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1969_Detroit_mayoral_election

The election was nonpartisan.

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1969_Detroit_mayoral_election

Background

In June 1969, incumbent Detroit mayor Jerome Cavanagh announced that he would not be seeking reelection to a third term.<ref>

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1969_Detroit_mayoral_election

Campaign

Gribbs campaigned as a moderate, and proposed a nineteen-point plan which placed focus on reviewing both the Detroit Police Department and improving housing conditions in Detroit's inner city. However, he took a number of positions contrary to those held by most of the Black organizations in the city. This included Gribbs' support for the use of chemical mace by police, opposition to a civilian police review board, and opposition to decentralizing city functions.

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1969_Detroit_mayoral_election

Campaign

Austin campaigned as a moderate, but was regarded to be more of a liberal than Gribbs.

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1969_Detroit_mayoral_election

Campaign

Beck ran a single-issue campaign on the topic of crime control, running on a "law-and-order" platform.

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1969_Detroit_mayoral_election

Results

The primary was held on September 9, 1969.

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1969_Detroit_mayoral_election

Results

Voter turnout was the highest it had been for a Detroit mayoral primary in 32 years.

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1969_Detroit_mayoral_election

General election

Both Austin and Gribbs had avoided the issue of race in the primary.

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1969_Detroit_mayoral_election

General election

Despite candidates' preferences not to focus on race, the press believed that racial identity was still a major motivating factor for voters. Additionally, it was pointed out that the combined vote of Gribbs and Beck (each White candidates) in the primary was greater than Austin's vote in the primary. However, a September 25, 1969 Jet magazine article denounced what it described as, "an implication that all whites deal in race politics rather than quality candidates," as being "insulting" towards White voters.

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1969_Detroit_mayoral_election

General election

Mary Beck ran as a write-in candidate during the general election.<ref>

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1969_Detroit_mayoral_election

General election

Austin was endorsed by United Steelworkers, Teamsters, and United Auto Workers.

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1969_Detroit_mayoral_election

Results

Voter turnout of over 70% was at record-level for the city's mayoral elections. This came despite rainy and cold weather on election day. Mean turnout in the city's 1,111 precincts was 60.89%, with a standard deviation of 7.21 percentage points. Mean turnout in the 221 precincts that were 90% or more Black was 70.59%, with a standard deviation of 6.64 percentage points. Mean turnout in the 461 precincts that were 90% or more White was 68.79%, with a standard deviation of 6.89%.

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1969_Detroit_mayoral_election

Results

Gribb's won a roughly 7,000 vote majority, winning an estimated 82% of the White vote and an estimated 6% of the Black vote. Austin solidly won Black parts of the city. He lost, in part, due to many inner-city districts having low voter turnout (some as low as 40% in some).

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1969_Detroit_mayoral_election

Aftermath

Detroit would go on to elect a Black mayor in its next election in 1973, when Coleman Young was elected.

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1969_Detroit_mayoral_election

Aftermath

Immediately after Austin's strong general election performance, top Democratic Party officials, such as Michigan Democratic Party chairman James McNeely, openly considered running Austin for statewide office in 1970, such as for lieutenant governor.<ref> He ultimately ran for Michigan secretary of state in 1970 and was elected the first African American to hold statewide elected office in Michigan and the first African American to serve as any U.S. state's secretary of state.<ref>

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École_polytechnique_universitaire_d'Aix-Marseille

École polytechnique universitaire d'Aix-Marseille (Polytech Marseille) is a French engineering college created in 2001.<ref>Arrêté du 25 février 2021 fixant la liste des écoles accréditées à délivrer un titre d'ingénieur diplômé

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École_polytechnique_universitaire_d'Aix-Marseille

The school trains engineers in the majors:

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2020–21_Superliga_(men's_handball)

The 2020–21 Superliga was the 65th season of the Polish Superliga, the top men's handball league in Poland. A total of fourteen teams contested this season's league, which began on 5 September 2020 and concluded on 6 June 2021.

