4 — Includes Air, Ground Forces DOD Releases List of Units Sent to Thailand The Army force now in Thailand consists "of the 1st BG, 27th Inf of the 25th Inf Div based in Hawaii. It is commanded by Col William A. McKean. It was announced here that reinforcements for this battle group will come from the parent division in Hawaii. USATCJNF • CDEC • ALS •HumRRO In addition, some ISO men from< " the 9th Logistical Command in Oki- authorized strength of a typical rein­ forced battle group is 2,132 men). Vol. XXII FORTORD, CPLIFORnifl, FRIDflV, fTlflV 25, 1962 No. 29 nawa have been °rdered to Thailand as support for the battle group. (The Today, when the cost of gov- MEMORIAL DAY 1962 J ernment, foreign aid and the de- -. ,_ ... .-„„ .. , ^—^^—^^— isxxxxxxvvcvvvvvvvvNvvxvvsx\xv>xvsM" K -J fense of our own country seem Cyrus Vance On May 30, 1962 the men and »»ncc SJsJsJsisSSisJ^v^^^^vS^vSsSjSsjSsJsjSr \ » * u j j , . _, , . MILES SSSSSSSS> —• « « » • • sSSSSSSS^L f ill/ so great, many have wondered women of this Command join ^^^^ 11111 C H I NA flllS *^ why we should assume the bur- with Americans everywhere m ^^^^^^^^^ooo^s>^^^ 4 den of defending from commu- Named to hononng those who have given ^^$$$$$^$^^$$$$^^$$^^$^^^^^ < nist subversion6 and guerrilla their lives as members of the warfare areas so small, so im- Armed Forces of the Nation. $$$$$$$$*$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$*$$$^^ .: poverished and so chaotic as Head Army It is with reverence, respect ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ' South Viet Nam, Thailand and and gratitude that we recognize SS^^^V^$$$^$$$$^^^^$$^^^$^^r O/C" Laos In reply it is not enough Cyrus R. Vance, a wartime Navy the valor and sacrifice that they officer, has been appointed by Presi­ to point out that if these small displayed in strengthening our nations fall to the communists, dent Kennedy to succeed Elvis J. Reds Flanking country and in helping protect all Southeast Asia may fall to Stahr, Jr. as Secretary of the Army. the freedoms that we enjoy. We Thailand, Vietnam them; nor is it enough to point Vance, presently general counsel are proud to be among their suc­ out that our standing among our of the Department of Defense in cessors and to serve the cause allies and the neutral nations of Washington, served on destroyers in they served so well. the world depends upon our both Atlantic and Pacific action in May we, in our time, be as ability to defend these areas. WWII. deserving of the Nation's trib­ These things are true. But A graduate of Yale Law School, ute, as are those whose devotion more to the point are the words Vance has held various government to country we salute on this day. of President Kennedy in his in­ counsel positions since leaving the O. C. TROXEL, JR. augural address: Navy in 1946. Maj Gen, USA "... WE SHALL PAY ANY From 1957 to 1960, Vance was Commanding PRICE, BEAR ANY BUR­ special counsel to the Senate's pre­ DEN, MEET ANY HARD- paredness investigating subcommit­ SHIP.SUPP ORTANY tee of the armed services committee. M FRIEND OR OPPOSE ANY His appointment to the secretary Ceremonies for BORNEO FOE IN ORDER TO AS* job must be confirmed by the ••••••** ? ' SURE THE SURVIVAL Senate. 221 Graduates u. - *<~* SARAWAK *, ril AND THE SUCCESS OF At ALS £.' *t>2U——- ^^^-r.7 m LIBERTY." Post Reenlistment TROOPS ON THE MOVE—News-map shows the military situation in Announces Vacancies Graduation exercises were held Southeast Asia after President Kennedy ordered US troops to land in For Army Recruiters recently at ALS for 221 students Thailand at the request of the Thai government. Marines with the Navy's The Marine landing team that from 16 language departments. Maj Seventh Fleet' in the area were ready to move when the President ordered landed in Thailand was transported Gen William F. Dean, (USA Ret), A number of vacancies exist in the approximately 1800 to land at Bangkok. This force, beefed up by some in a task group consisting of the am­ Korean War hero and winner of the Army Recruiting Service at locations 1000 Army personnel already in Thailand, will protect the nation from phibious assault carrier Valley Medal of Honor, was the guest under the jurisdiction of the Oak­ the threat of Communist forces advancing in Laos. Another 1200 Army Forge, the assault transport Na- land Recruiting Main Station accord­ speaker at the ceremonies. troops and about 1000 tactical air and support personnel will arrive later. varro, and the landing ship dock ing to Lt Col Lloyd E. Rubbleke, The Maxwell D. Taylor Award This is the first time US troops have been ordered ashore in such a maneu­ Point Defiance. Commanding Officer of the Oakland given the enlisted man who com­ ver since the Lebanon landings in J95X. Shaded areas on the map are The group was escorted by two RMS. bines the highest qualities of leader­ Communist- held. (Continued