| Show 77 s r l r 1 L r 4 I t k G a- a f NJ 4 I t T Park Parr Boy Scouts Join National Rational Guard for Lunch Loom Here comes d dinne i n n e rl Most unusual for Park Par k City Boy but not too unusual for m members e m b e r s of A Team Company H Special Forces Airborne National Guards It was part of the guer- guer rila w warfa warfare a r f a r re e the group were experiencing to s simulate i m u l a t e conditions and situations of actual military action The National Guard group were in the Park City area t for GiN about u a G weeks week's n training b Captain Davenport Controller Control Control- ler of A Team invited Scout t Leader Brent Snow to bring a group i of f If Boy Scouts over to the Armstrong Ranch hayfield in North Park City to be part of the guerrilla group in Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day nights night s July 16 parachute drop of food and supplies Gathering the parachute and hiding it as quickly as possible taking up the boxes of supplies fourteen members of A Team and four Boy Scouts trek across the Ute field in single file fashion toward the guerrilla camp in Canyon At all times tho the group had to keep ep a sharp lookout for possible possible possible pos pos- sible enemy encounters Whenever Whenever Whenever When When- ever a car jeep or any vehicle came along the county road the themen themen themen men quickly hid out of sight Inthe in inthe inthe the field in a ditch or behind a tree The occupants of t tie tye e vehicle we were r e challenged f for r security rea reasons son s and proper procedure ret taken ken After the two-mile two hike to the perimeter of the c camp camp mp the food supply boxes were opened and dinner was distributed to the soldiers and Boy Scouts Pete extreme left len taught the Boy Scouts Scout how to open the cans of food with a small opener no larger than a ar r razor razor zor blade Left Iet to right are Scouts Jim Santy Jeff Brewer MelVinW MelVin Melyin W Welch and Bill Lindsay experiencing experiencing experiencing exper exper- their first combat meal Soldier Harry Owen talks with Scout Leader Brent Snow giving giving giving ing information on the value of simulated the guerrilla training In the extreme rear are James Beasley and Thomas Caldwell observing the Scouts The individually packed meals of ham beef chicken or turkey with crackers Jelly or peanut butter canned fruits or puddings and candy or cookies accompanied the m main meal An accessory packet included had powdered cocoa or instant coffee salt sugar cream substitutes substitutes substitutes sub sub- chewing gum toilet paper cigarettes and matches The Scouts swapped the cigarettes tes for chewing gum The meal could be eaten hot or cold Captain Davenport de demonstrated demonstrated demonstrated de- de how a small can of peanut butter butter could bo be used for fora a heating unit when lighter fluid or insect repellent is poured over the peanut-butter peanut and lit He told them that of often ten the men would mix their meals and make stews or improvise preparation of their combat meals for a variety of menu Though the meal was not like home cooking the Scouts ad admitted admitted admitted ad- ad they had plenty Of food and discovered the meals were prepared to give the soldiers all the vital energy foods to keep them fit for combat When their dinner was over Beasley explained the purpOse purpose purpose pur pur- pose of the training after Scouts reviewed d the Team A-Team where each soldier stepped forward forward forward for for- ward from their military line gave his name and rank Each soldier is assigned specific duties in the guerrilla company The guerrilla camp campis is fashioned in a diamond shape with men stationed at the four points If It Intruders enemy pass through one point the men menat menat menat at that point engage the enemy while the other three groups escape The Scouts received a lecture on first aid and the type O of medical treatment soldier sold sold- leI ier c s receive while in a combat situation Scout Leader Snow remarked the Scouts received educational information which would be used for their advancement In Jn the Scouts Scout's first aid course They observed how the guerrillas guerrillas guerrillas guer guer- rillas protect each other how they worked to se secure ure a strategic military point how they camp out in an area without without without with with- out being caught by the enemy or others ethers how they camouflaged their surroundings or used the surroundings to c camouflage am 0 u f 1 age their how carefully each soldiers soldier's sol die r s action could mean the success or failure of the guerrilla forces work MSG Bennie Shumate re represented represented represented re- re presented the guerrilla chief and assisted Captain Daven Davenport rt rtin in the Boy Scouts' Scouts educational tour of the guerrilla camp Over one-hundred one National Guards wore were involved in training training training train train- ing in and around Park City Heber C City ty and north of Silver Creek which went wew divided into four teams plus support el elements ments under the direction of Commander Lt Colonel Ben Benway of Fort Collins Collins Collins Col Col- lins Colorado The members of the National Guard involved in this years year's summer are attached at attached attached at- at to Company H Special Special Spec Spec- ial Forces Headquarters Headquarters Headquarters Head Head- quarters at Denver and Pueblo Colorado |
