European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday july 75, 1963 the stars and stripes Page 9 Roe plug the news line v corps 3rd div Frankfurt special Mojen Crelghton w. Abroms. V orb cd hat visited the 3rd red div and was honoured with Parade briefing and his predecessor upon a rival was maj Gen John , 3rd army div cd. Abrams wan cd of the a ppr cad div Mon from october 1961 null May 1962. Prior to that he As assistant division roman Derrom May 1059 until May 1960. He returns to Europe from an stiff n Merit in the office of the As fit ant chief of staff for Force do elopement in Washington. Derheim Germany special Lve . Military Academy Cadet ave joined the 12th engr in Hern or six weeks of training As Pla Oon lenders and assistant sex ecu Ive officers. The bulk of their work will con is of giving classes on various no Leer subjects and observing he results in practical Field work Ureng their on 1 he Job training a third Stuttgart Germany Spe Lal sgt maj Cecil o. Etheridge ii corps ammunition a conc has Ecel Ved the army commendation Ren Harlan visits t9th Tuc Hospital Span Dahlem. Germany special maj pm Maurice c. Verlun for dental serv yes to the surgeon of Usan has re tilted the 49th tactical . The general was accompanied by to col Robert Thompson of the l St dental surgeons office and col Georges 3. Mcclench Safe As Testant for dental services. The group As briefed by it comm c. Meyers. 49th tactical hos ital commander. Meyers and a tool Roger d. Burton director of Jental services Here accompanied he group on a tour through the remarked that this was he most modern and one of the finest dental facilities he Hod seen on his tour. Cd gets honors Todal from it Gen c. H. Bone steel Vii corps cd. Mannhk1m, Germany special pfc Earl m. Wright has been named the Soldier of the Mon Thor the 342nd transportation co. Canadian a Werl Germany special the 1st Field Amu Lonco Royal Ca Nadian army medical corps has concluded its annual mass casualty evacuation exorcise Here. More than 1.000 simulated Cas unit Lei were treated during exer else Mill hand by Canadian and danish army medical corpsmen working together under it col Roya. So Lille. 1st Field ambulance co. Hahn installs to forecast Hahn Germany special weathermen at Hahn have Tom Brand new equipment to Aid Piloti during their approaches. It is the first such equipment to be operational in 17th of despite the fact that the maintenance men of Del. 14, 31st weather so had a late Start in comparison with other bases. This equipment will be a real Boon Bath to our own pm toil Imd said it col Luc inn a. Gray detachment commander be cause As every airman knows we have the worst flying weather in All Europe hero at Hahn especially in the technically known As a duplicate precision approach weather on of re nation facility the package includes wind measuring Al Sill Ity a e a s u r 1 n g and Cloud base height measuring features of this new equip ment Are of extreme importance Topalou its Speed its accuracy and the fact that it operates from both ends of the runway. The two rot a Ting beam cello me ters for instance graphically Dis play the Selling Cloud height of in Linen my nm1 i3m arms Mhz nil Jim rlttdllmt01 Hinn rom im1 Van Tom Brt 114 ucal mid Witt it him 1 1 011 ii on tit Stem 2 01 Flat Wal she mis Bird b�4 found hot to melt flow Mcmyn pm film or. New Betsy Hahn Germany special a modern Day Betsy Ross and an avidly patriotic american citizen would be the Only adequate description of lebanese born mrs. No Man Ashkar. This is the impression Given by this vigorous lady As she crocheted four full size american flags in color two of which have been presented to . Presidents. Ritj menu the exercise presupposed thata nuclear attack had occurred and More than lock casualties were treated and evacuated to Clearing stations for further treatment distances Between meet Cal in tall talons were pc determine to give Reata pm to the exercise. The casualties were prepared by exer Csc control station and Field ambulances the Ca new facility weather every six seconds while the land ing approach visibility provided by a is relayed to the Pilot by the weather observer through approach control. While those new machines Are fantastically accurate and Don Teven blink their eyes thus de creasing the Chance of human error they have not and will not eliminate the human observer Gray explained. As n matter of fact the observer becomes even More essential be cause All this went her information is Given graphically on charts and must be