The White Falcon - 29.04.1961, Side 3

Saturday, April 29, 1961
WHITE FALCON
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Catholic, Protestant
missions Planned
The annual Protestant Preach-
ing Mission will be held at the
Keflavik Airport Chapel May 7-
10. The Rev. Fred J. Landdeck
of Boscohel, Wise, will be the
guest missioner.
He will conduct Mission servic-
es on Sunday, May 7, at 11 a.m.
and at 7 in the evening. Other
Mission preaching services will
be held at 7 p.m. Monday through
Wedsesday.
The Rev. Landdeck is an Iowan
by birth, a graduate of Wartburg
College, Clinton, Iowa, and Wart-
burg Theological Seminary, Dubu-
que, Iowa.
He has served his church in
varied capacities as pastor, youth
director and executive director of
its Men’s Brotherhood. He is pas-
tor of St. John Lutheran Church,
Boscohel, Wise., but he also serves
the broader concerns of the Am-
erican Lutheran Church as a
member of its Service Commission
and Board of College Education.
He is also an executive of the
Wisconsin Southern District of
his church.
A Naval Reserve chaplain, the
Rev. Landdeck served on active
duty as a chaplain from 1943 to
1947.
38 Presented AF
10,20-year Pins
Twenty-one civil service men in
Civil Engineering were among the
37 Keflavik Airport employees
who received pins last week denot-
ing 10 years of service to the Air
Force.
A 20-year pin presented at the
same time to Edward B. Cleaver
of 1400th Supply Squadron
brought to 390 years the total
Air Force service of the 38 civil
servants.
The 10-year men in Civil En-
gineering are Joseph G. Adessa,
Russell M. Arthur, Harry P. Ben-
ner, Gus R. Bergmark, Angelo
R. Ferrentino, Joseph P. Gallag-
her, Thomas Godbold, George E.
Howser, Ben E. Manchion.
Raymond G. Newman, William
J. Nolan, Arthur V. O’Brien,
John Pavelchak, Benjamin Polas-
ky, Earl A. Robinson Jr., Victor
B. Robinson, George R. Selby,
Robert C. Sommer, Anthony Szli-
uga, John J. Tuohy and Bernard
Wall.
Transportation Squadron men
with 10 years’ service are Wil-
liam S. Bairdain, Rico A. Gui-
dice, Everett W. Olson and Paul
W. Smith.
Benito F. Arietta, George E.
Shepardson, Valentine Skowron-
ski and John A. Woods of Air
Base Squadron also received 10-
year pins.
Others were Mrs. Lois M. Bell,
James E. Burt and William R.
Vandergriff, AFI; John E. De-
vaney, Frank C. Mooney and No-
buo Ogata, CAMRON; and Carl-
ton J. Keyser and Robert L. Sam-
uell of Supply.
Col. Myron F. Barlow, chief
of staff, AFI, presented the pins
in a brief ceremony at the Vik-
ing Service Club.
A Catholic Mission is scheduled
to begin at Keflavik Airport to-
morrow. Rev. Fr. Thomas Sulli-
van of Holy Family Monestery,
Hartford, Conn., will conduct the
Mission.
During the Mission there will
be two daily Masses and short
sermons at G:30 a.m. and 12 noon.
The evening services will begin
at 7:30 and consist of a sermon
and Benediction. The Mission will
continue through May 4.
Father Sullivan is a member
of the Passionist Order and a na-
tive of Connecticut. He was or-
dained to the priesthood in New-
ark, N. J. in 1929 and since then
he has been conducting Missions
from Maine to Florida.
Matchmaker Troupe
Snowbound At H-2
Father Sullivan
67 June Returnees
Get One Preference
AEROSPACE EVENT
Jan. 15, 1948 — Gen. H. S.
Vandenberg, vice chief of staff,
USAF, approved a policy calling
for development of satellite com-
ponents and the initiation of sa-
tellite development at the proper
time.
