European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                October 195t the stars and stripes gis called real heroes of crisis in Lebanon editors note Corree of Furbert Spencer flew in Mitt of the Fleet cover Marine in stat Ciceri the paratroopers a went infantry com Field and stayed the final withdrawal Here jus appraisal of the conduct of in what our the strange at operations in modern by Herbert Spencer t am Idor in praising Erica gis As the real Unsung of intervention in referred to the three is operation As that rarest of military miracles the making of an of let without breaking the As a generalization on the relatively bloodless american intervention in ambassador Robert Mcclintock commentary strikes True but for the marines and airmen who there were some eggs broken and some badly close galls nine american servicemen lost their lives during the others were at least a score of military planes although none was badly damaged by hostile two american generals had close Moil those Yule gifts Early Calls in helicopter crashes one at the other in the in Broad there was an almost negligible toll in the potentially explosive operation involving tens of thousands of men and hundreds of ships planes Over the period of three months and there Likely would be As Many casualties in a similar period of intensive Maneu vers anywhere involving a similarly Large number of Day byway credit Over so Many weeks for preventing any serious incidents in a situation where gunfire sounded daily should go to the soldiers when the first marines hit the Dotty Mark a Farmei new York City army Norman Hanson in reminding the Public to mall Par pentane a photo navys neighbors in Honor Crews of 3 subs new a the county put on Celebration by Turdy night for the and of three history making it was a Pat lations party for the 290 men the atomic submarines and first two made history last Mer by sailing under the North the sea Wolf recently re from a 60day record Mak spec under Psi is traditionally proud sailing who have Fig prominently in the try theres Exen old the seaport in near in but residents of new London county have been most proud of their atomic the submarines were built at across the thames Oliver by the electric boat division of the general dynamics they Are when there at the navys submarine base at and Many of the crewmen and their families live in the the party included a Buffet Din dancing to the music of a 14 piece Navy band and presentation of to the commanders of the three Wil Liam Anderson of the capt Richard b Laning of the sea and cmdr James Calvert of the troop Airlift Over returned to duty with 24th div Furste Ger Many special the Airlift of 24th inf div troops from Lebanon Back to their Home stations in Ger Many wound up Here division officials about troops and tons of equipment were flown into this German air More than air Miles from returning with the last of the airlifted soldiers was Brig Gen David who commanded the 24th an Brig during its three month stay in the Middle also arriving saturday was col Thomas co of the 1st an Battle up of the 24th dive 187th on hand for arrival ceremonies was maj Gen Ralph division members of support Force wat the group that processed the returning troops on the last leg of their trip from the Middle won Praise Many the division reception As Sooh As the troops got off the big air Force c130s that flew them they were welcomed by the divisions drum and Bugle corps then began getting their equip ment checked before heading off for their Home units working As members of support Force Watson named for Brig Gen Albert Watson cd of the 24th div arty included co a and co b of 1st an Battle 503d inf the 24th Sig the 3d engr the 31st trans in and other elements of 24th div trains the 518th trans co of the 125th trans in and the 8th trans the reception group was watched by a variety of High ranking offi res during the course of its included it Gen 7th army cult Gen Gordon Vii corps and maj Gen Thomas Sher Usa eur assistant chief of beaches in armoured amphibious vehicles july 15 after the iraqi coup and the american decision to Send forces to stabilize the Middle they were prepared for any then there was the nerve rack ing work of setting up a defensive perimeter around with gis being told of thousands of rebels in this area or yet never see ing and having orders not to fire unless fired the rebels wisely ordered their men not to provoke attack by american and a full scale assault against the american troops never occurred during the shot at but individual rebels subjected american both in downtown Beirut and to the South around the Airport to harassing sniper fire some wildly aimed but some to curate enough to convince Many a Soldier he was being shot leathernecks joked about snip sell you Colas in the daytime and shoot at you at night but in some cases Strain took its two marines were killed and four wounded in accidents with army units also came under and although More rounds were thrown the marines the Only casualties from hostile fire were 4 drowned the army also lost four men to drowning among thousands who swam on Beirut beaches during the the 6th fleets air Arm suffered fatal one Pilot died when his Jet flamed out and crashed in mountains near Beirut while on a reconnaissance Mission another Pilot and plane were lost near the Carrier Essex while at tempting a most of the Amer ican confused by the lebanese political nerves stretched by orders not to return fire exes i under full and thoroughly disgusted by sometimes brutal civil held their tempers in Check and quietly did a hard Job in one of the weirdest military operations in military the i showed he could be a patient policeman As Well As an aggressive i Fischer lauds setae Amity achievements Italy special the commanding general of the South Ern european task Force for the past two years has applauded Mem Bers of his command for their accomplishments and Devotion to maj Gen Harvey who turns his command Over to maj Gen John Daley on wednesday said Goodby to units of his com Mand at leghorn and i he recalled that when he took command of setae two years ago he charged members of the com Mand with the responsibility of creating and maintaining a Bond of Friendship with the italian n addition to their military mis truly  i wish to report that you have worked toward those objectives in a truly magnificent militarily you Are one of the Best forces in being Fischer Fischer pointed out that it will be with great Pride that i Tell him Daley about you and what you Are Fischer has been reassigned to the 1st inf div at inn Daley comes to Italy from an assignment As director of special weapons in the army research and development a Post he has held since March radioactive Cloud tracked by radar up the army has said radar May be Able to warn soldiers and civilians of the whereabouts of radioactive radar normally used in weather systems could possible track and plot hot Clouds with some the army said in an announcement radars effectiveness As a warn ing system was proved during nuclear tests when the size and course of hot Clouds were the army the radar scope showed the Rise and Drift of nuclear Man Euver Means Mote mascots an defense chief combines persuasion Smoot a coi Vincer ojp1 the american for the defense of a chivas beleaguered is Fot Necast during the Peak of communist shelling last Well lick Assurance came from tall Guiche looking vice adm to Nesbit Smoot in a character in quiet but decisive remark Job he took Over in of the Taiwan defense this Pott he is charged with for naval con forces in the Formosa Strait basis of policy decisions b it 97 Smoot for the qualities of expert Force and needed in this Halfway Between nationalist and red Chi Nese a former staff member described Smoot As the Type who could con Vince you of anything Why he even convinced me one morning that the Snow Falls upward off the coast of to this Day i believe although i dont know flew to Formosa Smoot and his wife Sally flew to Formosa just 25 eventful years after his graduation from the naval Academy at born in Provo May he grew up learning the per Sonal discipline wrought of life in a mormon he graduated from Annapolis in a classmate of adm Arleigh now chief of naval of during the succeeding 18 peacetime years he built a record of experience aboard destroyers and when i the japanese attacked Pearl Harbor Smoot was a com Mander aboard his own the destroyer he spent most of world War ii inthe Pacific and was highly decorated for his de Stroyer exploits in october 1944 he won a second Navy Cross for heroism while leading his ships in a torpedo attack against a major Force of japanese Ciu Serc and destroyers in the Battle of Surigao Strait in the in the postwar years Smoot acquired his current reputation As one of the navys Foremost person Nel his last assignment be fore going to Formosa was assist ant chief of naval operations for 2d arty galiled elect new while on is army training test at when sputnik 3r t6 Putnel Kim Gilbert Btry checks the new army photo