The White Falcon - 08.01.1965, Qupperneq 1

RAdm Ralph Weymouth
Rear Admiral
R. Weymouth
Arrives Tues.
RAdm Ralph Weymouth, pro-
spective commander of the Iceland
Defense Force, is scheduled to ar-
rive with his family at Keflavik
International Airport Tuesday.
New Command
Admiral Weymouth is to relieve
RAdm Paul D. Buie in change of
command ceremonies to take place
Jan. 16 at Hangar 831.
A native of Florida, Admiral
Weymouth is coming to Iceland
from duties as Assistant for Ad-
vanced Technology with the office
of the Chief of Naval Operations
in Washington D.C.
Florida
Born May 26, 1917, he entered
the Naval Academy in 1934 and
was commissioned June 2, 1938.
The admiral took flight training
at Pensacola and Miami, Fla. and
was designated a naval aviator in
February 1941.
In March he joined the USS
Saratoga for duty with Scouting
Squadron Three, where he served
until January 1943, when he was
assigned to Bombing Sqaudron 16
as commanding officer.
MIT
From 1944 to 1946, Admiral
Weymouth served with the Com-
mander, Naval Operational Train-
ing and later attended the Naval
Post-Graduate School. He con-
tinued his course at the Massa-
chusetts Institue of Technology
where he received the degree of
Master of Science in Aeronautical
Engineering in September 1949.
The admiral served as navigator
of the USS Kearsarge from 1949
to 1950 and then commanded
Fighting Squadron 112 and later
Air Group 11 of the USS Philip-
pine Sea.
Pacific
Duty with the staff of the Com-
mander, Air Force Pacific fol-
lowed and he attended the Armed
Forces Staff College in 1952. A
tour of duty in the Bureau of
Naval Weapons as Fighter Air-
craft Design Branch Head pre-
ceded his assignment in 1954 to
the Staff of the Commander in
Chief, Pacific Fleet.
Student
He then served at the Naval
Academy and as Commanding Of-
ficer of the USS Duxbury Bay
and USS Lake Champlain before
becoming a student at the Na-
tional War College.
Eight Children
Admiral Weymouth’s official
residence is 624 White Street,
Key West, Fla. He is married to
the former Miss Laure Bouchage
of Port Blanc, France. He and his.
wife have eight children: Yann,
Reirie Anne, Martina, Danielle,
Lani, Letitia, Laura and Lawrence.
LAUtiGoCK ASAFN
Two VP-23 Sailors Receive
Awards At Meritorious Mast
Two VP-23 sailors, Michael J. Devich, PN3, and Donald
L. Nelson, ATN2, earned congratulations at meritorious
mast held 8. a.m. Monday at Hangar 831.
Devich received the VP-23, Detachment 13, Sailor of the
Month award for December anc^
Nelson was presented with the
Aircrewman wings.
Sailor of the Month
The recipient of this award must
demonstrate outstanding qualities
as an “all around” sailor.
In his letter of recommendation
Ltjg J. B. Purcell states, “During
the present split deployment he
(Devich) has been assigned to
this activity as the senior petty
officer in the Personnel Office,
a billet usually reserved for a
first class or Chief personnel-
man .. .
He went on to say, “Recogniz-
ing the need of the squadron,
Devich has reported for work
during many of his off-duty
hours without being told to do so.
Devich gets along exceptionally
well with others and provides an
invaluable contribution to a high
state of morale.”
Advancement
Twenty-one year old Devich en-
listed in Denver, Colo, in Oct.
1961. After recruit training he
served with Fleet Tactical Support
Squadron 21 and Fighter Squad-
ron 102. He joined VP-23 in April
1963 and advanced to third class
in June 1964.
Mike hails from Thornton, Colo,
where he received a portion of
his education. He has since then
completed his schooling through
United States Armed Forces In-
stitute tests and received a Colo-
rado State equivalency certificate.
Aircrewman Wings
A presentation of Aircrewman
wings was made to Donald L.
Nelson, ATN2. Nelson joined
VP-23 in October 1963 and began
flying with Combat Air Crew 8.
At that time, he began his train-
ing to become a qualified crew-
man.
This includes land and water
survival, written and oral exam-
inations concerning primary and
secondary positions, ground lec-
tures and completion of the re-
quired number of flight hours
gaining experience in his primary
position on the crew.
Normally 18 months are allowed
for the completion of all require-
ments. Nelson finished in just
13 months.

