European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                September 1950 we stars and stripes death to planes gun Crew of Btry 48th a Zero in on in incoming aggressor fighter plane from its position near Miltenberg daring army photo 4spy warning spelt trouble for prisoners exercise Rainbow 19 that the aggressor sergeant would say it beats the hell out of the r Ai n b o w interrogation composed of a a lieutenant and two were questioning the Green Clad ser Geant and two aggressor Pri Vates who were taken prisoner near the three men had been Cap tured by a military police jeep the three had been driving a fully loaded Tonan Dahal weapons with a swivelling machine gun on the alerted to plants the interrogators had been alerted to question All they could presume that any foreign speaking pm was a Plant who actually was placed where he could be captured for this was All part of the training exer for the army intelligence school at which sent out some of its students As the interrogating Captain and lieutenant exchanged information gleaned from the the privates were talking a Little Captain ponders the Captain pondered Why three men were in a weapons Carrier loaded with enough equipment for aggressor the lieutenant puzzled Over the signal detecting equipment Box in the the noncom from the interrogation team rummaged again through the gear in the captured weapons an ordnance lieutenant entered the pm enclosure area and the interrogators led him to the Cap tured after inspecting the the ordnance officer estimated that the weapons and ammunition would take care of a there was nothing to indicate planted the Captain deduced that the men of the aggressor patrol were legitimate pcs and not plants that interrogators had been alerted to Iraq official hails Drivers 19 for the International refugee organization received commendations from the zone chief of Iro Philip for achieving the lowest Accident rate in Iro history during Page 7 umpires Praise skill of forces by win staff correspondent aggressor he in the 19 air and ground forces last night Drew exceptional commendations from the exercise Rainbow umpires assigned to each the umpires said that despite the fact both ground and air units Here realized they were destined to lose the action in the Long both car ried out their assignments with outstanding sportsmanship and military speaking for the ground Force Umpire col Francis Fain co designate of Landshut military combat Veteran of two world commented on the remarkably Able leadership of the aggressor ground forces in this fainter said he believed the very got More out of the exercise than anyone else connected with the armoured cavalry colonel especially praised fee cheerful and enthusiastic manner in which the aggressor forces played the he said despite being consider ably they displayed a real spirit of sportsmanship throughout the 3d in lauded fainter added that the 3d in of the 2d armed Cav which formed the entire aggressor ground Force for the had done a remarkable this unit had if moving con stantly to meet problem require and ate Field rations rather than warm food More times than the colonel pointed maj Alujn assistant to and executive officer of the Landshut declared the aggressor troops have definitely put it the men of the aggressor forces went about their Mission in a most conscientious and concerned determined to do a Good Darkow Fairground Liaison chief air on the aggressor maj Daniel chief operations and training officer of the 61st air base Rhine main air said the aggressor air Force has put up a hell of a grand Sjodin said he considered the Fairground Liaison at this head quarters was certainly responsible for the Large measure of Success recorded during the he said problems were ironed out and each service became extremely familiar with the problems of the the air Umpire also praised the camouflage of the combined ground air which prevented detection by Fig Titer and Liaison aircraft of the even they made Many passes near our area during Tfaye first Days of the toe9 tricks planes with balloon guns with aggressor 19 aggressor unit literally gave forces the air working rapidly under a threat of the men of the units command group established them selves on a Hillside and began pumping air into the oddest Assort ment of rubber balloons Ever col following directions of their capt Edward and Engi Neer 1st it Andrew messengers and other men of the command group abandoned their Normal duties and began set Ting up whole batteries of the bal loons shaped like 155mm rifles and 105mm Pool rubber trucks and cargo trailers sprang into until an entire motor four batteries of 105s and four of plus miscellaneous dotted the it took just Short of five hours for the the actualized hidden just enough to add to their but purposely visible from the were ready for action before the first hostile Liaison planes appeared according to the rubber equipment is one of the newest developments in so realistic is the setup that enemy air spotters Are completely fooled and from their reports ground which might have engaged real Are diverted to attack the Dummy Gaydos sex sergeant recaptures gun reds took from him with the 25th div in 19 Robert Cole recaptured a heavy machine gun of checked the it was the same gun the communists captured from Cole when they overran his Posi Tion july medics at practice in the Field capt performs a simulated operation at the Lith Field Hosp daring exercise assisted by 1st it Faye 1st it Harriet Hansen and Cpl Robert the patient with the simulated wound is pfc James photo pm planned menus to give Field troops More calories exercise 19 real appetites of mock warfare caused the army to serve heavier meals to the troops engaged in exercise the Field menus for the Maneu vers were planned by a committee of mess food service personnel and the quartermaster with a View to High Energy Content and easy preparation in the they included three hot meals a Day with fresh vege meat and King sized portions of potatoes for combat a caloric Content of the Field meals was considerably greater than what the soldiers were getting at Home a typical evening meal served in be Field included roast beef and mashed buttered 16 3 deaths reported in Rainbow 19 special sixteen actual accidents were reported for Rainbow through sept and three men lost their lives during participation in the Provost marshal reports it was believed there More minor accidents than reported through actual vehicle Osses through breakdowns or Acci dents were Normal ordnance serv cing of these vehicular casualties was termed Navy staff in joint Maneu vers glazed bread and chilled pears and Coffee or fresh peaches from Italy were served As a to Supply the troops with fresh bread in Tfaye the 512th pm bakery under the command of 1st it Raymond turned out an average of pounds of bread it col Theodore acting quartermaster for the army had ordered the packaged gasoline and equipment for the men participating in these supplies arrived daily by trucks and train from the pm depot in pm companies broke Down the supplies and issued them to Supply two 12ton laundry vans equipped with Generator washing tumblers and extractors supplied clean Linen and other laundry for Hospital there were also three Mobile Bath units equipped with hot water and soap to provide 250 showers an department Heads of the naval advanced review the navys part in exer Cise officers Are left to it communications it cmdr Public works cmdr operations and planning capt senior officer of the naval re serve group in Rainbow capt Charles base commander cmdr executive officer it cmdr Supply it cmdr Starll assistant operations and it photo 5 3 Wos promoted in is div with 1st div in the sept 19 latest department of the army promotion order received during exercise Rainbow promoted five 1st div officers to the Temporo Grade of colonel and lieutenant colonel and upped three warrant officers one red one officers who received their promotions to colonel were it cols Jonas 122d to in Leander division ordnance and John 33d Fasil ver Oak Leafs will be donned by maj Thomas w assistant division and maj Luther assistant division the effective Date 01 rank of these promotions was two Thomas Beauchamp Divi Sion g4 received his promo Tion to Grade four and was placed number 35 in the entire army War rant officer standings and at the highest warrant Beauchamp is the Only Holder of this rank in the warrant officers promo i de to Grade three were cos Wallace also of the division g4 and Robert 1st engr c Spiller named executive 19 maj Benjamin Spiller has been assigned to the 552d aaa can in As executive officer replacing maj Haenel who departed for the