European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page -8 woman Sailor owes Rescue to arc Imam " s by Amis Nixon staff writer Ramstein Germany is whenever and wherever the spine tingling mayday May Day mayday is heard Rescue forces will be on the Way in matter of minutes to help those in distress. Covering nearly a third of the world s surface from Greenland and the azores to the Borders of Burma and India the Atlantic Rescue and recovery Center at arc with Headquarters Here provides Rescue men an aircraft to help any person in danger. Such an instance occurred recently when Edith Baumann of Aachen Germany was save from her disabled 26-foot Trima ran wallowing in a raging sea300 Miles North of the azores. Miss Baumann was sailing the Atlantic Ocean alone except for her dog in a race sponsored by the London observer newspaper when she sent out the sos. The first inkling of the Koala Iii being in danger came from the Plymouth England Rescue control Center acc in a Mes Sage received at Ramstein airbase at 10 23 . Local time june 26.the message said the yacht Koala Iii is in grave danger apposition 43 40 degrees North Lati tude and 27 00 degrees West Longitude with one person aboard miss Edith Baumann 26, of Aachen Germany incident 26-001 this meant that an aircraft atone of three bases or 12 helicopter stations in eight countries had been alerted to standby for a possible 1 40 ., incident 26-001 closed and Mission 57-012-26jun this meant that a Mission had been accepted and the standby aircraft was airborne and flying toward the search area. A second aircraft was alerted to standby. Finding the Small Blue boat with its Lone passenger and the dog aboard appeared weather was described As Down the tube or extremely Crew of the air plane from the 57th aerospace Rescue an recovery Squadron Arrone of three Rescue Squadron assigned to at arc found the Koala Iii with miss Bau Annand her dog aboard at 9 23 Local time at Ramstein Germany some eight hours after take . Leo t. Fitzgerald Pilot and commander of the rescuehc130 Hercules aircraft radioed air Force Rescue 50972has found the missing boat with the girl still on Board. We have visual Contact at present. Coordinates Are 43 40 a 25 55 despite the visibility limitations and darkness the air Force Rescue plane had found the Small speck on a vast Ocean some 60 Miles from where us last locution Hud been reported. Fitzgerald circled the surface vessel dropping night illumination and smoke flares around the Craft while the Crew radioman talked with miss Baumann Over the radio and radioed that he was getting Low on standby hc130 Hercules piloted by capt. Howard m. Epstein roared Down the runway to relieve the first the second plane reached the area Fitzgerald flew flew around the vessel while his Crew dropped More flares. The radio operator sgt. William Dannenmuller vectored ships to the closest the Ger Man 3,430-ton Magdalene Vin Nen but heavy seas prevented a successful pickup. The second nearest vessel was the French Navy vessel Henri Poincare which moved into the area and alongside the stricken trimaran at 1 17 . A Dinghy was lowered Over the Side and miss Bauhahn was picked up front tote boat a meet tuber of tide German air Force at Rah Stein air base Tele phoned mrs Bautti Ahn s hom6 for the second virile telling her niether that she was Safe and in Good condition and the dog too. Lifesavers this is the proud Crew that found miss Baumann s disabled boat in the Atlantic. From left airman d. Crandle scanner it. Robert c. Badger Copilot capt. Leo t. Fitzger Ald Pilot capt. Elwood m. Bogner navigator capt. Thomas l. Corley navigator t. Sgt. James e. Dotson flight in ii Beer airman . David w. Cartwright Load master t. Sgt. James e. Wilson flight Engineer s. Sgt. Robert a. Fraizer radio operator s. Sgt. Donald w. Shelton Load master and scanner sgt. Dewayn Compton airmail lie. John Mccloskey and sgt. John w. Adams. Not shown on the photo Are Par Rescue men t. Sgt. James Souza and sgt. William d. Bret ton. Air Force photo rescued Sailor Edith Baumann is shown aboard her Tri Maran Koala Iii with her dog Schatzi prior to her ill fated Jour Ney. She was the Only woman to enter the transatlantic race Forone Man sailing boats. Heavy seas terminated her trip Frankfurt is More than 750 v corps soldiers will ass in review Here july 12 As Jart of a Day Long Celebration marking the corps 50th Annivera in the Golden anniversary review will consist of can intents from All v corps units. German and american dignitaries from throughout the fed iral Republic of Germany Are expected to attend the ceremonies scheduled for 10 . At the . Farben by Gilt. Gen. Andrew j. Boyle v corps cd will speak briefly on the history of the corps and its Mission As a part of nato. Bondsmen from the 8th in div 3rd army div and 84th army band also will Combine to form one military band for the of the 3rd army and 8th inf div v corps arty 14tharmd Cav 18th aviation in 32nd signal in and special troops prov will participate in a mass the formal morning celebrations program of ath Letic events is scheduled for 2p.m. At Gibbs Barracks. Small bore Rifle Competition is also tentatively scheduled. Gen. James h. Polk usar eur and seventh army com Mander in chief in a congratulatory message to the Victory corps troops praised their impressive record of achievement in War and peace since the corps inception in 1918, Boyle in a special message v corps july 12 o All members of his command saluted v corps history and declared that the corps motto it to full be done expresses our determination to accomplish any assigned missions in the futures they were accomplished in he corps was Only two months old when it was called upon to spearhead the St. Mihiel Campaign during the first world of the corps completely overran the German defences aided by air cover under the command of the famed col. Billy the Meuse Argonne offensive v corps formed the wedge of the Allied drive toward Germany after smashing through the major Strong Point of the famed Hindenburg line along the French Border at Cote Dame the second world War v corps participated in the campaigns of Normandy Northern France Rhine ardennes an Central Europe processing a total of 352,523 Axis prisoners of War. A corps soldiers liberated Par is and advanced rapidly through Northern France Belgium an Luxembourg to be the first ele ment of the Allied armies Germany after breaching to Siegfried line. After a Short tour in occupied Europe the corps returned tithe . On May 23, 1951, \ corps was alerted for movement to Germany to counter the grow military threat from the East Gen. Polk urges More stress on saving Heidelberg special us a eur commander i n chief Gen. James h. Polk has urged All commanders to encourage military and civilian personnel to invest More Money in savings particularly in View of pay in creases effective july 1. In a letter to commanders Polk extended the Usa eur 1968 combined savings Campaign through july and August and named the savings deposits pro Gram and . Savings Bonds As Good ways to save. Person to per son canvassing was conducted during june under this Campaign. Results of this canvassing Are not yet available. Polk pointed out that savings allotments and payroll deductions in Usa eur have decline Din the past year and said that personal savings programs Are one Way to reduce the amount by which department of defense activities contribute to an and verse balance of payments Posi Tion of the United under the savings deposits pro Gram also called the big ten program the savings of military personnel earn 10 per cent interest. Polk recommended Tea civilian employees ineligible the big ten program by . Savings Bonds and notes Means of payroll deductions. Regular Bonds now pay 4 a recent interest. Freedoms Aie savings notes which can.,.q,bought in Only limited quantities pay 5 per cent interest
