European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 military news Section january 1953 lo2d info regt practices cold weather River Crossings a a f s 1 a in addition to their regular Winter members of the 102d inf regt have the River the boats move against the icy current As a smokescreen on far Bank undergone a rigorous training program in River men of the 1st in left conceals their movements from the reaching Shore the waterborne carry their m2 assault boat from concealment through Snow to fivers once in foot soldiers jump from a boat to launch beachhead photos wives of 2d Cav he soldiers inspect unit at open House 10 special it was ladies Day at Merrell Barracks wives of 2d army Cav regt he personnel were provided with a behind Hestenes look into the daily operation of the head Quad fort three women attended 110th inf twins get same posts at no Academy 10 p 1 s Arthur and Kenneth Lofink of e 110th inf identical twins presently instructing at the regi ments no Are widely known for their determination to stick even before they joined the army the who make one think that he is seeing did practically everything they both entered the army at the same time for the same were assigned to the same com were promoted simultaneous entered and graduated from the no Academy together and were invited to instruct the open designed to acquaint them with the work their husbands Are the tour started with a visit the theater where the watched a dress rehearsal of the regimental led by to Wal Ter and participated in a musical quiz chaplain maj Wilmer Bot Toms and sgt Breheny escorted them through the head quarters staff then the group visited regimental com Mander col William who related the history of the the visit concluded with refreshments at the service club where Eckles told them of servicemen Here Are a Strong Force and urged them to take an interest in the you Are most definitely a part of our he Good conduct medals 10 Spe conduct medals were awarded to 46 enlisted men of co 373d army inf Here recent nac starts drive to reduce waste of heat 10 special a drive to halt utilities wastage has been inaugurated in the North Ern area the Engineer Section reported that exterior floodlighting of de Pendents excessive Perim Eter and area lighting in troop and motor Pool and turning on too Many lights in dependents Homes caused electricity quotas to be greatly engineers said another abuse was the custom of Many american families of opening windows to Cool their houses instead turn ing off officials pointed out that the Supply of Coal for heating and production of electricity was very limited and appealed to All americans in the command to keep usage to a Mitte Vald pm club opens 10 special a remodeler enlisted mens club was opened at Jaeger Cavern re the club serves the Usa eur medical retraining Center and det 7808th Munich pfc pulls special guards contented Wildcat 10 when pfc Marion Wilson joined the army at the outbreak of the korean War neither he nor his neighbors Ever dreamed he would become nursemaid to a live wild cat in his spare after 30 months in the More a year of which was spent in the 21yearo 1 d Wilson now serves As handler for a Wildcat in addition to his regular duties As artificer of co b of the 143d tank 43d inf sergeant set Back on Yule gift postage 10 Spe a Christmas present Home recently Cost a 109th inf regt Soldier this unusually High postage fee was levied on m sgt Alvin Del first sergeant of so because the 65 Pound painting he had picked out for his sister in California was too Bulky to be sent fourth class and had to be shipped via firs class Wilson is the handler of the battalion Mascot which was purchased recently by members of the unit from the Hamburg the name typifies the outfits Mot strike with As a civilian in Wilson had often gone Hunting for but shooting a Wildcat was not his idea of instead he preferred to snare a treed Wildcat with the Aid of a Long pole and a Loop of wire or rope and bring it Back this method has not been applied to who seems quite Content in her at Henry Cavern where the 143d is search under Way for 1st div wartime mascots 10 special As the 1st inf div fought its Way across Germany and into Czecho Slovakia in the Spring of it left in its Wake the inevitable tragedies of among the sights american lighting men overseas Learned to recognize As commonplace there appeared a new category of human suddenly and some times brutally left with their parents either dead or attached themselves body and soul to units of the american mascots grow up the soldiers accepted their fed and taught them rudimentary English and looked upon them As Good Luck in the mascots ran or acted As interpreters and religiously copied the moods of their when the sol Diers were the Mascot laughed with glee when the sol Diers were the Mascot but the War the for the most went the 1st stayed on for occupation duly and their Mas cot stayed with them and grew that the beginning of the Story of two German Horst and Oswald the end of the Story cant be written j because Horst and Oswald have the boys were born at the Home of their parents at in upper when that territory was annexed to the family moved to the father was taken into the Ger Man army and later made a Pris Oner the when the allies overran Western the Mother and two sons entered a displaced persons Camp in where Early in the summer of 1946 the Mother shortly the and them selves to co 18th inf then located at drop from sight co d was transferred to a new station in August 1946 and the Brothers dropped from the whom they had thought was repatriated from a prisoner Otacar Camp in the soviet Union in he has been searching for his sons Ever since with the Aid of the Hamburg red Cross and the Centra last a search has been launched for Horst right and Oswald missing persons Bureau of a the City councillors of Amberg and newspapers sought Aid from the Consul in Regens from where the matter was referred to the consulate in the consulate general Dis covered that visas had been is sued on july to Janus and Jan any connection other than the last name is in but the consulate general has requested further investigation by the state search turns to 1st div in the search returned to the big red no personnel from the wartime co d have been found in the command to but it Charles of div he adjutant generals is Contact ing members n the he Hopes that one of the for Mer company officers or noncom will remember something that might Lead to the boys present there Are no records of the pair having been employed by the com Pany or by any other american unit in even if they probably would not have been entered in the their father is now working in the Ruhr mining Industry and living1 at Prim Berg Weg Library returned to school control 10 special Tiss last remaining part of Heidel Berg University still under requisition was returned to German control in informal ceremonies the Brief ceremonies took place at the Entrance of the new University building with col John Headquarters area com Mand Carl Hei Delberg lord and Eber hard University in properties returned were t University and the gym a which had been used by american troops As a recreation Center since District authorities have announced that in accordance with Usa eur policy of releasing All German property As soon As it is no longer part of the Garden at 32 Rosma Stuttgart bad has been Garden space returned to the owner amounts to a total of 284 Square Nurnberg District to Honor employees 10 the comptrollers Section of tace Nurnberg military District has do Vised a new form of recognition for the services of civilian pm District spokesmen said Certilia Cates of loyalty and faithful serv ice will be presented in the near future to civilian workers with either five or seven years of continuous in thexor simplification pro the Section has paid out More than Marks to German employees in the past eight months for