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Show Wla I NON-CIRCULATI- &PL UNIVERSITY Cr lierarl. SEP 12 i SERIALS ORDIR DCrT, Vol. u - v. i I 5 .. r'f & ; n ,3 . i 4 126 J 1 Ft. Douglas, Ut 84113 No. 27 - DESERET TEST CENTER- C DTC, Tooele United On Traffic Program Deseret Test Center united with the Utah Safety Council and the Tooele Civic League this August to present the National Safety Council's Defensive Driving Program Program in Tooele, Utah. Council, contacted the U. S. Army's Deseret Test Center Safety Division at Dugway Proving Ground, approximately 40 miles from Tooele. School For Fort Douglas The The 99 year old Ringling Bamum and Bailey Circus returns to Utah after a 10 year altsenue at the new Salt Palace in Salt Lake City. The Circus opens Thursday, September 4, and continues through Sunday, The instruction at Fort 7. Welfare and Morale Douglas parallels that given in have tickets available. Tickets are U.S. Schools $4.50 for the lower level and $3.50 Service Army and the U.S. Army Command for upper level seats. and General Staff College. The The spectacular show billed as USAR school will provide se- the Greatest Show on Earth lected MOS instruction for began playing exclusively in large personnel of USAR troop pro- auditoriums after eliminating the of use of tents in 1960, and could not gram units and memliers the Ready Reserve Mobiliza- appear in Utah until completion tion Reinforcement Pool. of the Salt Lake Palace complex. Brothers er mammouT showcarried200 The following be offered by School: people and nearly 300 animals and the USAR travels to engagement in a long f silver train extending for mile. The train is a complete city on wheels containing everything Occupational courses will one-hal- A. Military Specialist. Basic Officer Course. C. Branch Officer Advance Course. D. Command and General Staff Course. E. The USAR National Se- curitv Management Course. current schedule for all classes first scheduled 69. to hold calls their 8 Sep. The I FREDERIC E. COOPER Capt. Frederic E. Cooper receives the Military judges oath from Post Commander COL Charles M. Shadle in a ceremony making Capt Cooper the first Military Judge at Dugway. Hospital Gets New Union The non supervisory personnel of the U.S. Army Hospital, Dugway, are now lieing represented liy one organization. The organization is, Thu National Association of Government Employes, local R 14-In a letter to Mr. Vincent Rub-bi- c, president of the local, Ltc. Richard B. Stuart, commanding officer of the hospital, said . . . local R 14-- 9 of the National Association of Government Employees is hereby granted Exclusive Recognition for the unit composed of all and professional employees of the U.S. Army Hospital at Dug-wa- necessary to support this sizeable community. The new Ringling Bros, and Bamum and Bailey Circus is a unique experience since it incorporates all of the old fashioned excitement and spectacle while moving into a new era of circus presentations. Five full scale musical spectacles are incorporated in each new show as outstanding animal acts, aerial extravaganzas, 17 elephants among nearly 300 animals, the world's most famous and polished clowns, high wire and Utah. trapeze thrills. It Ltc. Stuart concluded Show times are: Thursday, ac- is sincere desire that this iny Sept. 4, 4: 15 and 8: 15 p.m. Friday, "iU Pen the thefd(x,r l pmS of k,,ld Sep,. 6 o:30 a.m., 2:30 and that will lie of maxi- 8:30 p.m. Sunday Sept 7, 2:30 and relationship benefit to management, em- inuin 6:30 p.m. B,,d lh we Children $1 off for these per- - P10 are here to serve. formant s. The officers of local R 14-- 9 are: President - Vincent Vice President - Rolicrt Kozlowski; Secretary - Jarron Nelson; Treasurer - Keith Cook; Ras Steward - Mrs. the Army as an essential element mussen. of national security. Presentations by the Army Staff should lie of interest to both and civilian military personnel. Registration fees are $3.(X) for civilians and $2.(X) for military personnel. 9. y, Rub-bic- Branch B. Specialist four, Jimmy L. Larsen, was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal with the "V" device for valor at last week's retreat parade as A company, Headquarters and 1 ieadquarters Company captured the honors as the best marching unit of the parade. Colonel Charles M. Shadle, Dugway Proving Ground commander, presented the Bronze Star with the V device to the deceased mother Mrs. Ivin Larsen of Mount Pleasant, Utah. Mrs. Larsen was accompanied by her oldest son, Mr. Rav I. Larsen. SF4 Larsen distinguished himself while serving as a rifleman with the 4th Infantry Division in the Republic of Vietnam. Specialist Larsen's unit was conducting a reconnaissance mission in the central highlands, on March 18, 1969, when they came in contact with a well entrenched, and concealed enemy force. Realizing the danger the rest of his platoon was faced with, Larsen together with the rest of his squad charged the stronghold , diverting the fire on themselves, to let the platoon seek cover. Alter Specialist Larsen and his squad succeeded in destroying an enemy hunker they continued to draw fire on themselves. In the . 