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OUT OFHRSTORY-MASTERS OFMOBILEWARFAREr

PAWONW ' . S I KNEW IT JEB STUART

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BUFORDFORRBT- R O W E LTHE DESERT FOX

The Unid statts

ARMORTbe Magazine o Mob& WdrjarcC 0 d h d h d T H E C A V A L U Y K X l l l ) r U L

Volume LXI NOVEbSBEB-DEWE& 1932 NO.

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CourseofEmpireby Bapud DeVo8o

em-h 8 l B X h t a n a o f O C a l h U l dpire is implic it in the map of~ A m c r i c o .


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Md i Z e An&ank Weapons a a aa recoilkss ri& c d d be=.hat d d e its em-pbyment? Howwould it fit into our

Tbar PTC those who believe thataaswes to dt ank defense. but alsowbat a rank could do that such avebjckpsthircaJdnotdo. This~ n m ! 5 c s d t h e s e v e -EZ eiag e m p b p ~ d n th e ot-knse s ell as the defrnse. usinghit+d-runtaCtia. Thereareorhen

pesntroaic41C3XMXpS:thir Lhd d ehicle is w only thetbat itd afamr the misdionsp m s e n d y ~ t o t p D I 1 c . ~ a s k

lrahdtEpaeccioll fa front-lineek -mc1l0 in dcfcasRe stuariars. Inother wads, they would take overone of the mkisions c u m t l y per-

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equal m n n t of eflort to +d 911 efectiwe and k s s expensire swbrti trk fort h . W e nst not let an antitad-cost comspkx nndedne our s d och.irrc.

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Tanks in Positional Warfare

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i n E u r o p e ca Jd r t v d ~ o t h i sMhrsdinthis potitianzlwar---bYbY bearwin-fare also.Lets start at the begmmng: youreceive a wanting ada that you areto take your platom ap to&ring ori-tions on the line. Right away you&odd alert your so hat theycan hpishup any havymain-pjecrsandbegintheirpreparatiolls.*utahat you kart a& on your recon-ruhaace R r p o r t i n t o t h e c p o fthe unit that you ate relieving and,if passible, get a guide to the pori-nons. Study the sinudon map&you start out and fiad out the situa-in the CP.On your way 10the SriagpoPitions6nd out what areas are exposed toenem-our leadbservationownbecaused irehosendeopkcpare pretty accurate. b k or turn-arounds, alwmate tautes, and th10catiDn of otha uait CPSand in-s t a l l a h on your tri . Ranemba

aon in that sector from the people

that you ma y have to H ht OVCT thatsame route sobo k orbkckingpi-tions and muntemttack rolites too.Tick 08F the m- and dont beah.a idtomakeMws.Thiscauntrylooks a lot diEerent at night a d oudoat get bst often witbout payingfor it.OK, letssay that you are approach-ing the position -. You will 6ndthat it is a pretty hmely bdring spot.Not many peopled e wanderingaround and it may be M ychewed up. You may have to do alotofclimbingto there.WeputtanksinthTheres no such thing as a perfectposition, so yo u want to start seeingwhat theyve pt and then start h d -ing out what you will bave to do toim m e t. Firb, stay behiad the hillanx eebowthe ranLenare l iv ing .~ t h b u a k e n f o r t h e i r ~ t i o nand &e 111 tell pou mote abwbunLmlater. L o d t d t h e a r e aand see bow well it is policed. Ifthat is any trash. ammunition 01cbrass hying aroun& youve got a jobwaiting for yau beuluse we expecttbes?mestaad;rrdrd licethereasand send the bnrssbackwith tbesupply tnrt CbSL to sce wbot thepodtion has in the m y of alilmudtiaabunker%Yarartnsmmunitiarb?s to be dug in if you want to have

wedohere. P L n t o L t h e a p s b

n n r w m 6 r e w i K n t h i n & g a b a G Q -d y , hrc k a small achdg a K n t a d c o k m p l ~ f tSbouldbedugin. Ev&qthiqtustobedugin. Eventhetaakrrdppori-t i o n b e ~ t h h i l l s b o u l d b c preaed.r-aokovertbelattineIpdurinalsituaton. sanitatiam is doubly im-portant rhered n o t h i n g but an air-

