European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse The Job suits them an Onge of mercy arrival via Chut. A2c John r. Carlion let far water Lump. Helmet screen Art tree lumping gear. A parole ice Man it helped on with hit High collared Par Rescue Mel by John Krueger you can always count on Para-1 Rescue men to be dressed for the occasion. Whether Chuying into the sea. Snow mountains or Sand this elite Force of the air Rescue service is suited to the conditions. There is even a special tree lumping ensemble that includes an old style leather football helmet to which u wire mask is attached. This protects the head and face from All branches. The body Sall zipped up in a High collared coveralls garment. And if Chr in incl of mercy Hunt up in the tree he carries 100 feel of rope for lowering himself to safety. I Spile the varied wardrobe clothes definitely do not make these men the heroes mat they arc. They bring to their highly skilled Job a natural courage that is sharpened during six months of the most rugged training 05.79 per cent of the candidates Wash out then polished to a Lustrous finish As a member of one of the u ars teams stationed around the world. In 18 years the ars part of the Mili tary air transport service has flown 41,000 missions of mercy aiding Al nations and logged 388,000 Hying hours for the sole purpose of seeking an saving downed flyers Accident victims and the survivors of a variety of natural disasters these figures do not include the thousands of other Mission Flo non escort and orbit Type missions. The 1140 Baltic of Britain it has Bee said first established the urgency for a organized Rescue Effort when ii was discovered that a Large percentage of downed airmen could be recovered by boat and air plane from the cold Waters of Tow tin Lih 1952, he . Has had an air Rescue unit the 87th air Rescue so stationed in Britain and responsible for a 4li-Mllllon-Squarc-mile area that extends from the North pole through mid France and from the Iron curtain approximately half any to the azores and half Way to Canada commanded by u col Malcolm c. Frozen. From san Diego calif., the 67th Nernes out of the Mats base at Prest Wick. Scotland. The Squadron includes a Man Par Rescue unit from which to add to its usual six Man hc54 Rescue master Crews. No in charge of the Par Rescue contingent is t sgt Clarence 12 is London Bureau i k. Boles is from free part tet iof the veterans of the Par Rescue Bini which got started in 1m7 at tin fore school Missoula Mont. I a scottish journal described botox this men As the Tough a Teik 1 medics Whoso training would the toughest commando think two eve after passing the enlisted Cre Triber s flying physical the t volunteers undergo four week Ift. Benning. Ga., for Gunter air Force base Medicine at key West fla., water swimming and at stnov., fur survival training. Instruction includes 10 Days on cliques or parachuting into and out of heavily wooded areas. Tui Strw jumping Drill curried out my admiration for the work of ass Viand its division la wide. Boles was a member of 11training team that visited Art help that country in setting up service. The Par Rescue operation is two Man Effort to bring c and fastest Aid possible la Imen or astronauts or to Crashi they will jump under conditions if the Poss Bui a that there is a life to be have said that to do More thl men can do you d have to Pana whole no Effort u � when you have dedicated your code that others May the 17th also echoes Tho Seni alts commander. Brig Gen Williams who said from a quarters at Orlando fab Al. You think of Rescue think of the anyone anywhere in is warm Day need our help and Well be it is humanly he added aks is now in All of our nation s programs and this looks u might Well be our biggest Joffri years that lie the general concluded to Hlf space Rescue and recovery oust but a forerunner of the Fuents along with rest of the air f Tii filling in with Par Rescue lineups07lh s aks has a Tough Ageous nucleus from which to space teams. The stars and stripes
