European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Gen Matthew a Novice skier himself watches while his tests the crust of the Garmisch Snow during recent we Klong vacation the general takes orders during a week studded with the thrills of a world Champion ship bobsledding and the tag end of a great ski a Garmisch ski instructor enjoyed the greatest thrill of All he gave orders to Gen Matthew Allied supreme commander in the general didst a nov ice with and under the discern ing Eye of gave himself into the hands of the instructor for one week of the somewhat distilled pleasures of beginning to the Snow fun was part of the commanders at the Garmisch at weeks end no had been and the Ridgway family smiles evidenced a successful part of the vacations Success was due to the presence there of the worlds Champion Bob sports the Ridgway family thoroughly in the spectacle of Boti Bers during the Speed British Centurion tanks right nimble across Barren country West and South of the Snez canal As they practice desert a practice run is begun by mat thew Ridgway during at rid ways Happy smile indicates her Progress on the popular ski defense continued from Page 111 drinking and men can live but they cannot fight in desert on less than the 8th army there were other aspects of wars realism despite Well organized Field Kitch bully biscuits and provided a meal More often than not defense against air attack was no vehicles closer than 50 Yards and in a country whew there is no shelter against Wheeling Silver Raf vampires and Dunco lored Canvas tarps and nets were staked out the minute a vehicle stopped As in terrain features were no allowed to get in the the Border regt dropped its packs and scrambled on the run across 10 Niles of unc Rossale wasteland in the darkness without being a Young second lieutenant rammed his Centurion straight up a Jebel Moun almost flipped Over on the Sharp in Cline but took an infantry company by Surprise at the returning to Man Euver Headquarters in the dark one we found ourselves keeping along the top of a razor rid the a dozen feet dropped Awa into a Boulde strewn Gorge either and the Road had Bee worked Over by demolition experts we left great gaping 10footdeep holes Block enemy i we got through by half carrying to feb jeeps across these it want Hajj the the fact we were allowed to vat to later that night a column of of gun carriers made the same crossing lie pitch 1 be filled with the names of in topic British was one of Thoie Juji uncontrolled exercises where Gres sors can there Able the situation involved two mythology Small countries Shamal in the puppet of soviet like great Zanoub in the South and bordering the red a democratic country sup ported by the Western the Royal tanks backed ground across the Suez a Road dividing the two nations just arts ostensibly to recover a mythological shrine stolen by Zanoub 100 a they ran into Little he cent for a few armoured cars of the or Dragoon because the people had studiously avoided any rat 11 in i Rorri j a merciless desert beats Down on these men As they await an attack by forces in the egyptian wastes Between the sacs canal and nights were i the stars and