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2020–21_Superliga_(men's_handball)

Łomża Vive Kielce won their 18th title of the Polish Champions.<ref>

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2020–21_Superliga_(men's_handball)

Format

The competition format for the 2020–21 season consists of 14 teams each playing a total of 26 matches, half at home and half away, with the first placed team in the standings earning the Polish Championship. The last placed team is directly relegated to the 1st league, and the penultimate team play relegation playoffs with the willing team from the 1st league.<ref>

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2020–21_Superliga_(men's_handball)

Format

The winners are entitled to play in the EHF Champions League the following season. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th team in the standings gain a chance to take part in the upcoming EHF European League edition.<ref>

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The_Bits_We're_Least_Ashamed_of

The Bits We're Least Ashamed of is the debut album of material by Australian comedians, Tom and Alex. The album is a compilation from their Triple J breakfast show, released in April 2013.

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At the ARIA Music Awards of 2013 the album won the ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release.

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The_Bits_We're_Least_Ashamed_of

Reception

Jan Wisniewski from The Music said "Tom Ballard and Alex Dyson have been hosting the triple j Breakfast Show since 2010 and have now compiled a selection of their favourite moments. The longtime friends from Warrnambool share an easy rapport... [and] despite their comradery, the best spots are saved for callers, who, with some minor prompting from the hosts, are sources of hilarity." Wisniewski concluded saying, "There is no doubt there are some funny moments on this album but the short length of the tracks and hearing many of the jokes out of context makes The Bits We're Least Ashamed of no more satisfactory an experience than listening to a regular triple j Breakfast broadcast. But for those who are great fans of Ballard and Dyson, the chance to relive these moments is merit enough for this release."<ref>

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Ko_Long

Ko Long is a village located in the area of Yung Shue Wan on the North side of Lamma Island, the third largest island in the territory of Hong Kong.

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Ko_Long

Administration

Ko Long is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.<ref>

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CGSO

CGSO may refer to:

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Olga_Doménech

Olga Doménech Morales (21 September 1988 Sabadell, Barcelona) is a Spanish water polo player, who plays for CN Sabadell.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

The 57th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) was a US Army unit located at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, which provided aeromedical evacuation support to the Fort Bragg community, while training in its combat support mission. The first helicopter ambulance unit to be fielded the UH-1 Huey helicopter, it was also the first unit to deploy to Vietnam with the UH-1, and the first unit to fly them in combat, in 1962. By the time the detachment redeployed to the continental United States ten years, ten months, and seventeen days later, its crews had evacuated nearly 78,000 patients. The unit's callsign, "Dustoff," selected in 1963, is now universally associated with United States Army aeromedical evacuation units.

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Olga_Doménech

She participated in the 2006 Women's European Water Polo Championship,<ref> 2009 Women's Water Polo World Championship, 2013 Women's LEN Super Cup, 2014 Women's LEN Super Cup, 2015–16 LEN Euro League Women, and 2016 Women's LEN Super Cup.<ref>

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Campaign participation credit

Vietnam

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Campaign participation credit

Armed Forces Expeditions

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Campaign participation credit

Southwest Asia

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Campaign participation credit

Global War on Terror

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Seiko_Oomori

Career

Born in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Oomori moved to Tokyo to attend Musashino Art University in Kodaira. In 2011, Oomori formed a band named "Seiko Oomori & The Pink Tokarev" (大森靖子＆THEピンクトカレフ). During her time in Kōenji, Oomori's music pushed back against the dominance of Japanese idols on the music charts, a style that Ian Martin of The Japan Times compares to Jun Togawa and Ringo Sheena.<ref> Oomori held multiple concerts within Tokyo,<ref> including a first appearance at the 2013 Tokyo Idol Festival, a venue she would continue to appear in.

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Seiko_Oomori

Career

Oomori's first album with Avex Trax, Sennō, sees her depart from her guitar-wielding "anti-idol" image to explore other types of music by incorporating more electronic elements, but her lyrics still explore darker themes, similar to Avex Trax's other band BiS. On 9 June 2021, ZOC released their first album PvP, a double-album produced by Oomori herself with additional contributions from Kenta Sakurai, the producer of now-defunct idol group Maison Book Girl. Later that year on 9 November, ex-BiS and Maison Book Girl member Megumi Koshouji debuted her new idol group MAPA with the full-length album Shitennou, produced entirely by Oomori.

