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The Fort Wolters Trumpet
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VOL. X
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1966 FORTWOLTERS, TEXAS
NO. 6
USAPHS' "Red Hat's"
Complete FW Training
Infantry School Commandant
Delivers Commencement Address
FLIGHT SCHOOL COMMANDANTS COL E. P, Fleming Jr., left, USAPHC command-
er, and MG John J. Tolson, U. S. Army Aviation Center, Ft. Rucker, Ala., command-
er, confer at fixed wing operations upon General Tolson's arrival Monday at the
local airport.
. Ceremony Honors
Two Ki
Posthumous awards of the Purple Heart
and Bronze Star Medal for two young
soldiers killed in Vietnam were awarded
next-of-kin at ceremonies held July 29 in
front of U. S. Army Primary Helicopter
Center headquarters.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Jones of Fort
Worth accepted the Bronze Star awarded
their son, 19-year-old PFC Harvey W.
Jones, killed in action in Vietnam March
4, 1966. Private Jones was a member of
Company A, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry,
101st Airborne Division. A posthumous
award of the Purple Heart was presented
his parents April 30 at Fort Wolters.
The widow of WOl Charles R.Lawhon,
an Army aviator killed in Vietnam May
6, accepted the Purple Heart. Law-
hon, a November 1965 graduate of USAP-
HS, was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Divi-
sion (Airmobile). Mrs. Lawhon is from
Mineral Wells.
COL E. P. Fleming Jr., Wolters com-
mander, made the presentations.
Other awards presented were the Dis-
tinguished Flying Cross to WOl Larry
L. Mobley and Bronze Star Medals to
CPTs Ray A. Houts and Ramon D. Leyva
and WOl Jerry E. White and SGT Joseph
D. Smith. The Bronze Star recipients were
cited for meritorious service in Vietnam.
' Mobley was cited for an act of heroism
on Feb. 2, 1966, while piloting an armed
helicopter in support of a U. S. Marine
Corps ground troop action. He was lauded
for flying into an area where a company
of marines was engaged in a heavy fire
fight with the Viet Cong. He conducted
repeated firing passes over the enemy
positions until his ammunition was ex-
pended. Mobley then maneuvered his air-
craft through heavy automatic weapons
and mortar fire and successfully conduct-
ed a medical evacuation.
Army Commendation Medals were
awarded MAJ Garry H. Farmer, 2LT Al-
bert C. Wilkins Jr., CWO Frank Freitas
and SSG Eno A. Cortes-Lugo.
Sergeant Lugo was cited for meritori-
ous service with the 4th Armored Divi-
sion; the others for meritorious service
in Vietnam.
Also honored were six retirees. End-
ing their military service were LTC
Fred S. Sammons, Fort Wolters dental
surgeon; MAJ George E. Knowles Jr.,
U. S. Army Primary Helicopter School
Flight Division; CWO Foy R. Ketchersid,
USAPHC Safety Division; MSG George
L. Harp from the Army ROTC Unit at
Texas Christian University; and SFCs
InRVN
Joseph Williams and Joe H. Miles, Head-
quarters Company, USAPHC.
Colonel Sammons, Major Knowles,
CWO Ketchersid and Sergeant Harp were
awarded Army Commendation Medals.
Certificates of Achievement were pre-
sented Sergeants Williams and Miles.
A fighting soldier who served with "The
Fighting First" through the blood-soaked
landings in Africa, Sicily and Normandy
during World War H delivered the principal
address at graduation exercises held this
morning for members of Classes 66-19
Ft. Rucker CG
Visits Wolters
MG John J. Tolson, Fort Rucker com-
manding general and U. S. Army Aviation
Center commandant, visited Fort Wolters
August 1.
While here he visited the training sup-
port operations center and viewed con-
struction of the new heliport by helicopter.
Among items discussed were plans for
student travel from Wolters to Rucker and
the parallel flight program.
