union the
state nickname and the date
it was granted statehood.
"It is quite fitting that the
1st Bn. 3rd Arty has been
honored by being selected to
fire this national salute since
it is the second oldest artillery
unit in the U.S. Army and
its long history has been in
timately intertwined with that
of the nation" Glenn said.
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