The Sidney herald., 1956-07-12
SSsel Returns
From Ground
Observer School

AniiilGS 1Oi 1yffudil All EOlIS
Base, Fla, near Panama City,
Florida. The trip was rough as
we ran into a thunder storm
nea Fargo, N. D., burning out
most of the radio equipment. The
Northwest Airlines plane was
held up in Minneapolis for three
hours installing radio replace
ments. The rest of the trip thru
Chicago and New Orleans was
uneventful. The $500 miles was
made in 24h hours.
Tyndall ALB is located 10
miles out of Panama City on
a white sandy island in the Gulf.
(The whitest sandy beaches in
the worId.)
The base is built of fireproof
materials. Here, all branches of
the airforce come to get advance
training in their lines. Planes are
aloft all but the four hours from
1900 a. m. to 400 a. m. On
the base you will come in con-
tact with all branches of the air
force, from civilians who work in
store houses to jet interceptors
and high brass.
The registration for classes took
place on Sunday afternoon and
assignment to quarters in the
BOO and VIP building. Not be-
ing a bachelor officer the very
important persons would apply.
Glasses started at 7:20 a. m.
each day, letting out at 2:30 p.
m. before the heat mad humidity ,
closed in to smother a Northern !
er. The class consisted of "A ci-
villains and six airmen from 1t. 1
to Col. There were four post ,
supervisors, 20 filter center peo- !
pie and the six military men. Fiji .
teen men and fifteen women from :
l9 states. :
The course covered air defense :
orientation, communications, fill /,
ter center operations, ground OBJ Z
server posts, instruction training, {
relations, tactical training 7
md public speaking. a
This is a six weeks course con- u
iensed to a short two weeks. The :
4 hours of public speaking was u
surprise to most of us. Many &
anne out of it much wiser. An II
housewife from North
'latte, Neb., was voted the one q
showed the most improve
lent- -
The first Saturday a number IN
( us went beach combing for /.
hells and went swimming. We 4
a pair of skin divers :
uniting shark off a sandy arm
nth arrow guns. After two hours =
aey came back with one IS ID.
bark and a red snapper. Small &C
hanks up to 10 inches would nip lie
t our toes while swimming at al
ne guarded beaches. The beaches IL
yere cleared twice when large a
harks showed up off shore. if
Don't 60 to Florida without a CT
ar as transportation is hard to ST
IF to 60 and come when needed. On
The lesson impressed upon us &c
as that the better we prepare
II the bombing that Soviets are IN
ling to give us the better we We
n survive the bombing. We can M
lily delay that time by being wv
well prepared that they do not La
run the risk of getting more 81
back for the ones dropped
re. We must be on the Job "A M
a day. or
Those neonIe who have baar ma
the sidelines and letting John the
the work will wake up some yer
and will not be able to take w
re of themselves. They will be MI
mbed as surely as the rest of
Russia is allotting about 900 "a
their steel to war and heavy Jd'
dustry. United States allots 1879 Idi
d the rest to cars, household "a
d farm machinery. The time hil
ement has diminished to the 4
int that the first strike may we
termine the outcome of the ma
IT. est
The trip back completed $500 Oh
les of air travel by commercial tle
lines. bus
want to thank the people who
We worked with the Ground CT
'servors Corps in Sidney for ~
splendid trip through their ~
orts and cooperation. l could VI
t have been appointed by the c
ter Center 4773rd Ground OBJ gre
yer Squadron, Malmstrom Air her
rec Base, at Great Falls if nre
loyalty of the people of Sid ING
Y had not been tops. Again, no
me thank you. con
Howard J. Sissel, Oui
Post Supervisor. the
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