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LETTERS to the EDITOR

The
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t h 8 l B X h t a n a o f O C a l h U l d em-

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M d i Z e An&ank Weapons

In Armored Warfare

a recoilkss ri& c d d be what d d be its empbyment? How would it fit into our

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tbat it d pafamr the misdions pmsendy~totpDI1c.~ask

Tbar PTC those who believe that thir Lhd d vehicle is w only the aaswes to d t a n k defense. but also

wbat a rank could do that such a

vebjckpsthircaJdnotdo. This
~ n m ! 5 c s d t h e s e v e on the otknse as defrnse. using

EZs beiag empbp~d well the

hit+d-runtaCtia. Thereareorhen

lrahdtEpaeccioll fa front-line ekmc1l0 i n dcfcasRe stuariars. In other wads, they would take over one of the mkisions c u m t l y per-

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MRS. PATTON'S ANNOTATED

LIST OF GENERAL PATTON'S FAVORtfE 8001<5

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i n E u r o p e c a J d r t v d ~ o t h i s nnrwm6rewiKnthin&gabaGQ--bYbY bearwin- d y , thrc k a small ach d Mhrsdinthis potitianzl war- l i n e a t c o c h p c & i o n f a & ~ g a K n t a d c o k m p l ~ f t fare also. Lets start at the begmmng: you Sbouldbedugin. Ev&qthiqtusto receive a wanting ada that you are bedugin. Eventhetaakrrdpporit o take your platom ap to &ringpori- t i o n b e ~ t h h i l l s b o u l d b c p tions on t h e line. Right away you reaed. r-aokovertbelattineIpdurinal &odd alert your s o that they situation. sanitatiam i s doubly imcan hpish up any havy mainportant rhere d n o t h i n g but an airpjecrsandbegintheirpreparatiolls. * u t a that you kart a& on your reconruhaace R r p o r t i n t o t h e c p o f tionam&.pcoaChatothe6ringpodthe unit that you ate relieving and, whatthea if passible, get a guide to the poriu 05 nons. Study the sinudon map & p o a a a t i f p a t w a n t t o n a buny. you start out and fiad out the situa- pull out i aon in that sector from the people the drainage,and see if the route J covered oc f,sm&gd The firing i n the CP. On your way 10 the SriagpoPitions position should be well dug in and 6nd out what areas are exposed to camoda@ too. Its oalv sporting to to ShKU M Y) your lead enemobservation down because a d fire those and peopk Lcp expect those &e you might as well present the smallat are pretty accurate. b k for turn- and bestpmtecd targetpossiMcYou arounds, alwmate tautes, and th can over& the SpORing angk you 10catiDn of otha uait CPS and in- b W . The tankers at t k position SbaJd s t a l l a h on your tri Ranemba s well that you may have to ght OVCT that have two liming stakes set up a o that tbey can 6re at same route so bok or bkcking p i -as markers s tions and muntemttack rolites too. night. If you a t know the two Tick 08F the miland dont be limingn?Ltmabodsfornight~ n M 17-12 It will redly ah.aidtomakeMws.Thiscauntry lodt it up i looks a lot diEerent at night a d you hlppou. studytheteminiufront f the position d karn What the doat get bst often witbout paying o targets=. Getacopyoftherange for it. OK, lets say that you are approach- card. I t w i u h l p y a u g a d o n awn. ing the position You will 6nd your h k around for alternate firing that it is a pretty hmely bdring spot. N o t many people d be wandering positions. Youmaybeabletodevelop around and it may be M y chewed up. You may have to do a lotofclimbingto there.Weput tanksinth Theres no such thing as a perfect position, so you want to start seeing what theyve p t and then start h d ing out what you will bave t o do to im m e it. Firb, stay behiad the hill an seebowtheranLenareliving. ~thbuakenfortheir~tion and &e. 1 1 1 tell pou mote abw bunLmlater. L o d t d t h e a r e a and see bow well it is policed. If that i s any trash. ammunition 01c brass hying aroun& youve got a job waiting for yau beuluse we expect tbes?mestaad;rrdrd licethereas

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ply tnrt CbSL to sce wbot the podtion has i n the m y of alilmud tiaabunker%Yarartnsmmunitiar b?s to be dug in if you want to have P 1-2 ,

