European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday March 17, 110th gob recalls life on tin can Tolm March 2s special de Stroyer duty is the Only duty in the Navy according to Sec Leslie w. Dorn chief finance clerk in the personnel Section of the 110th inf Speaks with & wealth of experience Cai aed while on the de Stroyer Neal a. Scott in both the Atlantic and Pacific. The sex Sailor who. Hails from Columbus a served with the Navy from 1943 to 1946. Although the destroyer he served on saw considerable action in Many of the big naval engagements in the Pacific he also had his share of thrills in the Atlantic theater before the German surrender. During the two years that Dorn served on the Scott in the Atlantic the destroyer was credited with sinking four subs and a possible fifth. Immediately after the War with Germany ended the Scott contacted the German a boat the u4228, the largest sub in the Ger Man Navy employing the snorkel breathing unit. 1 to url228 surrendered to the Scott without a struggle porn said when the boarding party inspected the captured sub they found. It Low on rations and fuel and its torpedo Supply exhausted. Only after the Captain and his 87 crewmen surrendered did the learn that the War was Over. It was the first it boat of the snorkel class captured by the Al lies and subsequently it afforded Navy specialists first hand in formation on the snorkel apparatus. / / ,. Earlier the Scott had been part of task Force 53. Under adm Wil Liam Halsey in the Pacific. The so o 11 battled its Way through the Coral sea the japanese sea and the philippine sea naval engagements which rendered the japanese Fleet useless with heavy losses. In the Coral sea tattle the Scott was Riding Point or Advance guard for the main . Fleet when the Jap Fleet appeared. We would normally have veered to both flanks of their Fleet Dor said but everything happened so fast that we could t Man Euver so we just slowed right through the Middle of at times the Scott was Only 500 Yards away from the nearest Jap ships. We took them so by Surprise by not turning that As we skimmed past them they opened up too their rounds went Over a into their own ships on the Side Dorn continued. Dorn left the Navy in 1346, after two years of civilian la enlisted again this time fit army. He was in Korea As a adviser to the 3d and to tic dive when the War broke returning to the 21 in 1951, i served at it. By it Benning. He shipped Many in september last was assigned to so regt. Ridgway receives portrait Gen Matthew b. Ridgway nato commander receives an Oil painting of himself from Sec Vincent p Dargis who works with uie shape photo Section. Dargis did the painting from a photograph of Ridgway As United nations far East commander. Army photo Stuttgart Soldier battled japs As philippine guerrilla chief Stuttgart March 28 special a Soldier who led guerrillas in desperate attacks on the japanes throughout the philippine occupation has been assigned to the re pairs and utilities Section of Stutt Gart District engineers. M sgt Pedro n. Manzano has lived to Tell the Story of the5 entire philippine Campaign from the dark be deposits hit 97% Mark Bremerhaven March 26 Spe Cial ninety seven per cent of be army personnel participate Din Soldier deposits last month. Be men deposited More than $9,200. Usfa-. Forces in Austria pushed their totals past the 50 per cent Imark a 5 per cent gain Over the previous month. Eight units gained 100 per cent participation while Linz military Post Lead with 68,3 per cent in their bracket Munich District the District insurance and savings officer reported a 3 per cent drop in february deposits seventy five per cent of District personnel depos item Money in february. Seven units achieved 100 per cent participation Vij,.-". But army 11nf in More than s3 per cent of battalion personnel used the Soldier deposits program. Two companies a and a crossed the look Mark. 27oi.-aaa / a in Btry c achieved 100 per cent participation to Lead the battalion. It was the first time any 27th. Unit reached the 100 per cent participation Mark. I a i. Justo ecu. Be Vic e s depot for tie fifth month a a per tent participation in the Soldier deposits program was re corded by the a Schaffenburg unit. Days of Bataan to the liberation of his Homeland in 1945. Manzano a native of manaoag Pangasnan in the Philippines first entered the service As a second lieutenant in the philippine army. He fought with the unit until the fall of Bataan when with a part of his platoon he escaped to the mountains of Luzon to join the . I4th inf regt. While with the american unit Manzano was Given six men and orders to divert the attention of a Strong Force of japs from the main body. The group was armed with Only Vone Rifle one pistol seven hand grenades and a Supply of int. Using some of the explosive to simulate mortar fire they re treated before the japs to a narrow Gorge where they ambushed the pursuers killing 8. Later while on a scouting mis Sion Manzano was captured by the japs and put to work serving in an officer s mess. He Laid his plans carefully and five Days later escaped to join the philippine 66thinf regt. The 66th was part of a Force under the command of Cpl Russell Volck Mann and Manzano became acting s3 until the link up with invading ." forces in 1945. Gavin shares birthday with Vicor psst v by Ternie need " staff. Correspondent Stuttgart March 26
