European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 27, 1959 \ the stars and stripes Page 9 Happy ending Dickie Tensley and his pet Dachshund dutchess with or. K. Halm German ophthalmologist who performed a rare corneal transplant operation on clog s left  Force photo of Hospital saves Eye of boy s pet Dachshund Wiesbaden Germany special a rare corneal transplant operation was performed at the Usan hos Pital Here. What made it. All the More extraordinary was that the patient was a dog a Long haired Dachshund named dutchess. The dog belongs to Dickie teas Ley 5-year-old son of Marilyn and Bob Teasley the latter a civilian technician with the airways and air communications service a Lindsey air station. Dutch air cadets visit Safe units Ramstein Germany special Twenty cadets from the graduating class of the Royal Netherlands air Force Academy and three of the Academy s instructor office shave completed a four Day tour of air Force installations. The visitors began their tour with a briefing on the Mission and operation of the 86th fighter interceptor Wing and a tour of the 514th fighter interceptor so facilities Here. The group also visited the Safe combat operations Center the 603d aircraft control an warning so at Langer Koph Ger Many the air traffic and control Center and the 23d aaa brigade site at Sembach and the 38th tactical missile Wing at Hahn. Frankfurt playhouse opens Miller play Frankfurt special maj William Allerton head of the pay  Section of the97th general Hospital in playing the Lead role in Arthur Millers death of a Salesman which opened an eight a y run at the  playhouse last week. Others in inv least Are Alic Courtney Addison Meyers Robert Zeller and sp4s John d Moss and Lee Boglitsch after conclusion of the first four performances on july ,25, a second run will be conducted from july 29 to aug 1, with cur Tain time at 8 pm on each night. Teasley who has waged a two year Battle to save the left Eye of his son s pet brought Duchess to the Hospital a Short time ago for examination. First it c. H. Jenkins of the air Force veterinary corps examined the Dachshund and advised surgery. The diagnosis was con firmed by it col l. D. Backen Hauer chief of veterinary service at Wiesbaden and or. Marianne Hanke a German vet formerly Oberlin now attached to the Usan Hospital Here. The veterinarians decided to Callin or. K. Hahn ophthalmologist at the Hospital for further Consulta Tion. Or. Hahn disclosed that the Eye Long affected by disease an infection had not responded to continuous medication and was be ginning to deteriorate. Off duty operational operating team was Assem bled and the surgery was per formed during off duty hours. A minute Hole was drilled into the Cornea of the Eye and the trans Plant was made. Sixteen microscopic stitches were required to close the incision. In three weeks dutchess was brought Back to the Hospital for removal of the stitches. After an other week the bandages were re moved and the frolicking Dachshund was returned to its master. Corneal transplant is quite rare operation and certainly even rarer among animals said or. Hahn the Success of the opera Tion depends to a very great de Gree on the skill of the surgeon and skill requires practice. I am especially Happy that this operation seems successful. I be had a Chance to use my skill for the Benefit of one of the four footed friends who has helped me develop that skill or. Hahn said Teasley had Praise for All concerned too. The air Force May be big he said and i know that the Hospital is big and certainly very Busy but it s not so Large that it is impersonal it has a very great and very humane  army medical corps marking 184th anniversary of founding Washington special . Army medical corps celebrates its 184th anniversary july 27.from a Humble beginning in 1775 the corps has expanded Dur ing recent wartime periods to care for an average of some 367,000army patients during the last year of world War  pattern of medical research has greatly changed and enlarge since the Day the Continental con Gress authorized establishment of an Hospital at the request of Gen George , research is conducted by the army medical research and development come in seven Labora tories in the . And four research units overseas. The army also has $15 million spent in us by 3d of in past year South Ruislip England is direct orders Worth almost $15 Mil lion were placed during the past year for British goods and serv ices by the 3d air Force it was reported Here. Officials announced that during the past 12 months $14.922,402 was spent for air Force use from Brit Josh sources. The statistics Only include funds appropriated for official air Force Zaragoza a again cited As 16th of s Best Madrid special Zaragoz air base for the second time has been named the most outstanding base in the Lgth air Force for the six months ending june 30, Accord ing to maj Gen h. K. Mooney 16th commander. The presentation of the com Mander s achievement award was presented to col Lloyd w. Preston,3974th combat support up com Mander in Mooney s office. The award consisting of $4,000is Given to the 16th air Force base selected As the most outstanding Over a six month  Money has been made Avail Able to the 16th commander from no appropriated funds and is used by the winning base commander for the Benefit of his installation and assigned  award is based on tangible subjects common to All bases of the command such As Courtesy leadership discipline and manage ment of personnel and  categories Are used for the judging with the strategic air come management control system counting 35 per cent the 16th air Force commander using 25 percent and the remaining 40 pet cent decided by a panel of judge selected by Mooney. The panel known Only to the commander is made up of Field company Grade and noncommissioned officers. Give full address Apo officials ask Heidelberg Germany is army postal clerks have been