European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday Seppli Mtyr 25, 1964 the stars and stripes Page 9 Veteran recalls Wainwright s Bataan message it Tyg Uuro i germs of Spe to and i took Oft for Manila through the Jin Isles in an at that i was not a Kucyr Rill  toys. We dude t we were there for a month while to int a l it i r und brine bark font he in Niilre i Norh or of. Make it. You re on the Way. Try to get  these were the words of Gen Jonathan Wainwright m remembered by a 14th inf div Soldier. Sec Maximo Amoyo we of  serving with the Lith medical regt s Clearing battalion when Bataan and Cor Regidor Tell. Amoyo who stood near Wain Wright As he began his tour of the captured american and Fili Pino soldiers culled his memory for the events that happened More than 23 years ago. It i something you can t for get recalled Amoyo. We were captured near thetis of the Peninsula and marched in Small groups to a Centra Point. That was where Wain Wright spoke to  tar As the Eye could see there were thirsty men in Ameri can uniforms. The japanese Bayon eted anyone who tried Roget a drink from the Wells near the compound  Day they moved is out they stripped us of most of the clothing on our Back any extra clothing we had and took an the food that we were carrying. They gave us no food and any water we had came from the ditches at the Edge of the  second Day the blazing Sun took its toll. When a Mantell the japanese would kick him to the Edge of the Trail an Bayonet him. Sometimes they did t die  was the Day that my Cousin and 1 made our plan to escape. They had three guards posted on our croup one to thereat one to the. Front and one in the Middle. We planned to kill the one in the Middle and make our break at  went wrong. 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Pitburg mercy flight aids German Pitburg Germany special a 34-year-old German who was seriously injured in a Freak Accident in Spicl Char Germany was air evacuated from Here in a . Air Force twin Jet engine tit to a special Hospital in Frankfurt. Hans Buzzer employed by a construction firm in Saa Brueck in Germany was crushed by a truck he was trying to connect up to a trailer. He was inserting he steel in into the trailer hitch  the pin slipped and the truck backed up on him an pinned him to the trailer. He was rushed to Klemens August Hospital in Blob org where doctors discovered severe abdominal wounds. His spine was fractured and he was Para lazed from the Waist Down. Medical Aid or. Felix Kandels chief sur Geon at the German Hospital called the 361 h tactical Hospital for medical assistance. Lie decided to seek assistance in quickly transporting the injured Man to the Frankfurt Hospital which specializes in such cases. Col Giles .1. Strub 3lh Tacti Cal Hospital commander received permission to Airlift dal it a. A base aircraft and Pilot were unavailable because of Mil itary commitments but a t3b und Pilot from the Zola tactical filter Wing Wethers Field eng land were. Capt Glen d. Atwel piloted the mercy Mission t3d. A conventional Stretcher was found too difficult to Man Euver into the t39, so an improvise version designed by capt Fred Greener flight medical Branc chief was used. Balzer married and the father of six children wus accompanied on the of Likel by capt Thomas , flight surgeon and or. Erwin Hahn or. Both of the bit Burg Hospital. Balzer wus administered plasma before an during the Airlift. Frankfurt special Liol John r. Simmons chief of Othal Molusky it the 97th Gen eral Hospital has disproved the lid us Lynx that soldiers  the colonel totes More Han 1.800 unit crests und insignia in his hold a quake. Simmons explains the Immens Ity of the collection now More than 28 years old. By  he has always been inter ested in crests and insignias. After announce Iii his interest people seitan volunteering their crests to his collection. And added the colonel ii now helps the patients since they have something to occupy their time while wailing to see a  started la ims Simmons collection began in 1935 when he received his oldest and most cherished Crest that worn by the 26th Cav regt a con in gun u tilt philippine a coup. Many of the crests included inthe collection represent units that have been deactivate through the years. Also appear ing on the a third is the unit a Roslof the 181st inf. A contingent of the Massachusetts National guard. This particular unit is believed y some historians to Bethe oldest unit in the american army. The collection goes beyond the limits of american insignia. In eluded in the collection arc insignia Frisini turkish ethiopian and French units. Also include c ii the collection is the russian red Star worn during world our 11.the collection believed to be me of the largest of its Type is mounted on Large display  Are presently 1.650 crests on the boards 30 yet to remounted. The total Cost of the collection is valued at Over 1700. Crest collection it col John r. Simmons chief  at the 97th general Hospital in Frankfurt Ger Many Straightens some of the More than 1,800 unit crests he has collected since 19ii3. Army photo