European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 28, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 9 Survey rates Spain forces Chi nutrition by Paul h. Spiers staff writer Madrid is a  ish Survey reports that the nutritional status of the Spanish armed forces is satisfactory except for several relatively minor  report issued by assistant Secretary of defense or. Frank b. Berry chairman of the inter departmental committee on nutrition for National defense states that the nutritional intakes Are satisfactory by in and standards except for Vitamin a and that Riboflavin intakes Are borderline. A total of 10,727 members of the Spanish armed forces was exam ined and 2,145 were examined in  director was or. William p. Ashe or. Deputy director was it col Irvin c. Plough. Seventh Survey the Survey is the seventh made by . Medical teams in foreign countries at the request of Host  recommendations made in the report were that the armed forces establish a nutrition Sec Tion under the medical department establish a food service Section under the quartermaster depart ment and that All members of the armed forces be Given some Basic education in personal Hygiene and  a program of Basic education in nutrition were set up to be Given to All men receiving Mili tary training the report states it might do a great Deal for the nation As a  implementation studied . And Spanish officials Are developing Means to implement the report s recommendations. American officials praised their Spanish colleagues for unstinting cooperation in the Survey. Among the other findings were food preparation practices Are in general satisfactory although mess sanitation and training mess personnel need improve  food prices Are rising members of the armed forces Are receiving their fair share of the Spanish food Supply except of vegetables fruit and milk pro  322d air div entering 6th year of service Devreux France special the 22d air div celebrates its fifth birthday sunday. The combat cargo outfit with Lead quarters Here serves an area Ive times greater than that of . Its aircraft Are familiar sights rom Norway to saudi Arabia. The Lebanon emergency made the 322d synonymous with Speed and efficiency officials pointed out acre. To Safe and the North Atlantic treaty organization it has become the reliable delivery Man and it has aided thousands through mercy missions. The 322d was activated in wies Baden Germany on March 1, 1954, and was staffed with 18 officers and 21 airmen. During the forma Tive weeks while under the com Mand of col Lucian n. Powell the division was transferred to 12th air Force he at Ramstein Germany where the unit s tactical control problem could be handled More easily. On May 1, 1954, when the Mili tary air transport service with Drew its intr theater service the 322d became a vital segment of Safe. With its new responsibilities it was moved to Devreux. Brig Gen Franklin Rose assumed command on May 17, 1954. The present commander col Clyde Box of Nevada tex., took Over his Post on May 22, 195g. Safe s freight by air organization flew 122 million pounds and More than 109,000 passengers in 1958 in its support of nato operations including Safe usar eur and Navy activities. In joint operations with Usa eur the outfit air dropped nearly 10,000 air borne troops during the past year. Lines of propellers at Devreux Franco Frame c130 Hercules transports of the 332 1 air div which Marks its fifth birthday sunday. Last year the unit flew 122 million pounds and More than 109,000 in joint army air Force exercise passengers in its support of North Atlantic treaty org imitation operations including Safe Usa Hub and Navy activities. Its personnel Are bused in eight countries. Of photo 8th div troopers training for mobility by Jack Walters staff writer Rhine main Germany is a new air transport training pro Gram under Way Here combines combat troops from Usa eur s 8th inf div and flying personnel from Safe s 322d air div. The exercise is designed to instruct ground troops and plane soldiers of the Hercules transport 8th inf div Board a c130 during joint army air Force training operation at Rhine main air base i Germany. 88 photo news in loading and unloading 130 and c119 transports in the hottest time possible. The 130s shuttle Back and Forth tween Rhine main and Sembach air base. There the big Birds Dis Gorge troops and equipment that ire reloaded aboard c119s and Lown Back to Rhine main. The idea is to get. Our men used various types of air transports ind to Cut loading and unloading Ime to the Bare minimum said Apt Warner s. Goodwin of Raleigh n.c., now with one of the attle groups involved. This new concept of air trans port for ground troops in Large numbers has never yet been tested n Battle but in any future engagement you can be sure it la be Standard operation capt James. Lowman Frankfort ky., said. Lowman now with the 5th Aerial port so is one of the instructors in the program. Hough Terri iii "c130s Hercules they re called have proven themselves to be the air Force s Best All around cargo ship according to e. Tait Hunter of Marietta ga., a civilian technical representative from Lockheed makers of the aircraft. They can land and take off from rough terrain As Well As from Snow and ice and they Ca n do it in a relatively Short distance. Also they re much faster cruising than other types of cargo planes and they can haul a tremendous Load up to 20 tons or 92 fully equipped combat  such aircraft As the c130 an the c124, Goodwin concluded have made possible flying Large number of ground troops in and out o Battle areas. Its personnel Are based in eight countries. The division s efficient air evacuation system assures All military dependents civilians of the Mili tary service and certain Allied an foreign nationals in Europe North Africa and the Middle East Emer gency air transportation to the nearest medical facilities. Last year More than 13,500 patients receive such transportation. Nerve Center for this far Flung Aerial operation is its transport control Center a room that is Al ways open. Manned 24 hours a Day every Day of the year men work ing with batteries of telephones communicate instructions to air Craft commanders who Are moving to and from the 95 different air Fields served by the division. Immediate response through these men the 322d responds immediately to the needs of nato forces throughout Europe. Their Calls come from such places As Oslo Norway and Karachi Pakistan. The request. May involve hundreds of planes and thousands of persons. In december 1957 three division planes which had been delivering tons of Christmas packages to american servicemen and their families As far East As Ceylon were rerouted to Rush 700 heavy tents from Ankara Turkey to the Earth quake victims in Teheran Iran. In july 1958 the division was called upon to Airlift troops an supplies to revolt torn Lebanon. From july 15 through aug .8 the division flew 7,934 troops and More than 8,200 tons of freight from Central Europe to Beirut. Its aircraft flew 12,112,494 ton Milos and compiled a total of 13,997 Fly ing hours during this period of time. In addition the Devreux base provided logistic support for 51 c130 s from the tactical air come in support of the consolidated airstrike Force. The operation involved a Basic round trip of 4,181  second phase of the opera Tion returned troops and equip ment to Germany. Both airlifts were completed without a flying safety incident or Accident. Performance with safety is the by word of the division. The year1958 was completed with the creditable record of 3.4 accidents per 100,000 flying hours. Navy to scrap 43 warships Washington a the Navy has announced it plans to scrap43 outmoded warships including five  said that 520,000 tons of ship Ping to be sold for scrap steel will Ilso include nine heavy cruisers,0 Light cruisers four antiaircraft ight. Cruisers and 15 world War ii ight jeep  ships now Are in Mothball Leets at Philadelphia Bremerton Wash. San Diego Calif. Stock on Calif., and Boston. The original Cost of the ships was $697,640,000. The Navy thinks t can Salvage about $3,082,009 Worth of equipment from the ships and figures the scrap value will be about $27,194,000.the disposal program will be spread out Over about one  presumably will avoid the Impact of dumping 520,000 tons of scrap steel onto the Market in one  battleships Are the Tennes see completed in 1920 the Mary land and California in 1921, and Colorado and West Virginia in 1923.All of the ships being sold have been out of operation for at least 11 years. Dads Day at Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Germany special March 1 has been declared a special dad s Day in the Kaiserslautern Subarea by the newly organized dads club