'Greatest Show On Earth Comes to Utah Reserves at Fort Douglas United States Army Reserve (USAR) 1. School year begins Sept. The mission of the school is to train individuals of Reserve in duties they Components may have to perform in case of a national emergency. Bronze Star Posthumously Awarded T o SP4 Larsen or The Defensive Driving Course teaches what is involved in driving At Dugway a Defensive Drivdefensively, why and how various types of motor vehicle accidents ing Course has leen in continuous occur, and what it takes to prevent existence since July 1968 and over them. The course provides a stan- 400 graduates, mostly residents of dard of driving excellence that the Tooele County, have completed student can use to evaluate and the course. The Safety Division at improve his own driving. Nearly Deseret Test Center offered to 1,500,000 persons throughout the furnish two qualified instructors to United States have completed the travel to Tooele and presentthe National Safety Council's Defen- course. sive Driving Course. Using promotional material Recent traffic accidents in the donated by the Utah Safety CounTooele community prompted Mrs. cil, the Tooele Civic League soon John Long and Mrs. William had enough volunteers to form a class of 33 members. Me Laws of the Tooele Civic Mr. Walt Cooper and Mr. League to contact the Utah Safety Lawrence Smith, Safety Officers Council in an effort to promote from Deseret Test Center, were instructors in the class which graduated 28 mcmliers. drill AUSA Meets The Association of the U.S. Army will hold its annual meeting in Washington, D.C. on Octolier 13, 14, and 15 at the - Park Hotel. The Sheraton meeting will provide an opportunity for the exchange of ideas among military and civilian personnel who Friday, August 29, 1969 NEW WOI, T1IKEE RETIREMENTS safe driving in Tooele. Mr. Arvin Powell, Defensive Driving with the Utah Safety Corr-dinat- Dugway, Ut 84022 In October Dugway Donates Blood area hospitals in Thirty-tw- o Utah and Nevada have a well needed additional supply of blood thanks to the people of Dugway Proving Ground. Military, civilians, and deeach 109 totaled pendents gave a pint of blood recently in Dugways Red Cross Blood Drive. Following the blood donations, the blood was analyzed at the e laboratory and each donor was sent a card telling them their blood group and type. The Red Cross and the American Association of Blood Banks distributed the blood to area hospitals free of charge. The hospitals are not only indclited to the donors for the actual blood but also for the savings in dollars and cents. This area's normal fee for a pint of blood is $75 for the first pint plus $35 for each additional pint, this in addition to the normal administration charfirst-tim- ges. CPT the - Memhcn of the Fire Department battle a fire late Sunday afternoon BATTLE FIRE Van Ausdal, which caused over $4,000 damage to the residences and personal property of T.L. extensive cause The Ave. School A East Pullan 48 Kenneth and 48 B East School Ave., contents. the and homes two the destroyed completely die connecting garages damage to Published by Ihe Transcript-Bulleti- n Publishing Com- connect- pany, Tooele, Utah, a private firm, in no way ed with the Department of the Army. Opinions ex- - Bouadonna, Donald drive chairman, was real im- pressed with the turnout. We are very thankful to all who gave and to Mrs. Kathy Biltnn along with all the other Red Cross volunteers who helped in our drive. ensuring 1 rattle; Specialist Larsen was mortally wounded by the enemy fire. In addition to the Bronze Star, Col. Shadle posthumously awarded Larsen the Purple Heart for the wounds he received in this March 18 action. Col. Shadle, assisted by Sergeant First Class Andrew Currier, rlso presented three Certificates of Retirements and offically appointed Sergeant First Class Daniel B. Adney as an officer in the United States Army in the grade of - Colonel Charles M. Shadle, DPG commanding officer presents POSTHUMOUS AWARD the Bronze Star and die Purple Heart to Mrs. Irin Larsen. The awards were posthumously awarded to her son SP4 Jimmy Larsen. Larsen's brother Ray escorts their mother. Capt. David Smith is the escort officer for the Ijirsens. Col Shadle also presented Certificates of Retirement to 1.TC Dwight Sheldon, 1SGT Phillip Hatfield, and SFC Hershel Tanner. SFC Andrew