European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 10 the stars and stripes june 1977 Bronze of Ike unveiled by Navy wives Tendon a Bronze bust of general of the army Dwight Eisenhower has been unveiled at the Headquarters of the Navy in Europe Alexander Haig supreme Allied commander officiated at the David commander in chief of naval and brigadier Lionel a Friend of the Eisenhower were also participants in the the bust was commissioned by the naval officers wives club of the London the chairman of the Marilyn welcomed the conducted the ceremony and assisted Haig with the Constance an associate of the Royal society of British sculptors and the society of portrait created the Eisenhower used the building at 20 Gros Venor Square As his world War it head during her remarks at the Kreidman said that she had set out to convey something of the warmth and humility together with the great responsibility that he Eisenhower car and his tremendous Quality of Leader a bust of Dwight Eisenhower u viewed by Alexander Haig and Marilyn Navy photo Bagley introduced Haig As the sixth Suc Cessor to Eisenhower and complimented both Eisenhower and the artist by refer ring to the sculpture As a remarkable bust of one of the worlds great in his Haig referred to Eisen Hower As an individual who has become a Symbol of the Union Between the British and american people in Modem he added that All of us from both sides of the can claim Dwight Eisenhower As one of our of course he was an born in Texas and raised on the Plains of he represented the values of sturdy Independence of mind and great respect or human dignity of the individual which Are admired by citizens of both our airborne veterinarian is a real vet in her Field by Mike Spear staff writer Sicily when the air Force arrived Here to participate in Dawn patrol they came fully and the thoroughness of their prepared Ness bordered on the for among All the different fighter maintenance Public affairs and other support personnel was a that a veterinarian but on a nato exercise was the horse cavalry perhaps being brought Back Why had Viola James come All the Way from 11af upper England it was strictly in tie line of and she did perform extra veterinarian work while at the naval air facility she was part of the 12btd air transportable Hospital unit from upper he Fords 20lh tac fighter eases Navy Burden the Hospital came 19 Strong to take care of All the air Force personnel on hand for the thus easing the Burden of the Navy dispensary it included a doctor and flight and they All quickly set up a seven Lent Complex in a Field near the air one tent was labelled animal and that where James had her animal Medicine vaccines and instr Complete with an operating while the two doctors were seeing a horde of airmen with allergy problems brought on by the the Dusl and Spring Flora of James was seeing a succession of and she was equipped to do All but major animal primary member granted that want her main Raisan and she quickly explained in a primary member of this unit and they cant leave without tits that simple and there is always sum thing 1 can do in pretty carrying also offer dimpled veterinary service to the military working dogs wherever we go the veterinary service has several functions which we perform the Mission was primarily food inspection at mess facilities to see if the food being used was she said procurement of commissary foods is another along with food service sanitation which Means in most situations inspecting kitchens for sanitation and proper Foo handling she proper food temper lures arc very important and she adds along with food service we give food handler training to All people who prepare or handle so i Haven been in a Field situation where i had to do All these if we ended up being posted to Turkey in an emergency then this would All definitely come one of the new functions of the Veteri nary service is communicable disease surveillance and in Oiler Why do we have a certain disease occurring on the and where is it coming from i have a masters in Public and hats my and the opportunities for me Are limitless along that line in the air one of the jobs she did Here was fill in for the veterinarian from Naples who visits she saw a succession of animals that ranged from Prog Nail cats to military dogs infested with and during in All she kept an Friendly banter going Wilh the animal in order to be a Good you have to be she and i just really like career in Texas she joined the air Force in closing Oul a veterinary career in Oast Texas Hal included everything from catching and inoculating wild horses near the Texa mexi can Border during an encephalitis epidemic to heading rabies control in the City of Ive always wanted to join the air she and 1 finally got around to doing it i never disliked my but 1 was lied to and being single and working 12 to 14 hours a Day without any reason except for Money is not the Best scene in the and guess that Why i left it As much As its a new kind of adventure for her Quile Riff Ferenal from the one that involved escaping an enraged cow on Only to have in ram a pickup truck she sought safety giving in a full Quarter she describes her Job now As better than 1 Ever imagined 1 have a distinct advantage in Field because i enjoy it its it snot work lending an experienced hand to Navy Viola air Force veterinary hand to the Navy during Dawn patrol examines a dog while her assisting her is sol Glenn Dicker based unit is in Sicily lending a helping Navy Rich