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RENO EVENING GAZETTE February 15, 1966-11;’a da ap-nentJohnson City in Vietleiv-the ffect ition i to Dr. topsMarine PilotsFace Cong FireJOHNSON CITY, South Viet Nam (AP) — You won’t find it on a map but a wooden sign attached to a makeshift control {ee tower says:Johnson City International. Elevation 40 feet. MAG 36.MAG 36 is Marine Air Group 36, a bunch of helicopter pilots. Daily they face Viet Cong bullets to lift troops and supplies to thents,ulareredreg-rsesm.ESH VALUES R IN-STORISHOPSm!h Virginia A hopping CenterFive fovorite* for £your choicado*.•nnmia Larfl# 8 pie* 49‘ angue Re9.79# i«hLarge worfment Reg. 69cwith rabin* Reg. 6 for 33aison’s Finestuitchella Yalley Whiteiy*s produce experh have select* / the finest Urge size grapefruit ur enjoyment* Every one fancy • — every one guaranteed to , Novr at a bw.’low price.bfront lines and to evacuate, the wounded. They take part in many other missions too.BEACH HEAD Johnson City became a reality when thousands of Marine infantrymen made an amphibious assault south of Quang Ngai City and established a beachhead off the South China Sea in support of Operation Double Eagle.Johnson City actually is the headquarters for the task force, but the hub of activity is a strip of sand 3,600 feet long and 1,00*3 feet wide. That's where 75 helicopters supporting the operation work from — blowing up a sand storm when they take off or land.The strip of sand Is named after Col. William G. Johnson, 45, commander of MAG 36. During the first week of Itsoperation, around 21 helicopters were hit by enemy ground fire, Johnson said.-I’VE BEEN LUCKY'We’ve had two shot down, and we’ve recovered them both,” he added. “I’ve had no men seriously wounded. I've been very lucky.A typical example of the perils the helicopters face is a mission involving Capt. Hus sell RandaU, 27, of San Francisco; his crew chief, Sgt. Marvin N. Treadway of Evanston, Wyo.; and the machine gunner, Cpl. Graden M. Thompson of Way-cross. Ga.We saw a man get hit on our approach to the landing zone to retract some troops,” Randall recalled. We knew the zone was under fire before we started In. We were about 50 feet from the man who got hit. You could see him lying here.STRETCHER CASE I pointed him out to the crew chief and asked him if he could get him back to the aircraft. Treadway and Thompson went out to him under fire and determined a stretcher would be needed. Thompson came back for the stretcher while Treadway administered first aid.They crawled back with the stretcher between them. Rounds were hitting around the aircraft, but none hit it.”The pilots and crew members put in long hours, starting at dawn ard finishing up well after dark. During the first 11 day's of Operation Double Eagle, they flew 525 missions and 7,634 sorties. They carried 9,952 troop* and 384 tons of cargo.Ealt;h 59' 29'High-energy Light Source DevelopedPITTSBURGH (AP) — A laser pump,” so powerful it need* for an instant a million watts — about the electrical needs of a city of 100,000 at any one time— has been announced by the Westinghouse Electrical Corp.The high-energy coaxial pump was developed to power a laser rod three feet long. Dr. W. E. Shoupp, rice president for research at Westinghouse, saidthe device was “the largesthigh-energy light source known to have been developed for high-power laser systems.”He said the pump was developed in conjunction with the Army Missile Comman, Huntsville, Ala.Lehman Caves Naturalist Wins PromotionBAKER (AP) — Keith A. Trexler of Lehman Caves National, Monument has been promoted tc the post of chief naturalist at Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.Trexler has been naturalist at Lehman Caves the last three years. He served as acting «U-nrrinrp.ndent twice.
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Reno Evening Gazette
Reno, Nevada, US
Tue, Feb 15, 1966
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