General Tolson, that evening, was
honored at a dinner hosted by COL E. P,
Fleming Jr., Wolters commander.
He departed August 2.
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Troop Command Leads Post
AER-ARS Fund Donations
Troop Command has set a record in
the post's Army Emergency Relief (AER)
and Army Relief Society (ARS) fund-
raising campaign.
Every soldier in Troop Command —
permanent party officers and enlisted men
as well as students at the U. S. Army
Primary Helicopter School — has con-
tributed to the fund-raising campaign.
Outstanding among the contributing
agencies in Troop Command was 1st
WOC Company with the highest donation
so far, $503.25.
The 4th WOC Company, the first to
have 100 per cent among the Troop Com-
mand agencies, donated $361, which was
more than half of what was collected in
the entire fund drive last year.
Other agencies of Troop Command and
their donations follow:
2nd WOC Company — $105.33
3rd WOC Company — $445.78
5th WOC Company — $393.54
Officer Student Company—$145.50
Hq. and Hq. Co. - $174.30.
Also having 100 per cent in donations
were Center S2/S3, Center Safety, Beach
Army Hospital, and Headquarters, Troop
Command.
Also donating to the campaign, but not
at the 100 per cent mark yet was the
330th ASA Company.
Total contributions, as of Wednesday,
now stand at $2467.41, Capt. R. F. Baker,
post AER officer and project officer for
the fund-raising campaign, announced.
Fort Wolters fund campaign for AER
and ARS ends September 1.
and 20 at the U. S. Army Primary Heli-
copter School.
MG Robert H. York, a much decorated
combat infantryman who wears the Dis-
tinguished Service Cross among other
awards for valor, was the guest speaker.
He is commanding general of The In-
fantry Center at Ft. Benning, Ga.
The graduation was held at 9;30 a.m.
at the post theater.
Prior to assuming command of The
Infantry Center in July, 1965, General
York commanded the 82nd Airborne Div-
ision. He went with that unit from Ft.
Bragg, N. C., to the Dominican Republic
when it was ordered there in April, 1965,
during the uprising in Santo Domingo.
A 1938 graduate of the U. S. Military
Academy, the general's first assignment
was with the 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry
Division. He saw combat with the 18th
throughout all of its campaigns in Africa,
Sicily and the invasion of Normandy.
In July, 1944, General York was trans-
ferred to the 83rd Infantry Division where
he served throughout the remainder of
WW n as commander of the 331st Infan-
try Regiment.
General York is a graduate of the
Armed Forces Staff College, Army War
College and Strategic Intelligence School.
In 1959 he completed a course in advanced
management at Harvard University.
In addition to the DSC, he wears the
Distinguished Service Medal, three Sil-
ver Star medals, two awards of the Legion
of Merit, four Bronze Star Medals, two
Purple Hearts, Combat Infantryman's
Badge, Distinguished Unit Badge and two
awards of the Army Commendation Medal.
General York is a rated Army aviator
and master parachutist.
Military Voters
To Have Their Day
The Department of the Army has an-
nounced that September 28 has been desig-
nated by the Secretary of Defense as Armed
Forces Voters Day.
In a letter recently distributed to the
field, DA said that commanders are urged
to make Sept. 28 the highlight of this
year's absentee voting program by pro-
viding within available resources, if es-
sential training is not curtailed, such ac-
tivities as exhibits, band concerts and
other special activities=
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DAYTIME CLASSES OFFERED
Study Center Expands Courses
In addition to the regular evening
classes this fall, two courses have been
scheduled during the daytime at the post
Education Center.
The courses, Federal Government and
Psychology (Educational Psychology or
Personality Adjustment) are the first day-
time classes ever offered at Fort Wolters.
Henry Walker, post education officer,
who announced the fall schedule of classes
this week, said if demand was great enough,
more daytime classes may be scheduled.
151 AWARDS OF AIR MEDAL PRESENTED
Flight Division Aviators
Cited For Vietnam Service
Flight Division branch commanders
presented 151 awards of the Air Medal
to division aviators at ceremonies held
July 27.