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Seiko_Oomori

Personal life

Oomori announced in 2014 that she had gotten married, although she did not specify to whom. In 2020 she publicly revealed her husband's identity as Pierre Nakano of Ling tosite Sigure,<ref> also the long-time drummer in her backing band. The couple have one son, who was born in 2015.<ref>

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort Sam Houston, Texas

The 57th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance), a General Reserve Unit attached to Headquarters, 37th Medical Battalion (Separate), Medical Field Service School for administration, was further attached for training and operational control. The detachment was activated by General Order Number 10, Headquarters, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, dated 6 April 1953, under TO&E 8-500, Cell: RA, 25 August 1952. By 31 December 1953, the unit had approximately 95 percent of its authorized equipment.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Captain John W Hammett was assigned as the detachment's first commander, and both organized the detachment and trained its newly assigned aviators, who were all newly assigned Medical Service Corps officers fresh out of flight school as well as leading the unit through its first unit tests. The detachment was equipped with H-13E aircraft with exterior mounted litters and litter covers.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort Sam Houston, Texas

The principal activity of this unit consisted of participation in evacuation demonstrations for the Medical Field Service School.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Six officers and 26 enlisted men were assigned to the unit at year end. The total authorized strength of the detachment was 7 officers and 24 enlisted.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Effective 7 January 1954 the 57th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) and the 274th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance), assigned to Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas were relieved from attachment to the Medical Field Service School and were attached to Brooks Air Force Base for quarters and rations in accordance with General Order Number 2, Headquarters, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, dated 22 January 1954.<ref>

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort Sam Houston, Texas

From 28 June through 4 July 1954, all of the aircraft assigned to Brooke Army Medical Center, including those of the 57th and 274th under Hammett's command, were deployed to support flood relief efforts along the Rio Grande River near Langtry, Texas caused by Hurricane Agnes. The detachments sent seven aircraft to Laughlin Air Force Base and began using it as a base for their search operations. They began by evacuating passengers, luggage, and mail from a Southern Pacific train which had been cut off from ground evacuation, evacuating 85 passengers to the air base, and then again when shortages of drinking water occurred on the base. The aftermath of the storm made flying difficult.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort Sam Houston, Texas

During the period 9 February — 2 March 1955, the 67th Medical Group with attached 603d Medical Company (Clearing)(Separate) and the 57th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) was attached to III Corps at Fort Hood, Texas, for participation in Exercise Blue Bolt. Attached to the Group upon arrival from Fort Riley, Kansas was the 47th Surgical Hospital and 928th Medical Company (Ambulance)(Separate). The Group's assigned mission was to furnish field Army Medical Service support (actual and simulated) to the 1st Armored Division and III Corps. One hundred twenty-eight actual casualties were evacuated to the 603d Medical Company (Clearing). The Ambulance Company evacuated 1025 simulated and actual patients. The 57th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) had the mission of evacuating actual casualties, completing seven pickups with an average patient delivery time of 38 minutes. This was an outstanding accomplishment when measured against the time space factors involved. Twelve hundred patients were routed through an Evacuation Hospital (simulated) established and operated by the Clearing Company.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Effective 10 July 1955, the 67th Medical Group was temporarily reorganized to the 67th Medical Service Battalion (ATFA Provisional) by General Order 21, Brooke Army Medical Center, 7 July 1955. The 32d Medical Depot (Army), 47th and 53d Field Hospitals, and the 82d Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) were also reorganized as ATFA Provisional units by the same authority. On 15 July 1955, Dental Service Team KJ (Provisional #1), Team KJ (Provisional #2), and Medical Detachment (ATFA Provisional Team QA) were activated by Brooke Army Medical Center and attached to the 67th Medical Service Battalion (ATFA). These units were to participate in Exercise Sagebrush during the forthcoming months. The 57th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) was also to participate.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort Sam Houston, Texas