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OH AN ARYI-WIDE ASSOCIATION

AND AN ARMY-WIDE M A W M E

Tank Identification for Training

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d ada for tbe tank unit cumma&r, but it also aids t k infantq unit comrmoder i n *id identibcadoa o f tbe zpcific tanks mud rapidly obscure armpvrlr whichacctonrppathim. Dustand PULP

bm on the hull, but the iden&

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exate "an w h e e l s " ; additionof a h u r t h squad to each vmored engineer plaooan or a fourth platoon to each ar-

m a c d ~ c a m yallowing c o m m a i m d a X ~ r e serve i n each combat unnmand to b?odk the urgent situations which arise; development of

acLedtrailasWhiChCan

light aviation section to pexmit adVYrcdaerialrrconaaioanccofroedJ,

bridges, demolitions and river lines. Tbenonn?lkidge equipage of this )pmttr, L the familk M-2 T d way Bridge which will pobobly be
repbadintheIlaufuhlrebydmillr
cquipmcnt@ofsustliningthe heavier beds in today's d divibon. H a w kidge trvrsport and is relatively i n k and d v vulnaable t o k and th; reluctance

dbotb -and ~ g i n s a ~ d as to march sucb equipment near dspprbeds is undent?ndab k . In rr~ponsc t o a need for suitable combat type bridgingwhich can move with annorrdcolumn~ and be a~sembled witbout heavy d o n e q u i p ment, the 17tb Armored Engineer Badion has pioneered in develop ment ot a combat bridge s e t utilizing t k aluminum balk of the M 4 Ponton Bridge and accessories fabricated i n the b a d i o o shops e q u i p age lodcd on organic mailers and towed by annaedpasonnel carriers a tanks provides a rapid means of apbsing medium tanks, over e&ctive ps up to twentytight feet in blown ~4gC%crsm*CaMlSanddl so am^. Anarmoredengineersquad

Just 1s the name implies, Headquartas and Service Company. 17th

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( a comm?nd parr) (a mains>

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the battalion.
Eleven &&rent vctions comprise Seven o f these belong to the command portion. and four are usually associated with the t r a i n s . This is a highly d i v d e d

H/S Company.
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can place a tweny-rbree foot bndge

vehicles two hundred'men, and twenty& Myvehicles from cranes, graders, dozer T d u m p tru& to half tndy weapons carriers, and jeeps. Before the echo o f a divisim march order dies, the ampany is baded and roars out in three march units. T b e a r m m a n d p tllresdFasme
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To neutralize this threat the

t,devisedaseriesof

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B M " drill

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a road with a

pltoand8and10ATmina,com-

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lboutsixminutcx The"AbatisDrill" enable the squad to bbck a road with trees in 1 0 to 1 2 minutes de-

tbe number of F felled It is by applying dd o f

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Numk"Eachmanberof the saud eo~h number s & b pa ~ number

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gahasd~alldundertactical cadiths t o biwuac the Bridge compenpanoaeaoumileindth by H mile i n lepsth i s required to

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quires Quchluy x l e x t e d parking ueas, m orda oot to beanne m i d inwetweather. Roadsmusthavea 6rm subgrade, be at least 10 feet in width ad be cwertd from observatian by enany as the bridge d bps a greater silhouette than tbe M47 tank and QLMOC easily take
eva!+e & fran enemy &e. In tbe 17th we keep our Bridge Canpenyfaremughfurward to move

witbanddayto

site% yet bdngcacrulnottobloc themads dimpcdethe of combat vehicle% we wc that wbem "Hen an whak" needs a bridge, aursirattberightplPceattheright time, COmpIeb and xady.

CM. J l l l l ~L s .STILWELL

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He has been criticized f a hir postattitude toward tbe Gamvlr He is rcuscd of being lenient and too forgiving but all of us have seal forced upon us a change in our national attitudes from that o f disdainful victor to wooing swain, while \Vestern Germany's position has
war

changedhm crushing humiliatian t o ooe of my and clever bargama aq the

i n t a n a t i d scene. Still. for all the brilli?nt taaical thearies he has conceived and all the thought-pmvoking c(RIIIIcpD he has made on s t c a r and tegv,andfor his* of famous militarp p a s o n a p a d campaigns, he has been and his great trurhs sometimes have been buried u n d a an a.aaache of languagc, interesting to 4perhaps but mare entaraining than schobrlp. In many way thk has been unfarmnate because it gave b r UlavrialwithWhiChtO thurl. Yet, as a purn?liq such vduminaus but sonmmcs * p o i n h writing w a s tobearpaxcd. He has another fault in h i s habit of lifting para of old essays a repeatingthanmtheitentirap. somcat

