European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes nato exercise in Norway Polar express to get heavy Navy support _ .1 j. to to my a 4-Nln 4lpegs past in trophy room by Marion Lee staff writer grandeur medieval style Oak table an chairs give stately air to trophy room of the 1st in 35th Armor at Erlanger. Room too year to construct with pegs. Is Drane latest of look Blue is new for Rescue Washington special anew safety feature which will change the colors of their inflatable life saving equipment is expected to give downed . Navy aviators in Vietnam a better Chance for survival. Instead of the Standard Bright yellow or International Orange the color of the aviator s life capt. Litters Vietnam area Bien Hoa Vietnam Spe Cial capt. Delma w. Swilley is a Jitterbug but thai is Parton his Job. Swilley and other u10 courier pilots assigned to flight a 5th air commando so Bien Hoa air base litter the Vietnam Countryside with thousands of psychological warfare leaflets. Daily the Captain takes off from Bien Hoa in his single engine u10 and Heads for an army outpost where he receives instructions for the Mission froma psychological warfare technician along with the Day s pay Load of 50 to 100 thousand Leaf lets and a taped message to replayed Over the Ulo s loudspeakers. Preserver and raft is being changed to Blue. The old colors proved to be Handicap to the downed Pilot in Vietnam who seeks concealment Tow still goes despite conditions Redstone Arsenal Ala special Tow missiles have been fired successfully by . Army missile come after being subjected to severe environmental tests. Army officials said the mis Siles carrying live warheads were fired at heavily armore plates on a test Range. Prior to firing the missile were exposed to conditions they might undergo in any part of the world. They were bounced vibrated and expo sed to Sand dust heat rain Salt Spray and fungus. One million graduates Keesler Ait miss. Spe Cial a major Milestone in Keesler fab history will breached june 11 with ceremonies marking the graduation of on million students from the train ing Center since the base was activated in 1941. From the enemy while awaiting Rescue. To solve the problem the naval air system come has tested and approved a Blue marking Ink. The Ink and appropriate instructions for use have been sent to the combat area to permit rapid dyeing of inflatables now in use. The new Blue inflatables will not reduce the Pilot s Odds of being rescued. The downed Avi Ator still has other locator de vices such As transceivers radio beacons Strobe lights flares mirrors and Dye markers. The color change therefore inhibits enemy detection but does not Compromise the downed airman s chances of Rescue. Erlanger Germany is strength and dash is the Heri Tage of any armoured battalion the strength of a medieval Knight and the dash of a West Ern Cavalryman. Trappings of both eras re mind men of the 1st in 35th Armor 4th army div her that they Are part of a tradition begun Long before the unit was activated in 1941. Remembrances of these Earl fighting men adorn the Walls of the battalion trophy room in the Headquarters Complex. Boards presentations and courts Mart alas Well As a monthly officer s mess night bring battalion Mem Bers within the panelled Walls. Pegs used the room was completed in 1964 when delivery of medieval style Oak tables and chairs was made by an Erlanger furniture maker. Pegs rather than nails were used in construction tha took a year to Complete. Each company in the battalion paid or certain pieces of the Furni jousting Lance from the same manufacturer hangs fro the Wall along with Battle streamers and the original Bat Talion Guidon. Chandeliers fashioned by Bat Adin. Named to head Navy in Philippines Annapolis my. A rear adm. Draper l. Kauffman superintendent of the . Nava Academy will become the next commander of All . Naval forces in the philippine islands this summer the Academy Sai Kauffman who has been superintendent since june 1965will relieve rear adm. Herman j. Kossler Talion maintenance men Frt push cart wheels cast Light the room of military authentic 15th-Century a Mored Vest donated by the father of a former battalion member takes a position of Hon or beside the tinted windows with their dark heavy , hand tooled in the local Craft shop take their place beside a Sharp s carbine and a cavalry the foot of the room Are heavy Silver bowls an goblets. The bowls were won for firing proficiency. A Goblet for each key Slot in the battalion bears a continuing list of Nam Sand dates of each Man filling the positions. Battalion sgt. Maj. John a Brown curator of the Trout room boasted this is one o the few battalions in the Arm that has gone to such lengths in preserving a tradition col. Nelly Newell will speak at nurses Parley Heidelberg special col. Nelly Newell assistant chief of the army nurse corps will keynote the army nurse corps army medical specialist corps training conference june 12-14 at her visit to Europe col. Newell will also tour army hospitals in Germany Italy Brussels and the army Hospital in Asmara Turkey. _ prior to her present assign ment she served As director nursing activities Brooke army medical Center at it. Sam Houston . Newell served in Europe in 1954-1957 As chief nursing service 161st station Hospital and later chief nursing service,196th station Hospital in Paris. Serve a Gea est Book the examines sues
