European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday september 22, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 9 bridging the Rhine members of the 317th engr in Start bridging the Rhine with a Section of the Roadway that will be part of the Bridge. Army photos Zwick class 60during practice for the big Cross ing of the Rhine members of the battalion practice on a narrow Section of the River by putting together a class 60 float Bridge. 317th engr in spans the Rhine by John Zwickle Eheim Germany special a week of float Bridge training for the 317th engr in 37th engr group came to Amend As the last sections of rafts were joined and the 1,189 foot wide Rhine was spanned by a class 60 float operation began with cranes unloading Bridge parts including floats aluminium Road treads and Saddle assemblies from two five ton trucks at a time. First rubber floats pontoons were inflated. A pair of steel Saddle assemblies were Laid on each float with a Road Way Section placed on each raft construction site a safety no inspected for Bolt tightness and missing pins before a raft was towed away by two erection boats to be joined to the Bridge. Construction continued steadily on both shores of the Bridge until 81 floats completed the Bridge after nearly five hours. The project required the support of several units the 8591stfloat Bridge co labor service502nd engr co 516th engr co 814th engr co 8594th float Bridge co civilian labor ,54th engr in 568th engr co and a detachment from the 308th is engineers went into bivouac on the East Bank of the Rhine at the Leahcim training area and started training i preparation for the big event. The battalion practice the erection of towers float Assem Blies and joining raft sections throughout the week. How about a 25-000-year-old pastime Frankfurt special spec.4 Gary Sawyer lab specialist at the 97t general Hospital use the past for his pastime. He is an Amateur archaeologist and haste credentials to prove it. Some of his personal excavations in clude a 25,000-year-old Mastodon an extinct animal resembling the elephant but larger and relics of an Indian civilization about 4,000 years old. Sawyer s interest in archaeology started at the age of seven when he began collecting Arrow Heads. This interest reached fulfilment in 1966 when he opened his own natural science museum in his Hometown Blairstown new Jersey. It is the Only one lab specialist Gary Sawyer at work in 97th Hospital. Army in the county. The museum con sisting of three Large rooms houses hundreds of Sawyer s discoveries. In 1966 he excavated the Hope Well Indian Village in Illinois Dat ing Back to 2,000 . Pottery vessels and elaborately carved objects Are some of the priceless items he found. Also uncovered were the remains of an India couple whose skeletons now re Side in his expedition to Oaxaca mex Ico also unturned some valuable discoveries. A 700-year-old Zap Tec burial urn and related Arti facts excavated there Are also on display in his museum. The most prize Possession Isth Mastodon which Sawyer estimates would be Worth $25,000to a collector. The Mammoth animal of the ice age was excavated in 1963 in Sussex county . By a team of 15 archaeologists led by Sawyer. It took two years to dig up the numerous Bones. The Mastodon which is about 15 feet Long and 12 fee thigh is now displayed in the sus sex county historical museum after a stay at Sawyer s museum. Presently Sawyer keeps up disinterest in archaeology by study ing at the Frankfurt natural his tory museum. He is concerned now with anthropology the stud of the races physical and mental characteristics distribution an customs of Mankind. As a lab specialist at the 07thsawyer s work is closely related to his interest in anthropology his Job includes the study of Bone Structure and tissue. He has clone similar work with the museum of natural history in new Yor City As an Oste logical rest orator. This involves the piecing together of skulls and skeletons which were damaged in excavation or which were not intact. Immediate plans for Sawyer who is also a professional taxidermist include a return to Illinois in october on leave to excavate an Indian burial ground. After his separation from the army Sawyer plans to head straight for Hunter College Newyork where he will take courses in anthropology and plans to make these studies his career and eventually Hopes to have his own museum on a much larger scale. 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