l i n e a t c o c h p c & i o n f a & ~

whattheaionam&. coaChatothe6ringpod-xecpoa a a t i fpa t wa n t t o u 05pull out in a buny.the drai nage, and see if the route Jcovered oc f,sm&gd The firingposition should be well du g in andcamoda@ too. Its oalv sporting toexpect those &e to ShKUM )yo u might as well present the smallatand bestpmtecd targetpossiMc Youcan over& the SpORing angk yo ub W .Th e tankers attk position SbaJdhave two iming stakessetup as wellas markers so that tbey can 6re atnight. If you a t now the twol imingn?Ltmabodsfornight~l odt it up inM 7-12 It will redlyhlppou . s t u d y t h e t e m i n i u f r o n tof the position d arn What thetargets=. G e t a c o p y o f t h e r a n g ecard. I t w i u h l p y a u g a d o nyour awn.

h k round for alternate firingpositions. Youmaybeabletodevelop

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Tank Identification for Training. .

mmmm s.srlpI.trr.F&8tT8akP,952if makd da or tbe tankunit cumma&r, but it also aids tkinfantq unit comrmoder in *ididentbcadoa of tbe zpcific tankswhichacctonrppathim.ud rapidly obscure armpvrl rustandULPbm on the hull, but the iden&t i a n ~ o n t b e t u r m a r e a w a p sClear.


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exate"anwheels"; dditionof ahurthsquad to each vmored engineer pla-ooan or a fourth platoon to each ar-m a c d ~ c a m a l l ow i ngc o m m a i m d a X ~ r eserve in each combat unnmand tob?odk the urgent situations whicharise; development ofa c L e d t r a i l a s W h i C hC a n

light aviation secton to pexmit ad-VYrcdaerialrrconaaioanccofroedJ,bridges, demoli ti ons and river lines.Tbenonn?lkidge equipageof thisway Bridge which will pobobly berepbadintheIlaufuhlrebydmillrcqu ipmcn t@ofsus t l in ing theheavier beds in today'sdivi-

is relativelyi n k -to k nd th; reluctance

)pmttr,L the fa mi lk M-2 T d -

bon. H a w kidge trvrsport andand d v ulnaable

dbotb -and ~ g i n s a ~ d -d pprbeds is undent?nda-as to march sucb equipment nearbk. In rr~ponsco a need for suitablecombat typebridgingwhich canmovebled witbout heavy d o n equipment, the 17tb Armored EngineerBadion has pioneered in development ot a combatbridge set utilizingtk aluminum balk of the M 4 Pon-ton Bridge and accessories fabricatedage l odcd on organic mailers anda anks provides a rapid means ofapbsi ngmedium tanks, over e&ctivepsup to twentytight feet in blownso am^ Anarmoredengineersquadcan place a tweny-rbree foot bndge

with annorrdcolumn~nd be a~sem-

in the badioo shops equiptowed by annaedpasonnel carriers

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Just 1s the name implies, Head-quartas and Service Company. 17th,Armorrd Engineer.Baollioaprovidesa (a comm?nd parr)a (amains>the battalion.Eleven &&rent vctons compriseH/S ompany. Seven of these be-long to the command portion. andfour are usually associatedwith thetrains. This is a highly d i v d e dunit composed 04 some sixtp-threevehicles two hundred'men, and twen-ty& Myvehicles fromc ra ne s, g r ad er s, d oz er T d u m ptru& to half tndy weapons car-riers, and jeeps.Before the echoof a divisim marchorder dies, the ampany is badedand roars out in three march units.T b e a r m m a n d p tllresdFasmeunit cosLsisting ",& comma4 id-ARMOR ,1932