in strip cited to return if possible letters Inhat. Do hot Bear a Complete return  a postal official said the action has been ordered in an attempt to reduce the confusion and com plaints at military mail terminal sin the . Very few civilians Are familiar with military abbreviations and find them confusing the army postal regulation says. Use of unusual abbreviations such As those used in transmission of electrical messages adds to the confusion particularly at these postal concentration centers in the ."the official said the sender s re turn address should include rank name service number comple Eunit designation Apo new York . Support by Congress and do not include funds available for expenditure in Britain from other sources. Not included Are expenditures by strategic air Cornel s 7th air div military air transport service Navy and army units and the no defunct european Northern Dis position task Force at Burtonwood air base. Items purchased ranged fro paper clips to work on heavy motor vehicles and involved nearly Ever aspect of British consumer Good production. In addition to supplies required by 3d air Force in the United kingdom items were obtained Foru Saf units throughout Europe. Among this Type of Purchase were electro sensitive recording paper electronic facsimile machine spare parts and spark plugs. Smith takes Post at Rota Rota Spain is capt Jamesa. Smith Borrner commander of the aircraft Carrier Antietam has succeeded capt French Wampler. Jr.,As naval activities commander and commanding officer Rota naval station a joint Spanish american base. Wampler has been named com manding officer of the Pacific Fleet Carrier Bennington. The Rota command beside naval activities includes the naval station and Field Liaison officer for the joint . Military group Jusme Spain. Wampler served 18 months at Rota where naval activities were established in Jan. 1957. This was Rota s second Chang of command in two Days. It col William j. Sullivan took command of the Marine corps bar Racks from it col Roland e. Carey who is leaving for Cam Lejeune . Frankfurt scoutmaster Given High award Frankfurt special pfc Donald w. Dittmar of the 26th transportation helicopter co Anoff duty scoutmaster Here has received one of the most coveted Boyscout awards the god and country medal. Dittmar athletic instructor Dur ing duty hours has been scout master of troop 256, transatlantic Council North Star District since last april. The medal was Given to him at ceremonies conducted by chaplain 1st it Lee v. Fox inthe Post Chapel for outstanding youth leadership characteristic Sand Devotion to the betterment of his  service program extended Washington a the pro Gram for Young men to satisfy their military obligation with six months full time training followed by ready Reserve membership has been extended for four years. Pres ident Eisenhower signed a Bill continuing the program until 1963, contracts with More than 100 universities and research organizations. Through the years the medical corps has helped protect the health of the nation As Well Ashe army. The identification of the asian flu virus in 1957 is one . Other accomplishments closely associated with the army medical corps include the development of new drugs for Protection against typhus and malaria pioneering in the use of plastics for artificial eyes conquering of yellow fever in Panama publication of the firs american textbooks on psychiatry and surgery and pioneering the medical use of a rays. On june 1, 1959, maj Gen Leon Ard d. Heaton was sworn in As the 30th surgeon general of the army medical corps. The present term of office is four years but in Thelong history of the corps it has ranged from less than three months to More than 24 years. Eddleman salutes corps on birthday Heidelberg Germany Spe Cial the excellent health rec Ord of the army in Europe is reflection of the skill of the medi Cal corps Gen c. D. Eddleman commented in saluting the 184th anniversary of the army medical corps on monday. The full text of the Usa eur commander in chief s greeting to the medical corps follows on the occasion of the 184th anniversary of the United states army medical corps it is a pleas ure to extend greetings and congratulations to All members of the corps serving with the United states army Europe. Through its dedicated service i hospitals dispensaries laboratories and schools the medical corps has preserved or restored the health of the Soldier and his family for Al most two centuries. The excellent health record of the United states army Europe is a reflection of the professional skill of our army medical corps. They fully Merit our Confidence our Trust and our thanks. On behalf of All personnel of this command i wish to express our sincere appreciation and to wish for All members of the corps continued Success in the  3 co Termen cited for mercy Mission Stuttgart Germany special three members of the 274th med ical det have been awarded the Sikorsky winged s Rescue certificate and Emblem for their part inthe life saving helicopter evacuation of a 6-year-old German  Albert g. Benson 1st it Vincent j Cedola and sp6 Lestera. Meyer Pilot Copilot  Cal attendant respectively flew the ailing girl from Schwa Ebisch Hall to the Hospital in Frankfurt. The girl was suffering from severe in eternal bleeding and the Speed and the Comfort of the helicopter was credited with saving her life. German army surgeon briefed at Lan Stuhl Lan Stuhl Germany special Gen or. Theodor Joedicke chief surgeon of the German army visited Lan Stuhl army medical Cen Ter where he was briefed n medical installation activities by Bri Gen John l. Crawford 9th hos Pital Center cd. Among the units Joedicke visited was the n e w by organized army research unit no. 1, where he expressed particular interest in the Geneva walk in human counter a machine for measuring radios activity in the human body an the Only stand up Type counted in the world