on page 2) Personnel qualified under the pro­ ship and scholarship, was awardec visions of AR 601-275, AR 614-240 to Sgt Ernest R. Durand, a studen and Circular 614-21, Hq Sixth US of Arabic. The Association of the Class Q Increase Army are encouraged to apply for United States Army Award, basee recruiting duty in any of the follow­ on scholarship only, was won by Passed by House, ing cities: Sp4 James R. Duncan, a student o: Reno, Nevada; Chico, Calif.; Russian. Is Sent to Senate Stockton, Calif.; Sacramento, Calif.; The Russian language departmen A quarters allowance hike for San Rafael, Calif.; San Francisco, had the largest representation at thi members of the Armed Forces came Calif.; Hayward, Calif.; Vallejo, graduating ceremonies with 62 Calif.; Eureka, Calif.; Oakland, Calif. Other classes represented were, Ara one step closer recently when the full House of Representatives passed Generally, only those applicants bic, Chinese-Mandarin, 7 Czech in grade E-5 or above with over six French, German, Indonesian, Ita the measure and sent it to the Senate = years active Federal service, high lian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese for consideration. school graduate or GED equivalent Spanish and Thai. As passed by the House, the legis­ and GT score of 110 or higher will lation calls for an effective date of be considered. Oct. 1, 1962. Applications will be forwarded on INSIDE "PAN" A spokesman for the Senate DA form 1049 through command Education Center __-~—pg 2 Armed Services Committee said the channels to the Commanding Gen­ AFD Highlights _______-____/>£ 3 committee is expected to consider eral, Fort Ord, ATTN: AMNOR- Feature ______ pg 4 and 5 the bill "in the near future." AGJ. Entertainment ______pg 6 The original legislation as pro­ Qualified applicants may contact posed by the Defense Department Sports ___________.pg 7 and 8 AG C&A School Section, ext 3274 called for an increased annual ex­ for further information. penditure of some $259 million. The House, however, revised the legisla­ tion upward by some $29.5 million, bringing it to a total of $291.7 mil­ lion with the Coast Guard, Public Health Service and Coast and Geo­ detic Survey receiving $3.2 million. Lt Col Joseph A. Pena Assigned XO of 4th Bde COMMENDATION AWARD—Col K. W. Wallace, left, is pinned with the Army Commendation Medal by Maj Gen O. C. Troxel Jr., commanding gen­ A native of Hanford, Calif., Lt Col eral of Fort Ord. Col Wallace was presented the medal for his outstanding Joseph A. Pena, has arrived at Fort service as head of the post G-4 section for the past year. Col Wallace re- Ord from the Panama Canal Zone cent|V deParted the Post for another assi9nment- and has been assigned as assistant executive officer of the 4th Bde. ALS Honors 14 Civilian Employees Col Pena, a veteran of 20 years service, entered the Army from Length of service awards were sile Andrian, Miss Carmen Remenyi, Fresno, Calif., in 1942 and served given to 14 civilian employees of the Mrs Tatiana Romani, Edward Dunn, with the 91st Inf Div during WW Army Language School this week. Raymond Surdez, Mrs Helen Ya- WORK NEVER STOPS ON THE PANORAMA, so when Sp5 John Madej, II. During the Korean War he Receiving pins for 20 years of blokoff, Vladimir Science, Alexan­ left, received notification of the award of the Army Commendation Medal served in the intelligence section of service in the Federal Government der Malbin, Serge de Beauharnais from his last duty station in Verona, Italy, Maj Harry P. Lapham, information the Eighth US Army in Korea, and were James H. Miller and Yutaka von Leuchtenberg, Armando Patino, officer, presented it at the printers where the staff was making-up the paper. Madej, assistant sports editor, was editor of the SETAF area paper and was since then has been assigned to the Munakata. Estanislao Pena and Joseph Kusnet- awarded the medal for his outstanding newspaper ability. Presidio of San Francisco. Ten-year pins were given to Va- zow. PflGeiUUO FORT ORD PRNORRMR FRIDRY, mflV25,1962 Church Services WAG News GENERAL POTESTANT SERVICES Liberty and Post Chapel (North-South Rd) __ 1000 & 1100 By Sp4 Margie Schindeldecker Hospital Chapel (D-14) ___________0900 1st Brigade Chapel ______________0930 PROMOTIONS 3d Brigade Chapel ______ 0900, 1000 & 1900 1st Street Chapel _______________0930 Congratulations to SpS Julia A. 4th Stieet Chapel _______________ 1000 Bennett and SpS Petra J. Cruz, who 5th Street Chapel _______________ 1030 Communism 10th Street Chapel ______________ 1100 received their promotions on May 9. Presidio of Monterey Chapel ________ 1100 (Seventh of an AFPS Series) Camp Roberts ________; ________ 1030 From Pvt to Pfc, the following Stockade Chapel ________________0800 were promoted on the 10th: Eu­ SUNDAY SCHOOLS: YOUR MOS Post Chapel (North-South Rd) ___ 0915 & 1030 genia Meleor - Ortiz, Kathleen L.