European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday september 9, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 9 flight surgeon a living legend they changed the rules after he left Viet by Ray Wrigh staff writer Ramstein Germany is when the flight medical officer for the 13th tactical bombard ment so alias the grim reap ers left the Philippines for re assignment to Ramstein air base he had acquired a reputation As a daredevil doctor whose exploits Promise to become on of the legends of the Vietnam War. A slightly padded legend according to capt. Howard c. Joondeph flight medical officer atthe 26th tactical Hospital who proceeded to let some air out of the publicized figures. I flew Only 120not 130com-Bat sorties in Vietnam the 6 foot-1-Inch Brown haired Brown eyed doctor from Ridge Wood . Said. And actually i Wasin Vietnam Only nine months Al together. Our unit at Clark airbase Philippines alternated with the 8th tactical bombard ment so also of the 405th tac tical fighter Wing in spending two months in Vietnam at a time. During our turn at Clark Wenot Only looked after our own Squadron and their dependent but we looked after our alternate Squadron s families while their sponsors were in the legend built up from the fact that Joondeph not Only doctored the men of his Squadron i Vietnam he flew combat mis Sions with them to learn the problems they were up against and what might make the crack up other than antiaircraft fire. My primary responsibility was to detect any problems of aircrew members and assist them. I tried to Fly with every Pilot of the Squadron to detect problems before a Pilot himself knew anything was going wrong. Capt. Howard c. Joondeph i knew the men Well and justly looking at them As i went along on their missions i could pretty Well Tell if something was about to go addition i enjoyed those flights Joondeph said. I like flying that s the pleasant part of the the doctor holds a private Pilot s License and unofficially is a trained navigator. When he flew Mission he took Over the Navi Gator s seat to justify his pres ence on the aircraft. This is changed now. When left the 7th air Force put out a regulation that a doctor could Fly no More than two combat missions a month Joondeph said. A graduate of Northwestern University medical school Chi Cago he joined the air Force i october 1965 and to Brooks air base school of aerospace Medicine. Unit direct fires 175mm at Graf by Richard e. Wallace Grafe Woehr Germany special for the first time in Usa eur history according Hografe Woehr Range records a 175mm gun has been direct fire during a formal practice. Btry a of the 6th in 9th arty achieve this first. The 175mm gun has been direct fired before on the Grafen Woehr ranges in a firepower demonstration but never by a unit in practice. All of the batteries in the Bat Talion direct fired. Btry a was the . Col. Henry e. Strickland in co stated that his batteries were practising direct fire be cause of the emphasis Susareu Headquarters has placed on All artillery units having a proficiency in direct fire techniques. He pointed out that one reason for the direct fire practice was the fact that commanders in Europe Are helping to prepare men for duty in Vietnam Many of the artillery units including 175mmgun units Are using direct fire. Last week the men of Btry a Sun sections prepared their guns for firing As soon As they arrive Don Range 10. They then attended a class on safety and direct fir techniques conducted by capt. James f. Warren Battery co and Sec Harry s. Williamson of service Btry. The practice was conducted one on the Way the first round from a 175mmgun is fired at Grafe Woehr by Btry a 6th in 9th arty. The direct firing of the big gun marked a first in Usa eur. Army Swedlund gun Section at a time. As an introduction to direct fire techniques the gun sections practice with the 105mm howitzer before moving to the 175. Before the dry fire exercise with the 105mm howitzer Williamson reviewed firing techniques of a 105 with each gun Section. After several dry fir practices the gun sections went live. The safety officer checked tomake sure that the howitzer was properly aimed and that the howitzer barrel was level before each round was be sure that the barrel had no Elevation the safety office placed a level on it. After firing a number of live rounds with the 105, the gun Section then moved on to fire it sown gun in a direct fire. This same sequence of event was repeated for each of the gun sections in the safety purposes Only one of three possible powder charge was used to propel each Shell. Length of the Range was one of the safety factors to be consid ered. By noon Btry a had finished firing and the Many spectators from other units training at Graf a Woehr drifted away. I volunteered for Vietnam and ended up going to the Philip Pines but when i got there Learned there was an opening in Vietnam and got this assignment to spend two months alternately in Vietnam and the Philip Pines. I flew every Type of Mission handled by the b57 Canberra Jet bombers the doctor said. Also went out on missions with pilots of f4c phantoms f100 us per sabres f102 Delta daggers Al sky raiders ac47 dragon ships and uc123 provider air Craft. I also joined Forward air controllers on their observation missions and flew with while Joondeph was attache to the Hospital at Danang air base he organized a Pioneer program of civic action consist ing of weekly medical visit by air Force personnel to a near by Village which had been severely damaged by Viet Cong terrorists and an aircraft was eager to find out All he could about the War revisited special forces Camps whenever he could taking along Candy cigarettes envelopes and other things the men might was just my own Little Mili tary action program he said putting the Light touch to his activities. Joondeph also Rode aboard army medical evacuation Heli copters and witnessed preliminary surgery on Battle casualties in order to gain better in sight for treating such patients. Although he came Back with out a scratch a number of the doctor s missions were Hazard Ous. We took a number of hits on one b57 Mission and another time a uc123 in which 1 was rid ing limped to an emergency land ing after ground fire knocked out an col. Wurster gets new Post Rhine main a Germany special col. Henry j. Wurster is the new vice commander of the 439th military Airlift group Here. He was commander of the39th military Airlift so Dover fab del., prior to assuming duties As second in command of this base s largest unit. 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