Sec. Robert S. McNamara
Pro - Pay
Increased
Washington (AFPS)—Secretary
of Defense Robert S. McNamara’s
approval of $122-million for FY66
proficiency pay could result in
nearly 11,000 additional personnel
receiving specialty pay.
As part of the FY66 Defense
budget, Secretary McNamara ap-
proved an additional $4.5-million
over the current fiscal year’s pro-
pay allocation of $117.5 million.
r.x The increase permits pro-pay
for an additional 4,942 Navy per-
sonnel; 3,991 Air Force; 1,770
Army and 248 members of the
Marine Corps.
There are approximately 200,000
personnel now receiving proficien-
cy pay. The new fiscal year be-
gins July 1.
The additional funding over
last year’s pro-pay allocation was
provided to accommodate normal
growth in pro-pay specialties
through increased reenlistment
rate and requirements in approved
skills.
The specialist pro-pay of P-1,
$50; P-2, $75 and P-3, $100 and
$30 for “superior performance”
will go to 85,160 Army members,
41,325 sailors and 6,812 Marines.
The Air Force payments of P-1,
$30 and P-2, $60 will go to 74,412
airmen. The Air Force does not
have anyone receiving P-3 pro-
pay.
The Army and Marine Corps
are the only services paying the
$30 per month “superior perform-
ance” pay.
Cdr H. Wilbur New IDF Aide
RAdm Paul D. Buie, commander
Iceland Defense Force, added a
new face to his staff Dec. 15 as
he pinned the aiguilette on the
shoulder of Cdr Harley D. Wilbur,
the admiral’s new aide and flag
secretary.
Commander Wilbur came to
Keflavik last month after serving
as operations officer with VP-26
at Naval Air Station, Brunswick,
Maine. He replaces Lt Cdr Ralph
C. Peters, Jr., who is leaving Kef-
lavik for the Armed Forces Staff
College, Norfolk, Va.
Entertaining the Navy in De-
cember 1945, Commander Wilbur
progressed through the rank to
his present grade. He has attended
the Naval Post Graduate School,
Monterey, Calif., and the Univer-
sity of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
Mich. He graduated from the Uni-
versity in 1961 with a master’s
degree.
His home is in Rochester, Mich,
and he is married to the former
Miss Althea Neff of Highland
(Park, Mich. They have three
children: Kimberly, 11; Russell, 8
and Gwenan, 2 months. Comman-
der Wilbur is a member of the
U.S. Chess Federation and the
Phi Beta Kappa Society.
Olafur Thors
Thors' Death
Brings Grief
To Icelanders
Olafur Thors, 72, a former
Prime Minister of Iceland, died
Dec. 31 at 11 a.m. in Reykjavik
following a stroke which he suf-
fered two days before.
Forty Years
Called the Churchill of Scandi-
navia, Thors had been involved
in Icelandic politics for almost
40 years. He first became a mem-
ber of the Althing (Parliament)
in 1925 when elected as represent-
ative for the Keflavik area—an
office he held until his death.
UN And NATO
As Prime Minister he brought
Iceland into the United Nations
in 1945 and into NATO in 1949.
He resigned his post in November
1963 due to illness.
Five Governments
He was Chairman of the Inde-
pendence Party from 1934 to 1962
and formed five different govern-
ments, the last in 1959.
In the thirties he became Min-
ister of Justice and Minister of
Public Works.
Icelandic Birth.
Born in Borgarnes, located on
the west coast of Iceland Jan. 19,
1892, Olafur Thors’s father was
Danish and his mother Icelandic.
Schooled
He was graduated from school
in Reykjavik in 1912 and attended
the University of Copenhagen for
two years before managing his
father’s trawler company.
He is survived by his widow
and four children.
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READINESS: YESTERDAY AND TODAY—More than 20 years separate these two scenes. In 1942, Army Air Corps “Flying Tiger”
pilots of Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault’s China-based Fourteenth Air Force run to their armed Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk fighters after
hearing the “Jing Bow” (air raid) signal. In 1964, Air Force pilots race for their supersonic Convair F-102 Delta Daggers during an
exercise at an air base in Yiet-Nam. The F-102’s were sent to Southeast Asia in August 1964 as part of the U.S. buildup following the
Gulf of Tonkin crisis. There is a possibility that some of the aircraft pictured here went through Keflavik Naval Station last summer.