European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Of March 23,1953 the stars and stripes rage 9 a set up pick pm _ Jit March 22 i to select candidates for i officer from eligible Rene sergeants has been week. The president Coard is it col Bobert a he so Soth troop car a members of the five mane it col Marion . Jie 60th food service so of Charles f. I Dinette of Theop Carrier so and. Maj w. Lubkert of the tilt vehicle so. Recorder for thebe capt James w. Hyari b. Wig aboard will Convene before selections must be made omitted to 12th of by that master Eer of who recently passed. Theofi Terv examinations Are � appear before this Board. M sgt William Kelving Palmer , a h. Armfield and m sgt. A Wiesbaden airmen qualifying test _5bab�n, March 22 special i Wiesbaden airmen m sets t. Brining he so sect and t Miskulen received qualify is in the warrant officer lion they look recently were the Only to Whf out of the test to qualify. Has returned to v the since taking the exania awarded Iver Star France March 22 a sgt Paul a. Russell it 1st sergeant of the 978th co Ingrande pm depot has awarded the Silver Star. Noti of the award which was last june 6, recently the depot. ,. Then member of Btry 5th a in was decorated for valor during an enemy so near Pisa Al Korea on25, 195l during the attack la s battalion was trapped in Mountain p ass.1 despite f enemy fire he continually himself in order to Dis atm ignition to. His fellow phase of the Battle he a Large group of the massing for an attack. Single he set up a ,50-Cal my of a truck. He inflicted so ties online enemy Chat to forced to withdraw. Dur action he also helped move d men to safety \ 28th inf buddy mail gives zone infantrymen " Battle tested in Korea by 45th div he1lbronn, March 32 Spe Cial operation buddy completed its first Cycle As letter from men on the front line in Korea with the 45th inf div arrived in co c of the 112th inf regt Here. Early in january the men stationed Jin Germany with the 28th inf div wrote to men holding Cor responding jobs in the 279th regt,inquiring1 about various aspects of their jobs As performed in combat. The first replies have set the key stoners straight on quite a few Points. Although each letter was differ ent most of them emphasized one Point very strongly the need for right problems and training. We catch an ambush patrol about every third night and a Contact patrol once a week said pvt Lee Johnson from Korea. We also pull24-hour Trench guard and have a platoon outpost to be manned so they keep us Busy All  do All of our firing at night pointed out mor Larman pvt Ira Glover and do Bur sleeping in the morning. Afternoons a respect reinforcing our mortar pit repairing any damage checking ammo and policing up the  capt Robert a. Coats co of the Germany unit said that the let Ter he received from 1st it Rich Ard Sweet co of the front line company is going to affect the training of his men Here. Sweet s letter stressed the importance of training men in night noise discipline. Being Able to stifle a cough read a map without rustling the paper and move noiselessly on patrols is of utmost importance according to Sweet. He pointed out that the chinese reds will spend All night trying to infiltrate Oneman into the american lines to plot positions of troops and Supply Points. To combat this men on the outposts and Trench guards must be especially watchful and exercise High degree of control Over noises that might give away their position. Combat pointers pfc Tom Reid a mortar Man with the 28th div unit picked up quote a few pointers from his counter part in Korea. The 45th div Man explained How he set up his gun with the rounds close at hand pins pulled and ready to go to save precious time during a firing mis Sion. He also emphasized the need trooping the news Ines huge Wiesbaden March 22 Spe Cial an Ultra modern bread Bak ing oven made its to debut at the Wiesbaden military Post bakery at Camp Lundsey. It has twice the production capacity of the oven formerly used for baking bread. Attending the oven lighting Cere Mony were col Myles a Ferester Wiesbaden co. And col h. A. Hauck 7110th Maint and Supply up commander. The bakery is operated by the 7112th Supply so commanded by it col h. E. Fackler Samuel Carlucci Bassery super visor said the new oven is Capa ble of producing 6 tons of bread in a eight hour shift. Nearly 200,000 pounds of bread were produced in the bakery in 1952 and present consumption Fig Fures indicate the bakery will top 3,000,000 pounds in 1953.l. Said that the popular Vienna bread now can be produced in Large quantities because of a rotating band in the oven. Headed that the1 bakery will also produce ape whole wheat Raisin and White bread. The bakery also produces More than 35 tons of roasted and ground Coffee and 250 tons of pastries for troop consumption in Wiesbaden per year " " ". To /. " mos related courses being readied in Berlin be ruin March 22 is Mili tary occupational specially preparation courses in typing Auto mechanics electricity radio psychology English arithmetic and his tory Are being readied for the Spring term  Berlin Contd army Edu cation Center according to George a Lambert chief educational  for the Spring term private discovers life one 13th after another Straubing March 22 Spe Cial Friday t b e 13tb does t upset pvt Zebetee Graham 1st in he 6th amid Cav regt. In fact be likes  was born on aug. 13, 1929. And celebrated his 13th birthday on Friday the 13th, 1942. He was examined for induction dec. 13, 1951 inducted into the army feb. 13, 1953 finished Basic training july 13, 1953 reported 4$, Camp Kilmer for overseas assignment oct. 13, 1952, and arrived at Straubing nov. 13, 1952.  