The White Falcon - 17.03.1967, Síða 1

Marines First To
Reach 100%
The Overseas Combined Federal Compaign aboard the NATO Base entered its second
week with six activities reaching the 100 per cent participation mark in donations. 634
contributors have given $3,549 as of Monday, March 13.
First to reach the 100 per cent mark was the Marine Barracks Keflavik, giving a total
of $1,041. This is approximately 25 per cent of the contributions reported to date.
Following Marine Barracks, giving 100 percent was: Aviation Maintenance Depart-
ment, Commissary Store, Mobile Mine Assembly Team (MOMAT), Security and the
Coast Guard Loran Station. In addition, Icelandic civilians employed with Security,
without being solicited, contributed 2,000 kronurs.
In scoring another ‘Tirst”, the Marine Barracks will receive a special letter of con-
gratulations signed by Captain Emile E. Pierre, Jr., commander, Naval Station Kefla-
vik. All activities to achieve the 100 per cent mark will receive a similar letter.
More activities will move closer to the 100 per cent participation in the next few
days. Commander John Foil, chairman of the Campaign, believes the drive is progressing
satisfactorily and that most activities will have completed their portion of the drive
within a short time.
It has been pointed out that contributing through use of the allotment has been a
good reason for the six departments reaching 100 per cent participation, because, the
allotment method has been readily accepted by the contributor.
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U. S. NAVAL STATION, KEFLAVIK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ICELAND
Volume VIII, Number 11 Friday, March 17, 1967
Captain Tiderman To Head NavCommSta
Captain Otto D. Tidermann will
relieve Captain Toria J. Bratten,
Jr. as commanding officer of the
U. S. Naval Communications Sta-
tion, Keflavik, at change of com-
mand ceremonies, March 23. In
addition Captain Tiderman will
assume additional duty as as-
sistant chief of staff for com-
munications and electronics on the
staff of commander, Iceland De-
fense Force.
Captain Bratten will take com-
mand of the attack transport
ship, USS Sandoval, homeported
at Norfolk.
Entering the Navy in 1943, Cap-
tain Tiderman attended Duke
University. In the summer of
1945, he was commissioned from
the Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s
School at Columbia University. A
year later, he transferred to the
regular Navy. From the time he
was commissioned, he served
aboard minesweepers, participat-
ing in mine clearance operations
in Japanese waters. In 1948, he
reported aboard the destroyer,
USS Harian R. Dickson where
he served as operations and com-
bat intelligence center officer.
Two and a half years later he as-
sumed command of the supply
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After attending the General
Line School at Monterey, Calif.,
in 1953, Captain Tiderman en-
tered the Naval Post Graduate
School under a communications
curriculum. Upon graduation
from school, he spent his next
four and a half years on com-
munications assignments. His
first assignment was communica-
tions officer on the staff of Com-
mander Mine Force, Pacific
Fleet. Before returning to the
Naval Post Graduate School, he
served in the light cruiser, USS
Worcester.
Serving two years as combat
intelligence center and tactics in-
structor in the General Line
School, he was ordered to sea as
executive officer of the destroy-
er, USS Leonard F. Mason,
homeported at Japan. In June
1962, he was transferred to the
Staff of Commander Mine Flo-
tilla ONE as chief staff officer.
During the time from July, 1963
to June, 1964, he attended the
Naval War College, Newport, as
a student in the Naval Warfare
Course. Upon completion of the
war college, he assumed command
of the destroyer, USS Barry. Cap-
tain Tiderman has commanded
the Barry for the past three
years. She was part of the first
Atlantic Fleet destroyer squadron
to deploy to the Western Pacific
during the Vietnam war.
The new commanding officer
wears several campaign ribbons
and the Bronze Star with the
Combat “V”.
Captain Tiderman and his
wife, the former Janet Loyer of
Findlay, Ohio, have two daugh-
ters, Debbie, 16, and Karen, 13.
