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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Pvt. Moffett Whitlock of Atlanta, Ga., is training with the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Wash., for Exercise "Indian River," a large-scale maneuver near Yakima, Wash., from May 6-20, testing the army's new pentomic order under simulated nuclear and guerrilla conditions.
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FORT LEWIS, Wash., Pvt. Moffett Whitlock and fellow 4th Infantry Division soldiers are training for Exercise "Indian River", a giant maneuver to be held near Yakima, Wash., in May.
"Indian River" will be a 16,000 man "war" fought over the 270,000 acres of Cascade foothills at the Yakima Training Center from May 6 to 20.
Pvt. Whitlock, son of Mrs. Annie Bell, 263 Pine Place, N. E., Atlanta, Ga., is with the division's 2d Howitzer Battalion (105MM), 1st Artillery. He is assigned as a Ammunition Handler.
The upcoming maneuver will employ the 4th Division "Saints" and several thousand troops from other posts and Fort Lewis units in one of the first major tests of the army's new pentomic battle order.
Combat training will include offensive and defensive actions under nuclear-radiological, guerrilla and psychological warfare conditions.
Simulated atomic blasts will add further battle realism. Also planned are the air lift of a reinforced battle group and use of new devices which harmlessly simulate radioactive fallout and its detection.
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Fort Lewis, Wash.
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May 6 To 20
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Pvt. Moffett Whitlock and fellow 4th Infantry Division soldiers are training for Exercise "Indian River", a 16,000 man maneuver to be held near Yakima, Wash., from May 6 to 20 over 270,000 acres of Cascade foothills at the Yakima Training Center. Pvt. Whitlock, son of Mrs. Annie Bell of 263 Pine Place, N. E., Atlanta, Ga., is with the division's 2d Howitzer Battalion (105MM), 1st Artillery, assigned as an Ammunition Handler. The maneuver will employ the 4th Division "Saints" and several thousand troops from other posts and Fort Lewis units in one of the first major tests of the army's new pentomic battle order. Combat training will include offensive and defensive actions under nuclear-radiological, guerrilla and psychological warfare conditions. Simulated atomic blasts will add further battle realism. Also planned are the air lift of a reinforced battle group and use of new devices which harmlessly simulate radioactive fallout and its detection.