Group Batteries Fire in CONUS

D, 3/84 and C,4/41 Place

Pershings in the Plcklebarrel

MICOM Supply
andMainteneca
ChiefVisits 56th

SCHWAEBISCH GMUEND - The flash

of ignition, the roar of a thunderous launch,
and the later confirmation of an accurate
impact on target. These were the ingrediants
of the successful launch operation staged by
Battery C, 4th Battalion, 41st Artillery and
Battery D, 3rd Battalion, 84th Artillery.

SCHWAEBISCH GMUEND
- Colonel William J . MacPherson, Director of Supply
and Maintenance, MICOM
(United States Missile Command) visited the 56th Artillery Group for briefings on
the mission and requirements
of the Pershing missile
system.
From his offtoe at Redstone
Arsenal, Ala., Colonel MacPheraon oversees \he 1upply and
maintenance of all U.S. Army
missile systems. Colonel MacPherson is also eventual supervisor
to the many MMTs (MlssUe

The whole operaUon started off with theoe two

batteries cheddn1 and rechecking their equipment
and then loadln1 It In their transport trucl<a to be
taken to Rhine-Main Air Force Bue, where Lt was
loaded on aircraft and nown to the Un.lted States.
Meanwhile as the equipment was going to Frankfurt.
the chosen personnel for the trip were packlns Into
their buoaei,, aloo bowid for the Air Base.
Soon after these men were on their way back to
the states aboard an Air Force C-141 Jet Transport
which wu to land first at McGuire Air Force Base,
New Jersy, later at Charleston Air Force Bue, South
Carolina, arid finally at Hill Air Force Base, Utah
where, after the long trip, the personnel rested for
the night.
Plclved above are oome of tbe various 1&areo of a Ptnhln1 mlalle Annual Service
l'racllce (ABP). Al rltht, dl1Uaplahed obeentn IUP at vapor trail lefl afler tbe Ille
Wllooooo&b.

The next day brou&ht a five hour bus ride to the

launch site located about forty mJles from the small
town of Green River, Utah. Here the 2nd Battalion,
- - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - -- - - - - -- - - - - - -- - -- - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -44th Artillery, commanded by
Lieutenant Colonel Boyle. was
the host unit. Now, after occupyIng their tents In the no degree
heat, they went quickly to work
on the mlssiles. In the short time
allotted to them they had to set
up and once 18&1n check and
recheck \heir equipment which by
now had traveled over 8,000 miles
by land and air.
Colonel Patrick W. Powers, the
Commanding Officer of the !ieth
Artillery Group to whlcb all
European Penhlnc battalions are
attached was on hand to observe
the implacement of equipment
VOL.2
AUGUST 2, 1968
No. 13 and later \he launching of the
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MMT1 LC!c Miller of th" 84\h
and Bill Mayhall of \he 41't were
ailo present for the firings. Ic their
8-lal, - TIie 11411!1 Artlllery role aa advisors and observers
Group welcomed Ill new com- they participated In all briefings
mand Ser1eant MaJor In Jul:,. and helped to insure safety of
Be t,, O. W. V&11 Winkk, lbe ftnt the men and equipment.
of lbe newt:, created ,uper-oaper
Now, finally all was in
NECKARSULM - Lieute- pated In the ceremonies as he Horton noted that "l am only crade NC0'.1 to 1erve tbe Group. readiness, the missiles were aimed
received
the
colors
from
Lie11tegoing
down
\he
river
a
little
ways
For
more
aboul
u,.,
new
Ser1e&11t
and
counted Uld Captain William
nant Colonel C. F. H'Bstings,
Colonel Horton and passed and 111 be back to see you Ma,Jor eee renhln1 Penonallly" A . Cauthen Jr., Commander of
Jr., assumed command of the nant
\hem on to Lieutenant Colonel occasionally and I know \hat you on pqe Z.
See CONUS Firinc page 2
3rd Battalion, 8-lth Artillery Hutin11.
will conUnue dolnc the out1tandSaturday, July 13 in cereFollowin1 the presentation of ln1 work you've done for \he
monies held! on the Artillery the colors, Colonel Horton stepped past couple ot years."
In passing the leadership of
before \he microphone to thank
Kaserne hardstand.
those with whom he had worked the battalion to Lieutenant ColoLieutenant Colonel Max G. durln1 the past two years. "Thi nel Hutlns, Colonel Powers
Horton symbolically relinquished has been the hiCblicht of my lauded the battalion and Lieutecommand of the 3rd Battalion, 23 years In the Army" he said. nant Colonel Horton. "The 3rd
SCHWAEBISCH GMUEND Germans. He was also wounded
84\h Artillery a, Actlnc Serceant "It hu been one of \he most Battalion, 84th Artillery Is one It looked like Holy Week at by the advancln& Germans. This
Major John M Whitley passed rewardlnl aulsnments that I've of the outstandlnc battalions In 56th Artillery Group recently Incident won for him tbe Distinthe battalion colors to him for the ever bad." After expressine his \he Seventh Army, Your record
.
.
gulshed Service Cross, the second
last time. Colonel Patrick W. appreciation to the military and over the past year has proven as every officer m the Chap- hiehest American military award.
He was again captured by the
Powers, Comrnandln1 Officer of German communities In \he Hell- that. Especially noleworthy was lain chain of command visited
the 56th Artillery Group, particl- bronnNedcarsulm area, Colonel tbe very bllh tc0re on theAMual the Group and the 4th Batta- Germans in 11144, this time In
General Inspection, \he blshest, lion 41st Artillery
Bastogne, Belgium. At his own
on the NATO Tactical Evaluation