CAPITAL CITY FIRE—The most costly fire to hit Reykjavik since 1915,
struck in the early dawnhours of Friday last week and completely dis-
troying two buildings and damaging three others. Sixteen persons were
left homeless. The Industrial Bank of Iceland, (above) was the most
costly of the fire. The building alone is said to be valued at $750,000.
There were no major injuries reported, but officials said that a woman
was injured slightly while trying to save her son and a neighboring
boy from their burning home. Estimated damage from the fire is ex-
pected to exceed $1,000,000. (WHITE FALCON STAFF PHOTO)
OLDEST AND YOUNGEST AIR FORCE MEN CONTRIBUTE—Cap-
tain Robert Young (right), Overseas Combined Federal Campaign liaison
officer for Air Forces Iceland, accepts contributions from Chief War-
rant Officer Pitt Averill and Airman Third Class John Pryor. (WHITE
FALCON STAFF PHOTO)
USAF Admiral Pitney
Retirement Date Set
Generals retire from the Army,
Marines or the Air Force, and
admirals retire from the Navy, but
now, an Admiral will retire from
the Air Force.
In this case the admiral is 39-
years-old Staff Sergeant William
Admiral Pitney Jr., operation spe-
cialist, 57th Fighter Interceptor
SSGT. “Admiral” Pitney
Squadron, who expects to retire
on June 1, this year.
Born at Cleveland, Ohio, “Ad-
miral” Pitney attended school in
Cleveland, Fairview Park, and
Bay Village, Ohio. But, like many
boys his age during World War
II, he dropped his education and
joined the Navy in 1944. His naval
service carried him aboard the
Navy’s troop transport Anne
Arundel to the invasion of Oki-
nawa. His ship was also assigned
the duties of transporting Mari-
nes to Tsingtao, China, and
Chinese Nationalist troops from
Haiphong, rench Indo China (now
known as North Vietnam) to
Chinwagtoe, North China.
In May of 1946, Sergeant Pit-
ney was discharged from the
Navy and attended State High
School at Cleveland, graduating
in August 1948. After graduation
he enlisted in the Air Force and
has seen overseas assignments in
Alaska and France besides his
present assignment here at
Keflavik.
After retirement, the “Admi-
lilavy Supply Dept
Aids Icelander
During Emergency
Naval Station Keflavik Supply
Department returned a favor to
Flugfelag Islands (Icelandair) re-
cently.
The favor was the loan of a main
landing gear ski to outfit one of
the airlines DC-3 aircraft for a
flight to Danmarkshavn, Green-
land. The flight to Greenland was
for the recovery of the three-man
crew of another plane that was
damaged while taxiing there for
take-off Feb. 23. Damages were
made to the left side of the air-
craft the wheel assembly, wing
and propeller. No one was in-
jured. The plane was in Dan-
markshavn to bring supplies to the
weather observation station there.
This Station’s Supply Depart-
ment was notified of Icelandair’s
need for a ski the next morning.
A search of Supply and Opera-
tions Maintenance Division failed
to turn up a ski. A call was placed
to Naval Station Argentia, New-
foundland that was fruitless. Next
was Air Development Squadron
SIX of Naval Air Station Quon-
set Point, Rhode Island. VX-6
gave the ski to Quonset Point
Supply Department the same
morning. Keflavik was notified
that evening that the ski had
been placed on a priority (1)
status for Keflavik.
In the past, the Naval Station
Supply and Icelandair have co-
operated several times through
the loan of parts and services. Ac-
cording to Lieutenant Comman-
der Alex E. Swartz, Supply De-
partment has been on the re-
ceiving end more than the help-
ing, and this was their first
chance to really assist Iceland-
air.
When the ski did not arrive
Feb. 27, the Supply Department
called Air Cargo, McGuire AFB,
N. J. McGuire had no re-
cord of the ski. Keflavik was
shortly thereafter notified that
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ral”, his wife Barbara, and their
three children, Karen, Kathryn,
and another “Admiral” son, Wil-
liam Admiral Pitney III, will re-
side at Peru, Ind., where Ser-
geant Pitney hopes to go to work
for the postal department.