Show National Guard Ai Air AirDrop Drop at Tooele 0 Fighting men trucks and jeeps rained in a a. a mock meek mock assault on Tooele O Ordnance Depot Sat Bt June 13 as s the Utah National Na Na- Guard observed its Ita annual Governors Governor's I YA A battery batter of airborne artillery from the Airborne Division Fort Port Campbell Ky gave gave Guardsmen Guards Guards- men men and and an estimated spectators a a preview of the type of warfare that will play playa a key role la the mission During July 32 units of of the Utah Army National Guard willbe will willbe be organized as airborne Special Forces outfits ready 1 to drop In anytime anywhere to stamp tamp stamp out brush fire wars 4 Go Governor o v fJ e r n nor o r George D D. D Clyde guest of honor and commander commander- chief In-chief of the Utah Guard noted Ithe the contrast between between fIghting between methods methods me me- r demonstrated in his honor hono ad aid those methods used at Lexington Lex Lox ington and Concord where th the Guard first realized Its vital mis slon sion efon Prior to Prior to the he airdrop Air an and d Army arms of the Guard flexed In a demonstration of or aircraft arms anns and fighting techniques The show opened with a mock atO atomic lc bomb blasin blast blasl t I In the drop zone Major General Maxwell E. E Rich JUch I Utah Adjutant General narrated narrate the show Major Charles F. F MeKee Mc Me- I Kee briefing officer for forth forthe the ee explained the step b by step t A lono lone Air Force C packet t dropped five turbulence testers testers' who reported winds were marginal margin al at and threatening the airdrop But Dut the well well timed mission wa was s accomplished First 90 Paratroopers paratroopers para troopers in full tull battle battlo dress dr drop dropped dropped p. p ped ved from a flight of three C They gathered on the two mile long drop zone and waited wafted fo for r their fighting equipment Then two flights of C C 1198 dropped drop lIed ped I ed jeeps jeep trucks and howitzers to the waiting troopers The air air- ornon artillerymen then trained their weapons we weapons pon on the aggressor forces forces provided by the Utah Guard and recaptured the depot With Within III 10 O minutes tos after the equipment landed the artillerymen artillery men were firing tiring blank howitzers rounds at the aggressors The National Guard is the cornerstone cornerstone cor cor- of this great nation of ol ours said Governor Go Clyde andas and andas as 81 long as I am g governor I will do all in my po power to support it ft q need leadership if It we in Ute tie free world are to continue to ex 1st Watching the show elrow were about out I artillerymen from the XI XI- Corps Artillery Utah Nation Guard Juard The traditional Governors Governor's Day observance marked Barked the end of the first week of rugged train train- toe Ine OK f for r tie artillerymen at Camp W W. G. G Williams William Some artillery units unite and units of f the Engineer Group were unable to attend the perform perform- performance ance because they e were training In a widely separated locations under un un- under der tactical conditions |