Valorous awards of the Air Medal
were given CW2 Newton F. Pennington
(21st award) and WOl Alan J. Schultz
(17th award). Pennington was cited for
heroism during a hazardous medical eva-
cuation and resupply operation in Vietnam.
He also received his 13-19th awards of
the medal for missions flown.
Schultz was cited for an act of valor
while serving as pilot of a UH-1B heli-
copter in support of a unit engaged in a
search and destroy operation.
Receiving the Air Medal for flying
25 combat missions were CPT James W.
Johnston (11-13 OLC), MAJ Duane C. In-
gram (8-9 OLC), CPT Joseph Colello
(1-6 OLC), CPT Larry E. Johnson (8th
OLC), CPT Dale R. Waddell (15-22 OLC),
1LT Harry E. McCloud (3-5 OLC), LT
Frank H. Mayer (21st OLC), CW3 Albert
G. Gay (7-8 OLC), CPT Carl C. Yoder
(5th OLC), CW2 Edward L„ Taylor (6-11
OLC), CW2 Jerry E. White (13, 14, 16,
17 OLC), WOl Timothy P. Cousens (8th
OLC), WOl Thomas W, Duer (2d OLC),
WOl David A. Garza (4, 17-21 OLC),
WOl Larry L. Mobley (16-22 OLC), WOl
Steven L. Sink (3-6, 8, 9 OLC), MAJ
John H. Maguire (7th OLC), CPT John
F. Glenn (10, 15-18 OLC), CPT Charles
McConnell (7-13 OLC), CPT Stuart K.
Purks (5-9 OLC), CPT Weston O. Van
Loon (4,5 OLC), CW2 Patrick W. Em-
ery (2-5 OLC), CW2 Edward Gatza (20-
22 OLC), CW2 Elmer V. Stimac (22d
OLC), CW2 Gary L. Waller (1-3 OLC),
WOl Patrick J. Gilligan (24-28 OLC),
WOl Richard Greenwell (2-5 OLC), CW2
Thomas J. Minerva (4th OLC), 1LT Phil-
lip V. Branstuder (17-21 OLC), CW2
Harold E. Clayson (6-10 OLC), CW2
Earl E. DeBaca (2-11 OLC), CW2 Larry
K. Ford (25, 26, 28, 29 OLC), CW2 Thom-
as L. Keene (11-15 OLC), CW2 Joseph
Smith (1-4 OLC), CW2 Charles C.Thomp-
son (6, 7, 19, 20 OLC), and WOl Arthur
Smaagaard (2-7 OLC).
The daytime classes, scheduled on
Tuesday and Thursday, will be divided into
two sections, Section "A" and Section
"B." Section A starts in the morning and
on alternate weeks meets in the afternoon.
All-Army Art Exhibit
To Be Shown Here
A Fourth U. S. Army Special Ser-
vices Traveling Exhibit of winning en-
tries in the Fourth All-Army Art Con-
test, available through the auspices of
The Adjutant General, Department of the
Army, will be on exhibit at the Service
Club beginning August 8.
The Fourth All-Army Art Contest was
conducted at the Witte Memorial Museum
of San Antonio, Tex., on Nov. 3, 1963,
with Fourth U. S. Army serving as host.
The judges were Rual Askew, art
critic, Dallas Morning News; John Leep-
er. director, McNay Art Institute; and
Everett Spruce, artist and professor, Uni-
versity of Texas.
The 20 Army-wide winning entries, of
which five are from Fourth U. S. Army
are being toured throughout the world.
They have been exhibited at colleges and
universities on the Eastern seaboard, the
Pentagon, the 46th National Recreation
Congress, military installations in Pana-
ma and Third U. S. Army.
Safety On Bicycles
The post safety office is launching a
drive to make cycling safer for FortWol-
ters' youngsters.