request he was imprisoned with

Headins the group wu Major
and the Annual Command Ilu.p ec.
tlon, But most important of all General Francis L. Sampson,
you have accomplished the most Anny Chief of Chaplains. Accomdlfflcult and unique minion In paninc him were Colonel Mcthe U.S. Army today, that of Elwee, USAREUR Staff Chaplain
and Captain Guido van Dae!en
NATO Stratectc Alert."
Colonel Powers tben reminisc- ot the 41st.
The general was briefed on the
ed about Ft. Sill when Lieutenant 58th
Group mission by Lieutenant
Colonel Hastings was his S-3.
Colonel
Goodwin, Comwe activated the first Pershlnc manding William
Of11cer ot the 41st.
Battalion back In 18&Z at Ft.
After
the
brlellns,
General
SIil . . . so he comes to your unit
with a deftnite Penhlnc bad< Sampson was escorted to Hardt
Chapel
where
he
met
and
chatted
ground. At a time of transition for brlefiy with Chaplains' asslstanta
our missile system, his task Is to Bob Schwart: and Pat Valdei.
maintain the ume blsh standards
Afterwards the croup departed
of combat readiness that have for the fte.ldslte of Battery A,
been maintained In the past, as
well a, lht new tuka of a re- commanded by Captalrl Robert
Haney. Then they were 11ven a
certlJk atlon pro1ram for your first
hand look at a Penhlns
equipment, new training exer- countdown.

cises in \he field and an expansion

General Sampson was appointof your battalion to the new ed U.S. Army Chief of Chaplain,
Pershlnc P-IA Battalion." He
by President Johnson In 1987,
then bade a fond farewell to climaxing
a brilliant career
Colonel and Mn. Horton and during whidi he was known as
\he enlisted men rather than
extended a warm. welcome to
the
"Paratrooper
Padre."
bein& sent to an offtcers prison.
Colonel and Mn. H11tin11.
In 1944 he Jumped with the He was liberated In 1945.
Colonel Hastln1s then gave the 10151 Airborne Division at the
The
ranking U.S.
Army
brieflest speech of the day, stating beginning of the Normandy Chaplain also served In Korea
that "It Is my pleasure to be in Invasion. He was captured by the and was Recimental Chaplain of
the flnt and \he best Pershing Germans but managed to escape.
CHANGE IN TIii: CBAIN - Lefl to rt1hl Lleutenanl Colonel Battalion In the U.S. Army. I During this period he volunteered the 187\h Airborne there while
Borton, Col-I Powen, Lleulenanl Colonel Kasun,, and Actlns will ask no more of you than to remain behind with 14 wound- 58th Group Command Sergeant
Beraeant lllaJor Wbllle:, lhutne the 3rd Battalion, 8flh Artillery 1 will &Ive to this organl%atlon ed men as the Americans pulled Major 0. W. Van Winkle was a
battalion Sergeant Major In that
8a, In ..._. of eollllD&lld eeremoal al Arlllltt1 Kuerne.
myself. That Is 100 per cent."
bad< from the counterattackin1 re1tment.
see Col. MacPherson, P. 4