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cyt-rpr innr . To neutralize this threat the17th, a fca cmskkable hard workt , d e v i s e d a s e r i e s o ftionr TbeAmwrrsdEngheerSquadusing &e "Mine Ropd B M " rillcan eE td v t l y bbcL a road with ap l to and8and10ATmina , com-lboutsixminutcx The"AbatisDrill"enable the squad to bbck a roadwith trees in 10 to 12 minutes de-gam tbe number of trees toFelled It is al l &ne by applyingthe dd Axmy method of " B y theNumk"Eachmanberof the saud

&= to mea varging si+-p k t c l y M a n d - i n

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--adiths to biwuac the Bridgegahasd~a l ldunde r t ac t i c a lcompenpanoaeaoumileindthby H mile in lepsth is required to

E Z w a re er=v e h i c l e df ve-p a t weight, the bridge truck requires Quchluy xlexted parkingueas, m orda oot to beanne m i dinwetweather. Roadsmusthavea6rmsubgrade, be at least 10 feet inwidthad be cwer td fromobserva-tian by enany as the bridged ps a greater silhouette thantbe M47 ank and QLMOC easily takeeva!+e& ran enemy &e.In tbe 17th we keep our BridgeCanpenyfaremugh urward tomovewitbanddaytobdngcacrulnottobloc themadsd i m p c d e t h e of combat"Hen an whak" needs a bridge,aursirattberightplPceattherighttme, COmpIeb and xady.

CM. l l l l ~ s.STILWELL

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He has been criticized f a hirpost-war attitude towardtbeGamvlr Heis rcuscd of being lenient and tooforgiving but al l of us have sealforced upon us a change in our na-tional attitudes from that of d sda n-ful victor to wooing swain, while\Vestern Germany's position haschangedhm crushinghumiliatian toin ta na ti d scene.Still. for all the brilli?nt taaicalthearies he has conceived and all thethought-pmvoking c(RIIIIcpD he hasmade onscar andtegv,andfor his*of famous militarp pasonap a dcampaigns, he has beene,ndhis great trurhs sometimes have beenburied unda an a.aaache of lan-guagc, interesting to4 erhapsbut mare entarainingthan schobrlp.In many wa y thk has been unfarmnate because it gave b rU l a v r i a l w i t h W h i C h t O thurl.Yet, as a purn?liq such vdumnausbut sonmmcs p o i n h writing wastobearpaxcd.He has another fault in his habitof iftingpara ofold essays a epeat-i ng thanmthe i ten t i rap . somcath isw r i t i ngshusareacunb ina~of udaccdw eliefs and of frrsb view-points A w t h a a i t i c i s n w h i c h ~ -cuuld be made k his "whatbavebeen"Canmmts. Hjnd-t i s - b a t a c b a n i a a i g b t d n oaKlikstOberemindrrlofmiStakuTo many it is @ling 00 bemo ICmiadatLasmsfnmtbe~pa.M I r r d y ,fa all his^himclc is not h y 5 ree at alm

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The ArtilleryMAN is the Thing!b y MAJOR LUOLNE V. -AM

NUMBER ofutider haveb e e n p u w i n v a r i G l sr a v i a p u a ? k ~t h e m e r i t s o f d a r t i l k y . Thisrype of ani l ley is very versatile.Huwever, I fed it is a walmeo ofthese articles that they coasiaentlycompare the arpylced artillery withtowed anilley to the g a d dis-peragementof - Faneristirr of equipwat while hiling

It to mc dMt tbe weahusinhe henclinationtatemento oftresshecertainLSe lieshar-nto place enough weight on the manoperating it. Examples qport ingarmored artillery h p l y ahnostwith-out exception that the only reasontowed artilkry har been ~ p ~ n mncombat is becauseitwas towed ratherthat is true.The net result of disadvant?gcouscomparison of tbe towed arnlkryspire amongmanyyoungartilkrymcuthe profaund hq e that they willmer be assigned to a towed out6t .This in turn might well afkct e&-ckncyintowedrmihLt. colonel Lson F. Lade's a d -cle on this subjj of towed VQSUSself-proplkd d e r y (ARMORsepumbaoctoaa, 1952. pnge 10)was highly mteusting. Y e t appears to support the thesis tbnt tbcptimaq reason tor the OPQTulllljagofmeral of our units in Korca w a ~

than ~elf-pmpelkd.I do not thiak

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TheNew Armored Division Organization .