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hiswritingshusareacunbina~ of udaccdw beliefs 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 "what bavebeen"Canmmts. Hjndtis-batacbaniaaigbtdno

aKlikstOberemindrrlofmiStaku To many it is @ling 00 b e m o IC

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STORY OF SOVIET ARMOR

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NUMBER ofutider have beenpuwinvariGls r 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 . This rype of anilley is very versatile. Huwever, I fed it i s a walmeo of these articles that they coasiaently compare the arpylced artillery with towed anilley t o the g a d disperagementof 9F to mc dMt tbe weahus It i the n the inclination statement to of stress thecertain ULSe lies charin

aneristirr of equipwat while hiling to place enough weight on the man operating it. Examples qporting
armored

artillery hply

ahnost with-

out exception that the only reason towed artilkry har been ~ p ~ n i nm combat is becauseit was towed rather than ~elf-pmpelkd. I do not thiak that is true. The net result o f disadvant?gcous comparison of tbe towed arnlkry with df-propelkd has bern to inspire among manyyoung artilkrymcu the profaund hqe that they will m e r be assigned t o a towed out6t. This i n turn might well afkct e&ckncyintowedrmih Lt. colonel Lson F. Lade's a d cle on this s u b j j of towed VQSUS self-proplkd d e r y (ARMOR sepumbaoctoaa, 1952. pnge 10) was highly mteusting. Y e it ap pears to support the thesis tbnt tbc ptimaq reason tor the OPQTulllljag of meral of our units in Korca w a ~

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ARMOR ASSOCIATION NOTES

thcFUEirpandEuropanTbaras to serve a s a t e n s b n o f the Executi~v .. GuadlAsoa?nra ChrpasQ)I1sidQed and it was decided to pu thktoalimitedtrpart The carncil also m w w e d dcveloPw"0 a c u d i n g the reopening of the sub+ of a mager o f the Anmr
kSCX5ah=d'4RMORStilldCSiKCd b y t h A s m & c h of the u.s. Army and ia C o d a Forces lomud. Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keyes, chairman of an ;tmOr Canmittee. re-

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TEREPPLACEMENT SYSTEM
by

6xed. and opposite ach was a spocc amhed.

thra;drm& ingintheirrnlleadtbeinsauaors
Themar for

ente?edtbcirraringtbaamktbe

completion OL d d j l E c L Finally, at the ead d tzpining tbe comp4ny

OEEJEUL CnluLOs L SCOTT

coanrmoderentaeddlepbtherrrm \vas k qual&d f a such a s uraDk

driver;

" d . g u n m , " "riaem&"

etr, assipalhisMq6andsrg#dit.

believe wae essential to assure good mining. Thp are not rewludonq, but arejust hosed on common sense. Fint: U p assuming command of ARTC in August of 19)r I got auM t y horn General h e r s ? then c a m m d b g the Annored Face, to bald cnm aaining battal' ions not needed at thir time as replacemena and to give tban two Weeks of field bpkirrg not then given to replacem e n t s . Scad: U initiating this field trpining,a w l a z day w a s Spent testing d q a e k m i q each nainee on all subjects given in p i o u s training pzld finally m p i n g his ideas on training. Thistestrcvealedthe!5eexa a d y important matters: That the companp &ks were keeping the paper 4 of a man's training but tbeiewac DO steps taken to assure that this rrcord conforwd with acda;dning. A s a d t , s o m e m e n aaded as tank driver had not driven, .phikotbasarrisdas gunner hadn't l i d cpc: That the soldier himself didn't hum what subjects should be cwacdintrainin~bowhe had been rated i n the ones awered. or what his MOS was: That he had never beenaskedfaranysu onsorany opiniarrmtrainiug: tmenabsent a d d r fur a d a r more rarely ever d p p th training they had missed were ksual at the end o f training paioa~thcrome. 'Ihird: T o correct these conditions I rlrr;lrl t o bhrg the trainee as fully s popribk into his trainin and to p h i m r o m c ~ o n L m a i n -krbarldrecdve. Therebe was isnrtd a d durable ad, similar i n size t o a driver's licenreaidmti6cptiaoard.Thiscard rbarrrd the small anus trpining, the lmcbiUegrms~befired,vehide!sto be dzivea, d mnk weapoos to be