New duty stations for men re-
turning to the United States in
June range all the way from
Maine to California and from
North Dakota to Texas.
Then quite a few received as-
signments to places in between.
Of the 109 returnees, 67 receiv-
ed a least one of their preferences.
Returnees and the bases to
which they will be assigned are:
AIC R. I. McBournie, Lackland,
Tex.; A3C James Pace, Andrews, Md.;
A2C W. I. Marchiney, Portland Oreg.;
A3C James Ripley, Pease, N. H.; A2C
Rob Thornton, Arlington, Va.,; A2C
James Prince, Andrews, Md.; A2C Al-
fred Pizarro, Kincheloe, Mich.; A2C
Francis Coggins, Shaw, S. C.; A2C
John Arrico, Westover, Mass.; A3C
Jack Forry, McChord, Wash.; A2C J.
Roerkohl, McChord; A2C R. Berce-
geay, Barksdale, La.; A2C Robert
Dziak, Caswell, Maine; A2C Norman
Peltz, Otis, Mass; A2C John Mount,
Charleston, Maine; A2C James Wil-
son, Tyndall, Fla.; and W. Robinson,
Opheim, Mont.
Also SMSgt. Ray Thomas, Cryst,
Miss; A2C Robert Tusky, George
Calif.; A2C D. Fritscher, George;
SSgt. Richard Ahl, Tyndall; AIC H.
Blackwell, Walker, N. M.; SSgt. Stan-
ley Smith, Edwards, Calif.; SSgt. Carl
Emmons, George; SSgt. W. A. Kirk-
bride, El Centro, Calif.; TSgt. Lee
Maples, Stead, Nev.; MSgt. Dan
Crapo, Oxnard, Calif.; MSgt. R. O.
Gustafson, Castle, Calif.; SMSgt. Burl
Cook, Mt. Home, Idaho; SMSgt. Lou
Flannigan, Nellis, Nev.; A2C Carlyl
Hoppe, Bunker Hill, Ind.; AIC J.
Clingan, Turner, Ga.; and SSgt. Don-
ald Larkin, Fairchild, Wash.
Also SSgt. B. Heidrick, Fairchild;
A3C B. Rankin, Dyess, Tex.; A3C
Jess Murdock, Dyess; A3C E. Brown,
March, Calif.; A3C M. Buchelt, Altus,
Okla.; A3C Robert Dali, Clinton,
Okla.; A2C J. Colvin, Laughlin, Tex.;
A2C Carl Dehner, K. I. Sawyer,
Mich.; A2C E. W. Root, Duluth,
Minn.; A2C Albert Shaw, Kincheloe;
TSgt. Roy Johnson, Barksdale; AIC
W. Cunningham, Oxnard; AIC J. A.
Ault, Wright Patterson, Ohio; AIC J.
Barron, Wright Patterson; SSgt. Jerry
McGill, Kinchelo; SSgt. Wayne Stone,
Kincheloe; SSgt. JoeZatarain, Wright
Patterson; SSgt. F. Mullins, Robins,
Ga.; AIC Robert Jones, Forbes,
Kans.; A2C Dan Piestrak, Dover,
Dela.; A3C Leroy Lott, Dover; and
AIC Elmer Byrd, Minot, N. D.
Also AIC J. Daniels, Andrews; AIC
J. Jackson, Amarillo, Tex.; TSgt. M.
Collins, Minot; A3C K. E. Arsenault,
Kirtland, N. M.; A2C John Lawson,
Kirtland; A3C T. McDonald, Ed-
wards; A3C James Perry, Kirtland;
A3C James Priddy, Edwards; A2C T.
Deckard, Kirtland; AIC Robert Gay,
Vandenberg, Calif.; SSgt. J. James,
Minot; SSgt. J. Mills, Vandenberg;
A2C Albert Reyes, Vandenberg; A2C
S. Pristawa, Blytheville, Ark.; MSgt.
T. Terrizzi, Dow, Maine; A2C L.
Staszczyk, Dover; A2C B. Venenga,
Dover; MSgt. O. Dybdal, Nellis; A2C
J. Campbell, Mather; A2C R. Chap-
man, Reese, Tex.; and A2C James
Waddy, Lowry, Colo.
