European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                                8 the stars and stripes wednesday july 24, 1963 command changes Stuttgart Germany Spe Cial Brig Gen Cornell d. W. Lena tins arrived at 7th army my to Lake Over duties is in army artillery  was welcomed by a Gen at Sandot d Surlen. 7lh army Rylel of staff and an Honor guard from Headquarters company. Spe Cial troops. Ung who has been 32nd an Brig cd since september 1%2, Wilt sue Ceet Brig Gen John f. Smollor who hat states. Resumed to the United a 1935 graduate of the United states military Aea my Long Acari. The Silver Star. La run of Merl and Bronze Star Ramstein. Ice Romny tsp Cal Brig Gen Loren a. Mccollom  to arrive Here Stu ratty to become 17th air Force Deputy commander he Cpl autos Brig Gen Kyle , who returned to the United states last month to become in Spector Tiv Narnel Tor tact Rel a a come at tangle air Force . Mcc Odom he been Wajih the joint commit my and control requirements group. Joint , do. Frankfurt special co Johnnie d. Duffle a been us Ign cd As v corp  replacing col r. C. Biggs who has been transferred to , a. Duffle was formerly command ing officer of sunny Point army terminal. South porn . La , France Spe Cial it col John Butch Tosky has assumed command of the 70th med ical Dupol Here succeeding it col Thomas j. Fullam jr., who has Hern assigned to the Presidio no Sanfrancisco. Butchkosky previously served at the army medical research an development come. Walter Reed medical Center in Washington Frankfurt special it col James o. Herman assumed new duties As g2 of the 3rd army div. He was 73rd arty co. Since his arrival Here in August 1961. From the 4th inf div at it. Lewis wash., where he was assistant division g2. Wheemj8 air basis special col Kenneth l. John Libya Aon Haa taken Over duties As Deputy commander of Materiel forthe 7272nd air bum Wing Safe weapon Cente coming fro strategic air come. Creen am common England special col Harry c. Bayne will assume base command Here july 23, succeeding col Eugene q. Steffe jr., who la being reassigned to Abo to Issue text Washington special the american National red Cross has announced that the seventh Revi Sion o the red Cross nursing text Book will be out july so. Prepared by lha american red Cross  service the Book packs into one volume All the essential family health information irom emergency childbirth to geriatric care now taught lit ilk three red Cross Home no Nanji Cottma. Mccollom new posts he strategic air come Deputy chief of the War plans division. Burneis presently assigned to the directorate of operations at he Sac Schief Force plans Brunch. Long thus by by lilt tavkm1kr stuff writer chateau Roux France to a statistics of the Long thrust Viii which moved 1,390 troops and nearly 20 tons of equipment from Forbes fab Kami to re inc Milnar Germany in 70 hours have been released by the lc02nd air transport Wing Mats Here. Thirteen c135 i t aircraft flew23 eastbound and 20 went hound i Hlll statist missions. The 2nd Battle up. 1th inf reinforced of the 1st inf div moved from Forbes. The 1,324 troops of the 1st Baltic. Up 23rd inf reinforced of the 1st inf div and 33.4 tons of equip ment were returned to for lies ont i westbound missions. In this and the seven previous Lang thrusts. Military air to wins port service hat airlifted n total is released tons of necessary Curro. J the 1602nd air transport Winf based Here la Renton Sable Tor Al Mats operation in Europe Africa and the Middle East. Ill 1614th i support so at Rhine main unloaded loaded and did necessary j Nln Lennore on the huge c1351 used in Long thurst Viii. The Wing s Ulm Llyl con mind Post it South rules Len. In gland exer of 24.250 troops and More him 800 j re Rcd immediate control of the jets., Little Island has Large chore Anchorage. Alaska up tiny Island in a Cluster around Attu at the tip of the Aleutian Chai shelters tin integral Purl of the Ulm defense of the North american continent. The Island is Shemya. It House Gigantic air Force Rad Urx and other technical equipment thai Mili tary authorities regard to lop . Military  on Amer ican soil to Russia Shimin is. More than i Tatj Miles from the nearest . Air Force installation in the alaskan air Comai King Salmon. And it was from King Salmon that . Fighter planes streaked into the sky when russian plane flew aver Alaska territory on March 15. Another russian plane the same Day flew Over Waters regarded out of Bounds for soviet planes. Both russian planes May have been scouting Shemya. The air forces says very Little about Shumya. Officials of the alaskan come at Elmendorf air Force base Are Touchy on the subject. Queries Are erected coldly. No women there in Little on the Island other than the air Force station it highly secret equipment air Force and army personnel and a Doc or two. There Ore no women. Although the strategic mechanisms on Shemya today Are wrap Ped in military secrecy the Island has Matory that started 20 years ago m the bitter Aleutian Campaign of world War ii. Japanese surveyors had san Ltd the Island for a bomber base. Short distance away japanese troops held the Inland of Altu for 11 months in what was the firs enemy invasion on american soil since the War of 1812. In january 1943. The War councils on both sides pinpointed she Mya As strategic. It wits 1.800 Miles from Anchorage in Ono direction and the same from Tokyo in theother. The time of occupation was