On 25 October 1955 all units moved overland to Louisiana. No major accidents occurred. Valuable experience in atomic warfare operations and the handling of mass casualties was received. The hospitals provided medical care and treatment for both actual and simulated casualties. The 67th Medical Service Battalion exercised operational control over attached medical units. The 57th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) received a mission of evacuating actual casualties, reconnaissance, and supply, flying a total of 289 hours. The 82d Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) was further attached to III Corps as a part of the III Corps Aviation Company, executing a total of 165 missions involving 313 flying hours. The 32d Medical Depot (ATFA) supported all units of the Ninth Army during the maneuver. Approximately 10 tons of medical supplies were received, separated, stored, and tallied.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort Sam Houston, Texas

At the conclusion of the exercise, all ATFA Medical units returned to Fort Sam Houston in December with the exception of the 47th Field Hospital which remained in the maneuver area on temporary duty at Fort Polk, Louisiana, rendering medical support to Engineer and Signal Corps units. The unit engaged in the close out phase remained ATFA Provisional at end of 1955.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort Sam Houston, Texas

General Order 42, Brooke Army Medical Center, 13 December 1955, discontinued all returned provisional units as of 14 December. The remainder of the reporting period was spent on ATFA equipment organization, cleaning, and return..

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort Sam Houston, Texas

During December 1955, a part of the 57th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) was preparing for departure in January 1956 for Alaska to participate in Exercise Moose Horn. Effort was being made to properly equip this element for the maneuver.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort Sam Houston, Texas

New H-19D aircraft were received by both the 57th and the 82d Medical Detachments beginning in August 1956, with the final aircraft received in the latter part of December. Since the 57th and 82d shared a hanger at Brooks Air Force Base, the 57th painted a circular white background for the red cross on the noses of their aircraft, while the 82d used a square background.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort Sam Houston, Texas

In 1957, the 57th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) was assigned to the Office of the Surgeon General, further assigned to Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas for operational control, further assigned to the 67th Medical Group for administration and training and attached to Brooks Air Force Base for rations and quarters.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

In October 1957, after hearing rumors all summer, the 57th received a message alerting the unit for a permanent change of station move to Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. On 17 October the movement directive was received and on 30 October the movement order was published by Brooke Army Medical Center. On 5 November the advanced party departed for Fort Meade by private auto. Upon arrival at Fort Meade, the advance party carried out the necessary details prior to the arrival of the detachment's main body. The main body arrived at Fort Meade on 20 November 1957 with the helicopters arriving on 20 November. The aircraft were ferried by other pilots within BAMC. The unit, upon arrival at Fort Meade, remained assigned to the Office of the Surgeon General, attached to the Second United States Army, further attached to Fort Meade, and then further attached to the 68th Medical Group. The mission of the detachment remained training with a secondary mission of supporting Second Army in emergency medical heli­copter evacuations.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

On 15 February 1968, one of the largest snowstorms in years fell in the DC-Baltimore metropolitan area. Requests for emergency evacu­ations began coming in shortly after it appeared that the snowfall was to be heavy and that it was bogging down normal transportation facilities. No missions, however, were flown until 18 February 1958. On 17 February Second Army put an emergency plan into effect which placed all pilots, crews and aircraft under their operational control. The missions flown were as follows:

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

On 23 March another big snow crippled the northeast sector of the country, however the roads were readily cleared. The detachment was put on stand-by alert for medical evacuation, but none materialized.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

On 23 March one aircraft flew power lines for the Philadelphia Electric Company around the Coatesville, Pennsylvania area carrying company personnel who were checking for downed power lines.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

One helicopter was dispatched on 17 July 1958 to support the 338th Medical Group at Fort Meade. It was used for simulated medical evacuations and orientation flights.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

A lecture was given to personnel of the 314th Station Hospital at Fort Lee, Virginia on 21 August 1958. A simulated evacuation and orientation rides were given, Normal unit missions completed the month.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

On 25 September 1958, a mission of a rather unusual nature was accomplished in an H-19. The Maryland Fish and Game Commission requested that the 57th fly a tubful of live fish from Rock Hall, Maryland to Deep Creek Lake in western Maryland. A noncommissioned officer sat in the "hole" with the fish and dropped oxygen tablets in the water, but to no avail. Of the forty striped bass netted from the Chesapeake Bay, only 4 were alive at the conclusion of the flight. This was the first, and probably last, time fish had been transported in this manner.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

