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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, June 18, 1962

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 81 the stars and stripes monday june visits German Aizer unit at 1 j Iby Bai Wright staff writer Praia urn Germany a Borri Denmark special six Hundred paratroopers of the 8tk inf div from Mainz Germany hit the silk Here sunday As part of a four Day joint Dani a Ameri of i exercise which ends tuesday an estimated 5,000 Danes were an Sikand to watch the men and equipment jump in " to support danish and american troops who parachuted together in the exercise onsets opening Day. I maj Gen Andrew a Goodpaster cd of Tatj h inf div led the paratroopers As the first Ryan  the Lead aircraft during saturday exercise. Eight thou stain spectators were present for the exercise j the jump was the e first Large a Cale airborne drop by american forces ova fifth Salt " participating in the Jutland Djorup training i exercise Are the sg4th and South inf Regis 8th Infalvi airmen of the 322hd a a Day and the 1st Jutland brigade of the a danish army men of Trie s04th regt dropped uni the exercises saturday and Sun a Jio Nhay elements of the 505th regt were scheduled to Parachute a the same area. ". -., is swe drop initial drop of the exercise witnessed by Many High dig of both nations including adm a j. C. Quistgaard chief of danish Defenso it Gen a Jacob sen chief of the Royal . Mccorm Idt Blair . Ambassador to Denmark and sir islam. Montague Pollack British ambassador to Denmark also witnessing use exercise were maj Geri Job. No Erdberg  the danish Western corps maj Gen a c. Skrizetr.jej3sn, Reg   col. H., s. Sundol Clef army action Maag be Raj it Jische commanding of 7flcer&o"f lit Jutland brigade Brig Gen "c.er"beck", assistant 8th inf 3 la commander arid col John  Wright chief of staff of 8th inf it Lii i a  a a Maori a i .,--.-. Dot in Fabi Mats Jinai awarded contracts to "?96.5 million  and cargo tit fiscal year beginning Emebet oif Das eng Era and Arf of and ten Oxe Aegis stations jmivitor.h4wyltetf Silete to we"l3v, 7 f guard organizations for qualified enlisted men rotating to the United states a Usa eur he spokes Man said. These assignments provide a excellent Opportunity for soldiers returning Home to get preferred duty a an area of their Choice he Ald. Enlisted men Are encouraged to apply no later than 90 Days before rot Tion for civilian component assignments in any army areas of the. United slates the official continued he said current vacancies relisted in Usa eur memo 611-50, which is available at unit person Nel offices. Applications for specific areas however May be submitted even though no vacancies Are listed inthe memory Anaum he added. Interested soldiers May apply through their present commanders. Minuteman Job awarded Washington special american air filter co., Rock is land m., has received a $2.1 Mil lion supplemental contract from the air Force for production of minuteman missile environmental control systems reigning Queens Heidi Seeholzer left18, representing Hanau Post and Marguerite Bosco,17, representing Karlsruhe Post were selected Fraulein Naco of 1962" and miss Naco of 1962," respectively at Northern area come a Good neighbor Day in Frank Furt. Kites Bosco is the daughter of capt Edward Biko of the 66th medical in is by be soft . Dogs nipping Viet attack go  s. Viet Nam the primary Mission of the Cen Ter is to train Volunteer Viet namese soldiers to be masters of their dogs and to train the dogs to understand their h and 1 e r s orders by gesture or voice explained it Nguyen due Chi who returned recently from an eight month study program at the dog sentry school Lackland air Force base san Antonio Tex. Sentry teams Are trained to guard and protect ammunition depots aircraft bases radio control enters and other tactical Sites Chi said. Rolf. No. 482 a demonstrate the training of a sentry dog. From behind a Thicket waddled Mars like Man covered from head to foot with 50 pounds of thickly padded Burlap. The 90 Pound Cai me attacked the ene my on the command can no 1 and gnashed at the Burlap until has master shouted Thoi Stop Barking feverishly he was ordered i to coi Chung watch Hamas the handler searched the intruder. Harry no. 481, had an even More delicate task As a scouting dog Chi said to detect decoys to Dis a cover enemy ambushes or raids to facilitate intelligence and com Bat patrols and hence to reduce our  the straggly Bushes at the training Center he was expected to Tell his handler where two Viet Cong were hiding be Hind a Distant banana tree.  casually but silently stalked through the underbrush. Suddenly the dog s nose sniffed the wind. His ears pricked up. His head towered in the air As remade  turn.  had detected the  so he sat Down a signal for the patrol be Hind him to take cover. In combat conditions the patrol Leader would decide whether to attack or avoid the enemy. Mond a. Look see in ncos23 stateside army posts from 27 states. They were. For their ability to observe take Jack with them what have seen and be Able to it to the people Back homev1, it col James r. Seidl of Ripon wls., escort officer. The group visited Berlin ,._they toured both East and Wint sectors and observed checkpoint Charlie inspection formalities thy also joined the 14th army co regt at Fulds for a jeep patrol Olathe Iron curtain Border of. East Germany and visited the 3rd Ana div in Frankfurt. We Learned first hand the Dif Ference Between the communist and democratic jays of life by seeing East and West Berlin i they Are today said m sgt Een Neth Kirby 40, of Lacrosse in a Field representative of veterans of foreign wars now serving i tic the 388th medical depot it Sam Houston Tex Kirby had seen get Many before during world Twar ii. M sgt Egon Fleschner 41, a As Tive of Frankfurt Germany Tat now of Milwaukee wls., where he is a full time employee As chief operations sgt of the National i Gusarov said we soldiers of cart seen How half of Berlin lives in luxury while the other half T tic East lives in poverty. Pkg t j Good lesson for us to take Back. J Fleschner was in British a jpy intelligence from 1940-45, atom joined the . Army in i94t.,. Participated in the 1948-49 Berlin i Airlift. 1 3 Wrights looked three Wrights in the grit up \ to relation commented on 4look-see. S sgt Arvin Wright 25 Green Burg. By. Co a 399th regt i melt training div. It Chaffee just said i think this was a Hanc of a lifetime to come Over to see what the situation really Sti the Berlin Wall was an appalling Light. S sgt John Wright 28, of Pitts Burgh. Pa., who is with the to.  det 436th trans in Trtica Butler pa., remarked what an experience the Berlin Wall an what it stands for ant the trip to this German Cavern impressed  s sgt William Wright 26, Fol Croft pa., the 840th base Sig depot Tobyhanna pa., commented so much to see and understand of tit so Little time but the look has been More than Worth  Ossig presented Potter with Crest of the German 12th army div inscribed with the Date of look see in s visit. I shall give this Crest to go Herbert b. P o w e 11, Continental army come cd at it. Monroe,va.," said Potter.  planned thl visit and now that we have gotten together i think we will All have a closer  each member of look see in was Given a Gold red and Black Patch like those worn on Field uniforms by the German said Cert As a memento of the visit. Dod clarifies policy Washington special defense department civilians May belong to employee organizations but those engaged in personnel work in management positions or in any activity where there could be conflict cannot hold of flee in such organizations states department of defense direct la 1426.1, dated May 15,. Offi Foi Raj Meuse in  
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