VOLUME IV NUMBER % 31 August 1959
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WASHINGTON ('JETS) Aimed Forces personnel have been working o r und the
an air-lift of food, medical personnel and supplies "o flood-stricken
Taiwan (Formosa), the Defense Department has announced.
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Compounding the distress of the Taiwan
natives were week-long rains, a; * q-e^ere
earthquake which shook the island o'n Aug*
16 and a threatened typhoid epidemic.
Flood waters . inundated an 'interior
section of the island, taking 649 lives
and destroying.49>000 homes, according to
the Free Chinese G rvemment.
•From Hong Kong the amphibious assault
ship Thetis Bay was ’ddispatcried at flank
speed carrying relief supplies and 1-5 = Ma
rine helicopters to Taichung, which is
near the disaster area.
The ship also transported a 39-wwl
medical unit from the 3rd Bn«, 3rd Hgt.of
the 3rd Marine L'iv., which is tackling the
homeric task of innoculating 150,000 na
tives against typhoid.
Army personnel from the military Assi
stance Advisory Groups in Taiwan rave been
working with Marine and Navy personnel in
the disaster relief operations.
Recently, the Free Chinese Govern
ment announced that it is appropria
ting $ 22 mi]lion for rehabilitation
of the disaster area and is committing
200,000 troops to nssist in the pro
ject.
i< F VI s t D UNIF C Ft M
R EG 5. FUSE I SHED
WASHINGTON (NAVNiWS) The Navy has an
nounced publicati m of a revised edit
ion of U. S. Navy Uniform Regulations
which incorporates uniform and insig
nia changes promulgated during the
past eight years.
Initial distribution of the 1959
edition of the Regulations will begin
in September and will supersede the
19^1 edition of the uniform rule book.
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