The White Falcon - 05.03.1965, Síða 1

THE WHITE
U.S. NAVAL STATION, KEFLAVIK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ICELAND
Volume IV, Number 9 Friday, March 5, 1965
L. Cpl. Cook Saves
Fallen Marine Buddy
L. Cpl. Douglas R. Cook, was possibly the primary factor
in saving the life of fellow-marine, L. Cpl. William L. Ris-
boskin, Feb. 22, at the Hvalfurdur Security Camp located
95 miles northeast of the Naval Station.
Lance Corporals Cook and Risboskin went out hiking
with two other marines. While climbing Mt. Thyrill, which
lies east of the security camp,l
Risboskin was hit by a dislodged
rock. The rock caused him to lose
his balance and fall approximately
15 feet. He sustained a very se-
vere compound fracture of his
left leg when it became wedged
in a crevice of a rock.
The three oth-
er marines im-
mediately went
to his rescue.
Cook saw the
bleeding and ap-
plied a tourniquet
to stem the flow.
Cook, along with
PFC Malcolm L.
Smith and Pvt.
John W. Kenne-
dy, III, carried Risboskin to higher
ground and better comfort, then
used their own jackets and shirts
to keep Risboskin warm.
Seeing the need for trained
medical assistance, Cook ran one-
and-a-half miles to the nearest
phone. He called for “Doc” Ro-
bert V. Cory, HM3, the corpsman
for the security camp. He had
also dispatched Private Kennedy
in another direction to seek what-
ever help he could get.
Kennedy met a party of hikers
consisting of Lt John Sollman,
Lt. George H. Bryan, Sgt. Lloyd
R. Banta and two other marines.
He told them of the accident.
Lieutenant Sollman, of the Naval
Station Hospital, and Banta went
with Kennedy back up the moun-
tain to offer whatever aid they
could.
Upon learning of the accident,
Lt. Bryan, Officer-in-Charge of
the Security Camp, decended
the mountain by the most direct
route in order to summon a heli-
copter and medical supplies. With-
in minutes of Bryan’s call, a party
of marines set out from the secu-
rity camp with medical supplies,
blankets, and a stretcher.
Cook met the party and rushed
back up the mountain with de-
merol for Sollman to give Risbos-
kin to ease the pain.
The rescue party with Corps-
man Cory made the trip across
the marsh and the climb to the
ledge where Risboskin lay, in
record time, considering the steep
ascent and the burden they were
carrying.
The helicopter
arrived just as
the marines were
ready to place
Risboskin in the
stretcher. Dr.
Robert L. Mullin,
Senior j Medical
Officer of the
Naval Station
Hospital, who
had accompanied
the helo, with
Corpsmen Donald Hellard, HN,
and Gerald A. Sedric, HM3, de-
cended to the ledge to examine
the injury before Risboskin was
moved.
Movement of the patient from
the ledge to the helo some 500
feet above required the efforts
of ten marines and the local Ice-
landic Policeman, Mr. Finnur
Eyjolfsson. “This was quite a
climb,” said Mr. Sollman, “con-
sidering the steep and rocky
mountainside.
Lt Clinton L. Tuttle, pilot of
the helicopter, landed the patient
on the lawn in front of the Station
Hospital 45 minutes later. In re-
sponse to a call by the hospital, five
of Risboskin’s fellow marines do-
nated blood. These were (Privates
Harold D. Vincion and James K.
Anderson, PFC Francis E. Gan-
giano, and Corporals Edward J.
Roche, Jr., and Robert H. Kick-
lighter.
After some preliminary surgical
repairs and splinting done by Dr.
Mullin, Risboskin was on his way
to the U.S. Naval Hospital, Beth-
esda, Maryland on board a C-121
aircraft.
“Lance Corporal Cook’s quick
thinking and positive action,” said
Lieutenant Sollman, “were re-
sponsible for preventing the loss
of large amounts of blood, and
his handling of the situation is
deserving of note. Noteworthy
also were the coordinated efforts
of the marines in bringing vital
medical supplies up the mountain,
as well as the efforts of Pilot
Tuttle landing the helicopter in
a very difficult place.”
‘Stains’ Mark
Iceberg Floes
A bow and arrow experiment
will be launched on the North
Atlantic iceberg menace by the
Coast Guard’s 1965 International
Ice Patrol.
The 51-year-old patrol had made
enormous advances in tracking
the icebergs, an official said, but
the problem remains a serious
one to shipping.
The experiment involves firing
a die-tipped arrow into an iceberg,
leaving a stain eight to ten feet
in diameter lasting about three
days. This will help trace the ice-
berg drift and provide mariners
with more up-to-date drift charts.
Greenland glaciers grind their
way to the sea pushing ice moun-
tains into the Labrador Current,
which bears them into shipping
lanes.
