The White Falcon - 11.11.1962, Blaðsíða 3

Sunday, November 11, 1962
WHITE FALCON
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I & E Corner
Survivors Benefit
Part II
SOCIAL SECURITY
As a member of the Armed Forces, you are covered by Social
Security (from 1951 to 31 Dec. 1956 at the rate of $160.00 per month,
since 1 Jan 57 contribution on a percentage basis) and your eligible
dependents may be entitled to certain benefits under Social Security’s
Old Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) if you die in service or
as a result of a service connected cause. If you have the necessary
coverage at death (at least 6 quarters of work out of the last 13
quarters) OASI will provide a monthly income for your widow if
she has a child or children under 18, or to your parentless children
under 18. It also may provide an income to your widow at age 62
or to your dependent parents at age 62.
The amount of OASI benefits that would be paid your depend-
ents after your death depends upon the “average monthly wage”
credit that you have accumulated. The “average moonthly wage”
is determined by the Social Security Administration in the follow-
ing manner:
From 1937 to Death, Disability or Old Age = a given figure
From 1950 to Death, Disability or Old Age = a given figure
From Age 22 to Death, Disability or Old Age = a given figure
They then drop out the lowest five years of earnings and
pay to your dependents, or you, the highest amount.
NOTICE: You should inform your dependents that they must
make application for these benefits, since payment is NOT auto-
matic.
Another OASI benefit that may be received by your surviving
widow or if there is no qualified widow surviving, the person paying
your burial expenses, is a lump sum death payment of between
$120 and $255. Application may be made to the nearest Social
Security office and the person paying your burial expenses has twp
years from date of death to file a claim for it.
OASI benefits paid vour survivors are separate from, and in
addition to, any form of compensation or other benefits paid to
they by the Veterans Administration.
NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE
Although National Service Life Insurance (NSLI) is no longer
available except to service disabled veterans, those who have NSLI
in force now should keep certain points in mind.
1. In the event death occurs to a member that has all or part
of his premium under waiver the benefits will be figured under
the old Veterans Administrations basic and survivors will not
be entitled to DICOMP.
2. Benefits under the old VA basis may be considerably less
than those provided for by DICOMP.
3. It may be possible to reinstated lapsed NSLI term policies.
4. Lapsed permanent plan policies may be reinstated by paying
back premiums plus interest and meeting health requirements.
For further information concerning your NSLI contact:
Veterans Administration District Office
5000 Wissahickon Avenue
Philadelphia 1, Pa.
Three Re-Enlist
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Department. His last duty station
was the “AB” Class “A” School
at Philadelphia, Pa. where he was
a student. His wife Donna and
two children, William and Nellie
are residing off base with him,
but they say Winnebage, Minn,
is their home.
INICO Wives
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Ricky Schuman, Mrs. Eunice
Hamilton, Mrs. Anne Frank, and
Mrs. Virginia Markesse presided
over the November business meet-
ing, which was held on Tuesday,
November 6th at eight o’clock in
the Reading Room of the NCO
Club.
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PROTESTANT
SUNDAY: Worship Service ......................
Sunday School ............................
Adult Bible Class .........................
Evening Vesper Service ...................
Fellowship ...............................
Episcopal Service .........................
Latter Day Saints .........................
Christian Science .........................
Church of Christ ..........................
MONDAY: Bible Study Group ....................
WEDNESDAY: Senior Choir Rehearsal ............
SATURDAY: Youth Choir Rehearsal ..............
Senior Choir Rehearsal ...................
........... Chapel 11 a.m.
High School 9:30 a.m.
.... High School 9.30 a.m.
........... Chapel 7 p.m.
Chapel Annex 7 p.m.
........... Chapel 9 a.m.
... Chapel Annex 10:30 a.m.
... Chapel Annex 12 noon.
Chapel Annex 3 p.m.
Chapel Annex 7 p.m.
........... Chapel 6:30 p.m.
........... Chapel 3 p.m.
........... Chapel 3:30 p.m.
PROTEBTANT CHAPLAINS
Chaplan L. C. M. Vosseler. CDR, USN — Chaplain H. W Holland, LCDR, USN
— Chaplain W. C. Hitchens. LCDR, USN.
CATHOLIC
SUNDAY: Recited Mass ................................. Main Chapel 8 a.m
Sung Mass ........................................ Main Chapel 12:15 p.m
Religious Education (Children) High School Bldg............... 11 a.m
Holy Name Society Communion (2nd Sunday) ..................... 8 a.m
TUESDAY-SATURDAY Recited Mass .................. Eucharist Chapel 31:45 a.m
Tuesday ....................................... Acolyte Classes 7 p.m.
Thursday ............................... Choir Rehearsal (Chapel) 6:30 p.m.
Saturday .......................... Confessions (Eucharist Chapel) 7-8:30 p.m.
BAPTISM WEDDINGS. HOME BLESSINGS, ADULT RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION BY AP
POINTMENT — CALL. EXT. 4111.
CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN
R. C. Hunkins, LTJG, USNR
JEWISH
FRIDAY Sabbath Service ................... Chapel Annex
7.30 p.m.
Rescue at Sea
When the clock indicated 1:30
on Oct. 18, it had been exactly
20 years since a lumbering B17
bomber, its engines dead from
lack of fuel, crash landed on
the surface of the Pacific
Ocean approximately 2,000
miles southwest of Honolulu.
Eight men — racing against
the time when their land
based nlane would sink —
piled into three rubber life
rafts, confident they would be
rescued within hours, although
they were completely alone at
sea and out of radio contact
with all U.S, Air Force units.
Thus began the desperate day
by day struggle for survival of
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker
and his companions.
Twenty-four days later, after
one man had died, a second
was near death and all but
Rickenbacker had nearly given
up hope of rescue, a Navy
patrol plane crew spotted the
thirst stricken, starved and
emaciated survivors.
First to sight the rafts was
Navy Radioman Lester H.
Boutte of Abbeville, La., now
Commander Boutte, Executive
Officer of Patrol Squadron
SIXTEEN.
“It was late in the after-
noon on November 11, 1942,
while the pilot, Lt. W.F. Eadie,
and I were working out of the
island of Funafuti on a scout-
ing mission,” Boutte said. “In
the progress of the patrol, I
spotted what I took for a raft.”
“We dropped down lower to
take a look. The man in the
raft turned out to be the mis-
sing B17 pilot, Capt. William
T. Cherry. He indicated to us
that there were two other rafts
in the area. A nearby PT boat
picked him up.”
“Late in the afternoon, we
spotted the second raft with
three men, while I radioed for
a PT boat and waited for ac-
knowledgement that one was
on the way, we circled over
the area. Right at dark, we
landed in the open sea and
found Capt. Eddie Rickenback-
er, Col. Hans Adamson and
Pvt. John Bartek in the raft.
They were all very thin, cover-
ed with sores from exposure
to the sun and saltwater and
they were very soiled. They
were all in poor physical condi-
tion, although Rickenbacker,
the oldest of the three, was
the spryest.”
“I remember the first thing
he did was praise the Lord for
being found. Then he intro-
duced himself and the two
others. This struck me as very
odd at the time. After 24 days
fighting for his life, he intro-
duced the group as though it
were a normal situation.”
“The plane had been headed
for the Island of Canton, but
we picked them up approxi-
mately 900 miles from there.
They had drifted a long way
in 24 days. We then taxied with
the survivors 40 miles to Funa-
futi. If they had passed the
point where we found them,
chances are they never would
have been found.”
Commander Boutte was born
in Abbeville, Louisiana on
June 10, 1920. After graduat-
ing from high school in Abbe-
ville, he attended Southwestern
Louisiana Institute in Lafay-
ette, Louisiana for one year.
During the period of June
1939 to July 1940 he worked
as a shipping and file clerk
for the Louisiana State Rice
Milling Company of Abbeville.
Then on July 8, 1940 he en-
listed at New Orleans, Louisi-
ana as an Apprentice Seaman,
U.S. Navy.
After undergoing Recruit
Training in San Diego, he was
a student, then an instructor
at the Aviation Radio School,
NAS, North Island, Calif. Im-
mediately after the attack on
Pearl Harbor, he was trans-
ferred to a Scouting Squadron
(VS1-D14) and served with
that command in the South
Pacific until ordered to flight
training as an Aviation Cadet
(V-5) in July 1943.
He was commissioned an
Ensign and designated a Naval
Aviator in December 1944 at
NAS, Pensacola, Florida.
Commander Boutte will re-
turn to Jacksonville in mid-
February. It’s a small world.
Perhaps someday the path of
Eddie Rickenbacker, top fly-
ing ace of World War I and
chairman of the board of East-
ern Air Lines, and the path
of Cdr. Boutte will once again
cross.
A short story about the rescue of Capt. Rickenbacker, World War I
flying ace, as told by Cmdr. Boutte.
Enterprise Skipper Had Cause to Hail Victory of Yankees
Washington (AFPS) — Officers
and men, under the command of
Rear Adm. John T. (Chick) Hay-
ward, must have given a loud
sigh of relief as Bobby Richard-
son, Yankee second baseman,
snared Giant Willy McCovey’s
line drive to end the recently
completed World Series in San
Francisco.
The admiral, when he moved
his flag from NAS Oceana, Va.,
to the deck of the world’s only
nuclear-powered carrier, the En-
terprise, said there would be
“sackcloth and ashes” aboard the
carrier should the Giants win the
world’s championship.
An avowed Yankee fan and one
of the Navy’s most decorated
officers, Adm. Hayward carries a
personal (Giant) scar acquired in
1922. At that time he was batboy
for the Yankees and was forced
to watch his heroes, led by Babe
Ruth, lose the world series to the
then New York Giants, four games
to nothing. This series had a fifth
game that ended in a tie when
called for darkness.