N9`a4 SA' 1956 Vol. IV. No. 49 U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, T. H. Friday, March 23. El Toro Planes Liberty Planned Arriving Sunday For Task Force For Use on LEX After Kauai LEX Extra transport planes to back it up :he Task Force's amphibious Although D-Day for the Kauai assault has not been released. assault on Kauai early next month was announced this week that the Marines of the I st Provisional Ma- will begin arriving here Sunday. rine Kr-Ground Task Force will have liberty on Kauai April II and of Marine 12, before returning to Oahu. The R5D transports Force Transport Squadron-352, based at It also was announced that in a pre-invasion rehearsal Task El Torn. Calif., will be flown to Leathernecks will assault the is- this Windward Station for Opera- land of Oahu in three widely sep- 4 and the tion Mauka. arated areas on April MAG-13 Navy and Marines will place a CO of After assaulting Marines hit the heavy bombardment on Kahoo- beach at Kauai, and take over a lawe on the 5th. Joins Exclusive landing strip shortly after the ini- REHEARSAL SITES tial attack. air-transported forces Training on Oahu April 4 will will be brought in by the R5Ds. constitute a rehearsal for the final `Mach Busters' on Kauai. Landing a-. Ma- Recognition for having broken wave of also assault The first transports be surface units of the the speed of sound was gven Col. carrs Marines of MABS-13 kua will SUNRISE SERVICE SITE-Chaplain John M. Kleckner, far left, points 4th Marines. Max J. Vokansek Jr., commanding who are trained in the operation Dillingham Air Fo:ce Base will officer of Marine Aircraft Group- of combat airfield facilities and out to leaders and chaplains of the Air Station and 1st Provisional Marine Air Ground Task Force the site of the first Easter sunrise serv- he the site of helicopter assault 13, at a presentation ceremony here w ill keep the field operating Bellows Air Forte ices to be held here. A cross will be erected on hill in background, at landings and at Tuesday. throughout the exercise. Base air-transported forces will be the the scenic Pyramid Roe.: site. Listening to Chaplain Kleckner are (left Col. Volcansek was presented Following the initial landing on landed by Marine R5D transports. pin and membership to right) Brig. Gen. Edward C. Dyer, commanding general of the certificate, the newly taken field, the trans- This entire rehearsal will take only card of the "Mach Busters," offi- port planes will fly in supplies and Task Force; Col. William B. Steiner, Air Station commanding officer; one day and will no: involve any ciall noting that he has joined the reinforcemen:s for the remainder Col. James M. Masters Sr., commanding officer of the 4th Marines; weapons firing. list of pilots who have cracked the of the exercise. Col. Max J. Volcansek Jr., commanding officer of MAG-13; Chaplains The live fi ing exercise on Ka- sound barrier (763 miles per hour Each of the 15 planes can carry Frederick A. Ruder, Edward P. Hammond and Stanley M. Paulson. hoolawe the following day will in- at sea level) in the FJ-2 Fury jet. fully-equipped combat Marine- clude the destroyers, Sproston and North American Aviation Inc., or several tons of cargo. Use of thc, Walker, an Inshore Fire Support manufacturers of the speedy fight- planes is in keeping with modern Realistic Resistance Planned ship and MAG-13 aircraft. For er, toak note of the colonel's feat amphibious concepts. practical reasons, Kahoolawe will and through its engineering repre- The planes are arriving early be considered the Barking Sands sentative. Mr. Robert Scott, ar- take part in pre-exercise training By Umpires for Kauai Landing area of Kauai for this pre-inva- ranged for him to join the "Mach aboard the Air Station and at Bel- When the Task Force lands on Kauai it will meet immediate re- sion softening-up. Busters." low:. The incom- The Inshore Fire Suppo:t ship. Air Force 4ase. sistance both on the ground and in the air. How the Task Forc, Presentation was made by Scott ing squadron wilt operate in con - USS Carronade, is the first ship of handles these aggressor attacks and moves up on its objectives will be on the flight line f VMF-232 in unction with MAG-13. its class in the Navy and will be judged by the Umpire-Control Group. the presence of the squadron's making its first scheduled support commanding officer. Maj. Steve is of this group to introduce It also the responsibility realism into firing. This ship is a little larger Warren. Col. Volcansek used a the problem. The 29 offices and than the LSMR (Landing Ship Me- VMF-232 fighter to gain his "Mach OM Group Back 157 enlisted men uridrr the leader- Taxiway Blasting dium Rocket) which it replaces. membership. McMillan, Um- Buser" ship of Col. Hoyt Designed specifically for in- The flight took place Nov. 16, are prepar- Starts Air Strip pire-Control Director, shore fire support missions, the 1955, after Col. Volcansek had Tonite from Tour ing to do just this. Enlarging Project ship provides greater firepower made several training flights in and has the At the time of embarkation the 13.a- :ing at Kaneohe Air Station than its predecessor Furies and in the TV-2 jet train- latest rocket control system. umpires will be assigned through began Wednesday on a $640,000 er. His chase pilot on the sound Of Midway Island project to lengthen and widen the EMBARK ATION harrier flight was Maj. Andrew W. each echelon of the command, even present taxiway at he air strip. The APA's Henrico, Lenawee, O'Donnell, VMF-232 safety officer, A 12-man group headed by Col. to each rifle platoon. The "real- The blasting is expected to con- Noble and Bexar, as well as the who also accompanied Col. Vol- William B. Steiner, Air Station ism" partners of the umpires will AKA's Union and Washburn, of last tinue for from three to four months cansek on his jet training flights. commanding officer, departed be the air ground aggressors wiva according to Hawaiian Dredging Arnrhibious Squadron 1. will be for Midway Island and an Sunday will be under the direct command Co. employees on the job at the loaded at Pearl Harbor on April Operational Readiness Inspection of the Umpire-Control Group. station. 2. of Naval Air Station facilities The LSD's Gunston Hall, White- In the air the Task Force will In order to ease the minds of -.here. dependents and windward residents marsh, and Thomaston. acting as An administrative inspection was meet a, reinforced squadron of Sky- carriers for Marine Helicopter preced- who may be disturbed by the nec- -.eld Monday and Tuesday, raiders and jet fighters from Ma- essa:y blasting, detonations are Squadron 161, MAG-13. will load Wednesday. 1, rg the ORI rine Composite Squadron Ma- scheduled for approximately 12:30 at Kaneohe about the same date. the inspection party. rine 13. Members of Aircraft Group On the p.m. and 3:30 p.m. most working Eight LST's will als-) load here. which is due back tonight. are: ground it will meet the aggressor days during the project. APD's Cook and Wantuck will be Col. Steiner, chief observer: Lt. force of an infantry battalion, sim- The initial charge was set off by used as control ships on Operation col. Conger: Cmdr. .t. H. ulated by he 1st Amphibious Re- Jack acting CO of the Air Mauka. Hanson; Majs. Russell Stoneman connaissance Company. Station, Lt. Col. Homer G. Hutchison, Wednes- and D. B. Barian: Cants. N. Berry. and This organization, one of the day afternoon. Blasting will be Windward Boy Scout A. M. Stewart. C. J. Laskowski confined to restricted areas at the P. R. F. Lavoi: most elite and well-trained units J. O'Neill; CPO western end of the main runway. Membership Drive MSgt. John Lossie and a civilian. :n the Marine Corps, has come from Fill being taken from the blast G. F. Sheridan. of the Station Camp Pendleton, Calif. Is Huge Success Here sites will be used to fill in the safety division. Training exercises during the last Pa: ents and friends of StatlAt year have taken them from swamp which separates the base nearly a third A preliminary inspection party. the Scouts contributed cold into two parts. New lighting will on Wind- headed by Col. Conger. made the of Kodiak, Alaska, to the of the donations made heat of the be installed on the runways dur- in annual Sustain- in late February to lay ground- California desert. ward Oahu the trip ing the construction expected to Boy work ORI. ing Membership Drive of the for the The recon company will go to be completed in December. of RECEIVES RECOGNITION- Members of preliminary groups Scouts of America the week Kauai about 10 days early to study Co'. Max J. Volcansek Jr. (cen- were: Col. Conger, Maj. Stoneman. March 11-18. the terrain and learn their way to Capt. Henry W. rapt. Veo S. Lt. S. J. Koonce, According ter) Commanding Offi:er, MAG - Yon. a:ound at night. According to their Local Units Enter chairman Bushwitz, Air Station 1 3 is awarded a certificate indi- USN, and Lt. (jg) J. M. Reifert, leaders, the aggressors do not Year Long Contest for the drive. the Windward goal cating that he has broken the USN. plan to give the 4th Marines was ex- was $2500.