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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1957)
. . l8-(Sec. II) Statesmtn. Stlera. Ore., Sun., July 21, '57 Newest Army Division Packs Atomic Punch By BEM PRICE range artillery and Uctical air- FT. CAMPBELL. Ky . July craft. lA-For the first time ince the ! upllf Net Periecte a dawn of atomic warlarr. the unti ed States has a revolutionary new Some of these weapons are still -n.r..iw ,rA .nA dreams oo the drafting boards able to move into a nuclear war lht I T"?Juplter on four hours' notice but " Prfcled , , . ,. . . , . The new battle groups call for In organitatioo and battle tac; ! o( i m , x m man tics, the new pentom.c army will (ormatlonj ovfr an arfa M ,0 be almost totally unrecognizable mjlei m diam(.tt.r T m,,r to Army veterans. combat technique have evolved Although there is only one divi- Wltn this development lion trained now the 101st Air-ial Since wide dispersion invites borne the Army plans to have all'atiemy infiltration, the Army has divisions converted to the new family of atomic warhead mis- command and combat doctrine tiles of varied power which can within two years It has already he used relative!) close to our own begun with the 82nd A.rborne at troops Ft. Brass. N " 2. The Army h.is developed the The 101-t is a five-sided dm- air burst technique lor us atomic (ion of parachutist.- parking its shells and missiles This mini own atomic punch Thais where mires the radioactivity in a blast the name pentomic comes from area, permitting our own 'pent ' for rentaenn or five-sided troops to move into the area Sci which is where the Defense De- enlists are working on perfect partment headquarter also get 'atomic weapons with even less ra ils name "omic" from atomic dioective residue the much dis- Gone are the battalions and reg iments of previous vears In their place is a new unit railed the battle group Five battle group make up the division: each battle group has five companies. The same general outline will apply eventually to all divisions, air borne, infantry or armored. Transport' it Ah- The misl. famed as the "Screaming Eagles' ol World War II. was reactivated last Sep tember II is totally transportable by air. ready to begin moving anywhere on the globe within four hours assuming plane are available cussed "clean ' bombs 1 Types of Wars Right now the 101st is capable of fighting three types of wan: The M-called brush-fire war of limited aggression, using conven tional weapons as Indochina and Korea. The limited war. calling for atomic weapons only in and around the battlefields The all-out war in which every thing goes, including the hydrogen bomb. Nobody here wants to become involved in a roles-and-missions argument with the Air Force over who is going to do what in the 1 101st. which probably is the Army's only truly combat ready ; division. It is capable of moving within lour hours a (act which is dem onstrated over and over again in practice drills Since it was reactivated last September the 101st has acted precisely as if war were going to break out tomorrow Ready far Oversea Every man in the outfit has. or shortly will have, all the required shots and vaccinations for over seas duty. He has made out his will, signed a power of attorney for his next of kin and made ar rangements lor disposition of his personal property As Col John S Lekson. chief of personnel and admimstraiion. puts it: "Vie are trying to put the division in a state of constant readiness 3B5 days a jjrar The battle groups within the di vision take turns at standing by on the alert. When a preliminary alert is sounded for a battle group all men who live off the post must move back to barracks Lekson is now in the process of i setting up a warden system !whreby military and local po' c 'In nearby Clarksville, Term, and Hopkinsv illr Ky . can start rounding up off-pout parachutists any hour of the day or night Spot Trwwp CMceatratlmi The 101st is equipped with air borne television and radar to keep i tabs on the enemy, including infra-red ray equipment to spot troop concentration at night. Further, it has ground radar unit, easily carried by two men, which guards against enemy sur prise attack. During my visit to Ft Camp bell the battle group commanded by Col. George I. Forsythe was on standby alert when somebody hit the panic button just for prac tice It was an amaung demonstra tion of orderly confusion Men out for physical training came racing into barracks to change into battle dress. Jeeps pulled up to the quar ters. Live ammunition, machine Portland Plans All-Out Drive On Gambling PORTLAND, Jury M I Port land Mayor Terry Schrunk and Police Chief William J. HUlbruner said thi week they art launching aa ail-out drive against per who use their business establish ments to cover up gambling. According to an .investigation by Portland police, there are at least tlx persons who are paying federal guns and bazookas were loaded us to be ready, if the Air Force's aboard. troop planet are scattered all Arms the street in the unit's over the world haulinf lunelie vehicle area. radio-eouiDoed ieeos and snare Bart for Air Force oo-1 wagering taxes and at the eamo kicked over to provide power and eration in less than five minutes Forsythe' In