European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1966, Darmstadt, Hesse Fat an us he Ogo nil a Coo Itol Ilion Gold of the pm Cong. Mar Long Mitoi of Oll purpose bombs on Jungle iwo Els. Er., Hundred of in men in tin in mint be tie Ami parly Whirlie ft., Sci a eat i i i in . Calif to 4mlh Ami .1jfth ten in urn they Lonk Over Itei 1 Iron the 7th bomb Wing which return pm to curswell.tex., after several months on Chr Island. Tie 7lh hit a mile Ilene before Leav ing i to combat sorties Over South Viet Nam. Bus have not yet gone North of the 17th parallel Holch Epa Raes North and South Vel Nam. Sgt. Tarry Heath a ground Crew chief from fort Worth tex., and one of the few remaining Carswell Raffl personnel still at Andersen recalled when limb ing raid began on june in we never expected said Heath. Then one night All hell broke Loose around that Andersen is a wartime status station is apparent. Armed guards some with Mil rifles slut across their shoulders Are everywhere. Mention a Mission ask a question people talk guardedly if they talk Al All. Watch dog roam hip if .000.hi re Italton fences Al night. Aviators and Crews Bitrick Lotf Lher three to a room in special quarters. Their families Aren t per milled to join hem but their duly Here is comparatively Short. Their immediate Boss. Col. William t. Cumiskey. A Blue eyed weathered Veteran of n years air Force service i admired and feared by his men. When you be been chewed out bythe colonel you know you be been grinned a Young Captain. But be a great the Brooklyn born commander of the4mlh-Smtb bombardment wings. H next july Camlo Andersen the last week in november and by the end of the tint week of december he d already flown five missions Over South Viet Nam. And a Mission is a a hour affair ii hour of actual flying. Ii hours pre paring for the flights and debriefing an critiques. A. Gen. William j. Crumm. A career officer with 14 years head of the 3rd air div Al Andersen led a successful bombing Mission of ii aircraft which took off in three Waves dec. 1, Crumm. 4. Flew but bombers during world War ii. As did Cumiskey and the two Are Back doing Tor real bombing again for the first Lime in More than it years. The Lonel Ald his first Mission last month trough Back some Cumiskey s Deputy is col Van Parker who previously commanded the Joth bomb Wing at Mather round Crews. Crumm said work ii hours a Day six Days a week. An aver age Buji Crew week it 74 hours few excepting Only some civilians observe the 4v-hour and Cumiskey both talk of the Esprit on the . Charles Hammer. M. Lake Charles la., said he offered to Quita a b47 Crew chief on the us main land to become an armorer Al Ander sen i d just a soon feel i m doing some thing the sergeant said. Ennu Tinc Only that no Quarter Are available Here for his wife. Joan an their four children. And the raids have stepped up fro the one in june to tour in july to the present ii or More a month. Crum said their effectiveness has increased tremendously a intelligence information on target general Laid Many people thought of the strategic air come As a nuclear deterrent Force but he Hopes they will now rec Gnu Sac s value m limited warfare too. Crumm Emp haired. However thai his a or so planes at Andersen can quietly be convened to nuclear weapon the weapon Arr Here Ami Little modification is required to exit Sims and Riim la if a in i l t4 Nib or Harif to that. U a Iii 111 of a fell it ii Lii dirt i Oitt Iii it Kui Lily Dunipa in in milk a dry Silti pit Rholin cat Farr on hip vn-1 Antii f a Tim s flew i � or i y his men. I d in mini tonic in Hammock in shut Jungle with ii be come Lomm snied Mai Max i. Mihura re play. Okla. Imine i f hip .Vman Crew which won Sac s fair Hild trophy in Ima i Notni the award makes Mihura group the burst air cup in Sac. Clwell not Alfr a Rij. Hip air Craft commander said sure he like to fee that the Effort we re Nittin out i a comply Ishler Someth tone. And we really Blip up ii n " it kind of Straniti. " he said when you or going in on a minion to look Down and Nee the civilian air traffic Tak ing off or Landing at Silicon Airport and Alt the Normal act Oftle Koine on. Know ing 20 nil Fojt away full by Rek a tin your Bonetti Load. The Prat c and War Cotier ii i. In give us a funny m suit. Samuel Taulbee. Chur Ubu co in. A fall Cunner in a Veteran of m Miloni in the korean War aboard Rubin Lori and the Only member of i hum Crew to have Iron previous action. The Vel Nam Ink Ninx Are lamer and we Hope they stay the sergeant says a Richard w. Luelmer or. Pin Prairie ii. Said Crews can generally see their bombs explode below particularly at always do pretty Good. Last night we did damned Lliel Mermaid Cap William h. King. Birmingham ala., is the Crew s electronic warfare officer and unofficial Cook. King id an electric Skillet Board each Mlat band fires Bacon and ergs on the return other majors Complete the fair child trophy complement Cheater Godsby the radar navigator from Wil Low Springs mo., with 4.m noun of bal flying time and Richard atoll Brooklyn the world s greatest Taviga according Lomi huddle. Planned minions Are a closely guarded secret at Andersen but it in t really difficult to know when something s in hip Crews have been alerted they re taken by bus to the base theater to briefing. Every facet of the upcoming raid is described usually by cot p. K. Smith. The worried looking Deputy commander of operations. Sud i Are thrown on a Large screen to illustrate target. Afterwards Wing commanders add a few remarks and the half hour briefing i concluded by a to tort talk and a prayer by a chaplain. Where the secrecy curtain fall apart in that often the evening movie is can celeb to accommodate a briefing. No show Means a Mission that night. After briefing the men Are let boisterous than before. The horseplay and Idle banter end. Bos lunches Ajo aboard the Walling buses with the men before they leave for the flight lines where newly lined fully loaded. Bus await la be three hours before the huge tunes. Wing up drooping with the weight of High explosive and fuel taxi into position then Roar off the runway at one minute intervals headed for soot Hilel Nam they will Bendenoun with kc1m m Tanker somewhere along the Way for refuelling word of their coming � probably received by the Vel Cong there s a pm Slan electronics ship tilling off apra Harbor Luam. Beyond the Ihne Mue limit and you can t keep a b4j take Oft quiet. The do Mission Arr a Bonus for the humans their i Lmary duty i to keep lab on the Rumen i and goings Noty s i Lub mannes in and of cum. Ii