"PERSHING IN EUROPE"

3184th Gets New Commander

Chief of Chaplains Visits Group

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, AGI Time Again at 56th

WORDS

To

LIVE BY
.

CHAPLAIN (CPT) GUIDO P. VAN DAELEN

Serving the wounded and dying boys in an Army
hospital should never be a job of long duration. Certainly
getting too emotionally involved would make any work
for the needy and sick impossible. But being concerned
about human beings and not just "bodies" takes a to11 as
well among the doctors and among nurses and chaplains.
You are standing at bed 26. In it is a young man. You
look at him and your eyes don't meet his eyes . . .. The
young man is blind. H e will be blind all the long years
ahead and these may be very long years. He was drafted
strong and healthy and he is still that way except for the
sight in hls eyes, scratched out by splinters of a boobytrap. Bed 32. Paraplexis says the chart. Another young lad
immobilized for life. His chin is resting on an oval leather
support. "We did what we could," whispers the surgeon,
"but the p oor man will never be able t o walk again."
I feel not ashamed to say you feel choked and do not know
what to say, when you see those tears in his eyes, telling
you how he feels, asking that terrible "why?" "My poor
parents, m y girl . . . . Is it true I'll never walk again?" H e
did his duty. He did not leave home, his girl, his friends,
because he liked it, but he went like all the other thousands
because t he defense of freedom was at stake.
But what do you think when a man was called for duty
in Germany. One of the lucky ones. Defending the great
values our nation stands for, without being endangered.
But after a while he did not like it over there. Then he
tiled his 1049 and then on to Vietnam. Action, stars . . ,
and here I find him in bed 35. He lost both his legs. In the
defense of his country, but beyond the call of duty. Germany would have been good enough. He ran away from
the job beoeause he t hought it was the job and not hims,elf
that lacked the inspiration.
Any job is great and important so long as we do a great
job. It t akes a man to do it that way. God wants us to
improve wherever we can and to accept whenever change
seems to be impossible. To look for the ideals outside our
situation drains our energy and leads to disappointments.
The 1049 is a document of last resort. A form only to
be used when recommended by someone less emot ional
about the lssue on hand.

SCHWAEBISCHGMUEND
,
- It seems hke only yesterday that I wrote an article
about last year's Annual
General Inspection (AGI)
.
and now it is that time again.
.The first unit to feel the pinch

was present for the out briefing

and commented that the trend
was "definitely up in the 56 th
Group."
This year we will be out to
show that a year later, that trend
Is still con1inulng

To do _ou_t best du.rinJ lhe

wdl be the 4th Battalion, 41st inspection 1t 1s necessary to have

ing the twelfth o( this month.

1eneral.

Righi behind them the 3rd

THE ROLE OF THE
Battalion, 84th Artillery will be
Inspected by the Group team
INSPECTOR GENERAL
August 20-29, concluding AG!
General Washington establi<hactivity !or August.
ed the o10ce of the Inspector
In September the USAREUR General 190 year5 ago to improvP

has t~n articles:

41st.

ed during the intervening years.

2. My status. is the snrne as

81st Arty

of mission and state of discipline.

''3. My activities shall be devo-

3rd Bn, 84th Arty

perform such other duties as are

ceasing in advancing the efficient

Some members of the Group

conf\den1ia1 agent of the comman- constructive rather than c ritical.

