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I

ours

Schw Gmuend

Military

etter Support

Promised for

Local

Commissary

PERSHING IN EUROPE

SCHWAEBISCHGMUEND

- Major General John S.

Hughes

of

Communications

Zone Europe toured

the

mili

tary faclli ies

in

the Scbwae

bisch

Gmuend area this

month.

Thll vlllt followe cloa~y that

of

Major ~nera l Rowney earlier

In

the month

.

N0.2

FEBRUARY 23, 1968

VOL.3

~nera l

Huchea

wu primarily

Interested

In

the

military and

civilian activities whlc:h support

the Schwaebi&eh Gmuend

Com

munity

.

One

1uc:b actlvLty

waa

the

commiuary which be to ..red

durlftl

the

morning. He noted

the

shortace of

several s

helf Items

and

Informed local

commanders

that ttmedlal

action

wowd be

taken to provide

better

support

to commissary patrons In

the

luture.

CFC

Underway-Asking

for

Fair Share Contribution•

The

second Department

of

Defense Overseas Combined

Federal Campaign Is under

way. Featuring the slogan,

"Pledge Your Fair Share,"

the campaign will collect

funds

for

eight International

Service Agencies, 12 National

Health Agencies and the

American Red Cross. Closing

date of the drive is March 31.

NEW A

VBNtJB8

OF ROPE

"There i i yet no end ln 1ilht

in our

struuie acalnst prov

erty,

disease and

human

suffering",

Pres

i

dent Johnson has

aald.

"There are millions

of

people in

our voluntary health

and

welfare

organizations. Th...., organiu

tions

are

the partnen of

each of

us In

our

effort

to

ftgh illness,

hunger

and de1palr, and

to

open

new

avenues

. of hope

and

oppor

tunity.

"Th

e

Am

e

rican Red

Cross,

the

National Health Acencles and the

International

Service Agencies,

all volunteer-led

and

supported,

are brln1lng help and

hope

where

there was

none before."

A

GENEROUS

Gir r

"Onc

e a

ye

ar

throu1h the Com

bined

Federal

Campai1n these

voluntary acencles solicit contri

butions from

Federal

employees

and

members

of

the

Arm

ed For

cu.

ThroUlh the

combined cam·

paign we have the opportunity,

which comes in a

free

society,

to show on an individual basis

our compaHlon a

nd concern for

others

.

The

combined

driv

e

saves

time

and

expense

and through

its

payroll deduction

feature makes

pou lble a

1ene

rous &ift."

What

contributors

giv

e

11 their

affair. However, they will

receive

a

fair share voluntary

giving

cuJde

whldl

su111e1t1

an

anower

to the question.

Further, they

may desicnate

portions

of

their

gift

for croups

or

agencies

of

their choice.

FRG

Pershing Commander

Looks at U S Counterpart

SCHWAEBISCH GMUEND

- Colonel Richard Frodl,

Commanding Officer of the

First Wing (FRG) made a

recent

visit to the

US Army

Pershing Missile System.

As command

er of

the First

Win , Colonel Frod.1 it the head

man In the German Perthlnc mis

sile pro1ram.

The

Colonel

and

hia

stat arr -

ved

at

the field s

ite of Battery

A,

4th

Battalion. 41st

Artillery

where

they were

briefed by Colonel

Patrick Powers, 58th

Group

Com

mander

.

A

battery

level brieftnc

was

conducted

by First

Lieu

enant

Ro

bert V. Haney, Alpha Battery

commander.

After

the brleftncs the Colonel

was given a

tour of the site and

later

lundl

w served

in

the

field

site

mess

hall.

..;.,,.

Colonel

Fro<II

(lefl)

ud

Colene

Powen, 1tancllq

In

lronl ol

•

Pe r

s b l q

a,lulle,

pay Ultl• al1enllo11

i

Il le U,ltl 1DOwfall

wlti<il aeeom

palll.

ed them

. lllro

. . . . l ltelt

1 of

the

Ptnlti111 8.eld alle.

