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CLOSE SUPPORT BEGINS at EI Toro, Calif., where Marine fiiers
learn to use the maps they’ll carry on missions in Korea.
HOW MARINES PUT MAGIC
IN- AIRR SUPPORT OF TROOPS
At El Toro, Fliers Work
To Shoot Up The Enemy
AMERICA GETS TOUGH
As America expands her de
fenses in the armed forces and
in industry, the U. S, Marines
are playing an important role.
Here’s the story of how they've
put fliers to work for the front
line troops — and how they're |
putting lessons learned in Korea !
to work for even closer air
ground support. It's told by
Douglas Larsen, NEA staff
writer now touring the U. S. |
for a report on how America is
getting tough.
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN 4
NEA Staff Correspondent |
EL TORO MARINE CORPS AIR |
STATION, Calif.—NEA)—Here is |
where they create the magic in
gredient which has made Marine |
Corps close air support of ground |
troops a devastating "weapon in
Korea. ;
The use of airplanes to shoot up |
troops, tanks and guns in front ofl
ground forces has been one of the
most controversial tactical prob- |
lenrs raised by the Korean fight-j
ing. The support the Air Force
gave the Army at the start of the [
fighting was not good. Since then
it has improved, and the Air
Force has reorganized its whole |
structure by creating a new Tac- |
tical Air Command to solve the |
problem of the future. |
Nevertheless, according to qual- !
ified observers, the Air Force in
Korea still doesn’t give the qual
ity of close support being given by
Marine pilots. The difference can
be found right here at El Toro in
a greatly expanded pilot-training
program, h .
An excellent example of just
how the Marines do it is the case
of Captain Charles A. House of
Burlington, lowa. He learned his
lessons here, training with the
First Marine Division before it
went to Korea, flew scores of com
bat missions, and did it so well he
is now back to put refinements in
the program.
Basically, what House learned
here is what they're still teaching
on a bigger and more intensive
scale. He received his basic flight
training from thé Navy at Pensa
cola. Then, at El Toro, he started
intensive flight drills in instru
ment flying, formation flying, dive
bombing, low altitude bombing,
rocket firing and the dropping of
‘napalm. Following that he prac
ticed shooting tow targets and
making carrier landings. He took
part in fleet competition exercises
and learned to fire at tanks, half
tracks, mortar positions and any
type target. 1
At this point House’s flight
training was interrupted for a
course at the amphibious warfare
school, which in some respects
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PICTORIAL ACTION REPORT of Marine Corps air-ground sup
port on the job shows a Corsair (circled) zooming skyward through
the smoke of a napalm bomb it has dropped on Korean Reds at the
request of the Leathernecks in foreground.
TOMBSTONE STIRS
OLD SCOTCH LEGEND
GLASGOW.—(AP)—The legend
of Rab Hall, the Glasgow Glutton
reputed to have eaten a whole
calf at a sitting, has taken on a
new lease on life. Stories of his
gastronomic prowess more than
100 years ago were revived when
workmen tidying up neglected
corners of Gorbals Cemetery came
aross his last resting place,
Rab. who died in 1843, was
With Men On Ground
Almost At Their Feet
amounted to just plain GI boot
camp. He was taught to handle
and use all the infantry weapons.
He learned to dig a foxhole, lead
a fire team, and some of the higher
level problems of infantry tactics
and nraneuvers.
Following this he began the
training that really made the dif
ference in Korea. He moved right
in with the troops of the First Di
vision stationed at Pendleton,
only a few miles away. In maneu~
vers and field problems he was
part of a ground control unit
which directed the planes to tar
gets in front of the troops. He
learned in detail the problems of
the ground troops. The men in the
planes he talked to over his radio
were his buddies and he under
stood their problems, too.
Back in the air while other of
his pilot comrades went into
ground control parties, he con
tinued this type of training.
When House "finally got into
combat, all of this paid off. The
forward controller on the ground
who was asking him to make a
run on a specific target was his
former roommate during one stage
of his previous training. The men
on the ground knew him and his
abilities to give them help just
as well as he wunderstood their
capabilities and problems.
House brought back to El Toro
proof of the close-support train
ing program’s high value, plus
plenty of tricks learned in Korea.
For ingtance, he learned that
the .old method of going in on a
tapget. in Jformation was not as
good % going in in single file. In
single file, if the first plane missed
the target, the ground control
man can give a correction to the
second plane in time enough for
for that.pilot to alter his aim. “It
gives all pilots in the attack a free
swivel neck,” House says.
The Marine close support pro
cedure is to have planes continu
ally circling over the combat area.
When the forward. ground control
nran or tactical air direction cen
ter wants one of the planes in on
a target, a pinpoint on a grid map
(which both pilot and ground man
carry) is radioed to the pilot. This
point is accurate within 20 yards.
Then the pilot is asked to make
a dummy run to make sure he
won’t hit his own men. If the
‘dummy run looks good from the
‘ground, the pilot is told what kind
of explosive to use—machine gun,
rocket, bomb, or napalm-—and the
final attack is made. .
~ The big lesson from Korea in
the way of close air support, ac=
cording to House, is the need for
more modern communications
gear on the ground and in the air,
It's on the way.
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