On 21 September the 57th went on an overnight field problem on the Fort Meade reservation. The new heliport lighting system was tested for the first time and after quite a bit of practice and resetting the equipment, landings were being made at night quite accurately.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

On 7 October, one H-19 was sent to Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia to act on a stand-by basis for possible casualties resulting from field exercises. The 79th Engineer Group and the 13th Field Hospital were practicing field problems prior to taking their Army Training Tests. The 57th had one helicopter on a stand-by basis from 7 October to 25 October 1958, but only one minor casualty resulted and was the only heli­copter evacuation. The helicopter did carry a doctor daily on sick call trips and made a few reconnaissance missions.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

A flight of two helicopters left Fort Meade on 24 November 1958 to make a proficiency cross-country flight to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The pilots also compared notes on units with their counterparts at Fort Bragg. The flight returned the next day to Fort Meade.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

An evacuation flight was accomplished on 6 December 1958. An Army Lieutenant Colonel and his family were in­ volved in an auto accident at Pulaski, West Virginia and placed in the civilian hospital there. A nurse from the Fort Meade Hospital accompanied the flight. The heli­copter arrived back at Fort Meade at 1915 hours with Lieutenant Colonel and his wife, where an ambulance brought them to the Fort Meade Hospital. Total flight time logged that day was 07:35 hours.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

The month of January 1959 proved to be quite uneventful until 2000 hours on the 27th. At that time the detachment commander received a call at home from the Second Army Aviation Section. The detachment was requested to leave the next morning for Meadeville, Pennsylvania to fly a demolition team, equipment, photographers and the Second Army Public Information Officer. An ice jam on French Creek was threatening to flood the town if another rainfall fell. Meadeville had been crippled by a flood two days before causing $5 million worth of damage. The flood waters had receded, but unless the ice could be blasted from the creek the town would be flooded all over again. Three of the unit's H-19s departed Fort Meade at 0845 hours, 28 January 1959 with six demolition men from the 19th Engineer Battalion, two photographers from the 67th Signal Battalion and the Second Army Public Information Office. Also on the flight were three crew chiefs, and six pilots, one of whom was borrowed from the 36th Evacuation Hospital since the detachment had only five pilots present for duty. The flight of three arrived at Meadeville at 1400 hours and was met at the airfield by the Reserve Advisors for the area, one of whom was made chief of the ice blasting operations. A reconnaissance flight was made of the ice at 1630 hours that afternoon and the next day, blasting operations began. Reinforcements were brought up via bus from the 19th Engineer Battalion to aid in blasting. The primary duty of the H-19s was to reconnoiter the area and during the last few days to carry 540-pound loads of TNT and drop if from a hover to the demolition team on the ice. The detachment also carried the teams to the ice in inaccessible areas. Cn 9 February the operation was considered accomplished, and the detachment's helicopters were released. One helicopter had been released on the 2nd of February and returned to Fort Meade. Weather kept the remaining party from leaving until 11 February. One aircraft had to remain at Meadville because of engine failure during warm-up.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

Two pilots flew one of the detachment's aircraft to Atlanta, Georgia for major overhaul. They stopped at Fort Benning, Georgia on the way for a tête-à-tête with the 37th Medical Battalion. On 17 April 1959 the detachment had one medical evacuation from Fort Meade to Valley Forge General Hospital.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

The detachment flew one aircraft to Atlantic City, New Jersey for 4 days Temporary Duty in conjunction with the American Medical Association Convention and one aircraft to Atlanta, Georgia for SCAMP in June 1959.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

On 6 July 1959, the detachment used one aircraft to fly medical supplies to Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania on an emergency run. The detachment also flew one aircraft to Fort Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania to put on a demonstration for the reserve troops in summer train­ing in July.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

On 18 August 1959 A Navy family member was evacuated from Bainbridge Naval Center to Bethesda Naval Hospital. The patient had a growth in her throat and could hardly breathe. The Naval doctor accompanying the flight almost had to perform a tracheotomy in the air, but the patient recovered her breathe and made it to the hospital.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

