European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                E a t to a l i l la m i a theirs is a Touchy but necessary Job by Joseph f. Mcbride staff writer Safe s 741 oth Eod so defusing teams neutralize explosive items that failed to go off on schedule team loads Jato Jet assisted Takeoff unit that malfunctioned into truck for Safe detonation later. I / a left defusing team Lowers the defective unit into a special holding device for detonation. Their own lives and in some cases the lives of others often depend upon the skill of teams of airmen and officer who have a very necessary Job one not envied by a Large segment of the Mili tary or civilian population. The men with the ticklish Job Are experts at defusing bombs grenades projectiles and just about anything else that failed to explode at the time intended. The defusing teams Are spread through out Safe at operating locations and Are under the control of the 7410th Eod explosive ordnance disposal so located at Lindsey air station in Wiesbaden Ger  the Squadron is maj Henry. Metcalf of Connersville ind., and the operations officer is maj Charles s. Steven son of Cleveland. Metcalf says there is no doubt the me like their jobs. Since its activation in August 1955, the Squadron has had a 100 per cent re enlistment rat e. I think we Are the Only outfit in Theair Force that can make this claim Metcalf  says the work is interesting but of course hazardous. The men train for the Job with a vengeance. There is no room for error when you re dealing with live ordnance. Demolition men draw incentive pay for the hazardous duty. In going about their Day to Day activities demolition teams uncover stuff left Over from the Franco prussian War through world War ii. Sometimes two men can handle the Job but on big items like bomb As Many As 30 men May baby the thing. Another Job which sometimes draws the Label junk Man is Range clearance. After firing and bombing sessions Demoli Tion teams move in. The work is tiring arid Boring but the men still have to step cautiously. Near Lan Stuhl Germany not Long ago a team got a Call to Check an item tick ing in a tree. They were delighted to find it was just a device dropped from a weather balloon to record atmospheric pressures. Supply and personnel problems at Lindsey for the operating teams Are handled by sgt Floyd Giltner of Den vein St Sefc Frank Kuzuoka Ardmore okla. And a/1crobert Platt of Hayward. Calif. What sort of men go into demolition work first All men Are volunteers and generally Are rather Independent. They Are highly mechanical like technical problems and have had some ammunition Back ground. If i  july 29, 1959 Jato Liitt set in ground is wired for explosive charge the stars and stripes Pagh a