Hl1

to\lr hl1hll1hted

the nt•tt1t

bein&

taken to Improve

the

activities and facilities for

Ameri

can

Forces personnel and their

dependent,. Durin1

a follow-on

meet1n1

with Group represen

tativ ~nera l H\l,hes reaUirmed

COMZ's Intention to up,rade

S\lpport lacllitles. Durinc

this

,econd

meet1n1 he

also

O\ltl ned

requirem•nto lo be undertaken

by COMZ units to rupport the

Group

wide

maintenance

pro .

1ram

&Don, Colo11el Powen (left) u d

llaJor

Ge11eral B111bes dlu.... tile

local mllltarJ' facWUea ID tile Oroap co-an.den office. ColoMI Po

wen

11 l1L1tallati011 CoGrdl11alor

for

lhe 8diwaeblldl

Oma

u

well u Groap Commander.

Other points

of

interest to Ge

neral Hushes were

the

library

faclllties,

dependent housing area

,

and the Schwaebl1ch

Gmuend

Maintenance Plant.

·

NCO

Academy

raduates Four

Missilemen

BADTOELZ- Fourmem

bers of the 56th Artillery

Group were graduates of the

Seventh United States Army

NCO Academy this month.

Leading the list was Spe

cialist t; Gary L. Morgan of

the 3rd Battalion, 84th Ar

tillery. Specialist Morgan

was

winner

of the General

Douglas MacArt

hur

Award

for

Distinguished Leader

ship.

Other

members

of

the

class from the battalion were

Sergeant William L. Suther

land and Specialist

4

Phillip

H. Gass.

~presentln& the

4th Battalion,

41st

Artillery was

Specia Jat 4

Ro

bert H. Martin.

Seraeant

David

E

Huelsman

of

the h t Battalion, 81st Artillery

rounded

O\lt

the II'OUP

H each

Penhing

unit craduated at least

one candidat

e.

Gue1t

speaker for the

ceremo

nies

was Major ~neral

Roderick

Wetherill, Commanding General

of the

24th

Infantry

Division.

The

General

presented

Specia

list

Mor11.n

with

the MacArthur

Award,

an

electric shaver.

General Wetherill advised the

men that

they

must "Get the Job

done,

but don't

do

It

yourseU. Get

across

the

Idea

that

yo,..r

men

wo

rk

with you,

not ror

you,

and

assume only disaster - and

prepare

a1a

inst It.

·~-

~ .,r..

cwa .robJI

Bewlell (lofl) ud SerreanlPiniClu1 WaHer Murry

cll1play

U.e

5411h AnlllerJ' Groap

Material

lteacllneu Award,

• rod

8. I',

Mr.

Hu11lelt

u d 8erseanl

M11rr7

are

memben of the 561b Groap Main·

lenance lmpedlo11

.

56th

Group Establishes

Material Readiness Award

SCHWAEBISCH GMUEND,

Special - A new award has

been

created within the 56th

Artillery

Group.

The

Ma

terial Readiness Award wi.Jl

be presented to the

battery

within the group having the

best maintenance results. A

Material Readiness

Flag

will

be presented at

the

end of

each quarter to the winning

battery. A Best Maintenance

. plaque will be awarded

annually

to the battery jud

ged

to

be

best

for a

year.

Outlines

for

the competition

are 1et forth in the new 56th Ar

tlllery

Group

Re,ulatl,on 572-2,

Accordln&

to the

· e1ul1 lon,

each attadled

battalion

will se

lect

it's

beat maintenance

battery.

The cho1en battery

wlll represent

It '• parent unit

Ln

the sroup level,

competition.

The batteries will

then

be

In

spected by the Group

Main·

ten

a

nce In

spection

Team. Cate

corl

es

to be

checked Include

pro

pe~

utiliption

ot eqwpment,

adequacy

and

effectiveness of

the

maintenance

program,

and the

operational readiness

of

the

equi pment.

The

inspections will be cond\l

ted on an

un1Mo\lnced

basi1.

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GROUP GRAMS

S

CHWAEBISCH GMUEND - The

Schwaebisch

Gmuend

OUicers' Club

a t Bismarck

Kaserne

will

hold

a "

Famil

y

Buffet" F

ebruary

25th, from 5:30 p.

m.

until 7:30 p.m .,

for

members and their families.

