European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1952, Darmstadt, Hesse December 1952 military news Section Page 7 schooldays for yanks in us much to the disappointment of american to take a dislike to writing and flu is doing its Best to provide de pendent children in Europe with educational facilities like those at Hie Little red Scio Olfonse May be a prefab at Burton Wood air base but inside top it looks just like a typical american classroom As Peggy Zerangue teaches Reading to her eager third fifth graders Point at a map of the at the Burtonwood school faraway places do not seem strange to students at Sealand air base in North Wales Stu dents feed classroom goldfish at Sealand first graders at Sealand Bottom take up nature the training is Typ ical of that offered children throughout photos 2d army div gets expert sports head bad 27 and baseball Boxer and Bonus baby came to the 2d army div All in one package in the person of George new athletic consultant for the the Job of civilian consultant for an army athletic program May be new to Boerner but sports in Gen coaching and athletic super vision Are right up his while majoring in criminology and physical education at the University of he participated in base Ball and Bonos following his graduation from the University in 1941 became one of the original Bonus babies of the Louis Cardinal organization signed him to a con tract As soon As he finished like Many athletes his career was interrupted by the in january 1942 he was commissioned by the he resigned the com Mission to enter sight training with the completion of his train ing he became a fighter Pilot in the Marine air he was unable to return to play ing rosters following his discharge because of service Navy athletic director regardless of whether he could play or not he has been Active in the sports world in Many ways since leaving the he was a director of athletics for the Navy for years and he has written for sports publications and broadcast sporting events in Many parts of the states he claims one distinction afforded few College during his three years of playing in College Competition he travelled a total of Miles to be named the most travelled athlete in the big ten Boerner travels finally led him to Europe and the 2d he came Over Here on a he get away from the sports world and is spending his vacation As the 2d army dive athletic consultant 26 m sets Honor replacement unit 27 Spe South replacement de pot Here has received the highest possible commendation for opera and compliments from men who were proc Essed through the in two letters of commendation and 26 master ser Geant replacements praised the de pots facilities and fun two enlisted men assigned to the depot were singled out for special sgt Richard Romard and pfc George l Kocerka were com mended by the top noncommissioned officers in letters acknowledging appreciation for the courteous and efficient treatment 110th inf Sec sees duty on 5 continents u l 27 the army and see the recruiting posters used to and for Sec Henry the army really paid though he didst enlist he has been As signed 1o five continents during his 12 years of who won the Silver Star during the bitter United nations withdrawal actions in Korea recently joined co 110th As a platoon twelve years Hogan was a farm boy in and his native county was the world As far As he was then the army swept him up after being assigned to the he was sent to the South shuttled to Africa Between december 1941 and de Cember he visited South the Fiji and new during the next two he served with the 17th and 101st in he shuttled to North where he earned two Battle he re turned to the states in 1945 to join the nth an he was stationed in Japan and Okinawa before go ing to Korea in july 1950 co 35th inf during the withdrawal his reduced to 42 surrounded on a Hill by North Hogan moved his machine gun to a Vantage Point under intense mor tar artillery fire and routed the for this he awarded the Silver based gets photo lab 27 first photo lab in base Section opened at the la tonne Treville Cavern the opening ceremony was at tended by officers of the transportation major port including col Warren who represented the col Ruel the new lab will serve troops of the 7703d and its units in the Rochefort built during their of duty the lab involved Long grueling hours in converting a dilapidated part of the old Cavern witha leaking roof into a modern Stream lined Laboratory with new photo pfc Richard 89th engr port construction designed the lab and jams service club supervised the con sgt Jack of the did All electrical while pvt Jack he 7703d contributed the plumbing those working on their own time in building the is it Elwood pfc William pfc William Cpl Kirk Cpl Douglas Ide and Cpl Joel Cpl Philip Wruble has been appointed 317th up learns unit Story 27 special men of the 317th troop Carrier up recently received a rundown on the family history of the unit whose name they adopted last the historical division of the air University at Maxwell air Force recently for warded 14 pages of wartime his tory of the which took Over the former 433d Wing at Rhine main air base this the chronicle reveals that the old 317th was created in february 1942 at san a year the Wing was in Australia flying and bl7s to carry troops and supplies to new Guinea and to bring Back this action won the 317th six Battle two and the nickname Jungle skip in when the a roil was stationed at or Ders were received for immediate indefinite the unit mustered its c54s and flew to wies Baden to participate in the Berlin air lift operating first from Wiesbaden and later British when Wiesbaden closed the 317th hew 2r832 trips into the German capital