Icebergs have been fire-bombed,
hit with cannon fire and covered
with lampblack to hasten their
melting, but to no avail. (AFPS)
Cook
Hellard
WOMAN OF THE YEAR — Joan
Crawford, actress, business exec-
utive and humanitarian, has been
selected to receive the first USO
of New York City “Woman of the
Year” award. Miss Crawford has
been an active supporter of the
USO since its inception in 1941
and is a director of the boards of
the New York City service organi-
zation.
Hail & Bless
Personnel who have arrived
(Hail) and left (Bless) U.S. Na-
val Station, Keflavik for duty as
of Feb. 26:
HAIL
Wright, D. G., AGAA
Conner, E. T., SA
Laird, C. M„ MM1
Braune, R., CMA2
Tracy, E., AECS
Slayback, J., CS2
Richardson, C., SH2
Rigby, R. D„ YN2
Vredeveld, T. L„ CN
Freeman, D. R., ATC
McLaughlin, R. B., CSA
Graves, J. E., BULCP
Phillips, W., CP
Hail, R. M„ AN
Crowder, J., CTSN
Sisco, S., ACC
Adams, F., CT2
Horne, M. V., HM2
Devitt, J. J., CT1
Greer, C. E., SHCA
Underwood, I. T., SA
Wier, W. D„ SN
Smith, O. 0., SN
Baker, D. A., SA
BLESS
Matoon, D. L., AGCA
Green, B. R., CS2
Hickson, R. C., TM2
Robeson, E. T., AE3
Beattie, R. L., AG1
Vogel, P. C., Cpl.
LaCour, R. J., ETN2
O’Hare, T. J., AN
Martin, R. L., RM2
Moberly, H. B., CM1
Gallagher, ., BULCN
Souder, B. F., SN
Parker, F. N., ABF1
Reynolds, L. A., Pvt.
Skandamis, S. P., RM1
McGough, P. G., SN
Jones, W. R., SKI
Cote, G. H., CM1
Cox, R. B., DK3
Caldwell, J. R„ CN
Sillay, F. I., Jr., L. Cpl.
Mobley, P. C., ET1
DOB Proposes More
Pay, Bousing Benefits
Although Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara’s FY66
“posture” statement dwells pri-
marily on the military hardware
and operational aspects required
to maintain national security, a
select portion deals with personnel
compensation and benefits.
Within the government-wide al-
location of “allowances for con-
tingencies,” a provision is made
for a number of items of proposed
or possible legislation, including
military and civilian pay adjust-
ments, carrier flight deck hazar-
dous duty pay, uniform career
management and a cash awards
program for members of the arm-
ed forces.
Delivering his statement to mem-
bers of the House Aimed Services
Committee, Secretary McNamara
explained the need for additional
family housing.
The secretary strongly urged
the Congress to support the De-
fense Department’s FY66 request
for 12,500 housing units. Two
years ago DOD presented to Con-
gress a program on the need for
62,100 units over a five-year per-
riod.
Noting that President Johnson
“wants our uniformed citizens to
be first class in every aspect,”
Secretary McNamara explained,
“We feel that the provision of
adequate family housing is one
of the foundation stones in provid-
ing first class treatment to our
aimed forces.”
The $743.3 million requested for
family housing in the FY66 budget
also includes provisons for con-
struction of trailer park facilities
and relocation of certain housing
units; improvement of existing
public quarters; planning, opera-
tion and maintenance including
cost of units leased, and payments
for indebtedness and mortgage in-
surance premiums.
As for medical services, Sec-
retary McNamara said a $48 mil-
lion construction program is plan-
ned for FY 66. This includes re-
placement of about 800 bed-spaces
and various clinics and construc-
tion of various laboratory and
other facilities.
The secretary points out that in
planning these facilities, provision
has been made for space for de-
pendents of active duty military
personnel, except in a limited
number of areas where it is felt
adequate civilian facilities exist.
Explaining that the problem of
providing health care in military
hospitals for retired personnel and
dependents of both active duty
and retired personnel is an old
one, Secretary McNamara told the
committee, “I hope by this time
next year I will be able to re-
commend some solution to this
problem.”
The Defense Department’s arm-
ed forces information and educa-
tion program will be continued in
FY66 at a cost of about $9.3 mil-
lion, the secretary said. He noted
that this program provides world-
wide radio, television and press
services, together with a program
designed to promote a broad un-
derstanding among military per-
sonnel of national goals and pur-
poses. (AFPS)
Commissary Reenlistment
NO TIME TO PLAY—Lt David J. Chesley, Officer-In-Charge, Com-
missary Store, administers the reenlistment oath to Dennis J. McNa-
mara, SHI, in the commissary butcher shop. It seems fitting that the
ceremony be held in a background and attire so familiar to Dennis. This
4-year hitch will put McNamara over the 20-year mark.
(Photo by Weese, PHAN)