The White Falcon - 01.10.1955, Qupperneq 3

Saturday, October 1, 1955
THE WHITE FAECON
Page 3
Battalion
Hi-Lites
2nd Bn Combat Team
By Sp3 Jerry L. Cohen
Basketball stepped into the spot-
light as the Company hoopsters
started their quests for this year’s
title. “Baker” Company got off to
a rousing start by taking its first
two league games. They defeated
IDF by the score of 47-44 with
Pfc John King tossing in 17
points. They also edged by Med
Det, 29-26.
In a big victory, “Charlie”
Company romped over last year’s
trophy winner, the 1400th AB
Squadron by the score of 58-53.
Pvt Don Menchel tallied 21 points
for the victors. The men from
Company “C” continued on their
merry way by trouncing AIO in
their second game; 38-25. “Able”
Company nipped Hq Co in a close
battle; 36-33. These early results
show us that a spirited and suc-
cessful season is in store for the
Battalion’s strong quintets.
Second winds ....
Congratulations go to the long
list of men who received their pro-
motions last week. Promoted to
Sp3 from Company “B” were
Robert Steele, Emil Kettenacker,
Ronald Barnes and L.D. Ander-
son. To Pfc; Eric Zepke, Edward
Crowley, Peter Sassu, Edward
Smith Jr. and Arthur Veilieux.
The “Tanker’s” Vincent Pepe,
just back from his leave to
Europe, was promoted to Sp3.
“Med Det’s” Franklin Harrison
and Julius Nagy were promoted
to Sp3; and Robert White to Pfc.
New Sp3’s in Hq Co are William
Danton and Henry Dubroc.
Now that Company “A” has two
Lt Smiths assigned, the men are
a little confused over who is who.
Just try “E.E.” or “R.R.” As-
signed new duties in the Company
are: Pvt John Barbati as Unit
Supply Clerk; Pvt Paul Fennell
as Armorer; and Pfc Harry Ed-
ington as Company Mail Clerk and
I&E NGO.
We wish First Lieutenants John
P. Brennan, George R. Harper and
Pfc Leonard Keller of “Baker”
Company all speedy recoveries
after their return from the Hos-
pital.
Company “A” had three con-
secutive “Outstanding Guards”
from 15 through 21 September.
They were Sp3 Wayne Williams,
Pfc Gerald Donahue and Sp3 Sil-
vino Manuel. Best Guard at
“Tent City” from 13-19 Sept-
ember was Pvt Fred Sewell of
Company “B”.
The new rumpus room in Com-
pany“C” has proven a favorite of
boxing fans. M/Sgt John Cox,
First Sergeant of “A” Company
was recently granted an extension
to his tour in Iceland. Pvt Earl
Putnam was also granted a similar
extension. Cpl Randolph Stach is
now on leave in Germany, visiting
relatives there.
Among the men who are en-
joying their leaves right here in
Iceland are Pfc’s Tom Kampic,
Auman Ward, Joe Barone and
Pvt William Grailer.
Coming .... and Going . .. .
“Greetings” to Cpl John Sny-
der; Sp3’s Villanueva-Santos, Ben-
net and Figueroa; Pfc Diaz-Riv-
era; and Pvts Packard, Morales,
Biederman and Cunningham.
“Farewells” to Sp2 Loggins; Sp3’s
Miller, King, Beane and Sowinski:
and Pfc’s Ochs, Glennon, DeAn-
gelo, Viera, Ventola, Costa and
Fredsall.
Repartee: The clever comment
you think of on the way home.
Many New Courses
Offered Here By
Education Office
The University of Maryland
college credit courses for the fall
term have been announced by Dr.
Richard E. Fuson. English 1 will
be taught on Monday and Thurs-
day nights at 1830 hours. Speech
103 will be taught Tuesday and
Friday while French 2 classes will
be held on Monday and Thursday
evenings.
Dr. Fuson will teach the Eng-
lish and Speech classes while Dr.
Thorgilson will be the French
instructor.
To afford all interested Kefla-
vik personnel the opportunity to
gain necessary credits for a high
school diploma, instruction in eight
varied high school fields will be
given.
High school courses are offer-
ed in; ninth grade English; sci-
ence; American literature; his-
tory; algebra 1 and 2; electricity
and auto mechanics.
