COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS TO VISIT ~DAK
General David M. SHOUP, Commandant of the Marine Corps, and second
most senior member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (after the Chairman,
General LSMNITZER) has notified Admiral CALDWELL and the local com
mand chat he intends to visit Adak and the Marine Barracks on 2and 3
October enroute to the Far East on an inspection trip. The Comman
dant will inspect all the Marine forces in WESTPAC and visit Nation
alist Chinese Marine Corps units on Taiwan. ' Among the Commandants
paicy is Captain Meng-Bing CHIH (Chinese Navy) who is the Nationalist
Chinese Naval Attache in Washington.
In addition, the Commandant’s party will include:
Major General Chester ALLEN, Quartermaster General of the Marine (
Corpsr Brigidier General Leonard CHAPMAN, Marine Corps G-4 and Ser
geant Major Francis RAUBER, Sergeand Major of the Marine Corps (the
hagrest and singularly most honored position to which any enlisted
Marine may be assigned). The Commandant’s staff will include eight
other Marine and Navy officers. Among them is Commander Alan DOUGALL,
a naval officer who is General SHOUP’S aide.
As well as being one of the most prominant of American military
policy makers, General SHOUP is one of the very few senior United
States officers who holds the Nation’s highest decoration for hero
ism, THE MEDaL OF HONOR. General SHOUP was awarded The Medal of
Honor during World War II for ’’extraordinary heroism above and beyond
the call of duty” for his actions at Betio beachhead during the Bat
tle for TaRaWA in November 19A3.
We are indeed honored to have such a distinguished visitor here on
Adak and hope that the Commandant and his party will have a pleasant i
and profitable stay with us. ’
The Commandant’s official car during his stay on Adak will display hi
red four-star vehicle plate with a Marine Corps emblem and fly his
four-star red flag.
CONSERVATION NEWS
Last Thursday the Public Works line crew found a dead American
Bald Eaglq and turned it over to Chief HAMER, who in turn gave it to
Major HENZEL, the Command Conservation Officer, The bird was a juve
nile eagle (that is one whose head has not yet -’balded" - the feath
ers turning white on the head and neck), Juvenile Bald Eagles remain
brown until they are from three to four years old before turning
white. This eagle was killed by self electrocution when he landed
on a high tension power line in the Davis Lake warehouse area and
made contact with an adjacent power line with his wing tip. Although
still a juvenile he measured about a yard from head to tail and had
a wingspan of over five feet.
Since the Bald Eagle is protected by both State and Federal laws,
the remains of any such protected wildlife must be sent to Anchorage
for disposition there by State and Federal Wildlife authorities. The
assistance of Chief HAMER’S PW crew, the Caribou Club who cooled it,
Supply Dept Cold Storage crew who froze it and the Supply Dept Pack