radar. On one approach, the navigator discovered his scope centerline was off calibration. Normally, this would have been perfectly legiti- mate grounds for aborting the mission and returning to Sondrestrom, but not for this crew. The navigator interpolated manually, lined his aircraft up for the approach and sat down dead center. During one off- loading operation, the aircraft cargo winch went out of commission. Repair or replacement after return to Sondrestrom would have meant 3-4 hours in ground maintenance and the end of flying for that particular day. Requesting the pilot to take over his flight control duties, the flight engineer assisted by the loadmaster repaired the winch during the 1 1/2 hour flight back to Sondrestrom and had it in full working order on arrival. A nose strut assembly broke on one ice cap landing and grounded the aircraft at Dye Site #3. Dead-heading back to Sondrestrom on the next C-130 which also brought a maintenance team to the disabled aircraft, Crew F-012 "borrowed" the aircraft of another C-130 crew which was in crew rest and continued the airlift. Twelve hours later, in- spired by the example set by this aircrew, the heroic efforts of the maintenance team had returned the disabled C-130 to airworthy condition and back to Captain Glenn's crew. (This maintenance team is being re- commended for an appropriate decoration by separate correspondence.) For performance well exceeding normal duty dictates, the officers and men of Crew F-012 have proved their fitness to wear the decoration proposed herein.
3. The grades, duty assignments and units of assignment of the persons cited for the acts and services described herein were as indicated in the preceding paragraph one at the time these acts and services trans- pired. None of these individuals have subsequently been reassigned, retired or separated.
4. No other individual will be recommended for the same acts and ser- vices described herein.
5. The service of the individuals recommended herein in the United States Air Force has been honorable subsequent to the period cited.
6. An unclassified citation (multiple) is attached to this recommen- dation.
7. No other recommendations for any other awards are pending for any of the persons recommended herein at this time.
8. No previous awards for the acts and services described herein have been made to any of these individuals.
9. The individuals recommended herein possess previously awarded United States decorations as indicated below:
a.	Captain Glenn was awarded the Air Medal per General Orders 527, Hq 5th Air Force, 25 August 1952.
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