1/27 Sets for Assault on Molokiiircip Pendleton D-Day Is Wednesday, When Haku Beach, on the Western Tip of Lery Battery
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6IA3IVE CORPS. HISTORICAL In Preparation For 'Alligator Hide' 1-'-1967 DO 1/27 Sets For Assault On MolokiiirCip Pendleton D-Day is Wednesday, when haku Beach, on the Western tip of lery battery. Additional Navy units taking the 1st Battalion, 27th Marines the island. Following several defeats, the part in the Battalion LEX 1-67 hit the beach at Molokai. The Captain G.W. Rahn', USN, armed forces of Molokai are de- are detachments from Tactical Commander, Amphibious Squad- moralized and the leader of the Air Control Squadron 11, Under- ron THREE, has been designated Island government has appealed water Demolition Team 12 and Corn nander, Amphibious Task to the United States for as- Naval Beach Group 1. Force, and Lieutenant Colonel si stance. Tuesday has been designated E.A. Wilcox, 1/27 CO, will com- In response, Commander, as rehearsal day with the actual mand the Marine Landing Force. Amphibious Forces, Pacific, and landing taking place the next day. The troop exercise coordinator Battalion Landing Team 1/27, are Arriving in six waves, the Ma- will be Colonel D.H. Stapp, 1st conducting landing operations rines will spend that day taking Marine Brigade CO. which will result inthe stabiliza- the two guerrilla-held positions. The basic problem involves tion of the situation and return On the morning of April 6, a a guerrilla force operating on of lost territory to the control of withdrawal exercise will be held Molokai. Since 1964, the in- Molokai. and the unit will depart, arriving surgents have taken control of The Marine infantry unit will back at Pearl Harbor April 8. two of their objectives and have board Attack Transport Ship USS To add realism to the maneuv- now built up their strength to George Clymer, Landing Ship ers, 1st Anglico will act as ag- two infantry battalions, a triple Dock USS Belle Grove, and Land - gressors after parachuting into A battalion, one motor trans- ing Ship Tank USS Wexford County the area, VMF-212 will provide port company and a field artil- on Sunday at Pearl Harbor. close air support. PRACTICE RUN - Members of 1 /27 make a "dry" run during net training in preparation for an amphibious landing exercise on Molokai Wednes- day. three-day amphibious landing exercise, spearheaded by the units from Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station, is aimed at Papo- Volume 16 No. 12 Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii March 31, 1967 Military Pay Hike Greater Than Civil Service Raise Military personnel will most ante Act housing money which likely receive about a one-sixth goes to low-ranking enlisted men. higher pay percentage increase A short-service E-4, for ex- than civilian government work- ample, with two dependents now ers, as was reported in Navy gets $83.10. The raise would Times. In a last-minute switch, bring him $90.58 monthly. To Defense Department has decided this is added $40 from his basic to go along with the "Rivers for- pay for the "Q" allotment. mula" for a pay raise this year. The pay raise computation is In other words, a 3.6 per based on the insistence by Chair- cent raise for civilians would man L. Mendel Rivers of the bring a 4.2 percent increase in Housed Armed Services Com- basic pay for the military. The mittee that not only basic pay, raise to be recommended is in but quarters, subsistence and the that general area and Congress tax advantage on those allow- could even raise it more. ances be considered when com- In addition, Defense is ex- paring military pay to civilian pected to ask for a nine-percent pay. CHANGE OF COMMAND - LtCol. I. L. Morgan (r)receives congratulations increase from LtCol. C. M. Wallace, outgoing VMF-212 CO. LtCol. Morgan officially in Dependents Assist- Roughly, basic pay amounts to takes command today at 2:30 p.m. ceremonies. two thirds of total pay, according Recoiless Rifles to the Rivers formula. But De- fense is cranking the last com- LtCol. Ira Morgan Assumes muted ration raise, the DAA hike Used In Exercise and its bill to allow bachelors Headquarters and Service Duty As New VMF-212 CO to draw dislocation allowances. During ceremonies today, ficer. Company's recoiless rifle pla- The Defense recommenda- toon started a three-day live fire Lieutenant Colonel Ira L. Morgan Lieutenant Colonel Wallace is exercise tion was expected to go to the takes command of Marine All- bound for duty in the Western at a Schofield training White House very shortly and area Tuesday morning, March 21. Weather Fighter Squadron 212 at Pacific. the President is obligated by law xMCAS, replacing Lt Col. C.M. Commencing on VMF-212's use The company of 1st Battalion, to report the recommendation to 27th Marines, Wallace. of F8 Crusader jets, LtCol. Mor- fired at stationary Congress by today. and moving targets in maneuvers The new commanding officer gan says, "The F8 is one of the designed to familiarize the men served during the early fifties most versatile jets to be de- with all phases of the operation Six Month Policy as a ground officer in Korea prior veloped, as has been proven in of the post-World War II weapon. to receiving his pilot's wings in Vietnam. Capable of carrying out A relatively new platoon, H&S Branded 'Untrue' August, 1954. any type of mission by using it's Company's recoiless rifle unit According to Navy Times, the After duty with an El Toro- high speed, excellent maneuver- was organized in late 1966 and Marine Corps has branded an based fighter squadron and duty ability and four 20mm cannons, has been holding similar exer- "untrue" newspaper report that in the aircraft-carrier USS Wasp, the aircraft is equally at home in cises every three months. The it has a policy ofreturning men he was a jet instructor in an ad- a dog-fight or conducting close purpose of a recoiless rifle pla- to Vietnam after six months in vanced training unit until 1959. air support. I am very pleased toon: is to support weapons of an the states. Actually, said a He flew in an F8 Crusader squad- that I have been selected to head infantry battalion. spokesman, the Corps' policy is ron at Beaufort, S.C., and then such a fine organization." The 11-foot-long weapon, to keep Vietnam returnees in took over as Operations Officer A native of Oxford, Miss., technically classed as a rifle, is the states for at least two years with an air detachment in Norfolk. LtCol. Morgan graduated from being used quite extensively in "when possible." Va. the University of Mississippi in Vietnam against fortified posi- To be more specific, said the While assigned as officer-in- 1950 with a B.A. in History. He tions, assault troops, personnel Corps: "A man will not be sent charge of the Aircraft Readiness was commissioned in June, 1950, vehicles and Viet Cong supply back to Vietnam. for a second tour Section in the office of the Chief completing the Platoon Leaders boats. until all personnel of his rank of Naval Operations in August of Class officers' training program. With its firepower and mo- and military occupational spe- last year, LtCol. Morgan re- Colonel Morgan, his wife Su- bility, the 106mm recoiless rifle cialty that are available are sent ceived orders to the 1st Marine sanne, and their children, Ira is effective on hit-and-run for a first tour." Brigade, where he was assigned III, 9, Martha, 7, and William, attacks. (See Two Yats Stateside, Page 3) as Brigade Special Projects Of- 5, live on base. 2 Windward Marine March 31, 1967 Editorial Legal Insurance Most people have insurance of one type or another. 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