discharge Date is feb. 13, 1954. In Berlin begins tomorrow. Additional courses will be offered Ingerman russian French slide Rule calculation College English Short hand bookkeeping and accounting As Well As vocational subjects. A a Thrift shop closes in bad Kissinger bad Kissinger March 22 Spe Cial the bad Kissinger Thrift shop has been temporarily closed because of the de requisitioning at the downtown property in which it was located. The bad Kissinger ladies club operated the shop. All proceeds went for welfare work. The shop will be reopened when an adequate site in bad Kissinger cad be found. 43d div sets up awards for Best mess Hall Augsburg March 22 special the 43d inf div food service Sec Tion began a new program March 1 setting up. A series of awards for the Best mess Halls in the  three in the consolidated class and two in the unit class the division messes will be broken Down into five main categories. One outfit in each category will be awarded a monthly sgt Tbone Mcgillicuddy award. From these winners the top consolidated and unit messes will receive plaques. 2d army Cav regt unit trains at Grafe Woehr n urn Berg March 22 Spe Cial the 2d in 3d army Cav regt under the command of i tool George a. Cleaver completed two Weeres of Field exercises at  training area re  members participated in qualification tests with the 3,5 Inch rocket launcher .30-Al ,81-mm mortar and 75 and 90-Nam tank cannons. Rifle and transition Range firing was conducted by set Raymond j. Rasmussen of co  testing period ended with exercises for reconnaissance Pla Toons stressing the principles of Small unit tactics. Maj William a. Rau directed the exercise. Wheelus Field major gets service awards Tripoli March 22 special maj Henry d. Gordon Deputy co of the 7th air Rescue up based at wheelus Field was awarded the commendation ribbon by col Rol Len h. Anthis wheelus Field co for meritorious service in military operations against the enemy Dur ing world War  received the ribbon for organizing and training a glider recovery team. He was award Dan Oak Leal Cluster for designing a new firetruck in 1942. For Crew Drill in spare time eve non the front lines. We have recently been getting More Crew Drill said Reid and i la surely agree with him. I guess to proves that practice makes per  Reid and pvt Calvin Holloway another mortar Man with the 112th unit both think that operation buddy is n Success. Hollo Way has received two letters from his buddy in Korea. I like to know Whatle is doing and How he is doing .1," said Holloway. And according o his letters he feels the Safeway about  Reid said that his next Ietter will clude one question which he thinks the thunderbird mortar Man will be Able to answer for him. I want to know if he Learned All of these tricks about operating mortar so smoothly in Basic train no or has he picked All of that up in Korea Reid declared. The first sergeant of co a 279th regt wrote a most informative letter to the first sergeant of the Germany company m sgt Alfred. He pointed out that with the shortage of water All water i Korea has to be purified before use by americans personal clean Liness is a big problem with h i Stroops. The men Are required to shave every Day and at least 10men from the company Are sent to the rear area for a Shower and a change of clothing every Day. He also mentioned policing inspection Sand visits by various ifs just like in  okays Field shaving sgt Frederick Gardner communications sergeant of the 112th out fit said Well i Don t feel so bad about shaving out in the Fiel while on Maneu vers now. If they have to. Do it i guess we can do it too. There s nobody shooting at  of the men now in the thick of Battle requested information about men they had taken Basic training with or men fro their Home towns that might be stationed in Germany. Both the senders and recipients of the buddy letters seemed to agree that the friendships formed by men in the army Are lasting ones. I am from Idaho and took my Basic at it. Ord said one of themen in the 279th. It by Chance some of the Fellows in your com Pany know me i d appreciate hearing from them most of the letters closed with a sincere wish to continue the buddy letters. Commissary opens today Aschaffenbur March 22 special the new Aschaffenbur dependents commissary will open Here tomorrow. The commissary which also will serve the Babenhausen area will be staffed by four servicemen and 2a civilians.1 to new hotels Foi enlisted men to open in Garr Nisch area ill i Ketch shows new Green Arrow inn to rim Sci. Garmisch March 22 special two additional hotel for enlisted men and dependents will open a the Garmisch recreational area april 1, it was announced Here. More than 500 additional spaces will  available when the hotels open. Ithe Sheridan Plaza located on the Road to the Kruzeck Bahn Cable car is completely modern throughout and will have its own supper club game room Library and free bus service. A nightclub with music for dancing will be open nightly along with a new bavarian room with Sandwich and bar service. Class b mess service will be offered in the mate dining room. The Green Arrow inn second of the two hotels is located at the foot of Kramer Mountain in Garmisch. Designed As a family hotel with its own Nursery and play ground facilities the Green Arrow will have both class and b mess service plus a supper club with music for dancing. A Library game room and free bus service also will be provided 1. .-., increased quotas resulting from the additional hotel space have been sent to area commands and will be released to local s4cal service offices effective april 1, layout of the Snerl Dan Plaza to shown in this drawing news