European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 military news Section january planes use russian radioman on Berli Moscow trips continued from Page i the navigator and radio operator inspect the opening All compartments and examining the radio and navigational equip they All seem familiar with the capt Zygmunt who made one Moscow and anything they dont understand we explain through an once the plane is the Crew including the soviet navigator and radioman gets aboard and the doors Are clamped and once aboard at the Kochanek youre not permitted to get off for youre on the Way to after the the soviet closely Cross checked by his takes the radioman contacts ground stations in russian and gives his information to the navigator who plots the by Way of to Small talk m sgt John a Burly Crew chief who has made three Moscow describes the so Viets As All some of them probably speak English but they never admit they usually talk Only to each other and communicate their in formation to us by sign once in a they have a Sandwich with us but no Small a navigator regards the soviet military Navi gators and radio operators As about to their american counter several of the flights have been in Adverse weather requiring Blind flying with the use of the radio for he and the navigators have seemed compe tent actual flights Are firing Range built at Krueger Cavern for 2d 8th inf 10 a new indoor firing Range was recently completed for use by men of the 2d 8th inf it is located in the Krueger Cavern and was constructed by the 2d in Pioneer and ammo completed in one the Inch Range entailed the work of 40 men who hauled tons of Sand to the Range levelled ground and built a three walled Structure with material used was salvaged and p and a soldiers contributed the directors of the project were it col William 2d in and maj James in sgt Thomas p and a plat supervised Honor guard co 10 first it Richard Gile has recently been appointed platoon Leader of the 43d inf div Honor before taking Over his new command Giles had been company commander of co 102d inf he is a Veteran of five in the including service with the 26th inf do in world War maj Oak executive officer of the 7167th set Cial air Mission briefs Crew on Moscow described As Kochanek says the Only incident on his mis Sion occurred near Warsaw when a soviet aircraft came up to Buzz the plane but left after identify Goa continued from Page 1 this new Goa equipment is the successor to the wartime Model with better scope presentation and greater More than one aircraft at a time can be controlled during Landing approaches with this prior to the establishment of this instruction for radar and Goa students from the Vari Ous nato countries was decent some students studied in the some were trained at bases in Europe and others were trained in their native the main advantages of the centralized Safe de Armond Are that the train ing can be tied closely to the equipment being furnished to the air Force of an individual nato uniformity of instruction and maintenance and the savings in time and Money gained by not to Send so Many nato airmen to the for technical Giessen pm group officers named 10 col Harvey Giessen pm depot has been elected presi Dent of the Giessen quartermaster he succeeds it col Arthur elected 1st Vic president was col George assistant for Supply who takes Over from it John replacing Bayard depot As 2d Vic president is it col Jack 7856th pm while William also of the occupies the newly created Post of 3d it col of the will turn Over the duties of Secretary treasurer to capt Wil Liam depot military personnel arc director is Mao 10 special lost emergency furloughs and missing relatives Are All in the Days work for John american red Cross director but More extraordinary like one for guinness be taken care of capt Francis surgeon of the inf dive 12th needed the guinness Stout to help him remember his Hometown of Over the holidays and to show fellow officers the merits of the All his efforts to locate it in Germany were in and finally he turned to with the assistance of two British Hico the guinness Stout was found in a British club in the club sent the Captain several bottles with its Best cation was after the plane lands at a mos cow the entire Crew leaves the aircraft which is unloaded and the doors Are sealed with steel tape until the return Crew members stay at embassy residences Between flights and have the same Access to the City As embassy they May tour certain areas of Moscow and inspect Public on the return usually the same Businesslike navigator and radioman accompany the Crew As the plane speeds Back to Ber Lin on the same after Landing again