Currier assists the colonel in the presentations. Warrant Officer 1. Lieutenant Colonel Dwight M. Sheldon retiring after more than 22 years of service leads the retirees. Also receiving Certificates of Retirement were First Sergeant Phillip H. Hatfield and Sergeant First Class Hershel B. Tanner. LTC Sheldon was the assistant Chief Equipment Manager here. He holds the Legion, of Merit and the World War II Victory Medal among his awards. First Sergeant Hatfield was Headquarters and Headquarters Company first sergeant. He had ot the Nonnandy Invasion ton in World War II, Sergeant Hatfield ld the Comiiat Infantry Badge and eight campaign ribbons (5 for WW II and 3 for Korea) among his awards. SFC Tanner retires with 20 years of active service. He was the Detachment Sergeant for Advisory 21, II Corp Tactical Zone, Vietnam and holds among his awards the Tedinical Service Medal and the Bronze Star. The Air Forces North American Air Defense (NORAD) Band was cited by many for their impressive performance at the affair. Color unit for the parade, in honor of superior marching at the last parade was the CBR Changes In Draft Laws Stalled Those who had hoped to see action months ago toward the changing of the selective service law are puzzled by the delay of Congress and the Administration. The 91st Congress it has I teen pointed out by observers, has not Iteen in a mood to hurry. Injection erf a lottery system has Iteen one of the changes most widely anticipated. It is felt that such a system would lte fair and remove any favoritism. Once instituted a lottery system would give a draftee potential clearer cut picture of the future. If his number were not called during his year of eligibility, he could then gp ahead and get a perma- nent job or continue school with worry of the draft. administration Nixon The which months ago announced in- tentions of changing the draft laws has not, as yet, sulnnitted any specific proposals. - Colonel Charles M. Shadle, DPG commanding officer and NEW WARRANT OFFICER Mrs. Danid Adney pin WOI ban on newly sworn in WOI Daniel Adney. Sixteen Civilian Employes Receive Incentive Awards Deseret Test Center civilian employees at Dug-wa- v received Incentive Awards in presentations Ground Proving made by Colonel Roliert Muldrow, DTC Commanding Officer. Presentations made in Post Headquarters included the Dalawarding of an Outstanding Performance Rating to Edward ton, Test Log Support, a Quality Salary Increase to Allen PoulMeof Vietnam a award cash and a sen, Facilities; Division; dal to George Darr, Equipment $150 to Gerald Vowles for his Management and uine Sustainsuggestion whereby the nunilier ed Superior Performance Awards. of samplers used for vertical Those receiving the Sus- sampling could lie cut from eight Performance to one. tained Superior Awards included Audrey Broad-heaSupply, Elaine Brooks, Ira Management, Equipment Hinson, Facilities, Tommy Matsushita, Intelligence, Allen Newton, Facilities. Ferrin Olson, Facilities, Loretta Ott, Commissary, George Pace, Facilities and Dugway Proving Cround CerNeola Stephens, Supply. tificates of Achievement have ceremonies awarded to Spec. 5 William Following the at Post Headquarters Colonel c. Hales and Spec. 4 Edward Muldrow went to Test Operations Cohen, both of HHC, by Col. " Ditto Technical Center and Charles M. Shadle, post commandjd an Outstanding Per-n- o er. The presentations were held fomiunce Rating to Karen Frair, commander's office with perin the a Quality Salary Systems; lncrease BWlird t0 Violet Van sonnel from each of their duty sections, Mail and Records and Ausdal, Data Systems; a Sustain s rior Performance Award Welfare and Morale, respectively, Hildebrand. Chemical in attendance. t0 pressed by publisher and writers herein are their own and are not to be considered an official expression by the Department of the Army. The appearance of adver Sixteen d, Achievement Certificates Awarded i.,, Capt. Pegg New Provost Marshall Captain Roliert W. Pegg II, winner of the Bronze Star and the Army Commendation Medal, has been assigned to Dugway as he new Provost Marshall. Commissioned at the University of Texas in 1963, Capt. Pegg entered active duty at Fort Gordon, Ga. when he completed the Military Police Officers Course. Prior to reporting to Dugway, Captain Peggs career has taken him to Germany, where he was with the 15 MP Bde and .o Vietnam, where he was CO. of Co. B 716th BN in Siagon. His last assignment was Base Physical Security Officer and Company Commander of MP company C at Killien Base, Tex. Capt. and Mrs. Pegg are forward to their stay along their three chiUreili tisements in this publication does not constitute an endorsement by the Department of the Army of the products or services advertised. F |