European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1953 military news Section Page 7 Ord experts Ake Boom out of bombs bad 17 Spe nimble fingered group of 2d army div specialists has the touch Iest Job in the the Boom out of bombs and led by m sgt William Mer these men explosive ordnance disposal experts Are Cpl Bruce Cpl Newman Cpl Harold Greenlaw and pvt Charles their principal duty during peacetime consists of Clearing bombs and shells found on the site of divisional command posts while on Field problems and the fuse that sets off the explosive is what causes the the Eod squad must determine kind of fuse is used on any particular bomb and then under take to remove it four Basic types of delayed action fuses Are used in infinite combinations with each these types Are the and the anti clockwork fuses Are the oldest and most the Impact of toe bomb hitting the Earth starts a mechanism has been preset to run for a certain number of hours or even chemical fuses contain a acid to eat away a plastic or Glass wedge at a pret med releasing the firing electrical fuse is the Tiger of time and but the Bane of the Eod Man is the anti disturbance is directed at the would be this its Many is designed to explode the bomb when someone tampers with 250 attend opening of 1st no club in la Rochelle area la 17 than 250 enlisted their and guests at tended the recent grand opening of the first no club in the la Rochelle Brig Gen Ernest cd of base was on hand to Cut the officially opening new the Complete re habilitation from an old French cafe to a modern of duty no lounge is the result of less than a months work by the enlisted men i Sec Mitchell Siedlecki raised through voluntary contributions to Start financing the club then a request was sent to usar eur he for a loan which will be paid Back from proceeds of the la Rochelle enlisted mens club of which the no lounge is an an the 83d working with club manager sgt William Nich installed wired the whole building and painted it lose a single dog you How have five 17 Spe Yon participated in a driving Hunt in the Southern part of Berlah Kreis and for cot to take Home your pure bred Spanish Hunting White with Black you have a sur prise in Yon now have five four of them Brown coloured after the in which americans and frenchmen Par Franz of found the dog and took care of it he also provided a Home for the subsequent and in a letter to Northern area Huettel stated his family Are refugees and due to shortage can no longer take care of the Hunter and her Tanh firing exercise be Oil duty classes teach yanks German 17 Spe on duty German language courses have been Ini to acid at Bremer Haveri port of the initial course is starting off with 88 officers enlisted per the All h a n d picked by division will at tend two classes a eligibility is restricted to Amer ican supervisory personnel who will have at least one year remaining in their current tour of duty after completion of the 12 week it is planned to keep the course in a continuing the program is under the super vision of capt Thomas and his educational Raymond the idea originated with col port objectives of the he Are to attain a higher qual Ity of supervision by army personnel Over German thereby increasing the efficiency of the individual and the he further pointed out that the move will improve relations with both on an official and personal to facilitate attendance and re Duce costs through operating of the classes Are being con ducted by two instructors at five centrally located Points in the rather than have students leave their duty stations to attend classes at the be army Educa Tion a mine rocks a vehicle of co 66th medium to in at the British training area Abel yank and Tommy tank com Manders change places above to learn operation of each others army photos in yanks train on Range British zone by Omer Anderson staff correspondent 17 Britain Rhine army believes that to a c h i e be Complete readiness for War a mechanized army must have plenty of Elbow its tanks should be Able to train using live ammunition Over various types of Countryside where there is ample space for its artillery should be Able to fire at the longest Range of its most powerful its infantry should be Able to exercise with both tanks and Artil Lery up to at least divisional Rhine army which in clude the Field firing areas of Hohne and Munster lager and the adjacent dry no weapons Are fired training area at Rhein Seh form the largest training area in stretching Over More than Square Miles of Lune Burg armoured units have taken advantage of the facilities offered in the British particularly at the 2d army div started training in the British Range last and will continue through Quick switch British officers say it is chiefly because of the existence of this Battle area that the army of the Rhine has been Able so rapidly to switch from occupational role to become one of the most highly trained commands in the British thousands of soldiers at a time Are taken to the training area to see set piece Battles and demonstrations of according to Soldier unofficial publication of the British armed for tank armoured car there Are specially constructed Battle runs which pro vide most types of ground and forms of action