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THE WHITE FALCON
Saturday, May 3, 1958
THE WHITE FALCON
Volume 8 Number 9
HEADQUARTERS, ICELAND DEFENSE FORCE
Brig Gen H. G. Thorne, Jr. USAF
Island Commander Iceland (ISCOMICE)
The WHITE FALCON is an official Armed Forces newspaper published bi-weekly at
Keflavik Airport, Iceland, by and for the Army, Navy and Air Force personnel of the Iceland
Defense Force. The WHITE FALCON receives AFPS material. Views and opinions expressed
herein are not necessarily those of the Department of Defense.
Deadline for copy: 9 a.m. Monday. Telephone number: 4156, 4194.
Staff
Supervising Officer ....... Major John H. Corcoran, USAF.
Editor ........................T/Sgt Jack Lindsay, USAF.
Associate Editor ................... Pfc Ron Bayes, USA.
Isafoldarprentsmtflja h.f.
Chaplain’s Column
By Chaplain Martin J. Osborne
Fill Every Minute
Some have said that the two big problems in history have been to
get leisure, and to know how to use it. In our grandparents’ time,
the problem was to secure some free time. They worked six days a
week, and about twelve or fourteen hours a day. There was no
problem about leisure. The little they had, they used to take care of
family obligations. Family life was strong. The family was the
dominant influence in the lives of all. Home was the place where a
person spent most of his life.
The problem that we face today is what to do with our free time?
We talk about “killing time.” Our problem is to fill every minute
with sixty seconds run.
Owing to the strides of the labor unions and labor saving devices,
the average man works much less than his father, and even less that
he did himself a few years ago. Our problem is what.to do with the
large amount of free time that we have. Even those attending schools
have more free time than the students of a generation ago. Why?
.... Many educators do not believe in home work, and many of the
subjects studied in school today do not require home study. One of
the causes of juvenile delinquency is too much free time.
Personal growth must be our work in our workless hours. We
are, “one nation under God.” Each of us must become, “this man
under God.” Time is the coinage with which we buy eternity. This
is God’s universe. We are the tenants. We shall have to give an
account of our stewardship. None of God’s creatures must take the
place of God.
Foot-Sore Sailors
LCDR Gail H. Gilliam, Oliver W. Emerson, A03; Earl H. Walker, ALC;
Edward T. Martenip, AT2; Coy Davis, ADC; William R. Corwin,
AD3; Donald M. Payne, AE3; and (seated) CDR Charles W. Rich and
LTJG Martin Flaherty of Patrol Squadron Sixteen’s Crew Two take a
moment’s rest at the World’s Fair in Brussels last week. The Crew
was awarded the trip to the World’s Fair for winning the squadron’s
Crew Incentive Program for the month of February. CDR Rich is on
the staff of Commander Iceland Defense Force and was guest of
the squadron.
Some To Have
More Reserve
The Army is now requiring a
longer tour of duty in the Ready
Reserve for obligated prior ser-
vicemen who do not serve in
National Guard or Army Reserve
drill units after leaving active
duty, according to the Depart-
ment of the Army’s Office of the
Chief of Information.
In a dispatch dated April 25,
the OIS said that, under current
law, “All men who entered the
active Army after August 9, 1955,
acquired a six-year service obliga-
tion including a maximum re-
quirement of five years to be spent
on active duty and Ready Reserve
status.”
The dispatch concluded, “Last
year the Army reduced the five
year portion to four years in
order to bring the required service
more in balance with the six-
month training program for Re-
serve volunteers. Now, under the
new plan, Reserve obligated men
will have to earn the quicker re-
lease to Standby Reserve by full
participation in Army Reserve
training.”
Army Constructs
Ionizing Center
Plans are now being developed
to build the Army Ionizing Radia-
tion Center at Shapre General
Depot, Lathrop, California.
The Primary mission of the
Center will be to develop methods
of using ionizing radiation to pre-
serve foods and establish the com-
mercial economics of the process.
Army Adopts
"Trainfire”
Fourth Army HQ has announced
that the new “Trainfire I” method
of ' teaching rifle markmanship
will be established at some of its
installations in the Fiscal Year
1959. It replaces the old practice
of firing at a stationary target
from a known distance range.
Installations slated to adopt the
new method in the Fourth are Ft
Sill, Ft Bliss, Camp Wolters, and
Ft Hood. Eventually the new fir-
ing concept will be adopted at
all Army installations.
Jungle War
Is Studied
Especially selected Army of-
ficers and non-coms from the
Continental Army Command will
attend courses at the Jungle War-
fare Training Center, Fort Sher-
man, Canal Zone, during Fiscal
Years 1959 and 60.
The men will be taught survival
techniques, firing, communcation,
navigation, and tactical and logis-
tical jungle operations.
ADCC Moved
To Rockville
The Air Defense Control Center
was moved to Rockville last Thurs-
day. According to Major Robert
W. Laird, the move was made in
the interests of efficiency. Virtual-
ly all the ADCC personnel have
been shifted to Rockville, however,
practically all the necessary equip-
ment was already at Rockville.
Sage advice: Don’t get caught
in your own mouthtrap.
Navy Grew Two
Sees World's Fair
Patrol Squadron Sixteen’s Crew
Two, Commanded by LCDR Gail
H. Gilliam, USN, helped to open
the World’s Fair in Brussels this
month. It was the reward for
winning the Crew Incentive Pro-
gram for February. The Crew of
The Month was greeted at the
Fair by representatives of Lock-
heed Aircraft Corporation, manu-
factures of the P2V “Neptune”
which the squadron flies. Lock-
heed entertained the crewmembers
at the Brussels National Airport
where they were interviewed and
photographed by members of the
Belgian press. Edward T. Martin-
ez, AT2, and Oliver W. Emerson,
A03, were also photographed in
uniform by the newspaper STARS
AND STRIPES during theirvisits
to the exhibit area.