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ARMOR ASSOCIATION NOTESthcFUEirpandEuropanTbarasto serve asa tensbno f the Executi~vChrpas-uadlAsoa?nraQ)I1sidQedand it was decided to puthktoalimitedtrpartThe carncil also mwwed dcvel-oPw"0 a c u d i n g the reopening ofthe sub+ of a mager of the AnmrkSCX5ah=d'4RMORStilldCSiKCdb y t h A s m & c h of the u. . Armyand ia C o d a Forces lomud. Lieu-tenant General Geoffrey Keyes,chairman of an ;tmOrCanmittee. re-

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TEREPPLACEMENT SYSTEMby OEEJEUL CnluLOsL SCOTT

believe wa e essentia to assure goodmining. Thp are not r e w l u d o n q ,but arejust hosed on common sense.Fint: U p ssuming command ofARTC inAugust of 19)r I got au-c a mm d b g the Annored Face, toM t y horn General h e r s ? thenbald cnm aaining battal'ons notneeded at thir time as replacemenaand to give tban two Weeks of fieldbpkirrg not then given to replace-ments.S c a d : U initiating this fieldingd aekmiq each nainee onal l subjects given in p i o u s rainingpzld finally m p i n g his ideas ona a d y important matters: That thecompanp &ks were keeping thepaper4 f a man's training bu ttbeiewac DO steps taken to assurethat this rrcord conforwd with ac-da;dn ing . A s a d t , s o m e m e naaded s tank driver had not driven,.phikotbasarrisd s gunner hadn'tlid cpc: That the soldier himselfdidn't hum what subjects should becwacdintrainin~bowheadbeenrated in the ones awered. or whathis MOS was: That he had neverbeenaskedfaranysu onsoranyopiniarrmtrainiug:rmenabsenta d d r fur a d a r ore rarely everd p p h raining they had missed

were ksualat the end of trainingp a i o a ~ t h c r o m e .'Ihird: To orrect these conditionsI r l r r ; l r l tobhrg the ra neeas fullys popribk into his trainin and top h i m r o m c ~ o n L m a i n-krbarldrecdve. There-*e was isnrtd ad urablead, imlar in size to a driver's li-cenreaidmti6cptiaoard.Thiscardrbarrrd the small anus trpining, helmcbiUegrms~befired,vehide!stobe dzivea, d nk weapoos to be

trpining,a w l a z day was Spent test-

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6xed. and opposite ach was a spoccamhed.forhemar-?h r a ; d r m &ingintheirrnlleadtbeinsauaorse n t e ? e d t b c i r r a r i n g t b a a mk t b ecompletion OLd j lE cL Finally,at the ead d zpining tbe comp4nycoanrmoderentaeddlepbtherrrm\vas k ual&d fa such as uraDkdriver; " d . g u nm , " "riaem&"verp few bst ths ards and d lqd e d than "our dipbrm" a d eykicked if any mining was omitted.were reportedmo6t udul, ad thentheaters. unsoldted reports paisedthem high]? as us t W h a t was neededto show trainingofpm nd td helpin proper assignment However. ftersix months they w ae taken up anddesnoyed at embarkation points as"riolatingsecurity mcdsures" and "asunn- paper wd."Fourth: Sten of ach battalion,before being shipped out, were q u etioned on their traibin and were&y connib.*edted manyor"Fuabkrdeasas towheretime was too longa oo short, whereinspucton was ma6t &elxive andwhere it was poor. A surpkinglylarge number dgi m manuals andreading material op t ank gunnery.etc. -4s a result, a book store waseqablished where as many as 10,000training manuah nRfe pufihased ina training cycle. Ab , the Anaoredschool pro\ided free for this purpoJea number of very valuable pamphletson driving, motor main- gun-nery and tactics Thy were simple,profusely illustr3ted, and far marereadableand understandablethan hedry, finely printed, complicated gov-ernment-issue litenturt. InvaIuabIeas aainingaids,they were i ssued frecThis leadsme to statehere hatsomctimeIthinlrinOUrtniaingmahodsand procedure we forgetthatwe haveh@ly intelli t mldias thema+-ty of whom E h o w t o r e a d a n dwri te and so can i nstrua themselvesfor &tar). duties just as they do forrho01work.Fifth: &lostof tbe subjects taughtat this that (A 1942) were inthe canpan? whac an NCO was12men. ThisQpwmDIcbedmc

