European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I. 1 a lie a Fol Peter unloads at Timsic of sch Medlem port which after a Channel Clearing program by a no sneers is now Awe to berth Busy port of leghorn expands. R f  installation relays huge volume of personnel material by truck rail two Large cargo ships at the same time. Teen months of hard work and have made the port of Beehive of activity. Fro a a begin 25 stevedores and 2po  the tilt Tif Julija Post now store than 3�500 Wool from i leg i,3�im, sick " " " of Jie no i of the port More than material Nave moved into truck and rail Over the Liis Ner -.pass. Each month 375 be 250cargo trailers travel an365,000 Miles in motor convoys Austria and  vehicles transported m con a the world War n vehicle re to Gram line the Camp Darby area and efforts of the engineers ared the Channel to an extent that ships May be docked at the pc time. A staes and stripes report three Meta by organizations function at leghorn the 9th medium port charged t with the responsibility of receiving by Ocean freight both Maten a and personnel the 76s9th Ufa general depot charge with storing find disbursing vehicles and other equipment and the 7617th us Apost col Frederick , a Veteran of 35years experience in quartermaster transportation and infantry duties has Corn handed the port since july 15, 1952. He formerly was chief of the Wyoming Mihov tary District col Robert a Marvin commands the general depot and col John l. Pauley jr., is Post co. The actual motor transportation of equipment and materials is under the supervision of it col George m. Mai Caintic who has a background of port work a new York Boston and Savannah and the port activity was begun con on of warehouses docks storage offices and living quarters had Tor from the ground up yet with All Astruc Tjon and activity the operation aed one of the cheapest for the or of any in the overseas command Cost of constr cuon for example cent below that in France Tine saving to the taxpayer has realized through an efficiently con italian labor Force. Italian con on methods have added to the Sav Kalian contractors Lavor the use fond tone Over the More costly and their buildings require one the amount of steel used by Amer Ion has proceeded with on Lytic work stoppages. The steady and the generally higher wages have. Numerous applicants for Obs. So t labor problems have interfered with program " f a Rehfuss of the 7689th Ufa general depot near completion in part of a wide leg Horn building Proff Rara which includes docks Sto Zafft Treav offices and served As assistant transportation office during the Berlin Airlift the transportation Section part of Theta Lith Ufa Post consists of a rail Branch and a Highway Branch. The for Mer coordinates movement Between Italy and Austria and Between leghorn and Rome in connection it the vehicle re build program end coordinates All special travel of troops and dependents arriving or departing at the leghorn Poe. The rail Branch also operates eos a Brenner Verona Cal ambrone l i v o r no centrals Tombolo Pistoia. Florence and Rome and controls the operation of the leghorn Salzburg Sleeper and the leg firn Salzburg weekly baggage car. Maj Robert j. Yunker i. Chief of the Tail Branch motor transportation activities Are coordinated and supervised by maj Michaels Deangelis chief of the Highway Branch. The 8th trans heavy try co operates the consolidated motor Pool and the 640th trans heavy try co performs special motor missions and operates convoys be tween Austria and Italy. Convoys also move Between Piston and Florence five Days a week transporting world War h jeeps tanks and trucks for the rebuild  with its 365,000-mile-per-Montu average the vehicle Accident rate has remained one of the lowest in Ufa routine problems coincident with the construction of any activity of a com parable size have sprung up since the Start and Are being met As rapidly a the work priorities will permit dependent housing for instance be a source of some difficulty. No government quarters Are available and private rental agreements must be made at the office of the local prefect soldiers with dependents rent from a e Section