v e r p few bst ths cards and d l q were eadlp r e p M i n aining. M e n d e d than "our dipbrms" a d bey kicked if any mining was omitted. Thee cards at 6rst g a thrargh to Fort Meade, Maylad, whrr they were reported mo6t udul, aad then to units reaeiviag nm in the .active

theaters. u n s o l i d t e d reports paised them high]? as just What was needed to show training of pm and td help in proper assignment H o w e v e r . after

six m o n t h s they wae taken up and desnoyed at embarkation points as "riolating security mcdsures" and "as u n n paper wd." Fourth: Sten o f ach battalion, b e fore being shipped out, were q u e tioned on their traibin and were &y connib. *ed uted many for Y uabkrdeas as to where time was too long a too short, where inspuction was ma6t &elxive and where it was poor. A surpkingly large number dgimi manuals and reading material op t a n k gunnery. etc. -4s a result, a book store was eqablished where as many as 10,000 training manuah nRfe pufihased in a training cycle. A b , the Anaored school pro\ided free f o r this purpoJe a number of very valuable pamphlets on driving, motor maingunnery and tactics Thy were simple, profusely illustr3ted, and far mare readable and understandable than the dry, finely printed, complicated government-issue litenturt. InvaIuabIe as aainingaids, they were issued frec This leads me to state here that somc timeIthinlrinOUrtniaingmahods h a t we have and procedure we forget t h@ly intelli t mldias the ma+ty o f whom E h o w t o r e a d a n d write and so can instrua themselves for &tar). duties j u s t as they do for

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800 tanks i n ARTC: by committee only 1,000-sa~ings800 tanlrs wonh

Si:Based on my obsavation of tank u n i t s in bade in the Middle East with the British E&& Army, the folbwing (not thn taught in RTC)were introdwed into training: Overhead h e with the machine gun and tank cannon; simpk h e prob lansfordcrrwsaadfortanks within the platoon; boobp trap mine laying and remoIlal All i m v t
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at t h i s that ( A 1942) were i n the it was the canpan? whac an NCO was CarIied out i a bad wc?tba, hat or s t r u g g l i n g t o p u t a n r 2 6 ~ t o drainarshinc 12men. ThisQpwmDIcbedmc scvcnth: Tbe Anwred scbod A R M U .L C L a s , 1952

prdnlsly taught were r e viewed and tied m at this training. Men questioned for a year rated this rho01 work. peziaioffield'~ tionasthebest . Fifth: &lostof tbe subjects taught OEau' rcgardkad

a;iined,frsquently m combat, ddatbcqoolya ment n u s t b c f i ~ d 6 c i e n c y of combat units invariably loweredby Lc. I've never sa a rddier &oroug& i d Pggb & fa OIKarmWbD tprrtaservice in that a n & Mislscignment, thereforr,Qaliwm~annyorhr
a c t c a n d o t D h m a a k . ?be soldier b o k u p his bodc urn

Painingaadhistimeasbang . wastedud, funbarnore, belicva his chances to survioe i n cambat are lasaKd by his I l l k S i g n m a r L I believe the wi

evinced by forma w o r l d
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mentofpcrson isrrsponsik degree for the resentto a ment aiticismwhichbasbcen

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1atimsrcsforpmonnel

many, buttxrtaidyromemen w e r e killed f a lack d training i n one

f o r . active . tbams and fmm careless

t tD arms

I p& art bebr* some ill e & c ~ w~Ibelieveoccumd for annored

p"mael a . Afcadingtomybestinformafnm -y, many Q)uIccs. scadySOpercent of the tank rrplpaments of W a M War Zl aateverd b~atankcomp.np.Afhooe ~lo bur;drrd oomsdium

and-rcrvices

v i v e d i f p o p a , .rsigDe& To me it i s mog hllpcitipg to see that th W a r aPprtmmt abdicated in mattas patliatrg toorctinutes, orsanizptioa and ' d a r e plxanaat wbac

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-kd

bas d gasoline-needed

every-

wkeI.l-cwercalsoused. And s o go tbe otha casts involved in this training. Much of it was wasted by misassignment! b. Repom from hundreds <f sources show that tank replacemmts issued to other arms were actupElp needed m annored units; -be not on the day or in the wrdt when they wem misassigned, but within a relatively short period.