approaching on a collision  suddenly it was averted. A few Miles whorl of their destination n japanese Chemyn i taskforce wan discovered by n . Plane Flung a scouting  Lone plane circled the Convoy without a shot being fired from either Side and observed an Unac countable  the japanese wanted their Shumya move to be a sur usage tar urges sponsors obtain student space1 Heidelberg special usar eur transportation officials have advised All commands that during August and september Many Btu Dent dependents will be returning to the United states for their next school term and that surface and air passenger space will be at a Premium during this same period due u heavy tourist travel and cyclic rotation of military families. Sponsors Are reminded that itis their responsibility to initiate action to obtain surface or air travel for their student depend for Mir Nee transportation to the states sponsors should obtain prepare and Forward redeployment requests a form 2267through appropriate control  so As to reach the Central Contr Agency . Army port of embarkation , As soon us possible. For travel by nor sponsors should arrange with their local control Headquarters to have space Avail Able orders issued covering Tii travel. Heavy generation of space available air travel is anticipated during August and september. Sex Perl enc has indicated that the space available air traveler can est assist himself by Byln Avail Able at the Aerial port of embarkation on the earliest Date. All sponsors and or their student dependents must comply with these instructions for their own Best interests. Prise and when it wan discovered they , the Battle for Atli took place. After nearly every Jup Anes Soldier was killed it Amer ican forces were sent to Sham jul Battle weary infantrymen and engineers were to write Jit i Nortin the event enemy troops were present. Some Jap uru a Xii icy part of Shumya s value to the military is in its level . There in t a Hill higher than Kex feet above sea level. 13 Era u i of the relatively level terrain the Ihli ind j. Railed � still Miry fall trip. I in of can get on and off in a variety of foul weather without running the risk of  int unseen mountains using the japanese Survey stakes Fly Gulden. Army engineers covered the land sea pc with buildings and roads for a modern no rinse opera lion. More than 1,000 Structure went up. Linked by a Road net 80miles Long. The Island is about 4 j Miles Ftp june angry seas All Hul frustrated thu Best efforts of the army Engineer to build docks. Piling was ripped from the Ocean floor in the coves and inlets and draped Heller shelter around the Island. But the docks and to he replaced quickly so the Island could to supplied. J of hip Kelli the a a Day and peace quickly eclipsed the importance of Shemya. The base was manned by troops i diminishing number for Nev Cru years. Most military Force Hal moved out in 1949 and she Yii was used As a refuelling Stop by Norl Wesl Orient air line on flight Between Anchor re and Tokyo. Shumya strategic value with apparently gone. But the military became Ink rested in the old base in a relatively recent phase of the cold War in 1957, Shemya in a curve Edford a listening Post and a warn ing station. The Advent of nuclear tipped missiles spelled renewed significance under Russia s e o 1 shoulder. Commandos j Aid sick in Guatemala Washington special a re cent report from the United states military group in Guatemala pointed tip the role that the air forces Tuc to Cal air come special air War fare Center and its 1st air com Mando Wing has played in  civilian popular Ion there and elsewhere in cart Ontl and South with the help of the air conv Man Don and their if 1c aircraft 22, doctors and deists military and civilian have treated More than"1.400 Gamlem nouns. For Many it was the first time that they have had 201 h Century Medicine and a medical Aid administered. "4 civic action 1 since its arrival in the Panama 13 Canul zone last May detachment t of tac s 1st air commando Wing j Hatt been engaged in a variety of 3civic action programs cooperating j with other United sin in and Allied agencies. J the role the Ulm common Doi a played in bringing the population i of a Remote Guatemala area in i Cloher Contact with the Ceri Lenl gov j there the report stated that the work 1of the air commandos was u Fine exit ple of civic cooperation by United slates forces. Portable Nui vennary one guatemalan government of Al fall mild the portable Dupens Ary which the air commit Dos made available to us proved to be of inestimable  the Sucre Jan of this  medical visit to the heretofore Remote areas of one latin american nation Wai the result of cooperation among Many agencies. Care the Guate Mala ministry of Public health Guatemala military Hospital u air Force and other civilian ele ments worked with the air com 4 Mandos on the project. M f. A i Jim i a  _. H Mats sailing dates . I am. In Bremerhaven Germany s4s the following is the list of Mats transports scheduled to arrive and depart from hero Dur ing the next two  Niimi Havik hew Road army Hob Iutva to ch41a Chinook helicopter left liable i air Force to Jet Trainer to Denun Uldale Lla Abuzir to train. Port heavy Load into Arena of limited . Bight. M 8ft Bay Taylor an in in ichor in the vehicle capability committee ground mobility department it Benny or ga., Calmba into the Del Var i compartment of the new Mil Bulky an Amshl Blouma Carrier. Them116 Laiful to Home