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titmE coin. NITfl I, Marines Observira3rd Birthday 111111,41111111 A: Parade,Pageant ff N 1/111111-4-- Vol. 17 No. 44 Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii November 7, 1968 Highlight Fete A parade, scheduled for furnish the music for both the Separation Pay tomorrow at 3 p.m. on Platt parade and pageant. Field, and a historical pageant will The pageant will be a review of highlight K-Bay's celebration of the history of the Marine Corps. Policy Changes the Marine Corps' 193rd anniversary. Dec.1 Lieutenant General Edwin A. Sgt. Eslick Wins Commence Pollock, retired former Fleet The Secretary of the Navy has Marine Force Pacific commander, issued new residence requirements and Lt. Gen. Henry W. Buse Jr., Navy Day Award for Family Separation present FMF Pac commander, will be reviewing officers for Sergeant H. F. Eslick, Marine Allowances. the Air Control Squadron 2, has been The present program will be parade. The First Marine Brigade presented the annual Marine of terminated Nov. 30. Those the Year - Award given by the personnel who meet the Executive Officer, Lt. Col. M. R. Ives, Honolulu Council of the Navy requirements for FSA will have has been designated as troop commander. League. the opportunity to submit a Members of the 1st Marine A career Marine on his second supplemental certificate in order COMMAND CHANGE Colonel W. C. McCraw Jr., left, passes the - Brigade, the Air Station, 1st enlistment, Sgt. Eslick received to have the FSA reinstated in colors of MAC-24 to Colonel Alexander Wilson during ceremonies last Radio Battalion, 1st ANGLIGO, the award on the basis of the December. In cases where credit Friday. Colonel McCraw, previously the commander the of both and Hedron will be in the following letter submitted by his has not been reinstated an entry Brigade and Croup, will continue as Brigade Commanding Officer. marching units. commanding officer, Lieutenant will be made in the individuals The FMF Pacific Drum Colonel E. L. Conroy. pay record which will serve as a and request for pay record Bugle Corps and the Marine "Sgt. Eslick was recently Maj. Bauer With Unit Barracks, Pearl Harbor, Band wit recognized as the Marine c the information if FSA is authorized Month by his squadron at KMCAS for December. In observance because his To be entitled to Family of Veteran's of outstanding iniative Day, Nov. 11, the and leadership qualities. separation Allowance a member His Dad Commanded with the Medal Commissary will be closed "A veteran of Vietnam, he must maintain a residence or Major W. D Bauer, citation awarded Bauer Saturday, Nov. 9, and Will served as a radio technician, team household for his dependents, Maintenance Officer for Marine.. of Honor to Col. re-open for normal operation leader, and platoon sergeant. subject to his management and Fighter Attack Squadron 212, is posthumously. Tuesday, Nov. 12. Nov. 14, While assigned to 1st Force control, which he would likely now serving with the same unit his Missing in action on Also on Nov. 9 the 7-Day in the water Reconnaissance Battalion he share with them as a common father, Lieutenant Colonel H. W. Col. Bauer was seen Exchange Store will close at 5 participated in more than 30 household during leave or when Bauer, was commanding when he after he was shot down. But, four p.m. K-Bay Inn will serve searching by patrols within enemy territory his duty assignments would earned the Congressional Medal of days of intense until 1 p.m. The Bowling permit. Honor. planes and by Russell islands Alley Snack Bar will be open and was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat "V" for his Doubt exists as to entitlement In 1942, Col. Bauer natives failed to locate any further its normal hours. All other professional skill, energy and to FSA when the address volunteered to pilot a fighter trace of him. activities will also operate aggressive Indicated on the emergency data plane in defense of Guadalcanal, As a young boy, Major Bauer normal Saturday hours. action. Normal holiday hours will be "Sgt. Eslick voluntarily record is different than the one to participating in two air battles received the Medal for his father observed on Nov. 11. extended his overseas which his dependents' allotments against enemy bombers and iSee BAUER, Page 31 tour in Vietnam and thus did not return are sent; the address to which fighters outnumbering United household goods are shipped or States forces two to one. to the United States until April of the address to which the On Sept. 28, he shot down one 1967. K-Bay MarinesDecorated qualified jumper and dependents' dislocation enemy bomber and on Oct. 3, he "A allowances were sent. destroyed four enemy planes, SCUBA man, he has successfully completed Entitlement to FSA does not shooting them down in flames