On 21 August 1959 the detachment evacuated one patient to Valley Forge General Hospital. This was the same patient brought to Fort Meade from Bradford, Pennsylvania on 12 August.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

Medical evacuations increased in September 1959 when a scheduled evacuation run from Carlisle Barracks to Valley Forge General Hospital was initiated - a total of 9 patients were transported this month.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

In November 1959, flights from Carlisle Barracks to Valley Forge General Hospital were numerous during the month, with 7 patients transported.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

As the detachment prepared to transition from H-19s to the first air ambulance detachment to field the HU-1, 1LT John P. Temperilli Jr. returned from the HU-1A Maintenance Course at Fort Worth, Texas and 1LT Paul A. Bloomquist departed for the same course.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

One crew departed for Fort Worth to pick-up HU-1A tail number 58-3024 and departed Fort Worth for Fort Meade on 21 January 1960.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

Two crews departed Fort Worth with HU-1As (Tail numbers 58-3025 and 58-3026) on 26 Jan 60. As of the end of January 1960, the 57th had 5 HU-1As and 4 H-19Ds assigned to the unit.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

On 17 February 1960 the detachment performed an emergency evacuation from Bainbridge to Bethesda Naval Hospital. It ended up that 3 aircraft were involved - 1 H-19 and 2 HU-1As. Check-outs began in the HU-1As. Three pilots soloed in the UH-1 during the month, and on 18 February one pilot set a record on time to return to Fort Meade from Felker Army Airfield, 03:35 in two days. This extended time was due to weather - a 40 knot head wind.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

On 29 February 1960, the detachment set out for the field. Just prior to completing the tent pitching, the field problem was called off because HU-1A #3024 had a material failure. No injuries were incurred. Damage was $60,000 and probably a new aircraft to replace # 58-3024.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

On 23 March 1960 at 0230 hours the detachment received a call to proceed to Elkins, West Virginia to help search for a downed Air Force plane, Two H-19s left at 0600 that morning. The aircraft was found, but all aboard were killed on impact.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

In May, the unit was alerted to depart for Chile to assist in the disaster caused by an earthquake. All personnel except a rear detachment of one officer and two enlisted deployed with four of the detachment's HU-1As.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

The operation in Chile and the detachment returned home on 25 June 1960.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

The 57th Medical Detachment was reorganized and redesignated as the 57th Medical Platoon effective 1 July 1960.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

The 57th Medical Platoon was redesignated the 57th Medical Detachment on 10 March 1961.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Advisory Support, 1962-1964

The 57th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) received its final alert for overseas deployment on 15 February 1962.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Advisory Support, 1962-1964

The main body of the 57th's personnel departed Fort Meade on 18 April 1962 and arrived at Nha Trang just before noon on 26 April 1962.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Advisory Support, 1962-1964

Aircraft were split to station three at Nha Trang and two at Qui Nhon. The detachment did not become operational at Qui Nhon until fuel became available on the 12 June 1962. Lack of information and preparedness when segments of the detachment arrived in South Vietnam was the main reason why operational capability could not be reached sooner than indicated. Contributing factors were a lack of fuel for the aircraft and differences in operational concept as set forth by Letter of Instructions, Headquarters, U.S. Army Support Group, Vietnam, dated 24 April 1962, and those set forth by the detachment commander.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Advisory Support, 1962-1964

The concept of operations as of the end of July 1962, a 3-2 split of aircraft with supporting personnel was feasible and was being carried out with minor difficulties that could be resolved at the detachment level. A major problem area was the lack of adequate communications. The unit's primary mission of on call Emergency Aeromedical Evacuation could not function properly unless the information on where casualties were located could be relayed to the unit so that a response could be immediate relative to personnel becoming casualties.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Advisory Support, 1962-1964

No real estate was provided for setting up the detachment at Nha Trang Air Base. The detachment acquired its own real estate but still did not have construction for performing maintenance on organic aircraft. As of the end of July 1962, all supplies were under canvas or in Conex containers. Aircraft maintenance was performed in the open and when inclement weather arrived, maintenance ceased, as has been the case when changing three component parts of the aircraft in June 1962.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Advisory Support, 1962-1964