etr,assipalhisMq6andsrg#dit.were eadlp r e p M in aining. MenThee cards at 6rst ga thrargh toFort Meade, Maylad, whrr theyto units reaeiviag nm n the active

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800 tanks in ARTC: y committeeonly 1,000-sa~ings800 tan rs wonhs s o , o o o , ~ . >Si: asedon my obsavation oftank units in bade in the MiddleEast with the British E&& Army,the folbwing (not thn taught inRTC)were introdwed into training:Overhead h e with the machine gunand tank cannon; simpk he probl a n s f o r d c r r w s a a d f o r t a n k swithin theplatoon; boobp trap minelaying and remoIlal All i m v tsub- p r d n l s l y taught were reviewed and tied m at this training.Men questioned for a year rated thisp e z i a i o f f i e l d ' ~ .ionasthebestOEau' rcgardkadthe it wasCarIied out ia bad wc?tba, hat ord r a i n a r s h i n cscvcnth: Tbe Anwred scbod

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-atimsrcsforpmonnelfor active t bams and fmm carelesst tD arms and-rcrvicesI p& art bebr* some ill e & c ~w ~ I b e l i e v e o c c u m d or annoredp"maela Afcadingtomybestinforma-fnm -y, many Q)uIccs.s c a d y S O p e r c e n t of the tankrrplpaments of W a M War Zl

a a t e v e r d b ~ a t a n k c o m -- k ddd l o n ,weRp r o v i d e d t o t r a i nt b a n ; m i n i n n r d m i l l i a n s o flollLyk d 75mm. s(hnm, and105rmn and otha ammunition-needed, too, in combat-were Lredin brpining them Millions of gal-bas d gasoline-needed every-wkeI.l-cwercalsoused. Andso go tbe otha casts involved inthis training. Much of it waswastedby misassignment!b. Repom from hundreds


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agreewith this proposition and wish to e m p b tbe ech-nical means of our tme to prove its auth. Movementfor chis purpote onecan use he le p amen or ofborvsthe railways or-recently-the a u d e nd the aemplane engine. Once contact with the enemy bas beenenemy must either be destroyed or made inoperative adriven from his positions This can be done by emplo).-in 6re power so superior that his powers of resinancem as of the weapons employed. That is as far as the in-fantry can make useof its coveringk,hen that pointis reached the havy weapons and the artillery m wchange tbdr position in or& to parnit aMer advanceunderQ M ~f theirLre power. Vast numbersof weaponsand an evm vaster uantity of aminunition are neededto fight this sort of tattle The preparations for an at-tackof thissan requireconsidexable time and aredi&ultis very hard to a c k . And even if th e o r i e l a ddoescatchtheenangunawam, the m ~ ~ n tt islaunchedthe attackin force will have shown its hand, and theresemesd & ctorsewill amverge an the point of at-tack and bbdr t; since meme forceswill now be xwtor-ized,thebuildingu ofnewddcnsivcfrantsiseasierb i t ad t o ~ t L e k c a o ~ r ~ f o nf f - b a s ~ d o nthe tifilcroblc of u d h y and nfantvy cwperackm ore, as

