ARMY SIGNAL CORPS MY PICTORIAL CENTER ". • In• Deus Vol. 8 No. 10 LONG IS~~ND CITY NEW YORK December 1963 ~uletibe This is the second holiday season it has been my pleasure to extend to all o~ you at the Army Pictorial Center, and to your ~amilies, my greetings and best wishes ~or a very happy and joyous Yuletide. "Peace on Earth," now more than ever before, conveys the spirit of the occasion, and reminds us that our tasks here at the Center are designed to keep America strong and thus pre­ serve the peace. As we prepare to end the old year we should examine our achievements and defeats, our accomplishments and deficienc­ ies, our joys and sorrows and particularly the great loss we all feel in the untimely death of President Kennedy. Then, and only then, can we be prepared to enter the New Year det­ ermined to do our best. Please accept my sincere thanks for the excellent support you have givenme during 1963 and. for your steadfast devotion to duty. Mayall of you enjoy a delightful holiday season and have a happy and rewarding New Year. H.L. PATTESON Colonel, Signal Corps Commanding Page 2 InFOCUS December 1963 CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FINANCE OFFICER REGO inFocus TO SP5 NIGEL J. GRANDFIELD PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN Vol. 8 No.l0 December 1963 35-11 35th Ave. Long Island City. New York Col H. L. Potteson Commanding Officer George B. Schuyler Information Officer In FOCUS is an authorized, monthly publication prepa~ed under the super­ vision of the APC Information Office by and for the military personnel of the Army Pictor ial Center in accord­ ance with AR 355-5 and Changes. Copies of In FOCUS are made avai­ lable at no charge to all Army Pic­ tor ial Center personnel. Cartoons, news items and photos Col H.L. Patteson, Commanding Offi­ will be a9cepted for publication sub­ cer, presents a Certificate of Achiev­ ject to editorial policy, space lim­ ement to Sp5 Nigel J. Grandfield, Pro­ itations and reader interest as ad­ Col H.L. Patteson, Commanding Offi­ duction Specialist, TV Division, as cer, an9 Jerome K. Barnett, Comptroller, judged by the editorial staff. Lt Raymond L . Nesbit, Project Officer, Civilian publications are author­ pin Captain's bars on Chris F. Rego, Operations Branch, TV Division, looks Finance and Accounting Officer during ized to reproduce all non-copyrighted on. materie.l appearing in this publication. ceremonies held in the Command Office. Sp5 Grandfield was cited for his (Photo by PVT EDWARD NASSOUR) View8 and op1n10ns expressed in "super ior professional contr ibutions tbis publication are not necessarily in the several capacities of director those of the Department of the Army. and assistant director on numerous te­ levision productions, scr ipt wr iter for PRINTING AND PUBLICATIONS SFC HERMAN H. SVIRSKY ••..• ••...• EDITOR television training films, associate in EVE MARK •.••.•..•.... ASSISTANT EDITOR the codification of television produc­ BRANCH GETS NEW FRONT STEPS PVT RANDOLPH ANDERSON ••.. ASSOC. EDITOR tion methods and procedures and the SP4 FRANK CHAPMAN ••••••••• STAFF ARTIST creator of a reference system to refl­ ect the status of current telev ision projects." * **NEW ARRIVALS* * * (Photo by SP4 GEORGE TAYLER) The following personnel have recen­ tly been assigned to duty at the Cent­ er: Pvt:JamesC. Cozart,DavidL. Cross, Gerald Emmerich, Daniel B. Forer, Alex * ** NEW BOOKS * ** Gundry, James E. Lyles, Erwin' Markisch, Arthur P. Pendela and John P. Woodbri­ The following new books have. been dge. received at the Enlisted Men's Library at the Troop Command and are now ready * * *PROMOTlONS* * * for circulation: Sports Car and Competition Driving, by Announcement was made of the promo­ Frere. tion of the following named officer: Escape from the Air and from the Sea, 1st Lt to Captain by Engle. Chr is F. Rego Mirror Cracked, by Christe. Choice of Assassins, by McGivern . Voices thru the Iron Curtain, by Michie. * * *REENLISTMENTS * * * Love Let Me Not Hunger, by Gallico. Lou DiBias~, Post Engineers, puts Hallelujah Train, by Gulick. the final touches on the new front st­ The Ice Station Zebra, by MacLean. eps of the Printing and Publications The following personnel are reenli- building. (Photo by PVT JOHN D. CAPEK) sting during the month of December: Red Smith on Fishing, by Red Smith. SFC Kenneth L. Repsher Coin Collecting in a Nutshell, by Wear. **!'