Requests for action were slow and in one instance had a demoralizing effect on personnel. The request for flight status on one enlisted performing hazardous duty from the time the unit arrived had not been received as of the end of July 1962.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Advisory Support, 1962-1964

As of 1 October 1962, a lack of logistical support effected the overall operational capability of the detachment. This was further aggravated by being split into two locations. As of 1 October 1962 it was felt that the need existed for such a split, but unless logistical support for aircraft was improved, some consideration would have to be given to employing the detachment in one location to maintain 24-hour operational capability.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Advisory Support, 1962-1964

As of 1 October 1962, the detachment was authorized five aircraft and had four assigned:

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Advisory Support, 1962-1964

The detachment was housed in tentage at the airfield without adequate facilities for storing supplies or performing maintenance. Coordination with Nha Trang Airbase Commander had been made and a site for a permanent hanger type building had been approved. As of 1 October 1962, a request and recommended plans had been submitted but the status was unknown to the 57th.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Advisory Support, 1962-1964

The detachment was completely non-operational from 17 November to 14 December 1962. This situation was caused by the turn-in of certain aircraft parts for use by another unit. Until 17 November 1962, the detachment had maintained one aircraft at Nha Trang and one aircraft at Qui Nhon. From 14 November 1962 thru the end of the year the detachment had one aircraft flyable, and it was rotated between the two locations.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Advisory Support, 1962-1964

As of 31 December 1962, the detachment was authorized five aircraft, assigned four aircraft, and had one aircraft flyable. The aircraft status by tail number was:

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Advisory Support, 1962-1964

Towards the end of 1963 the fruits of this regulation became apparent as a definite standardized procedure evolved from the positive application of the regulation.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Advisory Support, 1962-1964

This left the 57th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) responsible for aeromedical evacuation in the II, III and IV Corps Tactical Zones within the limits of USASGV Regulation 59-1, while the United States Marine Corps was responsible for aeromedical evacuation within the I Corps Tactical Zone.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Advisory Support, 1962-1964

The detachment was organized under Table of Organization and Equipment 8-500C with Change 2. The authorized strength of the detachment was 7 officers and 22 enlisted. The Commanding General of the U.S. Army Support Group, Vietnam authorized an increase in unit strength from 7 to 10 officers. This was due to the requirement to have two aviators per aircraft when flying in the Republic of Vietnam. A request to modify the unit TO&E had also been submitted.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Advisory Support, 1962-1964

Beginning in late January 1963, operational support was provided from three separate bases in the country. The headquarters section with three aircraft was located at Tan Son Nhut Airbase in Saigon. Another section was located in the seacoast town of Qui Nhon with one aircraft, while the third section was located inland of Qui Nhon at Pleiku in the central highlands.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Advisory Support, 1962-1964

The headquarters section supported operations in the III and IV Corps Tactical Zones, while operations in the II Corps Tactical Zone was provided by the sections in Qui Nhon and Pleiku. The two separate locations in the II Corps Tactical Zone were required due to the large geographic area and the rugged mountains in the highlands. The relocation of aircraft was required due to increased Viet Cong activity in the IV Corps Tactical Zone.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Advisory Support, 1962-1964

in March 1963, a changeover of the detachment's aircraft occurred, with the unit's UH-1As being replaced with UH-1Bs.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Advisory Support, 1962-1964

The unit remained assigned to the 8th Field Hospital and under the operational control of the U.S. Army Support Group, Vietnam.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Advisory Support, 1962-1964

The detachment operated at under TOE strength until April, when an Infantry officer was assigned to augment the crew at Qui Nhon.

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57th_Medical_Detachment

Advisory Support, 1962-1964

In June, that officer was released and three new officers from the Combat arms were assigned on Verbal Orders of the Commanding General, U.S. Army Support Command, Vietnam to bring the detachment's total officer strength to ten. One was an Infantry officer, the second an Armor officer, and the third a Warrant Officer aviator.