EvcryJIirrg i s tkacfors depedmt 011 this to be able toc(rfnui.c fire ana thus to6 t

serves to king the tmops in contact with the enemy:

cot se. Fire powet from fi xed pasitions has an &dv erange tmmsponding atactly to the observed range of ttK

tod.urprise, that impartaot element of surres,

o d t , pen*todpr tksr iley wee in thelostw.move fortatiunr kahi thavbcrndonc: to keepmovhlghsaafor hirn tvbwildUpfmhdrfcns)ocpositiocrr a dfinauy tocsry the& deep nto theruyf hfcnwtThepopanents of ankwarfarebelievethaG in favorabkd r o r m r r p r a , ~ p o s s e r r t h e m a n s f m ~ h i s ;theJ Lptiqon heocbahapd say that since thek t

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c ~ l l O bngabe p o d u a d 1~ n I918"4-ofTiars asucassfulddornnobngabemtici-chat aaprira Lve becn rhieved in warfare6pad." B u t b i t a r w t b l t a o n l r a n r L c a n n o b o g a&the- bsurp&e? How'tbendoes i thaARMOR--Ouambw, 1952


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0 hmcrim be changed EoTbe same pay sale would con-tinue but the privileges exteded IoIKlncommsgawdoc6rrrssbarldbeImdikd.It's hard to tell e x d y how r m n pnoacamrmsmolnd&wouldkc l imi lud but there would be IK)morrCOCPOfaS& =campan).

supply clerks or Ma!aer sergeants asnw swou l d b c t b o r e c h a r g a d s p cwith tbe mponsibility of

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. .derls,wseIgeants fi n t c l y s a sdnftsmen.The p o k m g -2 2 i l n and dirrcting other men.So mucb for a start. But there aremore evik to coI1sidQ.- r h c o e f f c a u s c d p o o r ~bas been the usurpation of the posirtion and authority of the noncom-missionedo&ezby the junior otfra.I first saw this+ to happen in1942 in my unit w k n orders werei s s u e d Eb a t a l l i x l s m a m wouldbeoarriedonbyo86cmonly. I h a v esince kaIned that rmoy other out6tsput out thsvneLindof orders w h i klieutenant, who was not yet sure of

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a bt of capableNCO's stood by grit-ting their teeth a s -a green, young

of the kitdien truck? A lieutenant.Who check 6n a man undergoingcompany pu"ishment? That's right,a lieutenant!The odd pan d i t al l is that tbegood NC O w m u oioorE He wantsto begiven respomibiliry and a handinbuildinghisunit. Hebashisand he is able. L ds let himeAU h ants is tok iveo a job todo and the necesslrp badring andauthority to get it done. Then voumight no3 hear ramirs d i n g a Sa-

his sapo. The liattcnant and thecaptain sbauld respect his opin ionand give himM enaol of hismen.when this has bsar rcamplisbcd,one of the most i d link!3 in thech ? i n of camman d w i n b es b on gmo t i o n d r e d u c r i o n s p s r r m.-ap=y d, 0spondblefot the hmcrano f h i s ~ 0 ~ 1 -A R m O B Y - - - - - - 4 . ~ , 1952

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withCertain imprcssif3md pinioPsc o~cm r i u gwhat makes a line outfit

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t ' ~ ~ T P r ibout twelvemonths,however, th is h&on lev-elled and, quite accidenrally,we wereleft with a workable, eejcient, pres-Came in, no old ones went home.A o W m e nnt-fadut)l mgth. 'v

formed my beliefs.During the fr eeze the men in myunit were certainly no "PlasterSaints." Our equipment,weapons andvehicles were strictly of World Warmost replacement partsuisitions, and finally, we su&redcoddolrbefoundonudledreq-ment and making it fit the new or-~ t i c m s k w e ~nspiteofth=chollengestothat pcrioa thebaaalilm reached andfiaency it is mvmaintained

I am positive that lm could-fully have acamplishedany mksionwithinaawidenngeofnpabilitiaI bare this belief, notQI any egocireicopinionof supdakodashipby mp-self OT by the otba aif i m and nm-comroftkbatmlb,butmarmrcofopit&capswhichaistedlmargalltktbemanbasoftheuanv dav loamadali a felt a&

