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TBIE WHITE FALCON
Saturday, July 13, 1957
THE WHITE FALCON
Volume 7 Number 14
HEADQUARTERS, ICELAND DEFENSE FORCE
Brig Gen John W. White, USAF
Joint Commander
The WHITE FALCON is an official Armed, Forces newspaper published bi-weekly al
Kbflavik Airport, Iceland, by and for the Army, Navy and Air Force personnel of the Ice-
land Defense Force. The WHITE FALCON receives AFPS material. AFPS material appear-
ing herein will not be reprinted without written permission of the Armed Forces Press
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expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Department of Defense.
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Staff
Supervising Officer .......Colonel Ragnar Stefaiusson, USAF.
Editor....................... M/Sgt Don W. Rowland, USAF.
Associate Editor.................. T/Sgt Bill Turner, USAF.
Staff Writers A/1C Scotty Fuller, USAF, Pfc Ron Bayes, USA, and
Pfc Mickey Rosen, USA.
Administrative Assistant ...... S/Sgt W. B. D. Jones, USAF.
Staff Photographer ............... Sp/3 Darwin Krall, USA.
Isafoldarprentsmldja h.f.
Chaplains Column
By Chaplain William V. O’Connor
Man, The Great Imitator
Despite the brilliance of the human mind and inventiveness, man
rarely succeeds in doing much but imitate the works of God. Man’s most
expensive camera is a shoddy imitation of the human eye, and no
matter how well crafted and how expensive and how big a satchel of
accessories it takes, the wife manages to take pictures with either no
heads or no feet. The best pump or pumping system ever devised
cannot compare to the heart, that self-lubricating, self-repairing, self-
regulating bundle of muscle that pumps on the average of 13 carloads
of life’s fluid per year. The more a man of science and reason studies
his universe and its phenomenon the more he stands in marvel of the
perfection of God’s tiniest creature.
But if The All Knowing is so glorified in His creation of material
things how much more exalted is He in the creation of the human
soul. We say that man is made to the image and likeness of God,
meaning that there is that element of Man which is not material,
which is the person and not the body, six pounds two ounces or 280
pounds. Like the Divine artist and architect, by it man pan know the
world outside himself and within himself, he can hope and fear and
plan and choose and love and be loved. If man imitates God in his
material inventions certainly he should employ that will and that
intelligence with which he was equipped to imitate. His Creator in
the works of the spirit and the soul which contribute to the everlasting
happiness for which he was so artfully planned and constructed.
CROSSWORD puzzle
ACROSS
1—Courageous
person
S—Obstructs
9—Ocean
12—City In Russia
12—Semi-precious
stone
14— Cushion
15— Implied
17—Recluse
19—Above
21— English poet
22— Thoroughfare
24— Contend
25— River In Germany
26— Matched
28—A state (abbr.)
30—Armed conflict
::V—)\ iiclcMt] Roman
V 'garments
32— 1 •enure
33— Teutonic deity
34— -More certain
35— Rescue
36— Equality
37— Tell
39—Frslnc animals
41— l'retlx: half
42— Fall back n—Period of
44 Lessen 3—Ile|K>ssess
—liyyoured 4—Man’s- name
4® ur&'llls r. Vnfn opal A
50-Tiny particle 2=Slm?an B<*'*
51—1 >efnc»‘
7—Impress
vehl0,e S—Parts of
.>3 Places jacket
9—Bitterness
DOWN 10—Lines
11—Fruit drink
1—Torrid 16— Number
time 18—Servant
20—Report
22— Hebrew month
23— Ardent
25—Be In debt
27— Biblical weeds
28— Donated __
29— Affirmative vofg 45—snian chud
31—Towers 46—Printer’s
2?—SS4!".5* i measure (pi.)
34—District in 49_a state (abbr.)
Germany
35— Dance (pi.)
36— Man's name
38— Meadow
39— Greek letter
40— Go by water
42—Male sheep
r. 43—Golf mound
Nautilus Sets New Record
Washington (AFPS)—The Navy’s atomic submarine, Nautilus, has
set a new underwater record, cruising 3,049 miles from the Panama
Canal to San Diego, Calif., without surfacing.
The previous record for underwater travel was about 2,000 miles.
Leaving New London, Conn., for summer exercises with the
Pacific Fleet, the Nautilus was submerged for 4,956 of the 5,229
miles to the West Coast base.
Averaging 18 to 20 knots, the newly refueled nuclear-powered sub
surfaced only for the passage through the Canal.
Battalion
Hi-Lites
2nd Bn Combat Team *
By Pfc Ron Bayes
One of BCT’s hi-lites of the
year was the recent Bless Parry j
at Meeks Army Mess, honorii ;r !
Lt Col Morgan Whitfield, Maj j
Eb Smith, and outgoing personnel
due for Stateside movement soon
At the affair Col Whitfield tcld
the group he was “Certain the 2nd
BCT will continue to be the be rt
unit in the US Army.” The Col
remarked that, as far as he could
tell, the party marked the first
time the entire 2nd BCT Com-
mand Echelon of officers and
NCOs had gathered for a social
event.
COMING & GOING
Charlie Company has a new
CO: Capt Louis P Bayard. He
replaces Capt H Keebaugh. An-
other stateside rotation: Capt T
H Myers, HQ Co—followed soon
by Lts Bronikowski and Costello.
Maj Eb W Smith, departing XO
of the BCT issued a special fare-
well statement to Battalion troops
this week. Maj Smith said: “It
has indeed been a pleasure to have
been part of the team—the Second
Battalion Combat Team. I wish
the best of luck to the officers,
NCOs and EM, and a very success-
ful Army career to each of you.”