Rplpammp this error was compamdrdby sendin& to fill armored lKakinhcllrydorherreplaCc ments. These men had to be
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r e s e c v c Wac aepenw upon f o r conand i n e x c u m b e waste of everything tinuityofrtion. A s a d t , w e s e e essential to winning a w a r . thatt&Army~FaEa,ck Third: Where repLawnts beSaViCecnmrmnd SeAirForcCaad f a theater each thrraR in 00 Q)otdi- come the main rtlknce o i & in nated manner, but anda d i k t cammaadex for k p m g h systans and, in mamy cases, in my continuous operation tap assume an opinion, not on any d estimates, impottance equal to that of the armies. but on meratim?ter and poor guess- nercfae, correct estimates, by arm m*W of replacees. Of all the && it and nvi~e, ? beis also my opinion, that only AGF ment depw, cocrect issues ". come a major c o m d respm.sbility gave the replacement a P k which cannot be delegated to an in its its importance plans and a n = fpzf'"wonby time of AGO, to a G1, or to a Senice Commade conscientious &om to keep mand. Fourth: Everyone in the chain of overhead down and to get prop" estimates. Any o f its suggestions or command. eveqwhere. in peace and recommendations far active cheaters in war- should be required to study received rant if any consideration; the past inefficient handling of ret to s mdmtand thorthus teamwork was completely lack- p l ~ ~ and oughly the inexcusable waste of maning, in my opinion. I believe the following things es- power, training &om and national sential to an e&critre replacement resources and other ill @ects that asystem for the Army i n a majur war: cur through misacsignment and poor

rrplraacats?inncdofdnidansin

v?rYLlr

metbods f a lwldliag d issuing repLcewnp. -Tbe and organization in the U n i d StUes and i n eacb cheater must be similar in m k . Second: Arms and services should handle tbe training and b e of tbcir own replacements in depots in the United States and in each tharcr. T o train by arm and SCrpjQ in the United Suts and then to have men mixedupovasasd~issued like sheep aut of a chute is a complete
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Fifth: G r e a t e r care needs to be exand orpization Sa all plps and servkes are re4in ordet t o s t erdsed in scartingreplacement depots c u r r a c c u n t e ~ a n d u n i f a r m l v in the United Stata so that t+ have
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A de6nitq presuibed system

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Garmy's Mnority Spoke Out Againat Opposition i n 1937

agree with this proposition and wish to e m p b tbe technical means of our time to prove its auth. Movement serves to king the tmops in contact with the enemy: for chis purpote onecan use the lep a men o r of borvs the railways or-recently-the a u d e and the aem plane engine. Once contact with the enemy bas been
enemy must either be destroyed or made inoperative a driven from his positions This can be done by emplo).in 6re power s o superior that his powers of resinance co pse. Fire powet from fixed pasitions has an & d v e range tmmsponding atactly to the observed range of ttK mas of the weapons employed. That is as far as the infantry can make use of its covering k , when that point is reached the havy weapons and the artillery m w change tbdr position in or& t o parnit a M e r advance under Q M of ~ their Lre power. Vast numbers of weapons and an e v m vaster uantity o f aminunition are needed to fight this sort o f tattle The preparations for an attackof this san require considexable time and aredi&ult to d. surprise, that impartaot element o f surres,

is very hard to a c k . And even if the o r i e l a d doescatch theenangunawam, the m ~ ~it n is launched t the attackin force will have shown its hand, and the resemes d dctorse will amverge an the point of attack and bbdr it; since meme forces will now be xwtorized,thebuildingu ofnewddcnsivcfrantsiseasier b i t ad t o ~ t L e k c a o ~ r ~ ~ ff of n -bas~don the tifilcroblc of u d h y and infantvy cwperackm ore, as

&

o d t , cpen*todpr EvcryJIirrg i s

tkacfors depedmt 011 this to be able to

tksr tiley weein the lost w.