Other dates on the AGI calen- and stated today, Is "to Inquire other members of the ce>mmander Include:
Into ~nd report upon matters ders staff and I w ill coordinate
Sep. 16-20 Pre AG! at 1st Bn,
which pertain to the performance my actl\'it:es \\'Ith theirs.
Sep, 23-24 Pre AG! at HHB
58th Group
Sep, 23-27 USAREUR AG! al

efficiency, and economy of the ted to all matters aflectlng the

command, lnstallotlon. or actl\'lly welfare of the command.
In which they sene. They wlll
"4. My efforts shall be un-

Oct. 7-11 USAREUR AG! at

1st Bn, 81st Arty
Oct. 14-18 USAREUR AG! at
HHB 56th Group

required by Jaw and regulations handling, maintenance and safeand those which are directed by guardin1 of supplies. equipment
their commander."
and Lunds.
Each inspector gon~ral Is the
"5. My inspections shall be

are veterans of many Inspections. der on whose stall he ser\'es. His

"6. My ln\'estlaations shall be
Others are tint termers undergo- area of Inter.st cmbrnces o,ery conducted as to establish au pering thelr first "IG" as lt ls
commonly called. Most people,

rei:ardless of belnc veteran or

novice, fear the IG, but in reality
know little about the program.
It should be remembered that last
year,s team headed by Colonel

phase or acli\'[ty within the responsibility of his commander.

WHAT 18 THE 10 LIKE?

Is he a superman who can nnd

tinent facts.
"7. My reports shall be gover-

ned by strict Impartiality.

"8. My findings shall Jnclude
all molters meriting commendatlon as well as those requlring adverse comment.

D. w. Sisco.' found that the "most e,ery sini.Jc deficiency? A mind

"9. My wholehearted attention
remarkable asP<'Ct throughout the reader wh,o cnn nk ~11 the ques- shall . be gl\'en to complolnts ol
inspection (56th Artillery Group) lions you don't know? Not at 1nd1v1duals and_to allegat1o~s of
is the professionalism displayed

all! The In.specter General is nor- uregulanties within the m tht.ary

by the young men"

molly a field grnde officer who establishment.
"I didn't aet ihe Impression has the following quallflcotions:
"JO. My constant gool shall be

that these peQp)e were scared to

"Must ha\'c thorough kno w- to. protect th~ best lnteres~ o r the
death, and I am impressed," ledge of ,'\rmy !unctions. proce- ~1l~tar~ .seT'\1ce and th~, nghts of
commented the colonel.
dur~s. and organization. Must be- 1ts 1nd1v1dual mc-mbers.

Colonel Sisco further stated

lhat "they (the men of the Group)
are among the best troops I

have seen."

Savings Notes Can Be Redeemed

- By U. S. Federal Reserve Banks

Colonel J, W, Herrington,
USAREUR Inspector General,

WASHINGTON (ANF) The Department of Defense

maintaining Its farming commu- for the four days it took to put
nity.
the towns water system in order has been advised that Un.ited
When Major Frederick L. again.
States Savings Notes (FreeNuffer, the Executive Office-r of
the 56th Artlllery Group, heard
of this problem he contacted
Major Nikolais Muiznieks, the
S-3 OU\cer ol the 4th Battalion,
41st Artillery, and asked I! the
battalion could assist. And assist
it did when Battery C, responding
to the call by First Lieutenant
Ronald C. Spencer, volunteered
one or their water trailers to tide
the town over.
The trailer was delivered to
Hornberg by Specialist 4 Rollle
W, Pope who stayed throughout
the day Ln the town. He also
brought the trailer back to the
Kaserne In the mornings and
evenings to lU! It up.
This procedure was continued