rend and interpreted accurately by the Short he must court late what he Geti from these machines with what he knows exists in order to provide better More precise and faster observations to the pilots and to other weather this equipment has been in operation in the states for about a year and a unit is operational in sgt Dutts. A Coz of the Del. 14 maintenance Section said but we have the first in Germany. When the project is completed there will be 40 installations in Safe including civilian airports which will Hove it he concluded Ross Croc born in Houmel Lebanon Many years ago mrs. Ashkar i migrated to the United states in 1923- time of strife deprivation and hardship in her native land. During the late 20s and Early 30s, the depression in the . Brought Back bitter memories of her Home land to she prayed to god for someone to Rescue her newly acquired and much beloved country. Send test unities to rear Clearing n talons. Medical officer at the Clearing stations made the initial diagnosis checked the casualties for Rod in ton and segregated them into major end minor treatment categories. The casualties suffered from a variety of Burns Lacer atom and shrapnel injuries. The walking wounded preceded to the minor treatment station where their wounds were checked and if Neces sary further treatment Given. Sol Diers Able to return to their in Ltd were transported there while the others with More serious wounds were prepared for evacuation toothed medical installations. Serious cases were taken to station where body fluids were restored to Normal level and oxygen was administered if necessary. Minor or emergency operations were performed by team of medical officers. Brigadier John p. Douglas 1stcorps Deputy director of medical services British army of the Rhine observed i be seen Many medical units on exercises but to my mind this Canadian unit is the Best i be seen. Not Only Are they Good in the Field but excellent organizers and administrators As we 111 this Yea they ran the Harden trophy com petition held annually among Field units of the British army of the Rhine and they acted As this was the last exercise forum Lille in Germany. He leaves next month to become the Cam Gagetown station Hospital co at Camp Gagetown . Western of Airlift Travis fab Calif. Special the Western transport air Force s first operational use of us newest Mats aircraft the Lockheed ci30e Hercules was on Airlift ol150 monkeys from san Francisco to Bergstrom fab Tex. La la he of be she said she found this Saviour in the late president Franklin d. Roosevelt in searching her mind to discover Tow she could adequately satisfy her driving need to personally re Ward Thea Man she hit upon Thadea of crocheting a full sin Amer can flog for him. Since there was no precedent for such a feat she was forced to de sign the pattern before betting to work on it after much trial and error an Many months of diligent work the first Flag was completed. In her own words mrs. Ashka said i presented the Flag to pres ident Roosevelt in appreciation of the Fine Job he did in netting Thea country out of a since those Early Days mrs Ash car has completed three Mart second flog was go Van to president Dwight d. Eisenhower when he visited her present Homo in Manchester. eldest son capt Lewis Ash kor of the both tactical Hospital her received the third Flag which he received upon his graduation from the school of aviation Medicine at Brooki fab Tex., la 1mz Ensign John n. Ashkar her other son received the fourth Flag upon his graduation from the u3. Nav aviation officer candidate school lost to in. Ashkar. To fit flags took approximately six months each to Complete and rep resent several million stitches. The last two Flat created some what of a problem she said at ins had to devise a method of increasing the number of stars from 48 to 50. Upon close inspection one would notice that each Star and strip a individually Woven into Tho Pattra of the equally along the Unith of each White strip and in the Center of each starts a Whirlpool effect which mrs. Ashkar says simulates the melting pot that if each red Stripe a Small Rose is spaced equally which mrs. Ashkar eels represents u of Lov Olman for his fellow Man. All of the stars whirlpools an reset Are interconnected with each other throughout the Flag to aim ulate the Unity which u the foun Dation of the american Way of life. Asked if she planned on Crochet ing any More flags the thought she d ilk to Crochet a dress for herself. 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