The White Falcon - 18.05.1957, Page 1

| Volume VII, Number 10 Headquarters, Iceland Defense Force, Keflavik Airport, Iceland Saturday, May 18, 1957 ^
World To See Service Might Today
The colors of the U-S- Armed Forces in observance of Armed Forces
Day and a decade of unification under the Department of Defense
are, from the left, The National Ensign, the Army Colors with 145
battle streamers; Marine Colors, with 34 battle streamers, Navy; Air
Force; and Coast Guard Colors.
Annual Messages
from Defense Officials
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On this eighth annual observ-
ance of Armed Forces Day, sold-
iers, sailors, airmen and marines
send a hearty salute to fellow
Americans everywhere. Our Arm-
ed Forces in 1957 are teamed
for defense, building security with
Freedom. Our opportunities and
our responsibilities for service
have never been greater. Without
question, your personal support
is essential to our national pre-
paredness. On behalf of the Mili-
tary Departments, I cordially in-
vite your interest in our progress
and I hope you will take this
opportunity to visit our posts,
camps, bases and installations.
ADM. ARTHUR RADFORD
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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On this Armed Forces Day, the
United States Army stands guard
on the frontiers of the Free World
as a powerful deterrent to war.
Our combat-ready Army confi-
dently prepares to carry out its
important present and future roles
in maintaining the security of our
Nation.
GEN. MAXWELL D. TAYLOR
Chief of Staff, USA
Today American airpower, pois-
ed to meet any aggression with
swift and decisive action, is a
prime guardian of peace and se-
curity.
The United States Air Force
assures the nation of our aware-
ness of the grave responsibilities
with which we are entrusted.
GEN. NATHAN F. TWINING
Chief of Staff, USAF
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Recent world events have re-
emphasized the increasing impor-
tance of the U.S. Navy as a
power for peace and a deterrent
to aggression. Your Navy stands
ready today, deployed on the far-
flung ramparts of the Free World,
to protect our freedom and to
localize conflicts, wherever they
may occur. Your Navy joins its
sister services of our great de-
fense team in cordially inviting
our fellow countrymen to visit our
ships and installations on Armed
Forces Day.
ADM. ARLEIGH A. BURKE
Chief of Naval Operations
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Plan Reunion
Ft. Riley, Kan. (AFPS) — The 1st Inf. Div. will hold its 38th
annual reunion Aug. 23-25 in Washington. A WWII monument, coun-
terpart to the division’s WWI monument, will be unveiled at the
meeting.
A decade of military unification under the Department of Defense
will be observed 18 May 1957, Armed Forces Day. Exemplifying this
is the above gathering of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a conference
room at the Pentagon Building. From the left are: Admiral Arleigh A.
Burke, Chief of Naval Operations; General Nathan F. Twining, Chief
of Staff, USAF; Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff; General Maxwell D. Taylor, Chief of Staff, USA; and
General Randolph McC. Pate, Commandant, ifSMC.
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Brig Gen John W. White
It is particularly fitting that we of the Iceland Defense Force
should take note of the eighth annual Armed Forces Day. We are a
unified command both in the national and the international sense
of the word in that we are composed of Army, Navy and Air Force
elements under the NATO flag. We, therefore, are a real personifi-
cation of the Armed Forces Day theme.
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Newest Weapons
of Atomic Age
Go on Display
The parade of military might
on the eighth Armed Forces Day,
May 18, will reassure the nation
and our allies of America’s “Power
for Peace.”
Advanced weapons, ships and
planes for new strength in atom-
ic-age defenses will highlight
Armed Forces displays and dem-
onstrations for our citizens and
international friends at U.S. bases
girdling the globe.
Observing their tenth anni-
versary as a defense team, the
largest forces in our peacetime
history stand as a bulwark of
security at home and the great-
est deterrent to war through-
out the free world.
Power for peace depends upon
an ever-growing ability to defend
against attack and to retaliate
with swift and devastating force.
Unlike waging war, waging peace
demands never-ending vigilance
against threats to democracy and
to our freedom.
Armed Forces Day gives the
nation and our neighbors an an-
nual opportunity to see how well
America’s military services meas-
ure up to their grave responsi-
bilities.
President Salutes
Armed Forces
This is the day, set aside for
the past eight years, to salute
our fellow citizeens serving in the
Armed Forces of the United
States.
We have provided our military
personnel with the finest equip-
ment and training in the world,
but it is equally essential for them
to know they have our respect
and appreciation.
It is a privilege to join in hon-
oring them and I urge all citizens,
wherever the limits of time and
distance permit, to take part in
the observance of Armed Forces
Day.
By arms, by work, and by spir-
it, it is the responsibility of each
citizen to help in the defense of
the national community.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
Ships carry more than three
fourths of the total tonnage of
goods among nations and conti-
nents.
We are in Iceland in order to
assist the free world in preserving
its freedom. We should be ever
mindful that we are the guests of
Iceland and should conduct our-
selves accordingly.
To all of you I extend my best
of the day. I want you to know
that I appreciate your fine efforts
to, produce an efficient unified
team.
Airman Fatally Injured
Airman Third Class Wayne A. Buettner of the 934th AC&W
Squadron was crushed to death between a barge and a caterpillar
on May 8th at the H-4 site at Straumnes, Iceland.
Buettner, an AC&W Operator, was part of a five man work
party engaged in bringing a barge full of supplies in to shore
and unloading it. The sea was rough and a large breaker prema-
turely beached the barge.
In an effort to attach a cable from the caterpillar on the
beach, onto the barge the young airman and S/Sgt Richard W.
Schaefer were between the two. According to Sergeant Schaefer,
“Another big wave came and lifted the barge up in the air and
slammed it down against the cat. I saw it coming and yelled to
Buettner to get out of the way—but as he turned to look up
the barge hit him.”
The victim suffered multiple fractures of the head and
upper body.
The 19 year old airman was from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and
would have been 20 on the 27th of this month. He is survived
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Buettner and a brother,
Robert C. Buettner. Their address is 4900 S. 68th Street, Mil-
waukee.