Kbay's North Shordriethpting but Perilous HIST REEL- North Beach, the Area Between the Majority of Hawaii's Dead and 163 Hospitalized
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MARINE CORPS HISTO9ICAL KBay's North Shordriethpting But Perilous HIST REEL- North Beach, the area between the majority of Hawaii's dead and 163 hospitalized. But it the wrong manner. Scuba divers life or even a limb. idokapu. Point and Pyramid Rock, - swimming beaches, this beach has does serve to warn how a friendly report that the bottom near The hammerheads route into scenic areas g one of the more of no reef between it and the open sea can suddenly become an Pyramid Rock is littered with the bay takes them along the On most days the die air station. seas. enemy, and nothing man can do huge boulders that could cause beach, between Moku Manu (Bird combination of the wide expanse or say can control it, at least not To illustrate how fast the sea problems if the surf came up Island) and Mokapu Point. Once and the surf rolling of beach can change, consider what in our day and age. while anyone was swimming near again the lack of a reef becomes would seem to make it lioreward happened on April 1, 1946, here In addition to the visible them. important; there is nothing tp I perfect spot for swimming, keep in the islands. Early that morning, dangers of high winds and surf, One other item of interest to them from the beach area or just lazing around in or surfing. at the head of Haena Bay on there are other, more subtle those who are still not convinced itself. near the water. These Kauai, two women, one of them elements that could cause trouble that this particular stretch of are some of the reasons Pacific is why North Beach However, particularly in the carrying a baby, were standing in for both inexperienced and not suitable for family is closed to swimming. Kaneohe Bay has long swimming and surfing. Although case of the sea, beauty is only skin front of their houses when the experienced swimmers. Longshore been known to be a breeding tempting in all outward deep and. as Thomas Bay ly wrote, water suddenly rose up around currents tun in from both Mokapu ground for hammerhead appearances, this area seems be "There's danger in the deep." The them. They swam to safety in Point and Pyramid Rock, sharks. to Hammerheads are known to be like what Herman Melville had in teach is closed to swimming and nearby trees while their houses converging near the center and dangerous to man, but the key mind when he wrote about the surfing, and must remain closed. floated off and disappeared in the causing a "rip" that heads out to swirling waters. open water. word to them is "unpredictable." Pacific in Moby Dick: That surf that looks so gentle Months, even years, could go by "There is one knows not what change to a roaring monster in An extreme case of course. Many coral heads are in the and they wouldn't show more sweet mystery about this sea, a matter of minutes, and even on This was a tsunami (Japanese for area and unwary swimmers could than curiosity towards a swimmer. whose gently awful stirrings seem its best days can be treacherous to "cove wave") that resulted in $25 be cut or seriously injured by Then, a sudden attack, and at best to speak of some hidden soul swimmer. Unlike an inexperienced million property damage, 159 coming in contact with_ them in_ a painful bite or at worst loss of beneath ..." Tiny Bug/s IIINIllorawart , CO's RVN Appetite Command Hits Lawns Volume 17 Number 11 Marine Corps Air Station. Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii March 15,1968 Earns MC the guns, get those planes lir. K-Bay is being invaded! Marine Composite Reconnaissance Squadron-1, has very moment divisions are been awarded its second Navy ng across this Air Station. Unit Commendation for the on of army and web worms period Nov. 1965 to Sept. 1966, while under the command lu of this invasion are of this station's Commanding Officer, : by grassed areas turning Col. Frances C. Opeka. almost over night. This During this period, the unit is of particular concern provided high aerial housing areas where the quality photographs for the Marine worms have marched out of III Amphibious Force and electronic 'hereby the name), in waves countermeasures in support the )ncrete and asphalt areas of Seventh Fleet. :o homes. counteract this invasion, "The unit was a truly dedicated unit and exhibited and Public Works have uncommon iniative throughout in a secret weapon, an their entire tour." said Col. 7ologist. After looking at the Opeka when asked to comment on the g area, he suggests: "A CRASH BOAT ALERT - 13,,11 crew 1),)ard. rapidly 11,641 alar tri III( citation. )1 coat of spray (chlordane or Awarded