Piano entertainment wlll accompany the buUet, •nd the

COllt is

$1.75

for

adults

and

1.00

for Children.

W

ACKERNHEIM - Mr. Frank M .

Donahoo

hellcopkr

pilot for the 1st Bat

talion,

81st Artillery, has

been

pro

moted to the rank of CW4.

He w11 aummoned to the oftlce of BattAllon Commander Ueuten.ant

Colonel Wall

er

C. Philipa

Jr

., where

the

commander

and

M',.;

.

Dono.boo

pinned

the

CW

4

bara

on

the

amWna aviator.

SP6 Codera Nominated As

USAREUR Aviation Soldier

WA CKERNHEIM - Spe- has conducted h imaeJt In an

. M . H Cod

I

xemplary

manner and bu

maln-

Clalist 6

orns · er a, talned an extremel7 professional

Headquarters

Battery,

1st approach

to

bJJ duUes durln& bJJ

Battalion,

81st

Artillery

, was entire period of service. Hla crew

recently recommended

fo

r the on the CH-34 ls conslstanUy the

Outstanding USAREUR Avi-

;~•~:::~

1

~:'s:c~o~ :.J~l~"h~f1~

ation Soldier of the

Year

copter receives rattncs well above

Award f

orcaJe

nder

year 1967

.

the

battalion averaae for both

Specialist Codera wu rocom

mended t r thh

aw u

d baaed on

his

outstandlnc service

u

a crew

chief on one

of

this unlt's CH-34

hellcopten . Jolnln& the battalion

In

Aua111t

UIM

,

Speclallat Coder•

maintenance

and

safety lnapec

tlons.

1n addl lon to

hi

s rq:ula

job

as crew chief, Codera hu also

served

as

technical Inspector and

Avia

Uon

S.ctlon

Chief.

CPT Kosonen Addresses

TEARS

Grads

At

8 st

WACKERNHEIM - Cap

tain

Richard H. Kosonen,

Assistant Battalion S-3 Offi

cer, was guest speaker

at the

graduation ceremony of The

Army Equipment

Record

System course a t the Wak

kemheim Education

Cenkr

.

Captain Kosonen spoke lo

the

eleven

man IJ1lduating

cl n con•

cernlnr the

importance of keepln1

accur

at

e mai

nt

enance recordl. He

also ur1ed each of \he craduates

to apply the knowledge Ibey had

learned

to

practical ,...,

on their

Joba.

The honor atudent of the 40

SP4 McDonough

Named

february

Soldier

at

4 4 st

SCHWAEBISCH GMUEND

- The

4t

h Battalion, 41st Ar

tillery "

Soldier

of the Month"

award for February was won

by

Specialist 4 Richard F.

McDonough, Jr. of Head

quarters Battery.

The

U 7ear

old resident of

Sta te Coll.eae,

Pennsylvania,

ls an lntelll

cence Assistant

In

the

batt

alion

S-2 aectlon.

McDonouah

luves

for the

Noncomml1Sio

ned officers'

Academy at Bad

Toel.z

on the

25th of this month.

Specialist McDonouch compe

ted a1ain1t representative, from

the

othu batteries before

\he bat

tal

i

on board

February 15.

They

were Judced on appearance. con

duct, and knowledce and under

standln1 of mi

lita

ry procedures.

lndlcallve of h la desire for 100d

performance is his current 1trln1

of five aelectlona

u

Colonel'a Or

derly on 1\18rd duty. Speclallat

MeDonouah

states

: "

Good perf

or

mance

ls

onl:, an exten1lon of

one's

prtd•

In

hi

s .ability, and ·

aential In

an7

activity, military or

clvlll•n."

hour TAERS coune

wu Seraeant

Tom J .

Slebra

n

dt,

commo

dild

of

Bravo Battery,

1st

Battalion, Slst

Artillery, with an overall raUns

of 95 percent. The aecond honor

student

wa,

SpeclaU

1t

4 Jan

Schull .

