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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, March 22, 1968

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1968 the stars and stripes Airlift command to Rescue when the Bell rings the big Birds take off by Hob hovers a . Bureau chief High Wycombe England a so Fly earthquakes Friar a exercises political crises i they re non the receiving of military Airlift command Mac worldwide service a when the hell rings the big Birds take off. They May Beh do with supplies for a Dis � area or with equipment for a nato Man Euver. Or the Jay be on heir Way to evacuate civilians from a trouble spot. Quite often the Mission is in the nature of an emergency. And even when it in t reaction time is always Brief. Enters picture time Money and even lives depend on the expeditious use of aircraft. And this is where the Airlift control element Aije enters the  of operations maintenance and Load specialists it s the Job of Alce to make sure that no time is wasted that i planes Are put to the Best pos sible  Airlift control element is designed primarily to carryout an efficient air movement. The idea is to efficiently an effectively follow an operations plan said maj. Loren j. Schil Ler chief of Alce for the 322nd air div which manages airlifts in Europe Africa and Asia Asfar East As Calcutta India from its Headquarters at High by Combe in  322nd Airlift control ele ment is a 33-member outfit which includes seven officers 10 operations cos 10 Load masters and two specialists each for Pas Senger service Aerial freight and administration. The element works closely with the special Mission Section of the division. In Field exercises involving air support Alce checks require ments with the u. S. Army and in a nato exercise May be involved with one or More foreign army. We try to plan so that the ground forces will get All the  footage they require at the Crews briefed flight Crews receive a briefing Between on Load and off Load stations. Of least possible Cost Schiller said. Wherever supplies Are loaded or unloaded Alce representatives Are there to make sure that the operation comes off smoothly. During nato exercise Sun Shine express last summer Alce specialists were assigned to Sembach Ferstenfeld Bruck and Rhein main in Germany and to Thessaloniki Greece. The Airlift was conducted be tween the three German bases which were the sources of sup ply to Greece. Helped sicilians Early this year Alce team were on the Job during the Emer gency Airlift of supplies to the victims of the earthquake in  cos men like . Ronald t. Robertson . Billy g. Hand . Joseph v. Franey have gotten a number of on the spot lessons in Geo Graphy while carrying out their duties. During a Congo Mission Franey landed at Leopold Ville with troops and equipment. Hand took part in the evacuation of the International Community from Amman Jordan to Tehran Iran. And Schiller participated in the movement of american de 1 Pendents from the Lahore area during the pakistani Indian War i in september of 1965.i the Alce teams Are ready i to move at the drop of a  the Telephone rings they re geared for any assign ment anywhere. Midnight Oil burning at 3rd a s motor Pool , g e a Many special motor pools at the 2nd san 3rd army Cav Here Are burning the Midnight oils preparing vehicles an equipment for storage before the Squadron is redeployed in May. The 2nd so is scheduled to move to it. Lewis Wash in May As part of the planned re deployment of 35,000 troops and airmen announced by the de sense department last Decem Ber. Though the 3rd army Cav willbe geographically located in the u.s.,  commitment to the North Atlantic treaty Organiza Tion will remain unchanged. Combat and support equip ment is being stored Here in readiness should the need arise for the unit s immediate return. It. Col. Wendell l. Prince Squadron commander has set deadlines for maintenance technicians to get equipment in read iness condition before  pools Are handling at least 12 trucks a Day to meet the deadline. All accessories and attachments essential to the tactical or training functions of he unit Are also be prepared or  so much As a frayed wire or minor leak May be present when the vehicles Are turned in for propositioned storage a unit spokesman said. Weapons As signed to vehicles Are also be ing stored. School children to present slum Ummi your oui i to Good la to Nim in the dec Friday american forces network pro Oranis Are Central european t a 0610 show to id condition 1106 Silver Platter 0700 to. 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A Poliy lord ram8teinwiesuaden rhe in main to 1801 third Man �001 Oil Valley i 1b30 evening report 2101 Hollywood 1900 Green Aore Palace 1930 memo on Medicine Span Dahlem to new every hour on tie hour 1715 be. A file 1930 Dick Van Dyke s Suthar 1630 priority in eclat 8010 Perry a on Uio Thart 1630 mayor o town Imol gun Mok Mii a and my i 1901 on cuu 821i defender 30 i ate by the. And the m .111 y i kind in Anil Otho announce of i i Ial Orraj �  group obtains unique play Darmstadt Germany a Talent show by German an american students will be held in the Lichtenbert school auditorium near the Back Gate of Cambrai Fritshe Cavern begin Ning at 8 . On sunday and  show sponsored jointly by the american dependent school in Lincoln Village and the German Lichtenberg school i designed primarily to help the students of both schools in their cultural Exchange program. Carl Lane student Council adviser for the Lincoln Village school will be master of Cere monies for the two evening project. The student Council director of Lichtenberg will also narrate the program in , at 50 cents per adult and 25 cents for student will Bosold at the auditorium door. Soldier of the Mouth named mannhk1m, Germany Spe Cial spec. 4 Mervil Olive has been named february s Soldier of the month for 1st support brigade Here. Olive a 21-year-old clerk typist with he and he co received the title Hytt r appearing before a Board of 1st sergeants and platoon sergeants from Headquarters. By Ray Wrights a Baum older Germany is Baum older s entry in the 1968 Usa Fajr tournament of plays will be a unique production presented Only once previously. This was at a special performance for Washington the Ater people in june 1964. The play Jordan county was written by award winning novelist and historian Shelby  is a Short mood piece about the postwar South. The main plot concerns ayoung Soldier returning to his Small Southern Home town. Thesis flanked by two monologues a dissipated Southern Belle tells her sad Story to her not too interested bed mate and an old negro photographer tolls a mov ing tale of the Days of recon  Arnoult. Special serv ices entertainment  subdistrict. Has obtained permission from the author to produce his play. He said it has not been produce since its premiere in a Hing ton because Foote never published the script. Arnoult was a graduate Stu Dent at Washington s Catholic University when Foote was Aford foundation playwright in residence at Washington s Aren stage in 1964. Arnoult discovered that he und Foote were originally from the same town Mem Phis Tenn. Shelby gave me the script for the play and i filed it under things i should do Arnoult  one season with the Arena stage was foot s Only direct experience with the the Ater. Most of his energies have been devoted to a Multi volume history of the civil War. He has also written an historical novel j Shilo As Well As the original Jordan county in novel form. Ramstein Bureau chief Foote has held various writing chairs including the Faulkner chair at the University of Vir  the Baum older theater group will play Jordan county april 16 at Neu Bruecke Hospital Thea Ter april 17faulenburg Thea Ter Baum older april 22 Strassburg Cavern theater april 24wagon wheel theater Baum Holder and april 25 Rose Barracks theater bad Kreuz Nach. O Giessen. Germany special the cooperation and Friend ship Between members of the american Giessen Community theater and German Amateur actors groups from Wetzlar near Giessen. Has produced another West performance of the  aking German actors in the Little Thea Terin Giessen s Miller Hall at 8 . March 2 2 and 23. Arnold Ridley s mystery play the ghost train ill be presented by the German group called the eleven comprised of students from  school and Hessen col lege in wet Lar and the Goe the school in Giessen. Bitch pc Germany special col. Charles c. Pat silo 3o the tactical fighter Wing com Mander was honoured by the enlisted men heir recently during a luncheon at the a cooped mess during the luncheon Pattillo was presented a p 1 a q u making him a chief master sergeant and a permanent member of the Wing. The plaque was Only the second of its kind to be presented by the enlisted men of Pitburg  
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