Those interested in taking any
of these courses are urged to con-
tact the education office in the
Base gymnasium or phone 35W
as soon as possible. High school
classes will commence the first
week in October.
Spotlight Oo IDF
By YNS Charles Noll
Warm greetings were extended
last week to six recent arrivals
who were shown around head-
quarters and greeted by all. Their
names are: Mrs. Margaret L. Van
De Polder, General White’s se-
cretary; Captain Hall A. Burnett,
Jr., Hq, IDF; M/Sgt Henry
(Hank) Brandon, who came from
ROTC duty in Kent, Ohio, and is
replacing A/1C Joseph Morton of
J—5; S/Sgt Eugene Compton and
S/Sgt Lane Brubaker, both going
to J-2 and A/2C James De Vita
going to Headquarters Detach-
ment. Here’s wishing one and all
a pleasant tour in Iceland.
Returning to the States Are:
LCDR Phillip Legare, retiring
from active duty; S/Sgt Burt
Kamlet, PCS to Air Training
Command at Sampson AFB, Gen-
eva, New York; YN2 Steve
Stavru, reporting to the Flag
Commander Destroyer Squadron
6 in USS CONE (DD-866) oper-
ating out of Norfolk, Va., and
Sgt Bill Kennedy, reporting to
Fort Dix for separation.
SFC John Ludwig had a little
experience the other day while
partaking of the morning meal.
It seems he didn’t have any stripes
on his right sleeve. Accordingly,
one of his contemporaries who had
been sitting beside him made the
statement, “pass the sugar pri-
vate” . . . PN2 Frank Bump, with
his blood-shot eyes from lack of
sleep, was overheard conversing
with SFC Samuel Hunter after
being relieved of C.Q. His com-
ment was, after exchanging or-
dinary pleasantries, “Your fine.
How am I?” . . . Pvt Rex Peter-
son is now working in Major
Bentz’ office for the Chief of
Staff. Sp3 Ken Cameron and SN
“Bud” Hissner, after spending a
three day pass in London, re-
turned full of thrills. Both boys
are looking forward to their re-
turn trip.
The enlisted personnel in IDF
are wondering if YN3 Sam Revak
and A/1C Joe Morton are con-
spiring against J-5. It appears
the former has burned his hand
while taking a shower and the
Gripping Situation

Pert Barbara Wilson’s two-piece
swimsuit seems to defy the law of
gravity. Briefly, the eye-catching
cotton suit is fitted with cleverly
concealed grippers, making it a
“snap” to get out of the wet bath-
ing suit in a hurry. Of course,
modest Barbara does her take-off
in the solitude of a locker room.
Promotions
October, 1955 promotion
quotas for Iveflavik Airport
Air Force personnel include:
one M/Sgt, seven T/Sgt, 19
S/Sgt, 62 A/1C and 83 A/2C.
Command vacancy require-
ments are waived for promo-
tion to the grade of S/Sgt
except for the following five
career field subdivisions: 231,
Aerial Photo; 591, Marine;
603, Motor Transportation;
604, Train Crewman; 621,
Baker. Waiver is for this pro-
motion period only.
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By S/Sgt Thomas J. Driscoll
VP-18 established themselves as the team to beat in the
intramural basketball race this season when they won the
Lombard style basketball tournament held at the Base gym
on Sunday, September 25.
The Navy flyers won four
straight games in sweeping the
field as they raced to the champ-
ionship. Paced by Lt Hal Kuhn’s
17 points, the airmen beat the
1971st AACS squad in the finale
by a 30-19 count. Kuhn was the
tournament’s high scorer.
Intramural basketball play got
underway last Monday evening
with three games . . . the AACS
team won by forfeit from Ice-
land Defense Force, 57th Offi-
cers took a 69-39 tilt from Air
Base Squadron with Lt Kane
pacing the way with 26 points.
The BCT’s Company “C” top-
ped AIO 38-25 with Menchel and
Osborne leading the way with 14
points apiece.
In Tuesday night’s play, “B”
Company beat the Battalion’s
Acknowledgement By
Greenland Commander
For IDF Assistance
Recent assistance by an Iceland
Defense Force Aircraft to an ice-
locked Norwegian ship was ac-
knowledged by a message from the
Island Commander of Greenland
and relayed by the Commander of
the Northeast Air Command to
Brig. Gen. John W. White, Com-
mander of IDF.
