The White Falcon - 05.03.1971, Síða 3

March 5, 1971
THE WHITE FALCON
Page 3
USO show has
double dose of soul
for Keflavik fans
USO is presenting a double-
billed attraction for Keflavikand
outlying sites next week, when
The Soul Educators and The Love-
lettes perform at the clubs.
The two groups arrive Wednesday
and open with an evening perform-
ance at Andrews Theater at 8 p.m.
Thursday, they fly to H-3 to
entertain the detachment there.
Then they return to the Officers'
Club for an evening show at 7:30.
Friday at 7 p.m. finds them
performing at Rockville.
They perform at the Polar Club
Saturday afternoon at 2, then go
to Grindavik for an 8 p.m. show.
Sunday afternoon, the groups
return to the CPO Club at 2, and
end their stay at Keflavik with
a performance at the 56 Club that
night at 7.
TEN GRAND — Joseph S. Szitta and Capt. Lloyd H. Thomas, command-
ing officer, Naval Station, display the reenlistment check Szitta
received February 24. He reenlisted under the Navy's "STAR" pro-
gram for a class "B" school, and a variable reenlistment bonus of
$10,000.
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anks of Navymen February 26 prior to his retirement ceremony. He
^retired from the Navy after serving 20 years active duty, and now
resides in Ipswich, South Dakota. He was the GCA Officer prior to
his retirement.
Medical Corps
ends 100 years
of naval service
A century of surgeons. That's
the Navy's Medical Corps, ana the
medics marked their centennial by
routinely holding sick call and
answering the various other calls
of their trade.
Their birthday was March 3,but
no one noticed. On that date a
century ago, Congress recognized
the Navy’s medical department as
the Medical Corps and provided
Navy ranks for its surgeons.
But the Navy's medics were in
service as far back as 1775 when
Joseph Harrison, considered to be
the first seagoing surgeon, was
serving with a young First Lieu-
tenant named John Paul Jones.
Navy physicians served without
commissions in those days, but
today's doctors are different. He
has rank, and can handle the
myriad problems of his patients
with the latest and most advanced
equipment available.
Cdr. Robert C. Myers, MC, USN,
is the senior medical officer at
Keflavik, and serves addition-
al duty as surgeon on the staff
of ComIDF.