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Show DPG Company News Air Force Weather Detachment by LI. Floyd E. Hughes III Our commander. Captain David Lena, has received his promotion to Major. He is shown above, at his desk, looking at his promotion orders. In addition to being detachment commander and Staff Weather Officer at Dugway, Major Lenz is rated a Senior Pilot. He has had experience in many types of propellor aircraft. He came to Dugway last September from Rhein-Mai- n AB, Germany. Major David Lenz We had a visit last month from our wing commander, Colonel Clifford A. Spohn, and operations officer, Lt. Col. James P. Norwood. During their short stay, they were briefed comprehensively on our operation and on the various operations we support. Master Sergeant John G. Wondzell, our senior NCO and most experienced forecaster, has received word that he will be reassigned PCS to Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, in June. Sergeant Wondzell has been at Dugway for nearly three and one-ha- lf years; and was just promoted to MSGT (E7) last December. Don't be discouraged by the snow; Dugway really gets very little, even though it seems as if weve gotten quite a lot in the past few weeks. It could Ire much worse. For example, bade in 1921, 76 inches of snow fell at Silver Lake, Colorado, in just 24 hours. Erie, Pennsylvania, on the southeast shore of snowfall on Thanksgiving Lake Erie,, was buried by a Day in 1956. The record snowfall for a calendar month occurred at Tamarack, California, where 390 inches fell in January of 1911. That same year saw a record accumulated depth of 474 inches at Tamarack. So be glad there's not very much snow to be shoveled. 27-in- ch 65th MP Platoon (SVC) The 65th MP Platoon is happy to report that Sp4 James Baclces and Pfc Lloyd Conrad have reported for duty at Dugway Proving Ground. Backes is from Hartley, Iowa (although he calls Minnesota his home) and came here from the 98th Transportation Company in Korea. Conrad is from Monterville, West Virginia, and came here from C Battery, 4th Missile Bn, 44th Artillery, in Korea. RECENT PROMOTIONS to Sp4 were received by David Shapiro, William Bush, Randy Kirker, and Joe Wilbanks. Ot these men, Shapiro and Bush have gone to REFRAD along with Sp4 William Huber and Sp4 Arthur Gantner. Bush will continue West 4th Avenue; Dugway Proving: Ground. to reside at 313-The home addresses of the others are: Shapiro, 666 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, New York; Huber, 303 East Walnut, Cold water, Ohio; and Gantner, 619 Hickory Street, Dayton, Ohio. Four members of the platoon were joined by SFC Sand-- y of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, this past week while attending a seminar on Traffic Control and Accident Investigation. 1st Lt. Robert H. Kraus, SSG Isaac Aten-ciSSG Jimmy Thomas, and Sp4 Billy Dunn represented the platoon. PSG Arthur Dunn, reassigned to the 558th MP Company in Germany, left post on February 24. He was presented a DPG Certificate of Achievement by Colonel Fraser on 23 Feb 66 for his outstanding job as Operations Supervisor and for directing the reorganization of the MPs from a TD to a TO&E unit. Sp5 Darrell Coffman left on February 18 to report to the CID school at Fort Cordon, Georgia before reporting to his new unit in Vietnam. He was presented the DPG Certificate of Achievement for outstanding service as Provost Sergeant and Operations Sergeant since September 2, 1960 by Colonel Fraser on Feb. 17, A ' ; o, . . 1966. PVT. WILLIAM McRAE departed cm February 11 for an assignment in Vietnam. In case you are wondering about the MP strength - word has it that help is on the way. Approximately eleven new men are expected in the very near future to compensate for the losses. In effect there will be a complete turnover of personnel by 31 Mar 66. 1863 - The U.S. 3 March 1931 - The Star Span-Arm- y Signal Corps, a predecessor gled Banner" officially became of the U.S. Army Materiel Coin- - the countrys national anthem mand, was established. Our Army when President Hoover signed the was the first in the world to es- - Act passed by Congress. However tablish the position of Signal Of-- since 1890, Army and Navy regu-ficand the first to have a sep- - lations specified it to Ire played on ceremonial occasions. arate Signal Corps. 3 March er I SPRING k TIRE SALE! 1 PREMIUM AIR FLOAT SUPREME 1 FREE BUY ONE GET Hugh Discounts on All Passenger and r i i i i i i i I I I I t I I I I I |