. .All of Ilr, fnan &e c o r -

theouoccxfrdyedmitthat unlike most lieuten-ants, I do not have a readysolutiolr for all the WOCI ofthe army,nor do I pretend to grasp the bqpicture in its entirety; I do eel, how-ever, that the most is not king d erivedframourmastpedousmili~commodity, manpowa. A surebebet is being overlooked.Like every other o$cer of he line,I am vitally interested n, and dirsctlyconcerned with, the conrervationande-ve use of miliw manpower.It rakesnoTIP Talk o convi ncemethat m order to ensue the successof our nation on any potential bat-tlefield,- ust exploit to he fullestthe fightin ability of our soldiers.We can a& to overlook no singlefactor which might innease his i ht-ing ability. Yet I am uneasy; I P arthat OUT presemt system of trainingand replacement is amstmcted witha missing pillar, this pillar being thei nni uati on of a sense of unit pride,of oneness and of belonging,amongour fighting men.

M y houghtsaong these lineshavebeen influenced mainly by tw osnuces. Thebntdthesein9uencesis my recent mtum to the P fterin a nonwbat theater. I t thisentite paiod as a platom=, acompany executive&ca and a am-pan? armmander in a rroonnaissancc

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day heh he military savice.Fhn becaa~panyupply room hedraws a weapon and thc equipmentnaxaorytotrpinwith. H e i s t h e nossigpea to a ToctE slot in a reconplntoaq is given a bunk, helped tormd scow his equipment. fed

cych equally dividedbetweenm q , he latter having

J-mightpoacs. -cPclepr*i n t h e d b a s i c t r a i n i n gtNm)rbd he pla'oar. Ifnspsinlty training might be Chanc o 6 c t b c d Tbeimportant ac-arr i s thuJaKsisbe ingconscant lyo.i.carmdnrpavisedbgtbooeWhOSe&ciaq'reports and, later, whoseIns, are directly dependent uponb i s p c o k h c y .Ccmnarcntty, our friend is pain-Ipdocbrm?tcdwtth blstayof th2l l l k Muds on the D a y Roomffnlkdcpict someof themoR farinat-ing events of the unit's plst Fromtime to tme ollkers and men whohave bcen bng-timemembersexplainthe vviour traditions and on thea d e k p t e d his fust pas he ispresented with a set of tbe lllth's~esrso wear on his new dress uni-farm TherrEae,witbout even hmk-ing about it. Jona gradualla comesto beliewe that company "4" 11thArmmd cavalry Regiment is the

raldcddown.?bcnext'mamingJonesbegmsamilitary subjects and his ow n

been tcmpOrariy -ed by theDeeds of the platoon in conjunctionwith any s p e d aptitudes whichG ntil Janes is 6nally ready toOLe his place as a trained, operating

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a d mupapfe!sskds a he d i l e armof theground forasj o i d ogether to form the first o f t he combatarmsmilitary associations,

adsaietydesigDedtopromotethequaliktimof .itsmembersinthekldofmobilewarfate. ..

Daslnr though the years, whether during the active careersofWesley Merritt, JohnPershing, or GeorgePattcm-or yourself-

of mobilewarfarehas been the rallyingpointhe . .dprobiad- a compellingf d d . ..Membership in theAnrmrAssociationis~emarkofthepnofesdona~mobilewarfare..In Januaryof 1953of mobilewarfarewill holds its64th annualmeetingat Fort b o x . ...the

Here heprofessionalsin this@ fieldwillgather.. .If- areactivem any phase ofmobilewarfare, regtrdle~~f branch of component,

a d re not now a member of this fraternity embracingthemound, mobile, d -@d field,

. now is the moment to join and makeplans to attend- the!forthO0mingd atherin- of the exponents amobility in F u n dwarfare . . .

U. S. 'ARMORASSOCIATION27ie Organisation of Mobi le Warfare

1952 November December

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