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Volume 6, Number 6

Sclnraebisch Qauend , Germany

12 July , 1971

OURS ALONE:

BRIGADE GETS NEW PATCH

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the entri11 prOTed entire~ succeuful, each contributing artist' but conc,pte WN combined to create one unified design.
The resultant pat-pourri i s vh11t.
will nentually be worn on Bri.gader' shoulder,.
The pat ch v i ll put a bright,
alJloat g111.1dy, aplaah of col or .:>1:
the Class A uniform and provide
a bold , interesting, and easil~
reoogniiable
bullseye patter
when vol'll 1ubdued OD fatigues.
Hopeful~, the patch will be ne>tieed and create co11111111nt -- f~~
it repr1uDt1 a Brigade-ide e!tort to eatablieh a unit identi-

AS "A

SEPARATE EllTITY

IN EUROPC: ."

BY JOHM B WARD

SCJ-WAEBISCH GMt'ElfD With ita

designation aa a Brigade last
tall, the 56th Artillery vu
authorized - in tbe vord1 or
Th Inetitut, of Heraldry,
the
ArMy,, gOTerni og bo~ in euch
matters - tttbe wear or a distinct be ahoulder elHH 1.Dai,nia.
The day for w,ar ia not y-et
at hand, but the dHigs,. or the
patch and ita color eoheme hrre
been Hlected and tlw whole ha1
been forwarded to the Heraldry
In st itute tor production. JJ,eo rdizlg to COL :&tgene Ganley,
colllll.ander of the Institute, nnevelopment action haa been initiated (and) procurelllfnt
criteria will be lalde available
to the US Az~ Support Centern
around the first ot September.
Which means that 111.eabera or the
Brigade should have the patch on
their shoulders, according to
CSM Edvard A Joyce, Brigade Sergeant Major, "by about the tirat
of next year.n
The patch itself i i a three
inch diec who11 deaign 1pproxi11111tu a red, white, and blue
bullseye. A black missile silhouette , trailing white amok:e
and fire, rises vertically aerose the diac. Two gold lightnine bolts flsah trol'II itl warhO!ed.

ty.
The symbolism ot the duign-an important part of cy heraldic device su.f'fueu each of
its indi vidual elenienta.
The
ecarlet and gold of the patch
are t he col ors of the Artillery
Branch mid the blue ring in th
bullseye denotes the infantry
aupport ot the 2nd Battalion,
4th Infantry. Pershing' dutructive paver &Pd ta rget capabilit y are 1111ggeated by the
red diac at center and the upright lldll!lile aignifi es the Brjgade 'a readineu.n The
twin
bolts or lightDing ulce note of
the ability of Pershing's missile battalions to act quickly in
time of need.
The design concept vaa arrived at rrruch in the 111111 111anner
that a great chef creates a eGUp.
A COD.test was initiated to gather battalion entries for a suitable design and, though none of

Said BG Patrick W PoW'ers o~

the new insignia, "I think it is
illlportant that ve hffe a dist inct patch describing the 1,,...
portant lfATO miaeioo ot the .unit,
It should increase recognition el'CIOng unit IUllbera -and now
there will be no doubt
about,
which unit ve all belong to. The
patch, I hope, will help establish recognition of Perehing a ~
a distinct and separate entity

BG Fo.tri c;, W F0',1Crs ,:,i ns t:i ~ ,,, , ...

Briga1 : ""Jat ch" on CS/.1 E-::.w:::
Jr:yc~ . GEI! Fer~hing obs!"rv
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better onn than off....

DON :;Af.~Ai.
NFl' UUI - - All t he clu n~ws;,a;,er
sa,.v ing goes, there 's at least

one story in everyone,

It is
that sa:/ ing that ~o,;s i nto rni nd
w:1en :ro, poke yo,r head int-~ the
TM library at the 1st 3ottalion,
81st Artillery and see a franti c
person buried under stacks of
paperbo1.md books,
Here ie a man who 1as bl' en
overlooked; a rum with an interes ting story to tell, So a~pears
PF~ Davi:3 ,1 Crin,
But after c l ose inq , iry, it
becones oainfully obvious that
PFC l'.rin h1111 no story at all
to
tell, i s com-:i) ete1;; lackluster
an ~ i thc,s:t redeeming interest.
In fact, t , at er.e~s to he the
stRndar'1 by whic h he liv~s: "I
ie:e ~othinP to tell,"
This, Hen, i s t he n <'!l-!tor;,
of PFC Qin ,
PFC Orm, when he wos a civilian, lived in Cenn-alie, Illinois, interaiittentl,y livin.- in
Carbondale where he
attende d
Southel':l Illinoii, l'niversity and
.;raduated 1n ,1,1li tic al s cience.
Durill8 his last two :,ears he
worked at the university
library, which ia probably the
onl;; reason in the worl.l. that he
now works i."l the battali on TL!
libr ary,
Asked i f his d~ Te<? in .,011tical science had anything to do
with his a p,>oint::lent a., TM 11hrarie.."l, he re .1lied, "I can't
see any meta,)hysical or e ,istent ial connection
b tween
the
There ia rnore tha, nothing
here, for PFC Onn did have s ome
i nteresting expnriences at the

tl'l iversi ty lib ,ar:1, !fio ""nlll~, e,, t cni::::-f <led wit 11 the rioti g
at the , i-,e,.si ty over
Kent
State ar:d C11:,boni a , D r i ni:- t ' .at
tir.le, t!.e libnr:; ws11 s i;b,jf r, ~ed
to a r tl.sh of i als,; fire alarrn.~ ,
boob .hr eats and
-waste-can