Children who bring their bicycles to
the Provost Marshal's office between 9
a.m. and noon August 6 can have illumi-
nation markers added free of charge.
After dark, with the reflectors on their
bicycles, riders are visible to traffic for
hundreds of feet.
Section B starts in the afternoon and on
alternate weeks will meet in the morning.
Morning classes are tentatively
scheduled from 8-11 a.m. and afternoon
classes are from 1-4 p.m.
Students may meet either Section A or
B as the need arises. They will not be
counted absent unless they have missed
both sessions.
The first daytime class starts on Sep-
tember 13.
A minimum registration of 30 students
is required in each of the classes.
These two classes will be taught by in-
structors from Weatherford Junior Coll-
ege, as will the evening classes.
Ten evening classes are scheduled this
fall.
Monday evening classes include: Social
Science 353 -- Principles of American
Government; English 301a — Freshman
College English; Business Administration
454 — Principles of Accounting; Business
Administration 305a — Principles of Gregg
Shorthand; and Mathematics 304—Analytic
Geometry.
Wednesday classes include: Social
Science 301 — United States History to
1865; Business Administration 303 — Be-
ginning Typing; Business Administration
359 — Business Law; Mathematics 302
—College Algebra; and Language 321a —
Beginning Spanish.
Student may enroll for one or two
evening courses.
Tuition for military personnel is $7.50;
civilian and dependents, $30.
Registration will be held from August
15-September 14.
Evening classes begin September 12.
Final exams are set for January 16 and
18. No classes are scheduled during the
period December 21-January 2 due to the
Christmas-New Year holidays.
Persons desiring more information
should contact the education officer at
Ext. 99 or drop by the Education Cen-
ter, Bldg. 813.
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GRADUATION SPEAKER
MG Robert H. York
General's
Disappearance
Felt Here
The disappearance of BG Joseph War-
ren Stilwell, Commanding General of the
Special Forces, in a civilian aircraft
over the Pacific was felt keenly by offi-
cers and enlisted men of Ft. Wolters who
had served with him in Vietnam.
BG Stilwell often flew as door-gunner
to MAJ Don Coggins, former flight com-
mander of A-7, when Coggins was Armed
Helicopter Platoon Leader of the 117th
Aviation Co. in Vietnam.
It
Major Coggins recalled an incident
characteristic of BG Stilwell when learn-
ing of the general's disappearance. After
expending their rockets, the twosome
landed near a forward dispensary to re-
arm. The rotor wash from the copter
blew over neatly stacked medical equip-
ment and partially collapsed the air tent.
An irate medical officer ran up and
began "chewing out" BG Stilwell who,
hatless and wearing a flight suit, was
busy re-arming the 2.75" rocket tubes.
After the MO ran out of breath, he turned
and walked away. BG Stilwell said nothing.
Hope for BG Stilwell's survival runs
strong among the men who knew him
despite discontinuance of the search for
the missing aircraft. Those who served
with him are quick to point out the general
recently survived a parachute accident
as well as wounds in Vietnam.
A 1933 graduate of the US Military
Academy, BG Stilwell is the son of the
legendary WW n commander, GEN "Vine-
gar Joe" Stilwell.
A son, CPT J. W. Stilwell HI, is
presently serving in Vietnam. BG Stilwell
was 54 years of age at the time of his
disappearance.
356 Officers,
WO Candidates
Get Diplomas
The long - awaited day finally arrived
for 356 officers and warrant officer candi-
dates at the U. S. Army Primary Heli-
copter School.
The 69 officers in Officer Rotary
Wing Aviator Course Class 66-20 and
287 Warrant Officer Candidates in War-
rant Officer Candidate Rotary Wing Avia-
tor Course 66-19 — more commonly known
as the "Red Hats" — completed their
training at Fort Wolters and at 9:30 this
morning received their diplomas during
graduation exercises at the post theater.
MG Robert H. York, commanding gen-
eral, Fort Benning, Ga., delivered the
commencement address.
