Property of 'AARON, CORPS HISTORICAL LIBRARY AUG 2;) 1960 to Room '3127 'Blue-Srt'wPlease Return Sidi --Troops Return Anticipation For All . Customs For Some . Welcome Home . flame At Last Families, Officials, 'Copters edeirdM "ft VOL. IX NO. 17 U. S. MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, KANEOHE BAY, HAWAII April 29, 1960 4th Marines Welcome 2nd Bn. 'No Vacancies Eleven hundred Kaneohe Bay- and Republic of China forces. of the Second Bat- based Marines The Kaneohe Bay battalion de- 4th Marine Regiment re- talion, parted Oahu in mid-February. Fol- Planned For turned to Hawaii last Friday night lowing the Taiwan exercise they following the highly successful spent 11 days ashore in Japan for Blue Star training exercise on the leave and recreation. Mokapu No. 2 of Island Taiwan. In a letter to parents this week, The Marines, who arrived at Miss Elizabeth Baldwin, principal Pearl Harbor aboard the trans- of K-Bay's Mokapu elementary port PICKAWAY, acted as "ag- Mokapu May Day school, said it is expected that chil- gressor forces in opposition to dren living on Station by October elements of the Third Marine Di- 15 will completely fill the new vision, based on Okinawa. Scheduled Today school now under construction. Other elements of the Kaneohe Col. M. M. Magruder, command- She cautioned parents who will Bay Marine aggressor force were ing officer of the K-Bay Marine not be living in Station housing by that date, that it will be neces- scheduled for a mid-week arrival at Corps Air Station, was slated to Oahu aboard the LSD ALAMO. sary for them to register their crowi, Patricia Carson "Queen" children in neighborhood schools. Meeting the returnees, in addi- during Mokapu school's colorful tion to hundreds of wives and May Day program this morning. Parents who are not in Station children, was the 1st Marine Bri- housing by September 1, will be Hundreds of spectators were KANEOHE BAY WHITE HOUSE Col. M. M. Magruder's resi- gade Band and Drum and Bugle - required to obtain a statement from expected to attend the hour-long dence has been selected as the Station quarters which will house Corps and a special hula troupe, the Station Housing Office showing Polynesial festival which began President and Mrs. Eisenhower during the Chief Executive's visit which offered a traditional aloha. that they will be living on Station at 10 a.m. scheduled for June. by October 15. Also on hand were two helicop- Included in the Queen's court was ters from K-Bay's HMR-161 which Parents whose children have a her "King," Bob Silverthorn, eight Unless Gifts Match DPI Exception to attend met the ship miles off the Oahu District "Princesses" representing the vari- Mokapu school this year were re- shoreline trailing banners reading ous Hawaiian Islands, plus many 'ALOHA." minded that the Exception is good attendants, gift bearers and kahili Marine's Fouled-up Phone Patch only for one school. Parents of The Blue Star maneuver also bearers. children in this category must re- ^volved the U. S. Seventh Fleet "Behind the scenes" help for apply for consideration for the the program came from many Could Land Him in 'Hot Water' 1960-61 school year. mothers and teachers. Among the Life can be full of problems at Radio System at both locations. Miss Baldwin also requested par- mothers wh, helped in the pro- times and somewhere here at K-Bay Members of the 2nd Bn., 4th Ma- ents to inform the school office of gram were the following: Mes- a of the 1st Marine rines, after an absence of about any changes in address or telephone Pohakuloa Unit dames Carol Graham, Peggy Leatherneck six weeks, had an opportunity to numbers. Glick, Jo Larson, Jane Holt, Hel- Brigade who took part in Operation call their Hauls On Call' en Wayne and others. Blue Star is probably in hot water families after the con- Teachers aiding with the May -and he isn't taking a bath. clusion of Operation Blue Star. P. Sheehan. Day program were Mrs. Doris Communion Set By GySgt. John Like many others, one staff NCO Strunk, Miss Bessie Kam, Miss It all began with a phone BASE CAMP, POHAKCLOA, Shirley Yamshiro and Mr. James "patch" from Yokosuka to Ka- described the many items he had For Children call, we 11 HAWAII, April 19-"You Kosaka. neohe via the Military Affiliated pureased to his wife. These in- St. Michael's Chapel will be the haul," of the Pohsku- is the motto cluded, among other things, a pearl the setting for 35 children of Ma- los Base Camp Motor Transport necklace, yards of raw silk and a rine and Navy families receiving Section. their first Communion Sunday at set of crystal. 