which could reasonably be expected in sheltered in thick Concrete Pill German Range workers manipulate the scores of target Dum Mies which appear suddenly in a Anks cunningly concealed wooden running on steel but mostly on wooden sled Dummy antitank guns fitted with explosives fire Back when cardboard men suddenly burst nto blazing away with nah Bollenbach canteen 17 Spe official opening of the employees canteen at the nah Bollenbach quartermaster de pot was marked last week by an inspection by col John mines commanding officer of the depo and Strassburg 6th regt begins Winter training problems in Berlin 17 training programs designed to keep 6th inf regt members in fighting readiness in All Winter conditions Are now in training exercises in the Gruene Wald Are the order of the Day As the men learn to adjust themselves to cold weather and the Snow and ice which accompany at least one overnight Field exer Cise a month is mandatory for every battalion and meaning that the men spend at least two nights each month in the Gruene Wald in addition to the daytime training yanks hold Wuerzburg jazz meet 17 special a jazz exhibition sponsored by the German american jazz club was held Here last week in the lounge of the Leighton Barracks service miss Kathie s p e c i services recreation re ported that local German jazz enthusiasts joined with members of the 31st Arceny band in the Jam Bren guns firing wooden As an Raf plane flies simulated bomb explosion takes Many of the effects were devised by the it col George of the Royal tank while the size of the ranges is of tremendous advantage in train the safety problems Are con All roads leading to the ranges Are closed by barriers and Large signs Bear notice of times when firing is in at 21 of the 120 German watchmen Telephone Range head quarters every tame a person or vehicle passes through or keep them out if they Are Likely to run into before an the Range control maj plans the area to be with the chief instructor and the com manding officer of the unit on he pinpoints firing positions and observation posts on a huge radio aids safety on the tank he ensures that targets Are so placed that when tanks fire on shells fall inside the firing on All gunnery instructors keep a strict Eye on safety pre each is in radio touch with the control throughout the latest information on gun positions and targets is marked on a map in the control this information comes from a control team which follows the exercise in radio equipped and from control the problems of Security and theft prevention have been partly solved by the use of horse and dog patrols which change route 43d div Cpl sings on an 17 special a vocalist with the 43d div band is singing in the Best of company Over the american forces records by the bands Cpl Eddy tone Are played Over the network along with those by Bing Doris Day and other top the 22yearold Corporal has also written a number of songs including your eyes and the former is a frequent an Choice and tone is scheduled to do the song for Mercury records when he returns to the for before entering the Eddy and his brother now appear ing on the de Sullivan to formed a song tone also at tended the Juilliard school of music and Sang with its orchestra on a Cross country sharing the spotlight with tone in the 43rd div bands appearance is Cpl Johnny another talented singing Amoroso was featured with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra before entering Panzer Gen outlines tactics for2d div bad 17 Spe second of a series of guest lectures on Armor problems was presented to the officers and men of the units of the 2d army div in the Foch Cavern the Gen von Senger und etterling has had wide experience in the command of mechanized and armoured he commanded a Panzer division in front of Stalingrad and later a corps at Cassino and during the Retreat through the lecture began with a talk the command problems of a partner division in Russia and concluded with a Brief Survey of the different conditions governing the commitment of armoured units in 21 Good conduct medals 17 special Good conduct awards have been Marte by the 6th enlisted men for and inf regt to 21 exemplary be Estar in Italy leads 32dbn soccer team n in 17 1st div who eight years ago was the leading scorer in his soccer league in is now one of the stars on the divisions 32d a in the sport Star is pfc Anthony Campo of the Btry b Survey who last year Snake his second transatlantic voyage in 20 this time As a member of the big red Camposeo had made his first crossing irom his native on the death of his father in 1932 when he sailed with his Mother to while attending school he picked up a keen interest in Europe top in 1945 his team won the Champion ship of the younger league of Italy and in 1946 Camposeo became the leagues top his soccer abilities earned him a Sext on an italian Allstar team which toured England in 1949 for a series of exhibition in december of that Campo sets Uncle in Brooklyn helped him return to the keeping up his interest in the the Young Star played two years on the italia american team before get Ting is draft Call in while looking Forward to his discharge and return to the Camposeo has kept opposing goal tenders looking out for his scoring