European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes september 13l v corps captures 3 of 4 in finals of 58 Usa eur Driver contest Germany corps Drivers rolled off with three of the four events in the 1958 Usa eur drive pro fic ency contest finals Here and a com z Soldier became the Sedan driving Champion for his second consecutive com z drove to the Sedan class championship behind sp5 Joe of the 69lh trans 28th trans who compiled Points to become the Only Soldier Ever to win the same driving event twice in the Usa eur con test officials v corps Drivers won the Bonn army opens first big Man Euver Germany a american tanks and supersonic f100 Jet fighters Are fighting with the attackers in West Germany big fall a tank battalion of the 7th plus 250 american parachutists and a number of f100 reinforced the attacking Side As Field exercises of Germany crack 4th Grenadier armoured infantry div got under Way a total of men Are involved in this Falls the biggest Ever held since world War ii by German the Field exercise of the 41 h grenadiers was Only part of the big War a training its the first Timo in German and american military history that units of the two countries have been integrated on battalion and regiment according to the commanding general of the the 4th men in divided into defenders and the marked with Blue Are to repel an attack of the the reds deducting their name from nothing else but a red the according to the situation at the outset of the have managed to break into the lines of the the Hole is to be closed and at Tacker routine or the Young Ger Man soldiers made the whole thing look pretty j tracer ammunition was used and it banged and boomed everywhere around the numerous foreign and German observers who appeared impressed i by the pitched tank Battle that i developed during the exercises first truck and 5ton truck with trailer events to round out the fou part Sedan event second to Mcquerry in the Sedan event was pfc Jerald he 2d howitzer v who scored third went to sgt Robert 519th trans Northern area who scored and in fourth was pfc Sidney of the 287th my Berlin with sixteen of the Best army Drivers in Europe competed in the finals Here they were All that was left of a Field of 64 starting the we Klong contest pfc Lewis 122d Ord 3d army v won the jeep driving second was pfc Romeo of c 2d army Rifle v Muncie scored and Lefebre accounted for 654 jeep contest third in the jeep event was sp4 Raymond 541st engr Lith engr 7th with and in fourth was sp4 Charles 7th signal com with pfc Alfred c 37th Vii corps Wou the truck event with 660 sp4 Milton 45th missile v was second with third went to pfc Franklin co 317th engr v with while pfc Rich Ard Kaiserslautern Gen eral com trailed with Winner of the 5ton truck with trailer Competition was pfc 69th trans 28th trans com who scored Sec Ond was sp5 Shirley co 317th engr v with and third went to pfc Joseph 84th trans Naco with and fourth went to pfc Martin Van co 126th Ord Vii Points were awarded on the basis of written personal maintenance and driving skill demonstrated on an obstacle course nato generals turn to Honor 2d Nataf for reconnaissance j by Vavul staff writer Germany one of the largest groups of High ranking North Atlantic treaty organization officers Ever to assemble at an air base watched Gen Alfred Gruenther present a trophy that bears his name to the winning team in operation Royal Italy honors setae cd 8th 82d an ready Gyro units Germany special an Advance party arrived Here Friday from to prepare for an operation Gyro scope movement of the 1st an Battle up of the 82d an dive 504th inf to the unit will replace the 8th inf Bivs 2d Battle up of the 8th now at the 8th div an 8th inf div spokesman said that an Advance party of 160 2d Battle up soldiers and their de Pendents left Here for earlier in the week to pre pare for movement of the unit the main body of the Bragg unit is scheduled to leave for Germany in of endurance experts begin 10day test in sealed Cabin san Hig Altitude research specialists of the air Force school of Avia Tion Medicine Friday began a 10 Day endurance test in a sealed pressure they Are Bruno German born physiologist special 10th tac recoil Wing makes flight record Germany a new record for flying time com piled by an rb66d in one month has been set one of the 10th tactical reconnaissance Wing planes logged More than 100 hours in a 30day Crew chief for the plane is s sgt John officials credit his hard work and technical skill for keeping the plane in making the record izing in the effects of Altitude on the human and m sgt Sam Uel of who has participated in Many pressure chamber tests at the they will sleep and work a tiny steel cubicle barely Large enough for one Man to turn around their purpose is to gather data on their reactions at various Simu lated altitudes which May be used in selecting and training the air Force spacemen of the karst and four other air