'ersonnel and trucks of the 1st 8 a.m., Chaplain James W. Conte rine Brigade's Motor transport Much to the staff NCO's sur- has announced. "ion began providing logisLicai prise, he received a call from his According tc the K-Bay Catho- .-,Port for the Brigade units per- wife two days later during which lic Chaplain the children have .,.laating in the Pohakuloa training she apologized for not being home been studying their prayers and exercise on April 8. when he called. learning all about this Sacrament since last September under the During an eight day period they Now the question is-whose wifr have hauled 651 tons of ammuni- direction of Sister Raymond Ger- did he talk to the first time? And tion and supplies required by tie - ard, of he Maryknoll Sisters, St. Ann's infantry units involved in the exer- 416* what a happy coincidence if the who teach at School, cise. In addition, they have trans- unknown Marine happened to be Kaneohe. Ported nearly 1000 troops from Gen. bringing home the same gifts. The children will enter the San '- Lyman Field in Hilo and Kawaihae Wary and receive the Blesed Sa, - On the other hand, how will he to the Base Camp. rament from Chaplain Conte on the explain the absence of these items top step of the altar one of the lu aeromplighine their ml -lion. -- if he didn't purchase teem? rare occasions when the laity are they have driven a total cf 15,117 " miles, allowed within this area while So, if somewhere at K-Bay, a vet- Mass is beiag celebrated. The Kaneohe Bay-based Mashies eran of Operation Blue Star is re- Chaplain Conte also stated that, Till participate in the ext "nsive questing emergency leave to Japan following Mass, the First Commu- field training exercise at Pohakuloa it is readily understandable. He nicants and their parents will be daring the period April 19 through "KING ROBERT AND QUEEN PATRICIA" may have overlooked a bit of shop- treated to a Communion Breakfast May 20. May Day Monarchs ping. at the Staff NCO Club. c Page 2 U. S. MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, KANEOHE BAY, HAWAII April 29, 1960 aptaill'55 eb I71ts 9#11,444>siss9 Pliatorflapige4 I Corner By AMegt. J. D. Henn By Chaplain J. W. Conte Asked of Little League officials, "Why do you devote your time COL. M. M. MAGRUDER Commanding Officer RIDING TO HEAVEN to this youth organization?" COL. EDINARD J. DOYLE .Executive Officer You have all heard about safe AMSgt. JACK DRAUGHN, MP MRS. ELEANOR ROT driving, until you tired of hear- CAPT. ROBERT W. ARSENAULT Informational Services Officer are Chief, "Well, I manager of the 1st LT. DAVID C. TOWNSEND..Asst. informational Services Officer ing about it. (Well, I guess you are have played Pupus, "I have going to feel a lot more tired, ACTGYSGT. JACK T. PAXTON Editor baseball since I two SOU3, Les, because our own Cub Pack 69 is ACTMSgt. JOSEPH D. 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THE WINDWARD MA- ting out :her e band, Les, he 1st Marine you hear about it from those of- likes the game and I RINE receives material from the combined Station and with lads and passing on the ex- have always Brigade Fro/IF, Informational Services Offices and is a member of ficials who are directly responsi- been interested in it. Through my perience that I have g a la e d is and receives the services of the Armed Forces Press Service (APPS). ble for enforcing it, you see actual participation in the League I cars MARINE No paid advertising may be accepted. THE WINDWARD results of careless driving, you really worthwhile. I ha ;e fun also play baseball." may be mailed outside the Air Station. The Information Section and see signs and posters on the roads too." ASSgt. PAUL GUILLORY man- the WINDWARD MARINE are in Bldg. 220. Telephones: WINDWARD which warn you to drive safely, you MARINE 72104; ISO 72535 - 72120.