Milford chronicle., 1961-08-25
I9Sth Spending Entire
Week In The Field
continued from page one)

and Fish Commission, is tailor
made for field training. Some of
it is swamp land, most of it is
wooded, with two large water
areas.
The four gun batteries, A, b, c
and ID, have established an anti
aircraft defense with their 40 nm
self-propelled automatic weapons.
They are twin guns mounted on
tank-type chassis.
In addition to the anti-aircraft
defense, a ground defense of the
entire area also has been estab-
lished with 24-hour guards. A
complete radio net, backed up by
telephone lines from each unit
is the basis for the ground de-
Tense. This communications sys-
TEN also provides split-second
contact with each battery from
the command post (CP).
One Of the most functional seq
ments of the battalion is the radar
unit. run by Staff Sergeant Noah
T.. Truitt of Georgetown. Sergeant
Truths assignment is to track
aircraft with his radar and send
back to each MAP, which in turn
picks up the target on it's track
ing board, which each gun is
equipped with.
The battalion has been on alert
several times this week, for both
land and/or sea enemies. Monday
morning, for example, the COM
plete unit was modified to move
to Fort Miles, Lewes, where an
attack had alledgely been made
After Fort Miles was checked by
the operations section, it proved
to be too contaminated and the
troops remained in Assawoman
Although not engaged in the
actual defense of the area, other
sections Of the battalion have
turned in superior efforts. Each
battery has been operating its
own mess section and has beer
entirely self-supporting, complete
with generator-operate refriger-
ators for storage of meats and
frozen foods.
Staff Sergeant Harold Briemer
OF Milford's Battery b, has 10
years service in mess sections and
has proven very valuable helping
younger men, as has Sergeant
Wilbert Croes of Headquarters
Battery, Georgetown. and a resi-
dent of Salisbury, Md
Captain Johnson said one of the
reasons for the success of the bat
talon is the fact that several of
these key non-commissioned Off
GERS have been in the service since
around 1947, or shortly after
World War III. Included under
this classification is Master Ser
geant Horace X. Workman, of
Headquarters Battery, with IS
years, and also Master Sergeant
William r. Taylor. Platoon Ser
geant of Battery ID. Lewes.
Although most Delaware Ma
tional Guard units have been sub
jected to field training consider
ably more within the last year, il
is generally considered that NOR
ale and interest is much higher
aui ihc hhtot MS. lof
example. has been proven by the
Headquarters Battery communica-
tions section. which through sew
eral days of work, has made a
converter for 24-volt ID. c. cur
rent, which now produces 110-volt
A. c. The men who devised this
systems are Specialists Fourth
Glass Ira r. Baker. Terry l.. Tim
mons, and Harold J. Wingate.
Staff Sergeant Donald Short
runs the battalion medical sec
ton.
Protestant church services were
conducted last Sunday by Cap
tain Joseph V. Holiday, Jr.. bat
talon chaplain. Catholics attend
ed church at st. AIMS. Bethany
Beach. In addition, training and
motion pictures
have been shown nightly.
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