European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse Of. June the stars and stripes Poga 3 a the gov there to no possible explosion result of fragments of a nuclear fell into the Pacific Hon was destroyed. A defence department atomic Energy commis issued statements join response to report ies. ,. ,. Rea carrying the warhead a first High Altitude no in the current Pacific destroyed by a. Safety the missile s tracking developed a malfunction Nejes said1 rib nuclear sex rred while the missile ii aloft f i. 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Forcing it off Cou Seife Start of its flight., a Persh in fired from a Mouncher jeans o ver just of was fired,"1 but the e guidance righted the missile and the Black sky Cape in a color Ful nigh t Graves pillboxes paint picture of mighty invasion at Omaha Beach traces of by Paris Bunsaku ,,e, France a signpost pointing off the main Road through this Normandy Vil Lage reads Omaha Beach 1 it s not called Plage d Omaha Asit normally would be in French. Along this pastoral stretch of the French Channel coast the in Dian names Omaha and Utah an the English word Mulberry Thun dered their Way into r the French language in years ago wednesday for Days now flags have Bee flying in All the towns and villages of thl area in preparation for Day. June 6, to the inhabitants of this Region is a Date even More meaningful than France s National Independence Day july 14.this week the Sun is shining on the Green Fields of Normandy an the Apple Trees Are in late Blossom after a cold Spring. Brown and White cows Graze in the hedgerow fenced pastures. And along the each children Are playing in the Sand while the for elders gather muss a among the rocks bared by the ebb tide. It to hard to picture the fir and chaos that engulfed this area when the greatest invasion Force in history smashed ashore against awesome resistance at another Low tide on the morning of june 6, 1944. But time has not completely erased the traces of the Battle that marked the turning Point of world War ii. On the High Bluff Jonaus Jet. Us no shellac let air Force base i officials of the near of Hampton finally Gotto handing Pul the plaques d planned to gov 11 weeks ago it efforts were foiled when plug clerk wrapped the Shel plaques before they were ruined them. In r e c e n t the astronauts have been to attend the ceremony vot15k Don a Lull progressive conservative candidate for the Cana Diou House of commons is slammed with placard during Demon stration in Sudbury. Gills is Riding on. The Back of prime Manj Tor John do Fecitt Akur s car when Hartmi hit by tha opposition. Associated pros photo Russ fishermen ordered to increase their catch Moscow d him 0 1 payment of 15shillings $210 costs. Brando injures foot in Accident with a Hollywood v just beyond the Low tide line the rusted and barnacle prow of a Landing Barge juts from the water amid bristling steel underwater obstacles that probably Sank it tha morning of the invasion. Huge blocks of steel reinforced Cement the tar camouflage mottling finking off lie toppled in the Beach grass. For mics along the invasion coast the brow of the Sand where it drops off to the ice Tehes is lined with battered and hollow Block houses pillboxes gun emplacements and communication trenches. The ground amour it them is still deeply rat Rod by the naval bombard Nikont that preceded the Landing bar i de wire still snakes through the grass and there Are Octav mine Fields not yet cleared. Stilt visible at arro Manches a Small summer resort the hulks of huge Cement caissons sunk on a Doy to form Aman made breakwater still make broken semicircle nearly a half mile in a Nolius off the Shore. They it re part of operation Mulberry which almost overnight created sheltered t Ort with floating dockland a Poi Oon supported causeway Over which a half million tons of military supplies and equipment were i a n d e d i a the e Normand Campaign. Some of the steel Pon Toons be san inked along the Beac Hunder the Short front promenade. At Pointe Ftp hoc a simple Granite Monument set atop a shattered topic rate Blockhouse . T/,3. Rangers we Scalpel the jag red 100-foot-Cliffs lathe face of withering fire. First to la la few Miles intend is Little Ste. More eglise. Where a m e r i a a paratroopers to dropped Ort the night of june 5-s, 19 a first men of the Uick invasion Force s to touch French soil. James Gavin who jumped with them As the brigadier general commanding the 82nd airborne i returning to the. Mere Ellse for . Ambassador to France Gavin and Raymond Triboulet French veterans affairs minister will Lay the Cornerstone of museum of Parachute and glider troops. Coming from Germany to attend the ceremonies will be officers and men of the 505tlt inf regt which was under Gavin s command in 1344. 2 los to face trial in Korea Seoul up two . Army first lieutenants one a West Point graduate will face a court mar tial in the beating of a korean National the army announced. Facing charges of unlawful de Tention and assault and Battery Are it David it Swanson a -1958graduate of the . Mil it a by Academy and it Thomas w. , a 1053 graduate of do Paul University also is charge with giving false information Dur ing an investigation the army said. 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