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HURT PARATROOPERMedics work over injured airborne soldier, PFC. Wayne Morgan of Bay Cify, Mich., in drop zone al El Centro. Morgan and dozens of other paratroopers were dragged across I he desert by unexpected ground winds estimated at up to 15 miles per hour. A number of the soldiers were entangled in their : parachute harnesses.—(Staff Photo.) 'U.S. Pullout of Iceland Troops SeenWASHINGTON (/P) — The withdrawal of a substantial part of the American military forcfc now stationed in Iceland is under consideration al the highest U.S. and Atlantic alliance levels, informed officials revealed Saturday.The Defense Department declined to discuss this development in view ol President Fisenhower s absence onParatroopers Hurt in Desert Jump(Continued from Page A-1)ers and armnred vehicles 1 hut drifted over the reviewing area and fell out of the target zone.were dragged like toy dolls across the packed sand.Twenty-two of the parachutists are Southern Californians. Jumpmaster in the second plane into the drop zone was Pfc. Joe Kudak, 26,. of 1457 Redondo Ave., a mar-, ground. It died away less ried veteran of 51 previous!THE WIND ROSE just as the first of the olive drab parachutes touched thethan 15 minutes iater, out notbefore a number of soldiers; jumps.The paratroops, billeted for staging of the exercise al: LBAF:B since Thursday, will! fly back to North Carolina! Inday.* * • •his goodwill tour inAfiica and Asia. But a rctluc-! k! I kJ* •lion in the 6.000-man force iiil/V OT 1*1 f SSI TIC] ithe North Atlantic island is C • I T * 1 TR,FD T0 Sel 10 m’understood to be one nf the O 0/0 Ofi I fH/fi fcel said one grimy soldier, matters that will come hcforel ' “ ■ the NATO defense ministers! MANHATTAN BEACH meeting in Paris starting Dec.i(CNS)— Mrs. Elaine Maureen 14. jSquiilante. 21, the missing at-U.S. troops first went 1o;tractive green-eyed former Iceland in the months bcfnre'model. is apparently o:i her the United Stales officially|way to Austin, Tex., to visitr If I tUL'C D a a a Kentered World War If is'rclatives, Manhattan Beachyears ago Monday. The U.S. forces now in Iceland arcpolice learned Saturday night.Police said her brother, there under terms of the Hugh Brown, in Plava Dei . ..North Atlantic treaty alliance Rlt;\v. told them he got a lct-jh been a surprise nf which Iceland is a mem-lei bom Mrs. Squilian! Sat-'but the wind caught my chute and all f could do was pray it didn't drag me into a bolder, or something.’'But for the unexpected wind and ensuing melee, the jump was a success.Army officers said the num-j bcr of injuries was not unusual. hut admitted the wind
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Sun, Dec 06, 1959
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