.... Maj Smith arrived in Ice-
land 15 Aug 56. In the Army
since June ’42, the 38-year-old
officer saw action in WWII in
campaigns in Algeria, Fr Morocco,
Tunesia, Reggio, Naples, Rome,
Arno, and Central Europe. Mar-
ried, he is the father of two
children: Joanne, 11 and Eb W
IV, 6. He attended Marion Mili-
tary Institute in Alabama.
HERE & THERE
2/Lt Theodore Laven has been
assigned to Med Det as replace-
ment for newly-promoted 1/Lt E
Bronikowski .... New Med Det
Sp/3s are E Annis, J Tierney, and
R Monroe .... Among recent pro-
motions: Btry’s R Seiler to SFC,
Med Det’s H Kines to SFC and
Alpha’s P W Johnson to M/Sgt . .
July TDYs include “A” COs 1/Lt
Ray Pace to Ft Dix for Sig Corps
work; HQ’s Ray Woock to pro-
jectionist tng, Governor’s Island,
NY.
Now on duty with 86th FA
Btry is Capt A Carlson .... and
completing 20 YEARS ACTIVE
DUTY with the Army this month
is M/Sgt Westmorland, “C” Com-
pany.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
Leave it to Brooklyn. Native
son and Pfc, C Anderson, Alpha
Co, has initiated an “Eliminate
Elvis” Society. He advises us that
Pfc J Vozella, Hyde Park, Mass,
is the EES Sec’y-Treasurer.
Flyover Honors
General Twining
Washington (AFPS) — The
largest flyover in Air Force
history was held in late June
honoring Gen. Nathan F.
Twining who will become
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff.
Some 270 planes from the
early Spad and Jenny to the
mighty B-52 took part in the
review and training mission
over Andrews Air Force Base
near here.
New Army Rifle Unveiled
Washing-ton (AFPS) — A new automatic rifle that
weighs only 8.7 pounds will replace the Garand M-l, the
carbine, the BAR and the sub-machine gun in the Army in
1960. The weapon fires the 7.62 mm NATO cartridge. There
are two barrels for the rifle. With
the lighter one, the rifle weighs
8.7 pounds and does the work of
the carbine, M-l and sub-machine
gun.
With the heavier barrel and
a barrel rest, it weighs 13 pounds
and replaces the 20-pound BAR.
The rifle also can be used as a
semi-automatic.
The rifle has been tested since
1952 against a Belgian weapon
made by Fabrique Nationale.
Both weapons worked better
than the M-l, the Army said,
explaining that this one was
chosen because it is lighter and
better suited for mass produc-
tion and training.
The rifle was developed at the
Ordnance Corps’ Springfield
(Mass.) Armory.
Insurance Happy??-Don't Be
The WHITE FALCON recently received a fact sheet
from the Armed Forces News Service which we think will
be of interest to a large portion of our readers. It concerns
your life insurance and whether or not your dependents
will receive all they are entitled to under the Survivors
Benefit Law.
According to the news release,
“More than 250,000 service memb-
ers may be jeopardizing their de-
pendents by not canceling the
premium waivers on their term
or permanent plan GI insurance
policies.”
During World War II and up
to April 26, 1951, those of us
who were in service paid for our
life insurance. After that date
we were covered by a free in-
surance plan, and had to sign a
statement waiving payment of
the premiums we had been paying
for such insurance.
Then, on December 31, 1956, the
free insurance plan ended and
once again we are paying; but in
addition are entitled to the in-
creased benefits of the Survivors
Benefit Law. That is, our benficia-
ries will be entitled to a more
adequate income IF and only if
we have canceled our waiver of
premiums; otherwise our depend-
ents will only be paid the old
death compensation which as the
fact sheet points out, “.... would
mean a substantial loss to their
dependents.”
If you happen to be one of those
250,000 who have yet to cancel
their waiver, or even if you are
doubtful; here is what you must do
immediately: Notify the VA in
writing that you want the waiver
terminated. Submit this request to
the Veteran’s Administration In-
surance Center, Munitions Build-
ing, Washington 25, D. C. and
include the following information.
a. Insurance policy number (if
you know it.)
b. Your present service number
and any others you may have
held.
c. Your date of birth.
d. Your dates of entry on active
duty since April 26, 1951.
e. Your dates of separation
from active duty since April
26, 1951.
f. Your current mailing
address for insurance pur-
poses.
One further requirement is
that your service information be
certified as being correct by the
custodian of your personnel
records.
For further information con-
cerning your insurance problems,
First Lieutenant Wanda M. Faa-
burg Personal Affairs, Ext. 5215
should be contacted. According to
the Lieutenant, “Those men first
coming on active duty after April
26, 1951 will not be affected by
this information as they are auto-
matically covered by the new Sur-
vivors Benefit Law.”
Base Girl Scouts
Journey To England
Keflavik Airport Girl Scouts
left the base Friday, July 2, to
visit the land of Robin Hood,
Little John, and the rest, as they
attend a one-week summer camp
at Camp Mohawk, in Sherwood
Forest, England.
Mrs. Beatrice Scott, base Girl
Scout leader, and three other
adults took 12 girl scouts to Camp
Mohawk, where they will live and
work with other American girl
scouts from different parts of
Europe. The girls will sleep out-
doors in tents and will cook their
own meals, with assistance from
the ladies.
The other adult leaders on the
trip are: Mrs. Betty Ochs; Mrs.
Jeanne Whitehead; and Mrs.
Naomi Chadwick.