Also SSgt. Donald Smith, F. E.
Warren, Wyo.; TSgt. Vernon Ard,
Truax, Wise.; AIC Henry Moore, Or-
lando, Fla.; SSgt. John Horky, Wurt-
smith, Mich.; MSgt. John Mahaney,
Empire, Mich.; TSgt. Marion Hicks,
Mather; TSgt. LLoyd Stout, Perrin,
Tex.; SMSgt. Carl Gray, Sewart,
Tenn.; SSgt. W. Ganahl, Lackland;
A2C J. Gordon, Minot; AIC T. O.
Hall, Chanute, Ill.; AIC Joe Nance,
Perrin; AIC G. Waninger, Offutt,
Neb.; AIC Albert Keen, Maxwell, Ala.;
AIC Lester Thomas, Mt. Home; AIC
T. Triplett, Keesler; Miss.; AIC R.
Westphal, March; SSgt. John Sham-
oun, Mt. Home; SSgt. W. Watkins,
Perrin; AIC C. Mazurkiewicz, Mt.
Home; TSgt. Fred Smith, Truax; AIC
Edward Wooters, Dyess; SSgt. James
Morse, Eglin, Fla.; and A2C Earl
Ingram, Travis.
Also A3C Charles Sciara, Lackland;
A2C H. Malarkey, Larson, Wash.;
AIC D. Osborn, Fairchild; A2C Louis
Wilusz, Reese; A2C Paul Porter, Ran-
dolph, Tex.; SSgt. F. Campbell,
Greenville, Miss.; SSgt. Floyd Brown,
Sioux City, Iowa; A2C Douglas Me
Cort, Offutt; and A2C Patrick Finch,
Offutt.
By SSgt. Hal Weil
On April 12, a USO troupe
fi’om the University of Minne-
sota took off from Keflavik Air-
port to present “The Matchmak-
er,” a play by Thornton Wilder,
to the personnel at H-2 site.
Fourteen performers plus es-
cort officer Lt. Robert M. Stimac,
flew to the site in a C-47 piloted
by Captains James K. Carvey and
co-pilot Leroy M. Kerstein. Little
did they realize that this was the
beginning- of “operations snow-
bound.”
Arriving at the site about noon,
the group lunched in the dining
hall and then put on their show
in the gymnasium. Costumes were
then folded, trunks packed and
Arctic clothing put on for the
first time for the return trip
down the mountain.
Halfway down, all vehicles bog-
ged down in the snowdrifts. Three
hours later with the assistance of
a diesel caterpillar, the only mach-
ine capable of moving the drifted
snow, they made their way back
to the site.
Capt. Doug Raily, Lt. Art Davis
and the rest of the people at H-2
then started the wheels spinning
in preparation for arrangements
to house the troupe—no small
task when one considers there
were 18 people in all.
Dr. Arthur Ballett, leader of
the group, then organized his
people in true “first sergeant”
fashion. It was “Mally do this,
Kelly do that, and Cznofski, you’re
responsible for these.”
The girls took over the serving
line in the dining hall, much to
the joy of the troops on K.P. The
group also participated in many
of the activities; they took part
in the “platter show” broadcast
over the radio, played basketball
against the site team and danced
for and with the troops until they
were weary and footsore;
All this went on without a word
of complaint from anyone, even
with the site going on a water
ration, and the last meal con-
sumed being a C-ration issue.
The personnel at the site were
so impressed witl) the enthusiasm
and morale of the performers that
they presented each member with
a 667th ACWRON patch to re-
mind them of their snowbound
visit to H-2.
All members of the troupe de-
clared that as long as they had
to be snowbound, they couldn’t
have picked a better spot. Each
and every one could not say en-
ough for the courtesy and fine
treatment they received from all
the people at H-2, and all said
that given the opportunity, they
would do it again.
