Armor and Cavalry Years
In the ten years I was in Armor, I was a tank commander on five types of tanks: the M41A1 light tank, the M48A1 and M48A2 medium tanks, the M67A1 flamethrower tank, and the M60A1 medium tank, as well as the vehicle commander of an M113 armored personnel carrier, used as the D Troop, 14th Armored Cavalry command post. Click on the pictures below to enlarge.
Armor Advanced Individual Training
The four of us buddies that survived basic training were sent to Fort Knox, Kentucky for Advanced Individual Training (AIT) at the Armor Center. We trained on M47 tanks which were being replaced throughout the Army by the brand new M48 series. We spent the first few weeks in classrooms, followed by training simulators consisting of fully operational turrets with viewing openings all around. Civilian clothes weren’t allowed in either Basic or Advanced Individual Training (Armor) so we were always in uniform. Click on pictures below to enlarge.