* SFC Paul L. Moulton Feeling Better, Sat Eve Post Ed. A sincere note of appreciation t~ SFC Edmond L. DeLage Venetian Affair, by MacInnes. Sp4 Frank Chapman, Animation BranCh SFC John T. Smith Craft of Intelligence, by Dulles. who designed our Christmas cover. Sp Sgt Robert Ryder Looking OUtward, by Stevenson. Chapman will continue on as our Staf1 Sgt Eugene Reynolds Guerrilla, by Thayer . Artist replacing Bob Von Achen. Sgt Daniel Brooks How to Fix Almost Anything, by Schuler. Beach at Falesa , by Thomas Never Cry Wolf, by Mowat. Army awards M-16 contract Short History of Fingers, by Smith. The Army recently awarded a contra­ * * *81G PICTURE* * * OUtlaw Deputy, by Field ct to the Colt Patent Fire Arms Manuf­ Case of the Amorous Aunt, by Gardner. acturing Company, for a rifle designed Pious Pornographers, by Iverson . to equip specialized units, such as "The Big Picture is currently being Run to Daylight, by Lombardi. airborne air assaul t and Special Forces televised locally at 10:30 A.M. Satur­ Pro Football's Hall of Fame, by Daley. groups with a high- power, light-weight days on WPIX-TV, Channel 11. Beat the Last Dr~, by Fleming. weapon. The tentative schedule for January My Dear 500 Friends , by Price. The rifle, previously known as the is: Neon Haystack, by V. Ullman. AR 15, has been renamed the M-16. It Jan 4: Prelude to Taps Small Motors You Can Make, by Michel. is gas operated, chambered for the Jan 11: Operation Amigo G.C. Marshall ; Education of a General 5.56mm cartridge, equipped with a str­ Jan 18: Climb to Glory, Part by Pogue . aight plastic stock and capable of au­ Jan 25: Climb to Glory, Part II Dead Calm, by Williams. tomatic and semi-automatic fire. December 1963 I n Focus Page 3 HAVE YOU HEARD CONRAD F. MOROSKI RETIRES PRECIOSO M. N/CANOR THAT __ ???? AFTER 30 YEAR'S GOVT SERVICE AUTHORS SECOND SOOK Quote from the "In the Spotlight" column of the Ft Devens Dispatch, "Th­ ere must be a crackerjack gang on TDY to HQ USASATG&S from Army Pictorial Center, Long Island. Everyone of those we have met are as sharp as tacks!" Received a 'newsy' letter from Loren Tate, former editor of In FOCUS. Back on the job as city editor of a Los An­ geles newspaper and doing fine. Conti­ nued success and good health Loren from all of us here at APC. **** Chief Guard William Ofrias has had a heart attack and is now on the mend. No visitors allowed but should anyone Col H.L. Patteson, Commanding Offi­ desire to send him a card he is at Man­ cer, presents retirement papers and a hattan General Hospital, 3072d Ave., Certificate of Achievement to Conrad NYC, Room 405A. Get well soon Bill! ' F. Moroski, Projection Equipment Oper­ ator, Service Division. Sydney Theil, Writers Branch, Prod­ Mr. Moroski was cited for exceptio­ uction Division, has undergone surgery nal performance of duty at APC from and is now at home recuperating. Hope October'19, 1942 to November 28, 1963. Mr. Precioso M. Nica nor, Adjutant's to see you back at the office soon - The citation read, in part, Itcontinuo­ Office, presents a copy of his book, well and frarin' to go! usly displaying the qualities of dili­ IlProfiles of Notable Filipinos in t he gence, loyalty and great dependability U.S.A" to Major Eleanor M. Burt, Adju­ **** in the performance of his assigned du­ tant. (Photo by PVT JOHN D. CAPEK) Elsie Shelton, formerly of Sound ties in the production of Army motion IlProfiles of Notable Filipinos in Section, Studio Branch, paid APC a vi­ pictures. In addition to being-an outs­ the USA" is the title of a new book by sit this month. Retirement surely agr­ tanding projectionis~, he trained many Mr. Precioso M. Nicanor, Adjutant 's Of­ ees with Elsie. She looks terrriiffic! enlisted personnel in the operation of fice. Certificates of Achievement were both 16 and 3Smm equipment and has co­ In this new book, Mr. Nicanor desc'­ awarded and mailed to two personnel mpleted 30 years of' fai thful Government ribes 91 notable Filipinos who, he be­ who had previously depar'ted the Center. service. " (Photo by PV! HANS NOEKER) lieves, give an orderly account of the They were SSgt Charles H. Lemon, Jr., important steps bY,which they prepared and SSgt Mario Iezzoni. ~he Honorable Paul R. Screvane, Ch for success in their particular profe­ airman, Public Service Division, Great ssional and occupational fields of en­ **** er' New York Fund, in a letter to thi' deavor. Friends of SFC Hagood Elkins, SFC command, expressed his deep apprecia This collection of short biographi­ Ray Farmer, Sp5 Thomas Ross, Sgt Ben ti'on and thanks on behalf of the 42~ cal sketches includes diplomats, doct­ Hol"comb and PFC Leroy Saunders wish Health and Welfare Agencies of the Gr ors, artists, and businessmen who have them a speedy recovery and hope they eater New York Fund to the per sonne dedicated a great part of their lives will be out of the hospital soon. ~ho so generously contributed a tota to soci ety, and their count ry in t imes Michael Babko, Color Developer, Lab of $1,227.87 to the Fund in 1963.