Seventeen Lasses, Fair and Kempt, Page 2 WINDWARD MARINE July 18, 1969 Editorial Letter to Editor Roving Reporter Writer Blasts Q
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WIARINE C0 ?s VI- I-1!STO7ICAL sr - a= r7, NW UWE/ Vol. 18 No. 28 Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay,Hawaii July l8, 1969 Champ Skiier Chutists Slate Col. B. Cass Takes Carnival Feats Ken White, an inter- Brigade Command nationally known water skiier, will combine his Colonel Bevan G. Cass will assume command of many talents with other the First Marine Brigade today during ceremonies skiiers from the Oahu to be held adjacent to Hangar 101 at 3 p.m. The will and Hickam Water Ski ceremony be highlighted by a pass in review of Brigade units and will be open to the Clubs to entertain the public. Water Carnival audience Colonel Cass, who recently completed a tour of with his skill on and above duty the water. with the Military Assistance Command in Vietnam, relieves Colonel William C. McGraw. A sight to familiar Colonel McGraw has been Carnival fans, Ken won reassigned to duties with Marine .tit' units in the Western Pacific the world "trick ski"title area. in 1965-66 in Queensland, Colonel Cass was born March 8, 1920, in New- Australia, defeating com- ark, N.J., and graduated from Germantown Academy, from 34 nations petitors Philadelphia, Pa., in 1938. He was graduated from in the process. Virginia Military Institute in 1943. SET RECORD He was commissioned a second lieutenant in In an earlier carnival, the Marine Corps in August, 1943, and has served Ken set an Oahu ski jump on continuous active duty since that time. record when he soared Following basic officer's training at Quantico, 113 feet after hitting the Va., he was transfereed to Camp Lejeune, N.C., jump ramp. He also per- in December, 1943. He was first assigend as a platoon commander with gurad battalion and one forms high above the bay Colonel Bevan G. Cass while suspended from an month later transferred to the 18th Defense Bn. oversized kite pulled by a He took part in the campaigns for Saipan and power boat. Tinian in the summer of 1944 with that unit. In Both ski clubs work November, 1944, he was assigned to duty as aide MATCU And MARS to General, 6th Marine Division. many hours perfecting the Commanding their performance for In that capacity he was involved in the Okinawa Water Carnival fans. That Campaign. "practice pays" Aiding Apollo Shot In August, 1945, he became Staff Secretary, is read- Task Group A, 3rd Landing ily proven by their in- Fleet Force, a position maneuvers over Two units from K-Bay Should it prove neces- he held for one month until the peace treaty was tricate they could bring in the waters of the bay. have been assigned mis- sary, signed September. Air Force One down 1945, to May, 1948, he was The Marine Corps' sions connected with the to From October, Apollo 11 flight and an altitude of 200 feet stationed at Headquarters Marine Corps, Wash- oldest sport parachute and within 1/4 mile of the ington, D.C., with the Division of Reserve as club, reactivated in Oct- President Nixon's visit first runway. a Naval Reserve Officers Traning Course lectur- ober 1966 after a short to Johnston Island. Selected due to their and then, in 1946, was inactive period due to Marine Air Traffic er February, assistant Vietnam cornmittments, Control Unit - 70 high mobility, MATCU-70 operations officers of the Division of Printing (MATCU-70) is assigned can move its entire and Publications. will be represented once In again as the primary ground operation at the prover- July, 1948, he as three of its mem- bial bers drop out of the sky radar support for Air drop of a hat. The was transferred to Ma- in an exhibition of pre - Force One's flight into "hat" for this mission T News Briefs I rine Barracks, ci sion jumping. Johnston Island. K-Bay's consists of two C-130s Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Military Affiliate Radio and 34,000 lbs. of equip- A power outage which was where he was a company BOTH DAYS System (MARS) is the ment. scheduled to occur on July commander until May, emergency back-up faci- 13 and 20, will instead take 1950. Ray Compton, Scott EMERGENCY BACKUP place on Sunday July 27 lity for communications 1 Gritton and Kent Meyer from 9 a.m. to p.m. The Public Parking for the cere power outage will involve the from the Hornet. The mono will be on the east side will jump both Saturday Providing the back- entire station. including all Hornet is the recovery of thogar 101. Parking for invited and