Graduates of Class 66-20 include CPT
Donald K. Goodin; lLTs Robert B. Aasen,
David M. Bergman, Joseph A. Cancell-
are, Stanley F. Cherrie Jr., Clarence B.
Cory, Jack L. Dodson, Paul B. Fellen-
cer, James C. Gorday, Wallace D. Gram
and David C. Hagaman.
lLTs John Hanko, John V. Hedrick,
Jimmie C. Herzfeld, Charles F. Johnson,
Norman R. Kidd Jr., Gordon L. Merritt,
Thomas M. Quisenberry, Lawrence J.
Sands, John C. Shaw Jr., Harold K. Tay-
lor and Ellis L. Webb.
2LTs Ronald D. Adams, James L.
Ante, John E. Arnold, Sharel J. Bales,
Peder G. Berg, Jerry W. Blankenship,
Donald L. Brown, Woodrow W. Burch Jr.,
Michael W. Cope, Cecil W. Davison, Rob-
ert M. Ernst, David C. Hall and Thomas
F. Hartford.
2LTs Richard F. Head, Paul C. How-
ell, Terry R. Hull, Charles S. Hymers,
Kenneth Jones Jr., Charles F. Jordan,
Ollie D. Kennedy Jr., Kevin Kenney,
Louis D. Kopsa, Joseph A. Leinster Jr.,
William E. Lemmons, Robert J. Mac-
Glaflin and Arthur L. McLaurin.
2LTs Robert W. Meyers, Thomas L.
Mitchell, Patrick L. Mullin, John W.
Murray, Martin K. Petersen, Stephen
O. Petty, James J. Puhala, Charles O.
Reed HI, William W. Reeves, Harry J.
Sands, Howard J. Schnabolk, Thomas A.
Smith Jr., Jerry R. Taylor, Walter C.
Wales, David H. Wenck, Walter C. Whit-
tier and Jerry L. Wisdom.
CWO Jimmy J. Swindle.
Allied students in Class 66-20 in-
clude WOs Souvannavong Damdouane
and Baccam Khamthack of Laos and Air
Cadet Dao Ba Hung of Vietnam.
Graduates of Class 66-19 include War-
rant Officer Candidates Joseph J. Abbott,
Gary A. Adkins, James D.Aleshire, Doug-
lass S. Allred, James L.Allred, Laurence
J. Altobell Jr., Albert L. Alvarez, James
A. Amos, Jere D. Anderson, John M. An-
drews and Timothy H. Artman.
Candidates Robert J. Babcock, Law-
rence Badalucco, Ronald L. Bailey, Scott
A. Baker, Gary L. Barley, Kenneth J.
Bartholomew, Marion D. Bennett, KallyJ.
Bergstrom, Robert E. Bey, Charles E.
Bogard, Norman P. Bohning, Ronald M.
Borders, James G. Bosley and Douglas
K. Brabston.
Candidates Sidney E. Bradshaw, Jerry
L. Brantley, Charles W. Broadhurst, Jr.,
John R. Brown, Mark S. Brown, Roger
N. Brownlow, Michael S. Bryant, David
C. Buirge, William E. Bunton, Gary A.
Burroughs, Jerry C. Calloway, Charles
R. Carlson, Daniel O. Carlson, Bruce L.
Carter and Daniel O. Clark.
Candidates William L. Clark, Dean
E. Clinton, James S. Coble Jr., Jared R.
Combs, Richard L. Coonce, James R.
Coplan, Charles C. Cox, Lee G.Crawford,
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USAPHS GRADUATES — The three allied students who complete training at the U. S.
Army Primary Helicopter School today, received their course completion plaques
earlier this week from COL E. P8 Fleming Jr., Wolters commander and USAPHS
commandant. Shown from left are Laotian students WOs Baccam Khamthack and
Souvannavong Damdouane; Colonel Fleming; and Air Cadet Dao Ba Hung of Vietnam.
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