European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tift Ore used to Tole the mops to the storage personnel of 24th engr plat Are caretakers k of maps used by military by Henry staff writer it Roe and sgt Schiavo Check Relief depot keeps data on Europe terrain a v Are Many kinds of depots at army installations in Europe pol and a Large building at kaisers Lau can claim to be somewhat this in front of which a guard stands to see that no unauthorized Pels sons stores an almost infinite variety of someone would be entitled to the quip we have maps that Haven even printed so numerous Are the charts stored away in the building and watched there Are millions of of various sires and most of them considered caretaker of All these maps is the 24th engr platoon map depot with 1st it William in under hint Are 28 men whose Job it is to re store and safeguard maps for the 7th the 24th is under the administrative control of the the army support com which is headed by Brig Gen Stephen but operational con Trot is vested with the 7th army Engineer Row upon Row of shelves House the maps which come from Many primarily from the Usa eur map depot at Schwet it is at Schwet Zingen that maps Are although a great number come from the the inventory of what is carried a the maps in this depot Are treated As intelligence Roe assist ing in the caretaker role is 1st George Sec Joseph who is in charge at the and sgt Genovino during army Calls come for some of the maps to be used in Field these Are sent in by the 534th engr Topo at which distributes Europe is probably the Best mapped place in the said a member of the 24th engr and engineers attached to the 7th army probably make As Many maps As anyone in the there Are plastic Relief maps which bulge to indicate certain types of terrain and there Are Ordinary maps of the kind most persons Are familiar Headquarters for of mops stored by 24th engr july 1958 the stars and stripes