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Show HILL TOP TIMES Page 12 0il Vietnam " '' ' I o i u ' " ' . ( Jl limine PaNU! f Noil To Save Millions A cost redueti across three services """J I r v . tii the Air Force 2 has $1.365.94r with more anticipated 16 - luarenei Area's 2705th Ammunitions Wing, air munitions Force had to fumisV of 2 Southeast. i j A alo i a v,i "Ul- ome - ' 10 ear- - alt comDat pro,,, me U.S. Metal containers rockets were m short supply in me Air r orce. AUi 'latwuiJS 111 Gerrv Wevpr., i 1.. anPf?!ii;a ..i.vuwj, "i""-'"1i uie " contacted the Army's "' i J " - ,1011 HILL AFB MILITARY and civilian personnel responded to a call for blood donations and contributed 210 units (35 units above the minimum commitment) in a drive conducted by the 2791st USAF Hospital on Oct. 20 and 21. The blood was collected for use in front line hospitals in Vietnam to treat U.S. military personnel wounded there. The above photo shows the first step donors went through in giving a "gift of life." Red Cross volunteers, Mrs. Peggy Asselanis and Mrs. Mary Henley, assit two donors in completing medical questionnaire cards and take their medical history. Afren- - 1 AFTER THE MEDICAL questionnaire cards are completed and checked for accuracy, further checks are made to insure that the donor is qualified. Here, Mrs. Tillie Archibald, nurse's aide at the hospital, determines the blood pressure of a potential donor to be within limits. Of the 235 volunteers for this drive. 210 were. qualified. n Mr, Weyer then contacted th Navy Ammunition Depot at Me. Alister, Okla. The Navy, which is the prime' contractor forth . air-to-a- rocket, aprepd to ir nations. It was a "natural" for the 2705th since the Navy, in addition to being the prime ' con tractor, had all the facilities available at Oklahoma overhaul the containers. Without the help of its aaat.1 .7Tferl ) 1 TVVO TESTS ARE made at this point in the donation T .. H I J , .II.H" pro- bio-medic- Mm I J I m'm ' I fJl J '1WU iiiiiiiiJ I JL V fm ' "' 'if i Air Force Pilot i I ! - ' Z' " " 'iii'wlmi. School a VR Tex. f AF- t a icrnnT IS J pit Air Force pilot train- NS) ing, programmed ior t,v-.,ooo (ua fi'crnl vpar. turned ou' A 1966. 2,321 pilots in fiscal year 69 This was an increase of year's pilots over the precious total. included The FY 1966 figures officers, 1'', nnn H,Ht-ufc :,ariifv ana no Guardsmen Air National foreign students. the students.. AUajUllvjr v trained in jet &! J toi fa jet course The. craft. V . .4. -- sv, a if Training cik conauctea at Command bases: l.VVV 53-we- .MM Training Program in High ' al W- sister 1 al bio-medic- i " : . to services, the 2705th would had to have gone out and purchased new containers at $30 each, vs the Navy's refurbishing cost o: $1.35 each. THE ACTUAL BLOOD collection is done gradually, calmly, and practically unnoticed in about five minutes, after which donors remain lying down for a short rest. Taking blood from three donors are (left to right) Capt. John H. Whiting, laboratory officer for the hospital and the officer in charge of the Blood Collection Center; Mrs. Elna LaFreniere, nurse in the civilian dispensary; and 1st Lt. Glen Allman, reserve lab. officer from Utah in Provo. The collection is done by gravity Valley Hospital in the new-typ- e containers. AFB is one of many Hill plastic blood collection centers in the Air Force utilized in case of a national emergency. There are three other centers in AFLC. cess. SSgt. Lee Pushee, medical corpsman at the hospital, is shown taking the hemoglobin concentration and performing the preliminary blood typing of a civilian volunteer. Only type "O" was collected in --this recent drive because of its high percentage of acceptability. The collection was made on Thursday and Friday and shipped to Vietnam on Monday ' via McGuire AFB. m H.UII re furbish the Army containers, at a cost of $1.35 each, and load the rockets (four to a container) and ship them off to their desti ! i supply rvi .i. T.ll.'.ii Tlf cy at jomeu, 111. i ne Army had a stock of surplus containers that ij aonatej to the cause. it wouia I s wing, Ammuni- - ek " uugu UredoAFB,allin;Wfl 4k. Hams AFB, Ariz.; ik v , wfl Okla.: Moody AFB, Ga., Craiff AFB, Ala. Eighty helicopter ceived 25 weeks' aircrait fixed-win- g fcy liSf i NOW THE REAL work tiJLUJ !ul begins for I - fj tru.j 18 AFB, followed by helicopters aireceM ' Tex. Student Pi il. hospital personnel. A3C John Ernsdorii, laoumiury lecnmcian. ist Lt. Ida (ireen, in charge of donor supplemental nourishhospital dietician (left to right above) collect pilot Whiting and Capt. ment; blood container tubing, and preparing the tubes, sealing are There many steps involved in this blood for processing. blood as grouping, typing, serology, titer-inprocessing, such labeling, and processing it for shipment. Although not officer in pictured, TSgt. Phillip Llpinskl, and the donor center, was 'medical of laboratory the charge mucKW-th- e planning and legwork responsible for doing Involved In this processing g, I in b March and April. oiflrt niMnt 05 hoorf ara ft. nrovided i xi" training for B' . 1 j students. BUT FOR THE DONORS, "it's a piece of cake." All that is left is to relax and have a snack. Mrs. Norma Taylor, direc- tor of Red Cross volunteers for the hospital, serves doughnuts and milk to donors as they reflect on the lack of unpleasantness in their experience. Actually, the refreshments are not provided simply in gratitude. It is necessary to supply some form of supplemental nourishment to increase the blood's sugar supply. Although the recent drive was the first one for Vietnam conducted locally, others are scheduled for rotary-win- g 1 pflflti "1 menls accounted for (l(t of the "H"-- ' jointer MiliUry ; ; Airu- - ceived 317 for .ts and 278 were ior instructors. f w"B.Ji |