Learn This Lesson Well

found themselves in the viciThe tragedy pictured above is the result of a singl~-car
nity of the 3rd Battalion, 84th accident involving three members of the 56th Artillery
Arillery.
Group. As ot this writing one of the three young men is
Whlle
to live while the other two rema1n on the
about
30 heading
miles eastforofNederatadt,
Hellbronn, not ex"""ted
,..~~
the officers piloting the helicop- critical list. Exact cause of the accident remains unknown,
ters became confused by the poor but an investigaiton is under way.
weather, wandered of! course,
and were !oreed down by a
It was only two issues ago ther, it was stated that 44.9
shortaee of fuel.
that an article concerning per cent of the time, the
Captain Jerry L. Wisdom, single-car accidents appeared automobile involved struck a
commander
of the
3rd Batt.
llon, in the Giant. Among t he tree, as is the case 1n the
84th
Artillery's
airfield
at aHellbronn, extended a helping hand startling statistics quoted in above picture.
The three young men
to the temporarily marooned that article was the fact that
passencers and crew,, arrane,na n ear ly one-half the total involved in this m ishap did
with Battery A to fumlsh enough POV
t d
ffi d h
fl f
h
-<:onn~ e tra C eat s not pro t rom t at article.
luel to allow his sudden guests 1
to continue on to their destina- m USAREUR are the result It is our sincere hope that
tion.
of single-car accidents. Fur- you may rprofit from this one.

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practicll tra ining. er c:'<periencc

in engineering. contracting. banking. administration. or Jaw."

He might best be described by
th~ Code of The Inspector Gencral whidl he folloll's. The Code

AG! team gets Into the picture the clTicl~ncy of the Army's !al" I. M~' duty Is to assist my
In the second week of the month terlng stro nghold at Valley Forge. commanding o!flccr In act-om(9-12). They will first il1"pect the The role or the JG. as It develop- plishing his mission.

84th Lends a Hand to French

NECKARSULM Ever
been lost, harassed by the
w eather, and out of gas? In
a helicopter? That was the
situation in which the pilots
of two French helicopters

invtstigath-c. or accounting ac-

Artlllery when they undergo the a full understanding, not a fear, ti\'ilics. Must ha,e had college
56th Group level Pre AO! be1inn- of the role of the Inspector level tralnln1. or cqu1vnlen1

G-A Relations Furthered In Gmuend

SCHWAEBISCH GMUEND
-Last month the inhabitants
of Hornberg, a small village
near Schwaebisch Gmuend,
were given an example of
American generosity . It was
given in the unlikely form of
a water trailer from Batter y
C, 4th Battalion, 41st Artillery.
It appears that the offtcials of
that town, upon finding their
water pumpln1 system out o!
order asked for assistance with
this problem from the 56th Arlillery Group,
The wate-r pumping system,
connected to a well, Olis the
re,ivoir from which tbe village
draws the water necessary for

qualified to vent ure into unlam1har llclds and endea\'ors. and

ncqulre knowledge thereof rapidly._Must hO\'e 1., ct .. initiative.
good Judgement. Integrity. resourccr.~lncss. an? scll-confi~<'nce.
Must ho1c had military exl)('ricncc In ,ommond duty ond In
admimstrali\'c, loiiStical. legal.

dom Shares) can be redeemed

only by Federal Reserve
Banks or their branches,
pending enactment of Federal legislation which is expected in the near future.
Meanwhile, according to Department of the Army Message
871165, holders deslrlng to redeem
Freedom Shares may present such
shares to any bank where the

holders is known for certitlcation.

The certified Freedom Shares
should then b& forwarded for
redemption to either the nearest
Federal Reserve Bank or branch
or to the Treasurer of the United
States, Washinrton. D. C. 20220.
In

oversea

areas,

Freedom

Shares may be presented to U.S.

military banking facilities or
branches of U.S. banks for the
required certification.
The ..ertltled Freedom Shares
should then be forward,e d for
redemption either to the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, New
York 10045, the Federal Reserve
Bank of San Francisce>, San
Francisco, Callf. 94120, or the
Treasurer of the United St ates.

Club Elects Officiers

SCHWAEBISCH GMUEND
An evening consisting of a
graduation ceremony, dinner,
dancing and election of a new
Board of Officer s for the
Gmuend Square Dance Club
occurred last month.
The local club, founded last
October by previous 56th Artillery
Group Sergeant Major Thomas
Palmer, Is a member of the
Euro pean Association of A meri-

can Square Dance Clubs.