move fortatiunr kahithavbcrndonc: t o keepmovhlg c(rfnui.c fire ana thus t o 6 it tlu hsaafor hirn tvbwildUpfmhdrfcns)ocpositiocrr a d finauy to csry the& deep into the ruyf hfcnwt The popanents of tank warfare believe thaG in favorabk
despite

drormrrpra,~posserrthemansfm~his; theJLptiq on theocbahapd say that since the k t c~ll DO bnga be p o d u a d 1~ in I918 "4-

ofT tiars asucassfulddornnobngabemticipad." ButbitarwtbltaonlranrLcannoboga

&thechat

bsurp&e? How'tbendoesitha aaprira L v e becn rhieved in warfare

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hmcrim be changed Eo Tbe same pay sale would

con-

tinue but.the . privileges exteded Io IKlncommsgawdoc6rrrssbarldbe

Imdikd. It's hard . to . tell e x d y how rmnp

Some Thoughts on DISCIPLINE

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noacamrmsmolnd&wouldk
morrCOCPOfaS&

climilud but there would be

IK)

derls,wseIgeants i n t c l y s a s

supply clerks or Ma!aer sergeants as dnftsmen. The p o k m gknwswouldbctborechargadspc with tbe mponsibility of g and dirrcting other men. So mucb f o r a start. But there are

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more evik to coI1sidQ. -rhcoeffcauscdpoor~ bas been the usurpation of the posir tion and authority o f the noncommissioned o&ezby the junior otfra. I first saw this+ t o happen i n 1942 i n my unit w k n orders were issuedEbatallixlsmam * wouldbe oarriedonbyo86cmonly. Ihave since kaIned that rmoy other out6ts put out thsvneLindof orders whik ab t of capable NCO's stood by gritting their teeth as-a green, young lieutenant, who was not yet sure o f

company pu"ishment? That's right, a lieutenant! The odd pan d i t all i s that tbe good NCO w m u toioorE He wants t o be given respomibiliry and a hand inbuildinghisunit. Hebashis and he is able. Lds let him AU h wants i s to k giveo a job to do and the necesslrp badring and authority t o get it done. Then vou might no3 hear ramirs d i n g a Sa-

of the kitdien truck? A lieutenant. Who check 6n a man undergoing

his sapo. The liattcnant and the

captain sbauld respect his opinion and give him Mcenaol of his men.

when this has bsar rcamplisbcd, one o f the most i d link!3 in the ch?inofcammandwinbesbong
again.

The laa fault I Lnd is in our motiondreducrionspsrrm. -ap=y d, 10 spondble fot the hmcrian o f h i s ~ 0 ~ 1 -

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"THE

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For Garry Owen and Glory

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a m w e e tbe move of tbe berdtrrrten rrd elitatitl offices clffectire 01 October 1,1352 to

1727 I( STREET 1.1. WASMIICTOW 6, D. t.

-Docembut

Duringmyprioddseniceaitb solutiolr for all the WOCI of the army, nor do I pretend to grasp the b q i~tbcbamlionvariedwiddybe picture in its entirety; I do feel, how- nrnenthrcextmmes:uDdanrrngth o unever, that the most is not king d e to overstrength, Ovmcrmgth t rivedframourmastpedousmili~ dersaength and uadennength back commodity, manpowa. A surebe about twelve bet i s being overlooked. levLike every other o$cer of the line, months, however, this h&on I am vitally interested in, and dirsctly elled and, quite accidenrally, we were concerned with, the conrervation and left with a workable, eejcient, presAoWmen e v e use of m i l i w manpower. ent-fadut)l m g t h . 'v It rakes noTIP T a l k to convince me Came in, no old ones went home. that m order to ensue the success o f our nation on any potential battlefield, must exploit to the f u l l e s t the fightin ability of our soldiers. formed my beliefs. During the freeze the men in my We can a& to overlook no single factor which might innease this fi ht- unit were certainly no "Plaster ing ability. Yet I a m uneasy; I ear Saints." Our equipment,weapons and that OUT presemt system of training vehicles were strictly of World War most replacement parts and replacement is amstmcted with a missing pillar, t h i s pillar being the coddo ybefoundonudledreqinniuation of a sense of unit pride, uisitions, and finally, we su&red of oneness and of belonging, among our fighting men. M y thoughts along these lines have been influenced mainly by two ment and making it fit the new ore ~ snuces. Thebntdthesein9uences ~ t i c m s k w Inspite is my recent mtum to the P after ofth=chollengesto flR&ytwomonths o foreign revice fiaency it is mv i n a nonwbat theater. I t this that pcrioa the baaalilm reached and entite paiod as a platom=, a maintained company executive &ca and a a m pan? armmander in a rroonnaissancc batnlian. constantooptaawithRcg ubr Armp; with i n enlincd I am positive that lm could marunde!rthepeaoetimecoaditians fully have acamplished any mksion tLerotatiaafree2e withinaawidenngeofnpabilitia : ~ ~ L ~ o u r b e p L o f w a Irbare this belief, not QI any egocireic in Kana; and finanp,duringtbemass opinion of supda kodaship by mpturnover which accom anied the self OT by the otba aifims and nmt b a w i n g o f t b e ~ L k f t m e comroftkbatmlb,butmarmrc ofopit&capswhichaistedlmarg . .