and the parachuting course at Benning, Georgia, exist when the child of a divorced leaving a fifth smoking badly. For Heroism in Vietnam Fort and the SCUBA Diving Course at San member is living in the household After leading 28 planes on an Three awards, the Bronze Star Sergeant T. E. Martin receive the of the grandparents and the over water ferry of more than 600 Medal, the Navy Achievement Navy Achievement Medal with the Diego Naval Station." Since entering the Marine member is contributing to the miles on Oct. 16, while circling to Medal, and the Navy Combat "V". As a member of the Corps, Sgt. Eslick has obtained his .:hilds support. If the members' land, Col. Bauer sighted a Commendation Medal, were Fifth Reconnaissance Battalion, high school diploma the dependents live with friends or squadron of enemy planes presented last week to three of he served with the First through relatives and the member does not attacking the USS McFarland. Kaneohe's Marines. Reconnaissance Battalion, First GED program. A During his five years in the maintain a residence for them he Although low on fuel and First Battalion, 27th Marines Marine Division in Vietnam. Bravo Marine Corps, he has earned, in is not eligible, or if a dependent alone in the air, he engaged the fell out in battalion formation to platoon sergeant in addition to the Bronze Star with child is living in a dormitory or whole squadron and destroyed witness Sergeant D. Van Fleet Jr., Company, he became noted for Combat "V", a Presidential Unit boarding house for which the four enemy planes before he was receive the nation's seventh the outstanding performance of Citation, Navy Unit Citation, member is paying rent and forced down by lack of fuel. highest award, the Bronze Star his duties, besides leading several National Defense Medal, Good subsistence for the child. "His intrepid fighting spirit and Medal with Combat "V". long range patrols into enemy Conduct Medal, Vietnamese Distinctive ability as a leader and As Lieutenant Colonel R. E. B. held territory. While there he also Campaign with two stars, and Holiday routine will be in in airman exemplified in his Palmer, 1/27's Commanding filled the post of Battalion Service Medal. effect Monday, November 11, splendid record of combat Officer, made the presentation, its (See MEDALS, Page 3) Vietnamese in observance of Veterans' achievement, were vital factors in was recalled that Van Fleet was a Day 1968. the successful operations in the corporal serving as a Forward South Pacific Area," read the Observer with 1st Battalion, 7th es in Vietnam on February 68. EPARTMENT OF THE NAVY :ar the hamlet of La Chau in OMMANDING OFFICER novince of Quang Nam, he MARINE CORPS AIR STATION his unit came under heavy r--0 SAN FRANCISCO 96615 y fire. In the midst of at, despite severe wounds, OFFICIAL BUSINESS Fleet managed to pinpoint 4- .AC.S..-27JC; 1 ..tv 5.6 irigin of the incoming rounds. ig in and directing friendly !ry support, he was the .ive factor in forcing the y to quickly disengage. the same ceremony, Sgt. Meet was handed the warrant AWARDED MEDALS Sgt. D. Van Fleet Jr., left, was presented the -omotion to his present rank. Bronze Star Medal, and SSgt. T. E. Martin, Navy Achievement, during llowing this,,l /27 saw Staff ceremonies at the 1st Battalion, 47th Marines. Page 2 Windward Marine November 7, 1968 Congress Authorizes a Marine Corps Resolution Passes; Two Battalions Form PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Nov. the units. 10-The Continental Congress It has been reported that passed a resolution here today Samuel Nicholas, a local clubman forming a Marine Corps to aid in of some note and nephew of the fight for independence. Atwood Shute, a former mayor of Introduced by John Adams of Philadelphia, will be the first the Commonwealth of officer commissioned an Massachusetts, the bill authorizes American Marine. His the raising of two battalions of appointment is expected to be Marines. They will be called the effective later this month. First and Second Battalions of Further investigation revealed American Marines. that Robert Mullan, proprietor of Recruiting will start Tun Tavern, will also be immediately to find men that are commissioned a captain. He has good seamen to fill the ranks of donated the use of the tavern for the new Corps. Men will be a recruiting office. enlisted and commissioned to Able-bodied men with a yen serve during the present war for adventure and a between the colonies and Great knowledge of the sea, who desire pay, bounty. Britain. ample rations and grog, should It is understood that the stop by Tun Tavern soonest. majority of the Marines will serve STAND-UP FIGHT - Under the command of Captain Samuel Miller and Commodore Joshua Barney, Marines aboard naval vessels where they fight the British Army at Blandersburg, Aug.