Sunday during the up communications for base housing. Emergency ship for the Apollo astro- guests will be between Hangars Water Carnival. the Hornet is K-Bay's power will NO I be provided 102. Guests attending They will not be alone nauts. MARS station. K-Bay was 101 and * * * the reception afterwards at the in floating down into the the first MARS station 0' Club are asked to use C Marine FOR NIXON'S FLIGHT with The Post Office will Bay. Reservists to establish contact close at 11 :30 a.m. today due Street and Read Road, from the from the 6th Force Re- Three officers, 13 en- the Hornet. Contact was to the change of command hangar area. connaissance Company, listed men, and the equip- established on July 14 ceremony. They will open as will follow them out in a ment of MATCU-70 flew at 2 p.m. usual Monday morning. His next assignment au- was to Artilllery School demonstration of a com- out of K-Bay yesterday The circuit was * * * bat jump both days. for Johnston Island. thorized by the Chief at Ft. Sill, Okla., where Still another unit, the MATCU - 70 provides Navy - Marine Corps "The installation of the he attended the advanced 1st Air Naval Gunfire ground controlled ap- MARS, Washington, D.C. Fleet Reserve Association course. In April of 1951 Branch No.174 at K-Bay will he was transferred to the Liaison Company, proach radar. It will be available for be held today at 6:30 p.m. At Johnston Island, phone patching from 1st 155 Gun Bn., where he (AN G L IC 0), stationed The ceremony will be held at of- show their capabilities as they will be the sole either the Hornet to the 19th Hole. served as operations jumpers in a combat-type ground control radar for Hawaii or via Hawaii to ficer. drop. the President's flight. the mainland. (continued on page 2) (continued on page 3) Seventeen Lasses, Fair and Kempt, Page 2 WINDWARD MARINE July 18, 1969 Editorial Letter To Editor Roving Reporter Writer Blasts Q. Do you know why K-Bay Swim Safely! has a Water Carnival each year? Liberty Runs Dear Windward Marine, If you or any of your family are non-swimmers, Could there be a now is the season to waterproof yourselves. sadder sight than a group Whether you're a swimmer or not, the lure of "I know its purpose is to Shedlock of K-Bay Marines sitting the water is often irrestible in summer, making raise money, but I don't know is used on the curb at Hotel months the peak periods for drownings. what the money for." Street summer J.P. Shedlock in front of the Armed In recent years, most drowning fatalities have oc- MA BS-24 Forces YMCA? It's near- curred in the early months of summer, with July ly 1 a.m., a good weekend rating the highest, and June running a close second. behind but only "haircut Even if you avoid entering the water this sum- money" left, so all they a poor or non-swimmer, there mer, because you are can do is stare at the is a chance of meeting trouble. More than one- "It's to raise money to help pornography half of the thousands of drownings each year are kids on base and off-base as well.- shops and Cpl, \1. Rosen cheap dives across the labeled non-swimming fatalities - people who fell VNIFA-2I2 Rosen spots as docks, bridges, street. into the water from such Could there be and These accidents have contributed a shores boats. sight? Just one. to making drownings the fourth leading cause of sadder accidents. The liberty bus zips by with a full load from the SWIM previous stop at Fort De- 4o 'I'A` CANT SNALLow HER I "I don't know the reason behind it, but I did attend last Russy or does not shoN\ year's carnival and enjoyed it." up at all. Sgt. R.B. Eliasen So the trooper start, H&S I3de. Eliasen hitch-hiking --- often do- ing more hiking than hitching. Besides being an un- eipplain reliable method of trans- portation, hitch-hiking Corner can be dangerous. Last week a pack of pint-sized Thel\ ational Safety Council advises that each person Primo Warriors provok- needs to learn: How to hold or row to someone in -YA GOI1A HAVE HEART" - AND CONCERN FOR OTHERS ed an incident with two trouble in the water, how to stay afloat with clothes By Chaplain William J. Biffar Marines thumbing along on, how to swim, and how to use simple life-saving If you read the gospels you will notice that our the Pali. The Marines skills. Lord had just as much time for the blind beggar routed them but it could Many groups such as the YVICA, YWCA, Boy who squatted on his haunches in the dust at the city have been a different Scouts, and Cross have classes that can teach gate as He did for the glamorous perfumed Magdalen.