European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 03, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday october 3, 194? the stars and stripes Page 9 hard at work the Larsen twins Richard left and Robert work on a c123 aircraft engine at the Sembach based 7th air commando so. The twins joined the unit earlier this year. A likes Sembach Sembach Germany special reciprocating engines Are the specially of identical twins Rich Ard and Robert Larsen of the 7th air commando so Dock Sec Tion. The 20-year-old twins hailing from Neptune n.j., Are reciprocating aircraft and engine technicians. They joined the air Force last year and Hope to stay together As Long As possible. Their supervisor t. Sgt. Philip Brod said he can easily distinguish them now but had a Little difficulty when the two peas in the pod came to his Section last March from technical train ing at Shepherd air base Tex. At first glance the brother appear to be virtually identical in looks. But a closer View re Veals that Richard is a bit heavier. The twins Are not Hesi Tant to discuss their similarities and differences likes and dislikes and common pursuits. We be never dated twins Richard said but my brother dated a girl at Home who Hada twin brother. We Don t know of any previous twins in our fam ily background the Brothers noted. The look alikes think somewhat alike. Both enjoy a wide rang of music from Elvis Presley to the beatles to Frank go in for outdoor living. Thanks to Early boy scout train ing they be pitched tents in Many a Campground. They like outdoor sports in general Espe which they near their rally water skiing formerly practice Home Point in common is col lege training. Both Are eyeing higher education. Army Field medics train at Hospital Stuttgart Germany Spe Cial one of the lesser known services of the . Army hos Pital in bad Cannstatt Germany up this keep is their on the Job training out program for seventh army Field times every year a three month try program is medics from Field units. Program is designed to their medics trained and fully qualified and up to Date inthe latest medical procedures. Trainees come from evacuation hospitals medical Field units Clearing companies ambulance companies and even armoured infantry and artillery units or anywhere that services of medical personnel Are required. Most of the out students have already received Basic medic training at it. Sam Houston Silver Star men Waters England capt. Nor Man j. Mater 81st tactical fighter Wing. Augsburg Germany capt neat p. Str bling command aviation Section 84th inf div. Legion of Merit Stuttgart Germany Brig. Gen. James a. Feketey usic j-3 directorate he Yucom. Worms Germany it. Col. Stewart c. Mckelvey com a he. Bronze Star medal Munich capt. Wendell e. Daniel on South Bavaria District Hahn Germany maj. Leon j. Plotnitzky 81st tactical fighter so. Span Dahlem Germany s. Sgt. William e. Benthin 49th Security police so. Berlin staff sgt Frank Smalls jr., 4th in 18th inf. Ramstein Germany it. Col. David m. Johnson 4th Allied tactical air Force. Ramstein Germany capt. John a. Bradshaw 26th tactical reconnaissance Wing. Ramstein. Germany 8m. Sgt. Thomas w. Baer 7420th radar evaluation so. Tex. However some men from Allied Fields not trained As medics also come to these classes for proficiency training. German awarded medal Heidelberg special Ger Man Brig. Gen. Kurt Gieser was awarded the legion of Merit Ina Farewell honors ceremony Here recently. Gen. James h. Polk commander in chief Usa eur and seventh presentation. Army made the 18-month study services favor pay proposal by Marc Huet is Washington Bureau Washington is the defense department s major study of the whole subject of military compensation has resulted in 33 recommendations on what should be done to improve the pay of service men an women for the Good of both the individual and the armed for Cesas Well. The study has been going on for More than a year and a half under the direction of rear e. Hubbell. Although the recommendations Are All classified for the time being since they must first be studied by top administration officials they Are being favourably received by the army Navy and air Force it was Learned. Reason for this reaction is that the Mili tary departments have worked closely with the Hubbell group from the very Start. The depart ments Are now making comments on the recommendations which will be incorporated in the de tailed report that is expected Togo to defense Secretary Robert s. Mcnamara by the end of october. Once Mcnamura approves the proposals they will them go to president