European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A re d stripes feature s e a ifs 4is by Ernie staff writer vat a swim a Tempelhof air bask is taking of x new look it the prewar look since the wort German government has appropriated 6 a Chloa Marks to restore the base to the Way it was Back in rehabilitation of the last two fire gutted hangars and the rest of the sprawling is being done by West Berlin building con some who helped build the Airport Back in the the supervision of the air although Tempelhof Central Alpert escaped serious damage from Allied air bombing during the War because they planned to use to when hostilities were it was badly damaged by the red army after they captured the greatest destruction occurred when the russians blew up a sealed Section of a Tunnel under a trying to get at the microfilmed records of the City of Berlin which were stored for safekeeping during the not Only were All the valuable Rolls of microfilm destroyed by the but a fire broke oat who Etc eventually gutted four when the first american moved into Tempelhof on july they found the worlds second largest building in area Pentagon is the and much of it americans put the air Field into shape just in time for the Berlin Airlift two years although Many repairs and rebuilding has been done around the air base during the past decade this is the first time that m Section blown up by during the 1945 Battle of Berlin will be completely Miles of tunnels like this one honeycomb the area underneath Tempelhof Central september 1958 workmen Lay out new part of reconstruction the stars and stripes us