by your friendly weatherman
Well, to answer all the questions of those who feel they qualified for the "Hundred Knotter" patches, and were wondering where they are, they're HERE!
The patches are to be awarded to those persons who made a LOW LEVEL penetration into a typhoon that had sustained surface winds of 100 knots or greater. The catch is LOW LEVEL. A penetration at 10,000 feet does not qualify you.
Last year, nearly 75 squadron personnel made the terrifying low level penetration, and as such, will be eligible to receive the patch. It will be issued in conjuction with a handsomely engraved cerfificate indicating the person, date, time, and location of said penetration.
Due to the lack of proper record keeping prior to September 1966, only those persons who made the penetrations in 1966 and 1967 and latter will be eligible for the patch. To those of you who feel you earned one prior to 1966, we're "So Solly!" We'd like to give the patches to everyone, but we just can't.
A list of eligible persons follows, and as soon as arrangements are made, the certificates and patches will be awarded. The patches cost a few pennies apiece, so whether they will be awarded free, depends on the generosity of the Welfare and Rec Fund, or the Coffee Messes, or ultimately, the Commanding Officer. So, as soon as they're ready we'll let you know.
The heroes are:
| CDR CARLSON | ADRC WILSON | |
| LCDR CHENOWETH | AT1 BACA | |
| LCDR ARNOLD | ADR1 BAKER | |
| LCDR EASTER | ADR1 BRYANT | |
| LT SEGELBACHER | AT1 DENHAM | |
| LT DEAN | AG1 FRAZIER | |
| LT VEAHMAN | ADR1 GLADDEN | |
| LT GOULD | AT1 PIKE | |
| LT TROLLOPE | AT1 SHELTON | |
| LTJG ARNOLDS | AMS1 STEGMAN | |
| LTJG MORAN | AT1 VENN | |
| LTJG GOLDING | AT1 WALLIS | |
| LTJG BOSILJEVAC | AE1 WELLS | |
| LTJG RALEIGH | ADR1 WOOTEN | |
| LTJG THOMPSON | ADR2 BARFIELD | |
| LTJG RAY | AE2 BERRY | |
| LTJG MYER | AG2 EBBERHARDT | |
| LTJG GLOVER | ATN2 HAYES | |
| LTJG FALLEA | ATR2 HEMPHILL | |
| LTJG GRIMES | AG2 JENNER | |
| LTJG CARTER | ATR2 ROHR | |
| LTJG RICHARDS | ATN2 SCOFIELD | |
| LTJG HARTMAN | AMH3 ANGELO | |
| LTJG HAMMOND | ADR3 DEATHERAGE | |
| LTJG CROSSMAN | ATN3 EDWARDS | |
| W01 SMITH | AG3 FABER | |
| W01 PARTESIUS | ATR3 KING | |
| ATR3 MILLER | ||
| ATCS TRIBBLE | ATN3 MONROE | |
| ACC HANSON | ATR3 REEDER | |
| ADRC MUDD | AMS3 RUSSELL | |
| ADRC ROBINSON | AG3 ZANOTTI | |
| AGC SHORT | AN NAMES | |
| ATC SPRUILL | AN KILLIN | |
| ADRC WHITE | ATNAN SAMPSON | |
| ATC WILLIAMSON | AN STEIMLE |