The message stated that, “Aft-
er the completion of the Jopeter
missions, deeply express a most
hearty thanks to . . . all com-
mands involved in the rescue
operation with a sincere appre-
ciation of your grand effective
and successful effort to secure
Danish lives and property.”
On September 3, a “Neptune”
Medics 29-26 as Summers scored
10 points for “Baker” Company.
Field Maintenance took “B” Bat-
tery’s mumber by a 42-29 count
as VP-18 beat the Air Police 69
-21 with Kuhn and Schmidt pour-
ing through 14 points each. All
the above scores were in Amer-
ican League play.
In Wednesday night’s American
League action, the 53d ARS took
a forfeit decision from the 95th
Platoon to open the evening. In
one of the best contests in either
circuit, the 57th FIS edged 1400th
Supply Squadron 54-47 with Dun-
nio leading the 57th’s Jet-powered
attack with 26 points.
In other action AACS walloped
AIO 84-30 as three men scored 78
of the winning points. Lightner
and Wolf each bucketed 29 and
Porter potted 20 for the AACS
squad.
C:1. Thursday evening, IADF
tripped the 53d ARS by 46-44
count. Unger of the Rescue
Squadron topped both clubs with
19 tallies. “Baker” Company ed-
ged IDF 47-44 and “Charlie”
Company got past Air Base Squa-
dron, 58-33.
On Friday night, “Able” Com-
pany edged past 2nd BCT’s Head-
quarters. The 932nd AC&W won
by default from the 525th En-
gineers. ______Q__
The American aircraft industry
has produced more than 521,000
aircraft in its 50 year history.
patrol plane of the VP-18 Naval
Patrol Squadron of Keflavik Air-
port, located the stricken vessel.
By employing difficult low level
radar passes, the plane’s crew
succeeded in dropping greatly
needed Arctic clothing and other
supplies to the stranded ship’s
passengers and crew.
Savannah, Ga. (AFPS)—A tele-
phone tip that “a burglar is trap-
ped inside a building at 323 East
Oglethorpe. Avenue,” sent city de-
tectives at Police Headquarters
here racing into the night. Speed-
ing away in a car they remembered
the address reported was Police-
Headquarters.
It costs the Navy more than
$100,000 to train a competent
aviator.
latter burned his hand while
ironing. This leaves our new-
comer, M/Sgt Hank Brandon do-
ing the typing.
A/3C Millard Bradshaw had an
unexpected visitor the other
night at 3 O’clock in the morning.
Upon Bradshaw’s awakening, the
visitor asked, “Got a match,
hic’cup, Buddy”.
M/Sgt Carroll S. House, at-
tached to the Provost Marshall’s
Office, was given a review and
presentation Saturday, 17 Sept-
ember, whereby he received a Cita-
tion to accompany the award of a
Commendation ribbon. He received
this decoration for meritorious
achievement as Reserve Recruiter
for the 2585th Air Reserve Flying
Center, Miami, Florida, from 8
Aug 54 to 31 Dec 54. During this
period he devised and produced at
his own expense a twenty-six
minute film entitled “A Day with
the Flamingo Wing”, which was
of high value in recruiting new
Reservists.
...SEEN AT KEFLAVIK
DBS
ED NOTE: This is the second in a series of articles to appear
in The WHITE FALCON describing the various aircraft assigned
to the Base or seen in a transient status.
Perhaps the most familiar aircraft to Keflavik Airport personnel
is the Military Air Transport Service’s version of the famed Douglas
DC-6. Most of us were transported to Iceland on these sturdy USAF
C-118A and U. S. Navy R6D transports.
These “Liftmasters” carry a gross weight of 112,000 pounds at
approximately 300 mph. A 2,000 mile range can be had with the
maximum payload and the plane will fly even further under a reduced
weight limit.
The 32,400 pound military cargo capacity will lift 74 passengers
or 76 troops. The plane can also be converted to carry 60 litters plus
eight attendants. MATS C-118’s will comfortably carry 58 passengers
and a crew of eight.
It can be seen at Keflavik!