by the Secretary of T f be applied to all possible the Navy, the citation reads in uns of entry into homes and Crash Boat Crew Saves Swimmer part: T be used on lawns in badly tested areas (occupants' A crash boat from the Rock. "Apparently two men had professional manner in which the "The photographic element onsibility)." Waterfront Operations section of been diving from the boat crash boat crew went about produced high quality aerial Once the lawn is brown, the Search and Rescue plucked a anchored on the south side of the effecting the rescue," lauded photography in ever-increasing tit is over. Fertilizing and stricken swimmer from heavy island and one of them was now Simpson. volume during this period for all tering will restore lawns to currents below overhanging cliffs missing," explained Major P. S. "It was almost as if this very the Ill Marine Amphibious Force -invasion condition. on Maku Manu (Bird Island) last Simpson, pilot of the "chopper." sequence of events had been needs. The entomologist also Saturday morning. "We circled Bird Rock several rehearsed many times and "Although beset initially by caned the Public Works Center times and found a man, who we required only a moment to the limitations of handprocessing A helicopter and crash boat other developments: "Two assumed to be the victim standing evaluate the situation and take equipment, the squadron were launched simultaneously to pen of wasps were introduced on a small ledge, beneath an appropriate action. This is increased its output of film search for a reportedly missing to the area sometime ago to overhang, on the north side of the indicative of the excellent training footage over 100 per cent beyond swimmer in the vicinity of Bird 1p control the worms. rock. Helicopter pick-up ..as and the real 'can do' attitude of that which was considered normal -The Pearl Harbor area was impossible," he continued. our boat crews. Well done!" for this type of unit. arty hit a few months ago and At the same time the crash ore Commissary boat arrived and after locating the it was possible to Station Executive Officer Earns ctively treat the area (an victim, the boat moved to within sive proposition), the worms 50 yards of the rocks and lowered exhausted their food supply To Close a rubber boat manned by FN's N. Bronze Star for Vietnam Action roots) and died a natural The commissary store will be C. Bates and D. W. Taraba. The LtCol. Frederick L. Farrell, Jr., commander. Returning from closed all day, March 23, while pickup was made by the life raft K-Bay's Executive Officer, was Korea, he became a flight student A simpler solution was inventory is being conducted. Nor- and the two men returned to the presented a gold star in lieu of the and then served with aviation ted by a housewife, "Bring mal operations will begin Tuesday, boat with John D. Batty, of 536 Second Bronze Star Medal by Col. units. some Navy worms." March 26. Kaimake Loop in Kailua. "The F. C. Opeka. In September, 1966, he went coxswain of the boat (A. R. to Vietnam as Commanding The medal was earned while Parker), and the two men in the Officer of Marine Fighter Attack serving wish the First Marine EITERTA I NrIEIT PAGE 6 rubber raft exhibited superb Squadron 542 with Marine Air Aircraft Wing from November 1, seamanship in maneuvering their Group 13, 1st Marine Air Wing. 1966, to November 16, 1967, in HPUAI I BY BPOl PAGE 9 craft in the rough waters so close While there, in addition to his the Republic of Vietnam. The to the rocky shore," said Major second Bronze Star with the SPORTS first was earned in Korea in PAGE 12 Simpson. Combat V for meritorious service, 1952-1953 with the First Marine The Windward Marine is published by the World Wide Publish- The 40-foot crash boat and the he earned the Vietnamese Cross of givision as a rifle platoon Ind Co., a private civilian boat then moved out away Gallantry with gold star and 15 air company in no way connected with the Depart- commander. ment of the Navy or the Marine Corps. Opinions expressed by the from the rocks and the swimmer medals. I n addition, he is Publishers herein are not to be considered official expressions by was returned LJ his own boat, the Colonel Farrell was authorized to wear the Navy Unit the Department of the Navy nor the Marine Corps. Appearance of "Kami." piloted by Al Rabold of commissioned a second lieutenant Commendation, National Defense ed.Yertising in this publication does not constitute an endorsement Lanikai. in the regular Marine Corps in with one star, Korean Service with by the Department of the Navy nor the Marine Corps of the firms, "From our bird's eye view in September, 1951, he then went to two stars, United Nations Service Product, services advertised.