The White Falcon - 30.04.1971, Blaðsíða 4

HOWELL
FRENCH
DEMASTUS
Airman, Marine, Sailor
Men of the Quarter
Iceland Defense Force has named its outstanding Sailor, Airman and
Marine for the period January through March 1971.
Rear Adm. J. K. Beling, defense force commander, recognized and
rewarded the quarter's outstanding servicemen in presentation cere-
monies last week. The recipients ______________________
of these selective honors were
CE3 Eddie D. Howell, Marine Cpl.
Graig A. French and Air Force
Sgt. David D. DeMastus.
The letterscited these men for
outstanding performance as citi-
zens of the Keflavik community.
In addition, Adm. Beling commended
the men for excellent performance
of military duties by saying,
"this award will provide added
incentive to your continuing per-
formance of those accomplishments
which are above and beyond the
call of your service responsibil-
ities."
CE3 Howell reported to Kefla-
vik in September 1970, and is as-
signed to the Public Works depart-
ment. A native of Carthage,
Miss., he attended Ethal High
School in Ethal, Miss. He entered
the Navy in July 1970.
A native of Ottawa, Kan., Cpl.
French reported to the Marine
Barracks in September 1970. He
is a 1968 graduate of Ottawa Sen-
ior High School, and also atten-
ded the University of Kansas. He
entered the Marine Corps in May
1969.
Sgt. DeMastus, who hails from
Murfreesboro, Tenn., entered the
Air Force in January 1968. He
graduated fromCentral High School
there in 1967, and reported for
duty with the 932nd AC&W Squadron
in September 1970.
In addition to the honors be-
stowed on these men, they were
awarded a priority 4 flight to
and from continental Europe. They
are also entitled to arrange a
tour through the recreation de-
partment for a total value not to
exceed $50.
Navy names DE
for medal winner'
Marvin Shields
The Navy has commissioned a
destroyer escort for a Seabee who
was awarded the Medal of Honor
posthumously for action in South-
east Asia.
USS Marvin Shields (DE-1066)
was commissioned April 10.
CE3 Marvin Shields was awarded
the medal for service with a Sea-
bee team in June of 1965. Al-
though he was wounded twice dur-
ing an enemy attack, Shields con-
tinued to supply his buddies with
ammunition and return of enemy
fire. He then volunteered to
help in an assault to destroy an
enemy machine gun emplacement.
It was while returning from this
mission that he was killed.
The ship named in his honor is
an ASW vessel, and is also de-
signed to carry out search and
rescue, patrol, blockade and sur-
veillance missions.
Auto inspection stragglers
Next week, May 3-5, is the time
set for inspection of all JO-li-
censed vehicles on the naval sta-
tion to be re-inspected.
This re-inspection applies to
all vehicles that failed to pass
their original inspection, as
well as those other vehicles that
for some reason or another were
not inspected over the past four
weeks.
The inspections will be held
in the auto hobby shop from 1-
4:30 p.m.
Car owners are reminded they
must have their headlights ad-
justed before their vehicles can
pass the inspection at the hobby
shop. Light inspections are held
this Saturday and Sunday from
1-6 p.m. in Hangar 832. Cost is
175 Kronur.
If for some reason, lights
can't be inspected this weekend,
they can be inspected at the hob-
by shop next week.
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April 30, 1971