Johnson followed by briefings with key congressional committees a involved in military affairs. This is expected to take another few weeks so that it willbe mid november before the subject of military pay of the future will be made Public. The current round of pay in creases now before Congress 4.5 percent for Federal civilian employees and 5.6 percent for servicemen Are not tied in with the study since the scope of the re View is much broader and far reaching than the present round of pay recommendations will in clude All forms of compensation both direct and indirect and will also cover the special incentives that Are designed to encourage some men and women into specialized Fields. Span Dahlem Germany special named to the exclusive "95 percentile club Aspan Dahlem were the Fol lowing airmen 2.c. Robert a. Sabol Trevor j. Adams Ste Ven j. Persi Raymond Bush your guide to Good listening in the dec tuesday american forces network the times listed for an programs Are Central european time 0605 request show 0700 world at 0700 0730 request show 0805 pop music 0830 Don Mcneil 0905 take ten 1915 Tempo 1005 All that jazz 1030 Ira Cook 1105 Jim Pewter news every hour 1130 request show 1800 world at 1800 1830 sports journal 1845 local sports 1850 hymns from Home 1905 music in the air 2005 Johnny Dollar 2030 sound of Nashville 2055 close up 2i05 on the scene 2130 big bands latin 2200 world at 2200 2230 tonight show 2310 sports 2315 John Doremus 0005 Date with Chris 1205 sports 1215 request show 1305 Art Linkletter 1315 Good music 1405 Small world 1505 Bill Stewart 1605 1605 to Nashville 1705 request show German to 1640 Newa 2000 news 1645 for children 2015 musical show 1745 news 1800 news 2100 late fall,1 1750 charming 1830 regional movie Jeannie programs 2310 news adventure series 1820 off duty Magazine 1855 pistols and petticoats adventure series color Ramstein Wiesbaden Rhine main to 1501 Dick Powell 1701 Pat Boone 1900 voyage to the 2105 Crossroads in theater 1730 animal secrets sea Bottom space 1600 news 1801 Addams family 2002 big Valley 2200 news 1605 King family 1830 news 2100 military news 2215 survival 224s Lawrence Welk Check sports Section and other pages for announcements of special broadcasts second program 1927 news 2000 sports 2030 How the europeans live 2115 Solo for o.n.c.e.l., detective film 2200 cultural viewpoints 2230 news jr., and Robert Pierse All of the 49th Field Maint so. Also airmen 2.c. David , John j. Lynch Lar Ren l. Mcneely of the 49thsupply so. Others included were . William r. Sha Ferand airman 2.c. Kenneth w. Kinner 49th armament an electronics Maint so. Heilbronn Germany Spe Cial the 23rd ordnance co commanded by capt. Donaldr. Kubek has walked off with four awards for outstanding achievements. The Heilbronn based unit of the 101st Ord Nance in was awarded the monthly Public information plaque reenlistment safety and distinguished conduct awards. Also cited for their performance were personnel of he co for achieving 99 per cent participation in the army s savings program. Frankfurt Germany Spe Cial v corps he Here gets a new chief of staff on oct.16 when col. Jack a. Rogers replaces col. Robert m. Tar Box. Tarbox has been re assigned As division Engineer North Central Engineer div Chicago. Rogers report from duty As co of the 69th arty other recent changes Here col. Jack f. Belford has replaced col. Donald d. Dun lop As Deputy chief of was reassigned As Dep Uty senior adviser at ii corps military assistance come newcomer Here is it. Col. John c. Barrett jr.,assistant chief of staff g3. 60 finish Academy Erlanger Germany Spe Cial the 4th army div no Academy Here graduated 60 sol Diers in its latest program. Spec. 4 James Peto co a 1st ,54th inf was Honor Man of the class. He was promoted to act ing sergeant during the graduation second and third place honors in the class were f. Higginbotham cob 1st in 51st inf and sgt. Richardl. Stutz of co a 24th engr in commanding general s leadership award for this class went to spec. 4 Jimmie Tice of cob 2nd in 37th Armor while the Winner of the commandant s inspection was spec. 4 Dougl Sicle of he Btry 1st in 22nd . Col. Robert j. Kirk com Mander of the 2nd in 54ih inf was guest speaker for the Cere Mony. 14th army Cav men win order of Spur bad Hersfeldt Germany special two members of the 3rd so 14th army Cav regt have received the order of the Spur a new award during Cere monies Here recently. The awards were presented to spec 5 Alexander j. Kiesel and spec. 5 Vincent f. Kartley bythe Squadron commander it. Col. James r. Anderson who originated the recognition