Headquarters Battery,

with

1

93.2 and

Special

ist

4

Ro

bert Metscer, B

ravo

Ba~ry.

came

In third with

90.5.

The 40 hour oou.rae, conduc

ted

at the EducaUon ~nter at leMt

one week each

qu

arter, is de •

slaned

to

acquaint

the

students

with the purpose of records

In

the

AnQy.

They

also

learn about

the

preperaUon of NQ>rdl alon,

with

manasement UR of recordl and

dispoaiUon of them. A total of 22

dll'lerent maintenance record, are

studllld dw1na

the

week l<>nc

COUflt.

Pace 3

_

.

- - - - --

SSG

ALBELO GETS ACHIEVMENT CERTIFICATE

Maj

Taylor Holds RetreatAt

4/41st

SCHW

AEBISCH GMUEND

- Co

mnand

Retreat services

we~

held

he re February

15th,

u

B.ttalion Executive

Officer Major William Taylor

presided over a batt&lion

parade, and ceremonies

hon

oring

the achievements of

personnel

of

the 4th Bat

talio

n, 41st

Artillery.

The

7th

U. s.

Army

Support

Command

Band

t Stuttaart ope

ned

Il le

procram with honors to

tbe llal

prior

lo

the

recocnttlon

of

personnel achievements.

Major Taylor presented a 7th

Anny

certificate

of

achievement

Stat S.raeant Joae M. Albelo for

hla outatan

dtnc

aervlce II

he

bat

talion·, Property Book NCO,

and

then pve

commendatlo,.. and •

3-d•:r pa S lo Februa1"7 "Soldier

of

lhe

Monlh" Speelallat 4 RI·

chud

F.

llfcDonouah.

Honor craduatea of

the

Army

F.qulpment Reco rdl Syatmi

CO\&l'MI were nut

to

be

recocnl

zed. u Sl)ed&Uat

4

Mlcboel J.

l lannln1, Private Ftnt Clue

WWard

M.

Gaines, and Private

Andres B. Adorable

wue

preaen

i .d with certlllcate1 of t.ralnlna

for

their

academic efforts.

Alpha Battery was judged the

bNt

appearlna unit In

lhe

sub

,equent

pa u

-ln-

revlew

which

terminated the retreat cettmo

Dlu.

3184thMess Wins Award

NECKARSULM

-

Colonel

Patrick W. Powers

presenkd

Sergeant

Flrst

Class Guil

le

rmo Chacon,

Battali

on

Students Try

for

Honors

In Shape Essay Contest

Mess Steward, and the 3rd

Battalion, 84th Artil lery M

ess

StaU

with

the Four Star Mess

Award for

the

m

onth of

Ja

nuary

in

ce re m

onies held

here this

month

.

In

order to receive 1he Four

Star Plaque, the mess hall had

to receive from 98

to JOO

percent

on th

e ,eth Artillery

Group

ln -

1pectlon. The Consolida

ted

Meaa

Hall has received a

three atar

ra

i

n& (94 to 117 percent) for

the

put

ten

monthJ.

HEIDELBERG - Juniors

and seniors

in

33 U.S. de

pendents schools

In

Europe

are competing for the title of

American winner

in

the

SHAPE International Essay

Contest.

The easa7 topic, "NATO and

Its Role ln

the WQtem

World,"

unannounced unUl after achoo

on

the

a ternoon of February 13,

was

aent to each of the ochools In a

sealed

enve

lope. Students

were

then elven one and a

half hours

lo prepare their mt.rla.

Ont

winner

will be seleeted

from each depenMnll Jd>ool

by

a committee of 3

lo

5 members of

the

communl

ty

chOMn by the

1chool principal. The

wlnnlnl

entry from ea<b ochool

wW

be

sent before February 2e

to

a com.

mitt.et at the Dl.rectorat.e, U. S.

Dependenu School, European

Area, whl<b wW aelect Il le Ameri

can winner.

The American winner will be

&Mounccd April I , He will Join

other winners from the NATO

countries of Canada,

Great

Bri

tain,

th

e NetherlandJ, Germany,

Greece

,

Turkey.

and

Bt lslum for

a o.ne-week, experue-pald boll·

da7

ln

~l lwn,

April 17-23.

