The Giant (Feb 1968)
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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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