at Henipel the navigator and radio Man take Over and the Nession to Moscow is Eddy urges support for March of dimes continued from Page 21 been designated chairman of the 1953 Usa eur March of dimes the he area come finance of fice will be the final collection Center and All funds will be turned in there not later than contributions in foreign other than Deus Che Marks can not be accepted this fund Liaison officers named in Western come 10 through out Western area come Are get Ting ready to dig deep for that contribution to the 1953 March of dimes according to 1st it Riley March of dimes Liaison officer for Western area com officers Are being appointed from each military District to col Lect contributions and coordinate Campaign activities of units in each District pan am flights to offered in polio raffle 10 special As Many As four first class airline Good for Pas Sage on a pan american plane from any american installation in Europe to any Legal Home address in the is the prize in a giant March of dimes raffle in the us a eur recreation areas of Gar Misch and tickets have been placed on Sale in All Garmisch and Berchtesgaden with the final draw ing to be held at Garmisch some time in the Winner will not have to be present at the drawing to be eligible for the 7811th Sci pay scheme tops nac Campaign 10 special with a Large payable collection already made by the 7811th Sci As a pre Campaign the 1953 March of dimes has been started to raise funds for the War i on infantile paralysis maj Maxwell Foster has been designated to head the Campaign for the Frankfurt District and the Northern Areg with additional officer designated for the detachments within that Sturgis asks All personnel to support com z drive 10 Spe Robert of the go division com has been appointed Liaison officer for the 1953 Usa eur March of dimes it was announced by maj Gen Samuel com z following h i s Sturgis wrote personal letters to major subordinate giving the Campaign his approval and requesting participation to the fullest committee chairmen for the were announced by Parker As Fol lows capt Alfred publicity capt William sports and shows it Jack Cas raffle and collections maj it col Parker will act As plans the 9th historical det became the first unit in the Orleans area come to contribute 100 per cent to the current March of dimes new zone dependents birth announcements received by the stars and stripes from hos military 320th Lan Stuhl pvt and Ahmad of the 34th a born it and Herman of the 502d my a Linda bom it and John of the 17th Sig operations a born sgt and Steve of the 7783d Sig so a Stephen born pvt and John Cri of the 7867th pm a born it and Char Les of the 95th pm a Walter born sgt and Elmer of the 35th parts Supply a Judy born sgt and Charles of the 427th army a Charles born 97th Frankfurt 1st it and Louis of a Eric 1st it and James of a Daugh Vickie 1st it and Glenn of a Daniel maj and Donald of a Charles capt and Janes of a Christopher Wil capt and Lyle of a Kathy 1st it and Walter of a Daugh Linda Sec and Preston of a Joseph sgt and Ray of bad a Roy 1st it and James of a John 1st it and George of a Carol m sgt and Jack of a John capt and Vernon of a Robert Sec and Buren of a David sgt and Daniel of Neu a Shirley 1st it and Edmon of a Robert Sec and Alton of a Karen sgt and Charles of a Ruth m sgt and Joseph of a 1st it and Char Les of a a Cheryl maj and Charles of a Thomas 1st it and James of a Deborah Jane Cpl and Richard of a Daugh Donna capt and Sig Mund of a Brenda sgt and James j a r v i of a Dixie sgt and Amos of a Patricia and William of a Tho Mas Sec and Edward of a Daugh Deborah 109th fid Salzburg capt and mrs an Thony of the 510th a a James born and Roy Al Francis of a Royal bom St and Homer of the 516th Sig a Daugh Monica bom 1st it and James Perley of the 350th inf a James born capt and Bouzari Orlando of the Lith aaa a a Susan Jorn and mrs Frank of the uscola a George born 2d it and Mack Clarence of the 3soth inf a Mack born m sgt and Mack Allen of the 510th a a Mary born and Jack of Ufa a Charlotte born capt and William Harold of the 7613th flight a Gerry born 124th Mobile army surgical Lim m sgt and Ern est of Btry 510th a a Lizabeth lion 6 sgt and Don Eugene of the Mobile army surgical a Dagli Jeanne born Sec and Anil Rew Patrick of the 235th Ord a born 2d it and icon Charles of co Ith army recon a Richard born cot and John Livingood of the 7617th Ufa a Michael Alex born Sec and Robert Lorane of Btry 510th a a David born Zona m sgt and car James of Ufa a Michael born maj and Wesley Hibbert of the Lith aaa a a James born 98th Munich capt and of the 43d Irti div aug a Joy maj and Paul a William born