European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Birch Toimi Mark run an grave Al world War i burial mines forgotten graveyard Bob Munich Bureau everybody in Ger knows the French Here mention of the walled in burial ground Brengi an instantaneous but with most natives of this tiny farming knowledge of the cemetery is limited to townsmen know the cemetery is situated behind the gymnasium on the army Grafe Woehr Post but they dont know anything about even town officials could provide Only sketchy information about the they say that most records have been they do know that the Ceme Tery was set aside during world War 1 As a burial place for French and russian soldiers who died As prisoners of the germans maintained a pow Camp at the military reservation during world War l at the conclusion of the bodies claimed by relatives were returned to France and but others among the dead were never identified or never because i number of russians were buried in the american custodians of the Post sometimes refer to the plot As the russian the cemetery lies on the Edge of a Pine a Gray Stone Wall surrounds a Monument rises 20 feet above the West chiselled on its weather worn face Are the dates and this is the Only visual evidence that the cemetery was designated for veterans of world War the cemetery final resting place for unknown French and russian Anonymous Graves Are marked by crude Birch which have rotted and sagged with other More anon next to abandoned villages on the military reservation the germans established More than a half Century Goren on Bridge astronauts lament darkness All around stars spread like grains of land twinkling lights though the glaring twas of Bright out there lonely Why am 1 lonely because its out Here not out there with darkness around and Earth muons of Miles steel wings prom a Cloud Bank i have the winds no oxygen his contrite answer really gave me a Jar 1 want smoking oxygen i i was 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King and Queen of hearts As port of his open ing if declares assumptions were then a prof Itable series of end plays were in the the Jack of hearts Vas putting West in with us the latter was Down to All red cards being reluctant to Lead a he exited with the nine of norths ten was holding the the Ace was dropping the outstanding Fol Lowed by Dummy four which was established As a West was Down to three cards k10b of a Diamond was led and ducked into his forcing him to surrender the last two tricks to souths in Declarer won three three two and one Spade Tor nine tricks and can Cal Tow Oil two to Mimi throttled full Slih love All with Silver wings dipped in Tecl i have sliced the eternal Hap piness that i my All shout to me from their Cushiony James Rhine main i to a toasted cheese j Sandwich Lovely morsel of Golden dripping with cheese and tart j creamy filling in fragrant you Are but utter toasted cheese sandwiches for toasted cheese sandwiches for lunch i might even have one Al three Oclock if no one would mind Loo glorious confection of least and on you my tommys battering partly i love you just for your and partly because youre fat carry the stars and stripes inside the pay i noted with interest an article in stars and stripes which concerned military it that there was a mistake concern ing the highest total pay that an enlisted Man can obtain in m years of you stated in your paper that a month was according to the present pay the highest attainable figure is a if you add 1110 for for clothing allowance and 133 approximate for the sum is still Only is far Short of 1865 As your paper the present retirement Laws would Only allow him to receive a maximum of a month retirement bated on 30 Yean x i think this article deserves to be the Public at pres ent thinks we Are overpaid and in sure this will Only serve As further ammunition for verbal abuses against the serv 1st u Donnie Rook 4th missile in editors note Usa eur replies the references Are a and military pay act of the b bog letter was written prior to passage of the military pay act of it is possible for an entitled member u draw per month and More tinder certain a sergeant major with ii years under Ike Par act of would be entitled to i9m base pay increased to m73ji by military pay act of 1m4 and could also be a tilled to ten approximately to separate rations clothing and an to los alb proficiency Tus would give him a Gross pay of and this figure could be changed cons Derlong the possibility of foreign service hostile fire station and allowances for rations where a government mess is not the military pay act of 1m4 has changed the base pay Zyl it Jned pay have not and currently the an enlisted member could receive on 31 years retirement would be Sim per november 1964