US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Polk, LA)

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,11.......1...i..........--i bf If Ju- all 1. Welcome 2. Maj Truman E. Brown, Executive Officer 3. lst Lt Robert L. Fields, Adiutant 4. Capt Richard K. Day. S3 5 lst Sgt L. E. Robison works on morning reports 6. Sgt Mai Curtis C. Daniel 7. Examining POR chart 8. Btry A mascot. Projo with Ist Lt Hogan. CO, and lst Lt Rand 9. lst Lt Darryl M. Springs, Execuiive Oii 10. lst Sgt Douglas C. Hedges and clerk look over battery medical records 211. Is that all you've done? 12. Sprucing up the area 13. Cleaning 155mm 14. Swabbing the tube -mink Jn. -.g ' wx. .. ,rj

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It also perpetuates the history of Company L, 142nd Infantry Regiment, organized and Federally recognized 18 Iuly 1934 at Breckenridge, with participation credit for the MEUSE-ARGONNE campaign of World War I and the NAPLES-FOGGIA Cwith arrowheadl ANZIO, ROME-ARNO, SOUTHERN FRANCE Cwith arrowheadl, ARDEN- NES-ALSACE, RHINELAND, and CENTRAL EUROPE campaigns of World War II, a Distinguished Unit Citation streamer embroidered SIEGFRIED LINE, a Distinguished Unit Citation streamer embroidered VOSGES, and a French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War 11 streamer embroidered VOSGES. The battery received its current designation and was reorganized on 16 March 1959. Battery commanders have been Captain Ronald C. Brittain, October 1947-February 1953, Second Lieutenant Horatio L. Bunkley, February 1953-September 1953, Captain Thomas Seeley, September 1953-October 1957, First Lieutenant Horatio L. Bunkley, October 1957-February 1958, First Lieutenant Iames Bosworth, February 1958-May 1958, First Lieutenant Carl L. Black, May 1958-lune 1960, First Lieutenant lulian F. Cross, Iune 1960-September 1961, and Captain Kenneth D. Chaney, September 1961 to date. BATTERY C C8-Inch Howitzer1CSPD Cisco, Texas Battery C C8-Inch HowitzerDCSPJ, 3rd Rocket Howitzer Battalion C155 mmf8-1nch!Honest Iol'1n1CSPJ 132nd Artillery was organized and Federally recognized 4 August 1948 as Battery A, 96lst Field Artillery Battalion with station at Cisco, Texas. Redesignated and reorganized as Battery A, 648th Armored Field Artillery Battalion on 1 March 1949, the unit Cwith other elements of the 96lst Field Artillery Battalion as reorganized after World War III perpetuated the history of the 96lst Field Artillery Battalion, previously the 2nd Battalion, 202nd Field Artillery Regiment, a re- designation on 1 February 1942 of the 2nd Battalion, l33rd Field Artillery Regiment, with participation credit for the NOVRIMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, ARDENNES-ALSACE, RHINELAND and CENTRAL EUROPE campaigns of World ar II. The battery received its current designation and was reorganized on 16 March 1959. Battery commanders have been Captain Olin O. Odom August 1948-luly 1950, Captain Frank N. Sayre, Iuly 1950-August 1957, First Lieutenant I. Nelson Williams, August 1957-May 1958, First Lieutenant lack E. King, May 1958-Iune 1959, Captain Bill F. Sorrell, Iune 1959-March 1960, Captain Frank N. Sayre, March 1960-February 1961, First Lieutenant Winford Hogan, February 1961-October 1961, and Captain Dewie O, Stevenson, October 1961 to the present. BATTERY D CHonest Iohnl CSP1 San Angelo, Texas Battery D CHonest Iohnl CSPD, 3rd Rocket Howitzer Battalion C155 mmf8-1nchfHonest Iohnl CSP1, 132nd Artillery was organized and Federally recognized on 24 September 1947 as Company L, 142nd Infantry Regiment with sta- tion at San Angelo, Texas. It was converted, reorganized, given its present designation and assigned to the 49th Armored Division on 16 March 1959. Unit commanders have been Second Lieutenant Roy Biler, September 1947-lune 1948, Captain Donald L. Bow- en, lune 1948-November 1952, First Lieutenant Iames A. Merritt, November 1952-March 1955, Captain Russell L. Heitkamp, March 1955-April 1957, Captain Ellis E. Kirksey, April 1957-April 1959, Captain Leroy M. Zuehlke, April 1959-November 1959, and Captain Herman N. Wisenteiner, November 1959 to the present. SERVICE BATTERY g Ranger, Texas Service Battery, 3rd Rocket Howitzer Battalion C155 mm!8-Inch!Honest IohnlCSPJ, l32nd Artillery was organ- ized and Federally recognized 19 March 1948 as Service Battery, 96lst Field Artillery Battalion with station at Ranger, Texas. Redesignated and reorganized as Service Battery, 648th Armored Field Artillery Battalion on 1 March 1949, the unit Cwith other elements of the 96lst Field Artillery Battalion as reorganized following World War 111 perpet- uated the history of the 96lst Field Artillery Battalion, previously the 2nd Battalion, 202nd Field Artillery Regiment, a redesignation on 1 February 1942 of the 2nd Battalion l33rd Field Artillery Regiment, with participation credit for the NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, ARDENNES-ALSACE, RHINELAND and CENTRAL EUROPE campaigns of World War Il. It also perpetuates the history of Company 1, l42nd Infantry Regiment, organized and Federally recognized 13 April 1928 at Ranger, With participation credit for the MEUSE-ARGONNE campaign of World War 1, and the NAPLES-FOGGIA Cwith arrowheadj ANZIO, ROME-ARNO, SOUTHERN FRANCE Cwith arrowheadj, ARDENNES- ALSACE, RHINELAND and CENTRAL EUROPE campaigns of World War II, a Distinguished Unit Citation streamer embroidered SIEGFRIED LINE, a Distinguished Unit Citation streamer embroidered VOSGES, and a French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I1 streamer embroidered VOSGES. The battery received its current designation and was reorganized on 16 March 1959. LT coL orro E. scHERz g, yew? it WXQ, Commanding Officer 'J if ' '? . L, .5 9 1' gills i Battery commanders have been Captain Roland B. ys? w:.,g.y5Rf,t2Qs Harris, March, 1948-August 1952, Chief Warrant Officer lames M. Cunningham, August 1952-Iune 1953, Captain . Cecil C. Carr, Iune 1953-Ianuary 1959, First Lieutenant I. N. Williams, Ianuary 1959-luly 1959, First Lieutenant Walker B. Ragsdale, Iuly 1959-September 1960, Chief Warrant Of- ficer Paul D. Lewis, September 1960-May 1961, and Captain Bill E. Caffe, May 1961 to date. A ,J . ,ff 'ai

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'X Cap! Kenneth D. Chaney. Btry B CO lst Lt Lawrence E.. Winkler, Executive Off lst Sgt Iackson C. Bedding 50 cal machine gun crew on watch Hamburger parties ior lunch Road guards The firing ol the XM-50 765mm Honest Iohn rocket Ccxpi D. O. Stevenson. Blry C CO Studying ihe SOP C'mon-rx litile won't hurt! lst Sgt Roy E. Swecxtt checks ou! morning report And he won? stop until ii's full! Arms Room check xml, . ., S?