The men did plenty of picture
taking themselves as they visited
the exhibits of the various
countries. Although not the
largest, the U.S. Exhibition was
reported to be one of the most
popular. It consisted of voting
machines, a soda fountain, a color
TV studio, a Circlarama studio
(360° movies) and numerous
other displays which were in
actual use. The fact that these
displays were all in use is what
made the U.S. Exhibition so dif-
ferent from the static displays of
other countries. For instance, you
could buy sodas, malts and ham-
burgers at the soda fountain, or
vote for your “favorite candidate”
in the voting machines.
The Circlarama studio con-
tinually showed movies of the
geography of the United States.
Outside the U.S. Exhibit Hall the
crew saw the huge pond contain-
ing many fountains with large
I flags of each of the 48 States
surrounding it. Inside the U.S.
Exhibit Hall they saw a large
pond with an island in the center.
A fashion show is being presented
continuously on the island. A total
of four days were spent by Crew
Two visiting the exhibitions of
the various countries and buying
souveniers.
The Crew was selected as Crew
of the Month on the basis of
number of hours flown, combat
air crew readiness, aircraft avail-
ability, and satisfactory comple-
tion of certain squadron require-
ments. Crew Two also won the
Crew of The Month award for
March.
H. S. Courses
F©r Urmy Men
Group study courses have been
enthusiastically received by the
men of the Second Battalion Combat
Team. Nearly final registration
figures in the Army’s high school
level offerings, calculated to ready
men to take G.E.D. tests leading
to the high school equivalency,
diploma, indicate a total enroll-
ment of about 50 men.
The classes, which began earlier
this week, end on May 26. More
advanced courses will begin seven
days later, as the program carries
through. The courses—English
and mathematics—each meet for
two hours two nights a week. In-
structors are S P/2 Robert Andrews
and PFC Scott Parry, both ex-
perienced teachers. Captain Louis
P. Bayard will substitute for
Parry in mathematics while the
latter is competing in the state-
side Army talent contest.
Sturdley says: “Doctors insist
that work never killed anyone.
But there’s no point in taking
chances on being the first vic-
tim.”
Of f icers’W ives
Club News
By Mrs. Chas. E. McLaughlin
Fashionably dressed dolls decor-
ated the tables at the OWC
luncheon on April 16, and pro-
vided the theme for the program
which followed. Miss Elva Paris
was narrator for the style show
put on by the senior Girl Scouts.
The models, who wore their own
creations, were Edda Clark, Louise
Chadwick, Sandra Sutton, and
Gloria Patton. Mrs. Roscoe Chad-
wick played several selections on
the piano during the modeling.
There was also a display of the
Scouts’ handicraft.
New members introduced were
Marie Gillihan, Cecelia Ekeroth,
Lt. Jean Bibbins, and Louise
McCormick. Guests included Kath-
erine Howard, Mrs. Frazier, Mrs.
Patton, and Mrs. Scott.
Parting gifts were presented to
Mrs. Kenneth Cassidy and Mrs.
Albert Aiello. Door prizes were
awarded to Mrs. Lemuel Johnson,
Mrs. Arthur Dulaney, Mrs. Thayer
Harper, Mrs. Raymond Wells, and
Beryl Waring.
Members of the club were pre-
sented with the picture they had
selected at the March luncheon.
The prints were the gift of Mr.
Ragnar Jonsson, Reynimel 49,
Reykjavik.
A gay umbrella trimmed with
pastel ornamental roses warded
off the April showers at the Wives
Club bridge and canasta party on
April 23. Mrs. Lemuel Johnson
won the high prize at bridge, and
Mrs. James Moynahan claimed the
travelling deuce prize. Mrs. Albert
Aiello held high score at canasta.
Having taken the Red Cross
Gray Lady training course, which
was conducted by Mrs. Erling
Lovlien, the following are ready
to start their ten hour probation
period: Agnes Cartwright, Cecillia
Ekeroth, Marie Gillihan, Dolly
Grant, Ann Hayden, Jessie Moyna-
han, Beatrice Scott, and Vivian
Wells. During the training period
talks were given to the group by
Capt. Turnrose, Chaplain Davis,
Mrs. Garst, the Red Cross Re-
presentative, and Drs. Houser,
Kahn, and Sziklas.
415/416 Flights
Change Schedule
Two major changes in aircraft
service between Keflavik Airport
and the United States have been
announced by MATS Passenger
Service. Passenger flights will be
turned around in six hours, and
C-124, “Globemaster II,” flights
from Dover AFB, Maryland, were
discontinued as of May 1.
Under the new set up which
went into effect on Thursday, 415
flights from McGuire will arrive
at 10:55 a.m. All necessary ser-
vicing will be accomplished the
same day so that the C-118 will
be ready to leave for McGuire
AFB, as a 416 flight, by 4:55 in
the afternoon. This six hour turn-
around period does not provide
sufficient time for crew rest as
specified by regulations; hence a
crew will always be staged at
Keflavik to make the return flight.
Also, under the new set up,
C-118 flights will be carrying all
cargo in the future. These cargo
flights will originate at McGuire
AFB rather than Dover AFB.
During the month of May there
will be 11 passenger flights and
22 cargo flights. Since mail may
be carried on all flights, all mail
will receive air mail treatment.