that unlike most lieutenants, I do not have a ready

theouoccxfrdyedmit

with Certain imprcssif3md opinioPs co~cmriug what makes a line outfit

t'~~TPri

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alltktbemanbasofthe All of Ilr, fnan &e c o r uanv dav loam adalia felt a &

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aut6tandthurrgprdlasottkirpertbermtta, = tbtnerrtmum = % F . - 2 E L p a d m
amties. In*thewoalegiwn
anlamcdaaexphnationofwhat

lennrmodd#mthebestdthe!ir

FOR TANKERS

-A NEW UAMCE CARD

ismbeexpedcddtrwm,notan npdogltbpttbeyhavebcarQaftcd Aftathitkiet talkthe Adjutant divides tbt gmup mm d k iaarmenB and turns d of these over toaperriouslydaignatsdnoacom
thwwpanatannto Cumpany "A";

guidon until the day he h the military savice. Fhn tbe caa~pany supply room he draws a weapon and thc equipment
naxaorytotrpinwith. H e i s t h e n ossigpea to a ToctE slot in a recon plntoaq i s given a bunk, helped to rmd scow his equipment. fed

?bcnext'mamingJonesbegmsa cych equally dividedbetween military subjects and his own m q , the latter having been tcmpOrariy -ed by the Deeds o f the platoon in conjunction with any s p e d aptitudes which J-mightpoacs. -cPclepr*
a

r baldcddown.

inthedbasictraining G until Janes is 6nally ready to OLe h i s place as trained, operating

tNm)rb d the pla'oar. If, n spsinlty training might be Chan

c o 6 c t b c d Tbeimportant acarristhuJaKsisbeingconscantly o.i.carmdnrpavisedbgtbooeWhOSe

&ciaq'reports

$d

and, later, whose

have bcen bng-timemembers explain the vviour traditions and on the day whcn his Recruit status is ended a d be k p t e d his fust pas he is presented with a set of tbe lllth's ~esrs to wear on his new dress unifarm. TherrEae, witbout even thmking about it. Jona gradualla v comes to beliewe that company "4"111th Armmd cavalry Regiment is the finatd i t a x y orpization which has ever edsted. Moreva, he feels that bc himself.hY a direct, unavoidable

Ins, are directly dependent upon bispcokhcy. Ccmnarcntty, our friend is painSUbcaascioUSl~ Ipdocbrm?tcdwtth blstayof th2 l l l k Muds on the Day Room ffnlkdcpict someof the moR farinating events of the unit's plst From time t o time ollkers and men who

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TOWN FATHER: A m p h p of c;rmalitl Painter bJ?W.SmmLec

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A new voZume in a monumentaZ biography

George Washington
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A Superb Gift

App0Pr;k

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In March of 1885
a d g m u p a p f e ! s s k d s a the d i l e armof the ground foras

j o i d together to form the first ofthe combat arms military associations, adsaietydesigDedtopromotethequaliktimof
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itsmembersinthekldofmobilewarfate.. .

Daslnr though the years, whether during the active careers of

h te dprobiad

Wesley Merritt, John Pershing, or George Pattcm-or yourself-

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of mobile warfarehas been the rallyingpoint

m a compelling f d d

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AnrmrAssociationis~emarkofthepnofesdona~mobilewarfare.. .

In Januaryof 1953
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of mobilewarfarewill holds its 64th annual meeting at Fort b o x . . .

Here the professionals in this@

field will gather.. .

areactive m any phase o f mobile warfare, regtrdle~~ of branch of component,

a d are not now a member of this fraternity embracing

the mound,

mobile, d-@d

field,

. now is the moment to join and make plans to attend

the! forthO0ming dgatherin- of the exponents a

mobility i n F u n d warfare . . .

U . S. 'ARMOR ASSOCIATION f Mobile Warfare 27ie Organisation o

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WASHINGTON 4 D .C