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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Endre and his schoolmates try out their conversational German with local girl. Hungarian students. Cont. From Pinic m Home. It ends on a Gay note with singing and hungarian dancing. Endro and Alada have been named chairmen on the club s management Board. Also helping to make the club More cozy is the America House in Darmstadt which supplies numerous movies. An honorary member of the club is Princess Margaret of Hesse who was present atthe formal opening of the club. Although they miss their Home we d like to go Back some Day but not under present conditions life in Germany is pleasant and relations with their German classmates is excellent. However both Felt that the German students were pretty naive about communism except of course those students who had met russian soldiers and know them. Asked about their part in the hungarian uprising both students said it was not very interesting 1 however they asked that their last names be left out of the Story and that any pictures would not identify them too closely. They still have close relatives living in Hungary. When the revolt took place Endro was a student at the University in Budapest. Students organized a battalion at the University and Endro joined up. He had served for two years at hard labor with the hungarian army because of his Politi Cal views. When he saw a Chance to flee the country he did so feeling it was Politi Cally unsafe for him to stay any longer. Alada was still in the hungarian army when the revolt broke out. He took mischance to escape because he knew the reds would soon he looking for him for his part in a plot to capture communist officers in the hungarian army. He went into hiding for six Days in Budapest be fore he was Able to escape to Freedom. A at a. Meeting of German hungarian club first. Joseph Patrick Heil s dad is an air Force officer attached to Neucom Headquarters in Paris. Derby winners pictured Here Are the winners of the 12th annual stars and of ropes Stork Derby who reach the age of six months today. All three leaders this year were born to air Force families. First to Cross the line was Joseph Patrick Heil who checked in at 20 minutes past 1958 in the 196th station Hospital in France. Patrick is the son of maj and mrs. Charles f. Heil. In second place was David Michael son of a/2c and mrs. Harry Banks of the 3920th Abs at Brize Norton England. He was born at 12 37 am. Third was Alberto Moreno born at 12 55 am at Dreux Hospital France. He is the son of s sgt and mrs. Francisco Marine of the 41st troop Carrier so at Devreux France. Is "1 Mim i  a spy h Seco third. Alberto Moreno with the assistance of his Mother makes a test flight from Erib to Playpen. 3. Husky David Michael Banks with his Mother admires father s portrait. Sgt James Bailley left checks Johnson s gear preparatory to a flight. Army s tithe air plane levelled off at 2,500 fee when the parachutist began the count Down. Sp4 John e. Johnson stepped to the door of the Light plane made last minute checks of his gear and leaped out. It s routine in an airborne unit  sop in an armoured division. Yet Johnson and the plane bore the spearhead insignia for this was a Mission of the 3d army div. Johnson is an Aerial Supply specialist the Only authorized paratrooper in the division. He is a senior Chutis with 78jumps, three in the division. He is required to jump once every three  Job is to handle air Supply problem with Light aircraft. In Case an air drop i warranted the 3d quartermaster in specialist supervises the attaching of supplies to chutes. Sometimes he would be called onto jump to help in Supply distribution Oiler times he would recover parachutes the spearhead s Only paratrooper of jump status is from Providence r. I. A entered the army in 1951, attended jump school at it Benning in 1952, and the rigger school at it. Lee a. There he studied Parachute packing maintenance and Aerial Supply. Johnson spots ground markers from door of 120, pushes off in a training the stars and stripes the stars and stripes a a v  
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