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firqs. 'Itt e lihrar:, co,.l d not do

r~c11 a -- o, t the f i rst two, b::t in
r 0 ~., o~ep t.o tl:e wre tP.C!ln b rni.- . a l ihr;,r ;v nffidP l e p;irosched "'FC Orm and Mked him
i f he l:nrw ho" to o,ereta a fire
e .~ tin(~uiaher, to wl>ic h he re'.'llied a hesi tR?l t, ''Yea."
As interestin~ aa th~ rioting
as , eccordi ng to l 'l'ln, that was
not the high point in ris colle ..,.e career.
~,e pinnacle ce.11e
when he threw a burning skillet
o" t of the vindow of hia second
11
a tor:, a"artmen t.
It jue t sat
Ollt there in the grass for ahon t
two we~ks before we decided to
bring it beck in," he said.
Af ter a s hort tour as a .,erir.ie ter /"liard, Oun wp11 a11arile d the

triweri~ir -ile of nn11aaort d Tl-le,

!11ld ARa called
tl:e battalion TM librnry
and
tolll to "sc t it up strai,rht" for
the f i rst ti=e in its i ia ory.
Celli~g ,:,n his vast experiP.nce
as c. book shP.ler 11" d index card
s h" ffler fran I is iniversi ty library days, Orm set right to
work ann i n the s?-ort 11 .Jan of
no mor, ths -- taking off for details and extra d" tiea - he hea
put the More than }000 ~ ,
etc., into soaie sP.mblan ~e of order end is bsy fil' ng up his
s ' elves e ven m~re by ordering
mAn.v of the TMs t hat the library
is missing,
Hia dtiea include
typing file cards for a reference f i l e , ~oating changes, ordering 'no!s, and distributing the
excess
.But it's not all hard work.
:Jor,1e times he runs into aome i nteresting reening material, such
as "Msn~men t of Skin Diseases
by Canll!lny Aidmen in the Tropics" (with pictorial examples)
8Jld "Care and Mai ntenance o~ t he
Unders.rm Life ?reserver," and
finds hi=i~lf en/lToe~ed in reaoin~ . "The... ' re 011t of ei.t"ht , " I e
says.
For .<?Ood l"ck, he kee :>s a c , n
of Mo.ntain Pa ~s Gre en
Chili
Pe:i:,ers nn Hs desk, just as
s ,:,rne -.eo,, e keep rabbi ts' feet,
''lhy -:ienpers? "I can't
stand
ohili peppe:-s," he re esons.
So there he stands, a !!lOn" rnent to the under-dog, all fiv~fo,:,t - six of him del:g,!!d in a sea
of a thousand T?.l a, and
he ha.a
the gall to eay, ''iv life 1a
drab and barren, It is
better
le! t '.1ntold."
?Ms, T81D8, Pams

ROYAL ENGINEERS REVIEW

BY nARRIS J . FIELDS

o!ferbg grsdate cont.11Md Md

etaff cour3es to rankin,r "lritisP
"cheerio,"
~ilite:,oy J)'!r~onnel,
It is sitei-neers fror:i the Roya) Military uated neB.!' Oxford, at Wi lts~ire,
0olle.?.G of Science, Uni t ed Kingfne of the grou a instrucdom, brial{J,,, rq ,iewed
Pershing tors, J.TC Hartilton-J,,n-ss, said
:,iis,iile firinl! 'P7'<:i cedures
!'.t gra d~at~a =ight work lll'!ywhere in
Y.le1.n,?artac h .Field Si te ,Tune 24, IIATO.
The engineers , enrolled in a
The
visitini: VIP's
were
ye ~r - l on~ graduate N.!TO cour3e direc ted thro,gh K1eing11.rtach
enti tled "<lui d'ld Wee.llona," were pad !acilitiee by LTr. .'ohn E
abo~t halfwa.;r thro1i,a:h. mr>111;h- Donohue, corur.ianding ofir.eT of
long tour of miss iie sites in the ;rd Battelion, n4th Artil- LTC John Hamilton-Jones [Murphy)
southerl'l r:e:,nan;,.
l e ry , !l.l1d by l~Aj<:ir Tlonald Forion , " he oo,menteil,
"You see,
colll!Ja~din~ of . ice?' of C the British hy, which ii, a
'Ihe r.olle,re of Science ie ~ est,
tri-se r-.,ice :i.na ti tute generi>lly Better:,,
vol"n ~~er force, 011."l afford t o
'!'he visi to:-s wen bri efed r:n
off er len.:thy and co.~pl~x ~11'?e <"s hing corum.L'-: icst. i ons eqt:ip- itary training,
With few ex"'"nt, pcr.,er at!l.ti,,r, , PT:;, and C~'>tio:is, most vol,nteera co!'lf!
actu11.l firing procednrns .
'in foe aer:ice f or a t our of six
~ilton-Jones
11~l ~
grad- tc> 2? " ee s."
u11tes :!
the gui~od
weal)('n~
Tile visitors were
pleased
c~urse 11:rc ohli~a t,il t o a mi ni- with ~eir gli ~ps~ of Pershing
Cl"rn of fivq :V'ltU:9 o! r.tilitar.r a;1d ...i t h the concept of
the
a.::d gove:rn~ent~l servic,i after "YStem
itself.
""erahing
C:'lm,}otion.
stands &a ,ui 01tetandin11" ayetem
"'Ne s i m-1: '1n e too rni,ch inin Wea tern B-:rooe ," HamiltonvPst~cl, in ti:ie, money R."d in-- Jones saicJ.
"One tr.in~'s for
t -:ns~ tr~in i r, o:,
t o l .ose our s n:oe---we ' r
Bl'fully
glad t o
. . ~ tt,s
ai i; t~f? C "I r3P.e'
c\,ncl"..ls- have you here."
ll'~CKAJSTJJI.!

A "pip-pip ," a
and 20 military en-

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