men from the school recently re turned from 40 rugged Days on Colorado mount there they took strenuous physical training at various trained themselves in the technique of pressure breathing and con ducted experiments with the same chamber they Are using maj Gen Harvey Southern european task Force receives the italian decoration of commander of the order of the Republic from Gen Alassandro cd of Allied land forces in Southern in ceremonies at photo sunday services to begin annual jewish holy Days Frankfurt of the jewish Faith in Usa eur and Safe will celebrate Rosh has Hanah and yom kippur the jewish High holy 10 Days beginning the 10day called the 10 army aaa Nike effective against ground targets Al army said its Nike Hercules guided mis primarily a ground air can fill ground ground the flatly re fused to discuss surface capabilities of the Nike Hercules and issued Only this Brief statement Nike Hercules can now be used in a surface surface the statement was authorized by maj Gen Sam com manding general at in response to a questions asking if adaptations Are necessary before Nike firing equipment now in use by the army can be used for sur face a it Bliss spokesman repeated Nike Hercules now can be used in a surface surface he emphasized the word and indicated the same answer would be Given to any question concerning whether Hercules Crews trained to handle the weapon in air defense Are capable of firing it in ground Days of penitence according to jewish wih Start with the jewish new year Rosh hash Rosh has Hanah runs from Sunset sunday through Sunset observances include the symbolic blowing the rams yom kippur Day of atonement is a Day of Complete fast for jew ish the Day begins at Sunset 23 and ends at Sunset the next Usa eur chaplain officials said that services in Germany would be conducted at Heidel Nurnberg and and in services Are scheduled at Poitiers and modes sends greetings to jewish personnel Germany Spe Cial Gen Hodes has extended greetings to jewish person Nel in the command on the Observance of the jewish High holy Days Rosh has Hanah and yom during this solemn you May reflect with Pride upon your Loyal service to our the Usa eur commander in chief the reverence for god and Fidelity exemplified by the jewish people contributes significantly to the spiritual strength of our coun try and to the attainment of our common objective lasting peace in the May the new year bring to each of you happiness and renewed Faith in Hodes flush Here Friday afternoon the 2d Allied tactical air Rojee team was the Winner of the Thorf annual Aeria reconnaissance petition in loser was 4tt Wing commander of the British Royal la i senior representative of 33 Nataf accepted the trophy from Gruenther on behalf of the in addition to the Gruenther Tro which was contributed by j the Republic aviation trophies also were awarded to the teams judged Best each of the i High and Low level phases of j air chief marshal sir commander of the Allied air forces in Central pre i seated the High level trophy Raf Squadron Leader Robert Hen Derson and the Low level to mandant Jean of the French air the 4th Nataf team was posed of French and person the 2d Nataf team was made up of dutch and British the 2d Nataf won the meet by a score of to Competition was sponsored by seven nato officers of Star rank were present for the they included air Force Gen Safe and Gen Leon of the supreme Headquarters of the Allied Powers in Europe a army Gen l Usa eur commander in Gruenther British Gen Mills and it Gen sir commander by Northern army up Rand French generals of the army Jean Etienne commander of Allied forces in Central in and cation there were five officers of three Star two of major general and 13 Star officers present for the final Day of operation Royal according to the presence of the High ranking officers served to underline the importance of Aerial reconnaissance he made this statement As he presented the High and Low level try who was greeted with a round of applause As he to the speakers made a Brief talk before the presentation he pointed out that when he left his position As preme Allied commander in Europe less than two years Aerial reconnaissance was one of the major problems existing for nato forces in he said that tremendous Gress has been made in this Field since and that exercises like Royal flush Are largely responsible for this the retired now head of the american red went on say that the fact that five nations of nato have so standardized their equipment and methods that they could enter the same meet was indicative of this great Morocco base no wins High of award Morocco Spe Cial Karr Schorr has received the air Force commendation medal and award for meritorious who twice won the air Man of the month award at wies Germany while participating in the Berlin was cited for setting up the 7221st account ing and finance office Here be tween july 1955 and june he is no in charge of the