There the:, will visit NATO and

SHAPE Headquarters u well

aa other place, of Interest.

Each ochool winner wlll receive

a certi.fkate sJ1ned by General

Lyrnan

L .

Lemnlt2er. Supreme

Allied Commander, Europe, and

• book.

The

ce>ntest ls

held

to

stimu

la te student a

nd

parent interest

In NATO and to help them

un

derstand America's role ln the

or&anlz.atlon.

In hia comment& du.rlna

the

presentation, Colonel Powen

commended Ser1eant Chacon

and

hi, Ital'

for

their hard work

and

dedication, both neceaucy in1re

dl

enll

for wlnnlna

this

outatan

dlng award.

1e .

of

Ule

nine

orlatnal

memben

or lbe lat Battalion. H at An Uery

wbo lla-.e

been

. .tlb lbe orpnlsatloa ahtee lb lnfano1 In

11153

set

lo

·

1ellltt tor a

plctare

. Sllown llere

In

front of battalion lleadqu&r1er1

are (L-K) 8PC C:,raa

II.

Conell,

1180 Geor1e I Matber, 880 lleod

Tllomu,

880

Junior

L. Golden, SFC R•rman Flurry, Sl'C I ra Slran11

and 8FC Danld L. Medina. Nol ollown In Ille plclue are CW 3 caetano

CaPorale &Dd

180

Robert I

Poun11

.

Nine Pioneers Still Serving

WACK ERNHE IM - Rar

ely

does a battalion have within

its

ranks

a

man who

has

been

with

the organization sin

ce

Its infancy

. The

1st

Battalion,

81st Artillery is Indeed

for

tunate

in this r

es

pect. I t

has

not

one but nine

men that

have been with the battalion

since it became

the third

Pershing

Misslle

Battalion

In

the United States

Anny

on

Saturday,, October 26, 1963.

1n1 Missile Coum at lhe Guided

Mlulle Dep1rtment, US Army

Artillery and Mlulle School. Fort

Sill, Oklahoma. Since that Ume,

the7

have

oerved undeT three

Commandln& Ofllcen,

LTC

Wal

t.er R. Harr is, LTC Richard S. Fye,

a.nd

the

present Co

mmanding Of

ftcer, LTC Walter C. Phillips,

Jr

.

The nine

men repr-ntln1

45 :,ears

of

oervlce with

the

lit

Ba ttalion. 81st ArtWery

are CW

3

G1etano Caporale, Service

Bat

tery; ISO Robert J. Pokorn1. C

B1ttery; SFC C:,r111 E. Gossett,

B Batter:,; SFC

Ira

Strance, A

Battery; SFC Daniel L. Medina,

The

nine

men

can

well remem• B Battery; SFC

Herm

an Flurry,

ber the

historic daya In 11163 when

I Battery

; SSG J\ll\Jor L

Gol·

the

otllcen,

non-convnlasloned den, 0 BaUery; SSC

Ge<>rse

L.

offlcen and selected enlisted per- Math

er

and SSG Reed

Thomu

,

JOnnel

were

attendtna

the

Persh- Headquamn Battt1"7.

Sgt Kawakami IsTop Troop

WACKERNHElM - Act

inii Sergea

nt

(E-4)

Edward

K .

Ka w

akami, Delta

Battery,

was

chosen as

t he 1st

Bat

talion, 81s t Artillery's "Sol

dier

of

the Quarter"

and

represented

the battalion in

the

56th

Arttllery Group's

fi rs t "Soldier

of

the Quarter

Award" cnmn 't,itlnn

The battalion .election board.

con1istina of

Seraeant

Ma jor

John

H. Layton and First Sergeants of

each battery, ael

ect

ed Serce

ant

Kawakami for his outstandlnC

military bearln&

and

kn<>wledJe

of his oca,patlonal 1peclll

t) '

.

Serceant

Kawakami received •

twenty-five

dollar

savings bond

ind a three

day

pau for belnC

<h

03e

n the batt•llon'1 ouutandlnc

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