European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Iii Iii to help determine dinners of College Grants Frankfurt is a pedal Assembly i � held at the Frankfurt american High am in 23 to help determine this year Sof scholarship Grants from the american Community scholarship a of Ciatyk n. 8tudentswhp, out 5 and submitted the proper application forms Sam be asked to write Airt sort essay on a5 i Mart vet to be announced. I winners of the College financial aids will bes announced at the school s annual awards Day s a Remony at the end of the school fac a funds Are raised primarily through events a Christmas dinner dance which december accounted for $1,000, and a a shrink Bazaar to be held this year the first weekend in May at the Terrace club. = fourteen Volunteer members serve on the fac a Board and they represent All the major \ military units other government agencies and civilian business now have the support of the entire � Frankfurt Community reported firing. Gen. � Kenneth w. Kennedy Usa eur engr come cd and chairman of fac a. 1 5 he met with seniors at both the dependent High school Here and the Frankfurt interns tonal school to outline the program which sover the past six years has accounted for the s distribution of More than $60,000 to 120 schol 5ars. That s an average of $500 per Grant. � this Marks the first year it was pointed Jujj out. That the International school will to 5 included. 3 in order to qualify College bound seniors must have maintained at least a 2.75 average = during their Sophomore Junior and first semester senior studies. In addition to scholarship the students Are also judged on. Their College Entrance Board s exams financial need faculty recommendations and Leader sep and service to the school s am Grad Heidelberg special for Mer students of Texas am in Central Germany will Muster april 21 at the Village officers Patrick Henry or and civilians open mess Here to Honor those texans who won Independence at Goliad the Alamo and the Battleground of san Jacinto. The history of the Muster dates Back 65 years to 1903, when the am Cadet corps first gathered in Observance of their state s founding heroes. At that first Muster it was decided that april 21 would be a Day for All men to gather where Ever they might be. It was also agreed that it would be a Day to Honor All am men who died Victory div gis fire controversial my 6 Rifle Augsburg Germany dal _ we called it the Jolly Lack giant said Vietnam returnee 1st it. James b. Bertsch reconnaissance platoon Leader of the 24th inf div s 1st in 19th , it is known As the m16a1 Rifle. We have a lot of Young kid with no infantry mos with us now said staff sgt. Max Lons Berry who was with the 1st inf div in Vietnam and a now As sped to co c of the 1st in 19th inf. Many of these kids have never seen an m16, but they have a second hand negative opinion of the the Rock of Chickamauga battalion decided to remedy the problem. We got the idea to get some m16s and fire for famil a Ariz action said . Col. Glen w. Ison battalion s commander sent the request Tocol. Kenneth r. Bull com Mander of the 1st brigade who wrote to the 10th special forces group in bad Spelz s3 training Section sup plied the battalion with 15 m16 Sand 14,000 rounds. Lonsberry gave two hours of classroom instruction on the weapon earlier in the week be fore the Rock infantryman went to Luchfeld army Rifle Range for familiarization. Each Matt fired 60 round son the 25-meter Range. F i v e rounds were fired in the Pron position after which the targets were checked then 15 More in the prone 10 kneeling 10 stand ing and the last 20 if an Auto Matic burst while he co was finishing its familiarization with every weapon set on automatic Lonsberry yelled Over the noise that makes -12,960 rounds fired wit no major malfunctions like jamming the 1st brigade co visited the firing Range to inspect the Rock battalion s operation and fired 60 rounds for familiarization. Zeroed in spec. 4 Donald e. Gibson 1st ,19th inf prepares to fire off 60 rounds from the m16a1 for familiarization at the Lech Oldrage As pfc. Gary Mccurry looks on. Army and that a living member would answer to the name of a de ceased Comrade when the Rol Call for the dead was read. Maj Gen. Charles c. Case Usa eur and seventh army chief of staff will be an Honore guest. Brig Gen. H. N. Maples Deputy commander of the seventh army support com will be principal speaker. Enlisted am graduates Are invited to attend. Ramstein Germany Spe Cial _ it. Col. Bill p. Tsufis has assumed command of the38th tactical reconnaissance so Here replacing it. Whitlock who is be coming chief operations an training 26th tactical recon Naissance Wing also in ram comes to Ramstein from Shaw air Force base,s.c., where he was tactical operations officer for the 363rdtactical reconnaissance Wing. He was later assigned As chief of standardization and evaluation there. Miessau Germany is fifty two German National and labor service employees of the army ammunition depot Here received first Aid train tag certificates during a Cere Mony at the depot theater. The group completed a 20-hour training course taught by Hans Franssen safety training course concluded with a simulated Accident i which a bus collided with an other vehicle and Many Pas sengers had to be treated for simulated injuries. Oesterberg the nether lands is s. Sgt. Albert d. Mcphee jr., operating location 205, det 200 of the Netherlands District Usa european postal courier re Gion has been selected As a outstanding Young Man of America. He was cited by the outstanding americans foun Dation of Montgomery ala.,for outstanding ability accomplishments and service this Community country and is Coic of the air Post office located in Helsinki Finland. 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Suddenly the honest John rocket roared spitting out red flame sending a Bali of dust 60 feet into the sky. Slowly almost deliberately Athirst the army s Mobile surface to surface weapon lifted itself from the launching Van and then soared Over the to its Impact area 12,000 meters away. Seconds after ignition 1st h. Barley co of Btry a 2nd in 73rd arty picked Aphis Field phone and was told that the rocket landed within the1,000-Square-meter target area. Within five minutes the 3rdarmd div unit was on its Way its launcher and support vehicle heading toward another army training test have to move fast bar Giessen Germany special co a of the 308th Supply and service in is working two 10-hour shifts seven Days a week to keep troops in clean Long hours Are necessitated by the requirements of the 3rd army div which will be in the Field until laundry Section consisting of two Washer units and three dryer units can provide service for 5,200 troops per two 10-hour shifts include an estimated four hours of equipment maintenance. The unit is commanded by capt. Thomas w. Howard. Ley said As he climbed into his jeep. The enemy can spot that dust Ball from Miles off and shall the Heck out of two hours earlier the Battery moved into position. Trucks loaded with computers to pro Gram the honest John s course moved into a secured area of Woods the Battery then slowly guided its launcher into the Clearing and prepared the War head. Jim mrs my ten Yards from the Van a weather vane was raised. We have to gauge the Low level winds Darley explained As he steadied the vane. If Wedon t compute their velocity just before ignition the rocket which cannot be guided after launching will be blown final computation and correction take approximately 15 seconds