Forsythe' s words, the 101st was in touch with the command- is a fire brigade without Ore en- ers of all hit live companies. gines Buses to transport troops rolled up Ready for Cenbal QatrUy Eves) without the engines. though, Forsythe and hit men go 'Hams' Plan Mettfhg TILLAMOOK. July 10 The annual plcmc of the Oregon Emer gency Net, an organization of am ateur radio operator. "'It "All Kinds of INSURANCE and SURETY BONDS" tnrougn an almost constant lire Sunday at Cape Lookout I In lest than four hours the 'Park soutk of here. troop were ready lor combat i ) On the basis of one airplane taking off (rem one airport every ' IS minutes, Forsythe figure the head and tail of his column would be separated by I) hours. This brings up a sore point: air lift. The Army wants the Troop Carrier Command planes of the) Air Force ready for immediate ; use. In this way. the Army contends, more thaa one airfield could he used aad the time for transport ing the battle group shortened ' considerably. The Army men here advance the argument: What good i it for Stat J 21 No. HIGH (MASONIC ftUHDMO) PH. EM 4-3333 time conducting but meet tsUbllth- Sdtrunk said he will de every thing la his power to tee that city licenses are taken away from busV nest establishments whose. opei start are paying federal wagtrinf license feet. ha fw1'1 "' mI Ust imkiKi itwin lra "Free Delivery" Ph. EM 2-24SS rtavvt war Rut thri ia a trit ham- It will carry four Honest John w tK., -uk,.K .k- .a... , , , , ,,. Uvi wmh (Btuivwaui mi, avean, aa sua - rocket launchers, and rocket wHh jbornti ,irborn, itUck u , aiomic warneaus me payioau a. WMp0B , mjliUry ir. ; an Honest John is reported to wlU tf about 2.000 pounds of TNT. or eaL, objects atomic warhead with a destruc-. EvM M UcUcj vvi by bve capacity of between 10,000 101ft prumbly could be tai- i and 30.000 tons of TNT. tared te the age of .rocket, wheal In the 101st. the Army has de-; men aad supplies will be delivered 1 signed s division which looks for ward to the end of the air age and evacuated by missiles. The man who put the 101st at and the beginning of the missile gether with the aid of a couple age. of brigadier generals and several Implicit in this Is the employ- bright young colonels is Maj Gen j meat of atomic weapons, missile- Thomas L. Sherburne He believes destroying rockets and the use of thai the era of airborne attack launching sites as far as 1.500 emploving parachute troops may mijes away from target These last another 10 vears or so missiles would he used as long In an interview, he said that he : could foresee a not -so-distant day I when troops involved in the Mid- PllflfPf SminH r'M couW CB ,or upporting' I UIJCI kJUUIIU flre from missile launching tile UIIUUC I IOII3 Rewaeee Maai A ,1 J By eliminating assorted head- AUtnOriTefl -uarters. (apply and special troops, and shortening the chain OLYMPIA. July ifi-The most commaad. this aew division ambitious bridge construcisM pre-'snenafes U reduta over -all matv lect ia state history was revived Power but putt more tea ea the Friday when the State Toll Bridge 'irwg line. Authority approved the Vashon is- The current Infantry dtvltiea land route for bridging Puget contain -lT.tse met. Tat at tyaf Sound. ;u.7l. Vrt the latter contains 4M The 103 million dollar four-lane mr riflemeB network of bridges and roads will ""P" xnt valiewjlty tf small connect Seattle with Vasaoa island. rockeU, artillery Mill remains the Bremertoa and Bainbndge island ' I e I a 1 1 targets Some (em line, now plying the her ?'A"a,Tte' , U ? sound would he replied .he. the ry lfJh' 101lt f project wss apened t. traffic " lluZl b'" teries of 105-millimeter bowitiera ilium Bugge stale director , pie0M WK-the only ftve of highways said the bridges and gun batteries in the Army today roads could be completed by 19M FouT a Battle group or 19M if no hilches develop and always be rloae enough to proper financing could be ar '.upport each other ranged i cwiu ih MUrw.. tj ik. mi.i The vast proirct. In the talking u mobiljty nlbllty ln and planning stage since It tout by air. hit hard and hit last volve. four bndges including the division has no tanks and few longest floating bridge in the world and one of the longest suspension G,fl sherhurrw writing in "nl". Ilfi M ' ArmT Dteet. sav, the new di- Th, floating hr,de sitting atop vlJ10n Mh , ,,,, mwf coe pontoon, a, long a, a rant- , ,h, numh,r , Un hall held and half a. wide would mrwl hy fomfntlonll ,ir jetch two miles ros. salt water Allwm , IT LO? end Seattle and the northern tip of a.hon vrtlfl island. The suspension bridge would eon- Fiikanur' Defen nect Vsshon island with the Kitsap FuodamenUlly the tactics to he peninwla T smaller bridges used by the new divisions re a woum carry rrariK lo Bremerton rombinahnn of the perimeter " and Bainbridge island Professor Found Dead at Eugene defense alwyi used hv sirhnrne troops and dutpersioti In meet the atomic ihrral The iheon hrhind this is to force th pneni to concentrate his forces i ( l , gntng la knork out any nn c.f ih dispervd ht tie groups Preumahlv lh. concentration EL'GENF. July . An asso ciate professor of votce at the Vni- versrty of Oregon. Herman Glen- m Pn of the enemv woild haunen. 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