CUTTING IT FINE. Lt. Col. Edwin O. Reed brandishes a sword as he slices a 3 x 4 foot cake at ceremonies marking 1,000 hours of flight by a Sikorsky HSS-2. Smiling their approval are, left to right, Capt. Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., Naval Aide to the President; Paul W. Holt, assistant general manager-programs, Sikorsky Aircraft; Col. R. R. Burns, commanding officer of the Marine Corps Air Station; Capt. Roger D. Hutchins, BUWEPS' program manager on the HSS-2; Lt. Gen. Edward W. Snedeker, commandant of the Marine Corps Schools, and Capt. Leonard O. Armstrong, BUWEPS' fleet weapons project engineer. Colonel Reed is senior Marine Corps presidential pilot and commanding officer of HMX-1. Sikorsky Aircraft photo.
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CUTTING IT FINE. Lt. Col. Edwin O. Reed brandishes a sword as he slices a 3 x 4 foot cake at ceremonies marking 1,000 hours of flight by a Sikorsky HSS-2. Smiling their approval are, left to right, Capt. Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., Naval Aide to the President; Paul W. Holt, assistant general manager-programs, Sikorsky Aircraft; Col. R. R. Burns, commanding officer of the Marine Corps Air Station; Capt. Roger D. Hutchins, BUWEPS' program manager on the HSS-2; Lt. Gen. Edward W. Snedeker, commandant of the Marine Corps Schools, and Capt. Leonard O. Armstrong, BUWEPS' fleet weapons project engineer. Colonel Reed is senior Marine Corps presidential pilot and commanding officer of HMX-1.

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