Members of the cast making
the trip to H-2 were Dr. Arthur
Ballett, Mart Aldre, Helen Back-
lin, Sonja Blagen, Gail Frank,
Dick Gibbons, Dave Gillett, Sue
Kelly, Sue Osterberg, Gary Park-
er, Don Ruble, Willis “Kiki”
Sherman, Bob Snook and Mally
Struchen.
One Night Stand
Featured On AFR
If you like late-night music for
dancing or just listening, you’ll
enjoy “One Night Stand,” broad-
cast over Armed Forces Radio
each week day at 11 p.m.
It’s a half-hour of music from
the nation’s top hotels and night
clubs. Next week you’ll hear:
Jimmy Palmer and his orchestra
(Hotel Taft, New York); Law-
rence Welk’s orchestra (Aragon
Ballroom, Pacific Ocean Park,
Calif.); the Tommy Dorsey or-
chestra, with Warren Covington
(Hotel Roosevelt, New York);
and Gene Kx-upa and band (Lon-
don House, Chicago).
MATS To Play Important Part
In ‘Long Thrust9 During May
The upcoming Operation ‘‘Long Thrust” will place
MATS in a key role in this joint Air Force-Army exercise
which will see 7,000 fully equipped troops airlifted to Ger-
many for tactical maneuvers during the first two weeks
of May. ^
General Kelly, in a message to
all subordinate commanders, cal-
led for the widest possible dis-
semination of information on the
operation to be made to MATS
personnel.
The purpose of “Long Thrust,”
General Kelly said, is “to enhance
the capability of U. S. strategic
reserve forces to deploy in a time-
ly manner to the Allied Command
Europe (ACE) area” and “to de-
monstrate U. S. willingness and
readiness to utilize such forces in
support of NATO.”
In line with this, he listed the
following MATS objectives:
1. To demonstrate and improve
MATS readiness posture.
2. To demonstrate MATS re-
sponsiveness to unified and
unilateral commands opera-
tions requirements.
3. To demonstrate the ability
of MATS strategic airlift
force and technical services
to deploy and support ele-
ment of the Continental
Army Command and Tacti-
cal Air Command from the
ZI to central Europe.
4. To test preconceived com-
mand control techniques, op-
erational procedures and mo-
bility concepts required to
effectively and efficiently
prosecute MATS wartime
mission as established by the
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
To accomplish the exercise,
General Kelly visualized that per-
sonnel may be required to work
12 hours a day throughout the
entire operation to produce the
extra man-hours that will be need-
ed.
The exercise, which is a follow-
up of exercise “Long Pass” in
which MATS airlifted Army
troops to the Far East, will be
under the operational control of
Gen. Lauris Norstad, NATO Sup-
reme Allied Commander in Eu-
rope.
The entire “Long Thrust” op-
eration, including the deployment,
maneuver and return phases, is
scheduled to run through May 15.
Process Shortened
Future administrative proces-
sing of temporary promotion lists
for officers will be shortened by
several days, USAF personnel of-
ficials have announced.
The time gain will come dur-
ing the period between board ad-
journment and Presidential ap-
proval.
Because of the gain, commands
have been told the advance “of-
ficial use only” promotion lists
won’t be in the field very long
before the public release word is
received from the Pentagon.
Prompt Effectiveness
Report Urged By A.F.
“The most significant event in
an officer’s career is his selection
or non-selection for promotion,
and the most important factor in
the selection is the Officers Ef-
fectiveness Report,” USAF per-
sonnel officials have reminded all
commanders and supervisors.
In this connection, it was point-
ed out that during each annual
promotion cycle hundreds of re-
ports due on officers are not
available for consideratios by sel-
ection boards.
“The delay is traceable in near-
ly every case to procrastination
on the part of reporting or in-
dorsing officers or to unneces-
sarily slow administrative proces-
sing,” a personnel official said.