European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday May 17 1968 the big Indian was an amazing soldier9 by Perry Flippin staff write Wertheim Germany is a meeting Here at Peden Caser Between two men of the 1st in 67th arty served As an epilogue to the us s announcement that mrs. Pascal Poolaw or. Has been named Mother of the . Poolaw is the Kiowa in Dian widow of a highly decorated combat Veteran and Mother of four sons All serving in the army. Her eldest son Lester met Anco who was with her husband when he was killed in a Vietcong ambush in 1967 and helped tops in or Neucom Safe honoured new Yorks a United states european omd he in Stuttgart Germany and . Air forces in Europe he in Wiesbaden received the Silver Anvil award representing the highest Merit in the Public relations Field in ceremonies Here thursday night. The Neucom Honor awarded to the command for its Public affairs handling of the relocation of . Forces from France was accepted by  a. Burchinal Neucom s Deputy com  Safe award Given for the frugal Man Campaign that pushed investment in the uni formed services savings Deposit program was accepted by maj. Arthur my Mathison of the Safe information office. The Silver anvils were presented by Edwardp. Vonderhaar president of the Public relations society of America a professional association of or executives with More than 6,000 members in the United states and  Neucom award first Given to a senior uni fied command was for its handling of Frelock fast relocation of . Forces from France. Fre Loc called for the movement of 68,000 people and 813,000 tons of Materiel from France to other nato countries during the period March 1966 Tomarch 1967, and to do so with dispatch and dignity leaving behind on Deposit with the French people the greatest possible amount of  the move was hailed in All quarters As an unqualified Success not Only in the smooth Way personnel and equipment was moved but in the Way the Public affairs aspect was handled. Safe won its Silver Anvil for the outstanding special audience member relations program during 1967. The frugal Man Campaign achieve through a comic fun sell approach dramatically increased participation in the savings de posits program. It also helped reduce the Gold Drain by encouraging those in uniform to Salt away their extra Money in the High interest savings  one year deposits Rose from $21.4 Mil lion to $33.1 million and savings by enlisted personnel accounted for $16.2 million of the total. A total of 25 organizations throughput the unite states Canada Europe arid Southeast Asia were presented Silver anvils at the ceremonies. The awards Are made annually by the society to stimulate and encourage improved Public relation performance. Non routine problems Are daily menu Heidelberg is with army equipment becoming More and More complicated the prob lems entailed in being Able to Roll shoot and communicate get bigger every Day. But there is an office Here at Usa eur Headquarters dedicated to helping solve these knotty problems. It is called the customer assistance office Aoa Branch of the army Materiel command which maintains some 400 tech Nical experts whose motto is what can we do for you today specialities listed their Fields include tracked and wheeled vehicles aircraft electronics weapons fire control equipment missiles and mobility support equipment. Col. Thomas j. O Donohue chief of the Usa eur Cus Tomer assistance office explain sit this Way we Are trouble shooters expediters and teachers who look for non routine problems in the Materiel Field to solve. We Don t wait for a unit to come to us. We go to the units and see if there is any Way Pecan make things go More smoothly for a unit that is hav ing Materiel  just for the asking any us a eur unit can get from Cao such things As training classes in operation and maintenance methods Withan assist on Supply policy and  on How to get the right kinds and amounts of sup ply and maintenance Publica  on How to pre pare equipment records and re ports. Instruction in How to inter pret and apply Supply and maintenance policies procedures an regulations. Classes and on the Job train ing on operation and organizational maintenance of equip ment especially new equipment. Foil it s the one s Youdon t hear that count by Charles Graham staff writer Nuernberg is those swashbuckling adventurers in the movies usually Aren t much As sword fighters according to Tom Pearson whose sport i fencing. The movie stars just make very Basic moves said the 28 year old yes he employee. What they do is spectacular but not very difficult. Actually the loud noises of sword clash ing against sword As in Saber fencing Don t mean much. It s the ones you Don t hear  a member of the Fuerth Fen cing club for 18 months Pear son is proponent of foil fencing which he compares to chess in matters of strategy. You have to think quite far in Advance actually the farther the better but at least two or three moves ahead he said. The Rapperly dressed fencer who finished 16th out of 42 the first time he entered formal j Competition explained that every move has a counter move. Once a Man takes the offensive he has the right of Way until his opponent makes the proper counterattack. The he must know How to regain the Offen Sive. Each tries to anticipate theother s mistakes. This Exchange of attack an counterattack takes place quickly and often during a match which has a time limit of six minutes. The Winner is the Man who has the most Points at the end of the  Derby n.h., Bachelor who skis a lot but does t con Sider himself a natural athlete said the essential things in Fen cing Are Speed and accuracy. Body position is also important. The Arm turned just right the feet set Etc. But most important is to make the move ments As Small and Quick As  Pearson said that when he first started he took two seconds for a move that now takes one fourth of a second. The differ ence is in making the move smaller. It comes in  the Fuerth fencing club which Pearson says is one of the Best in Germany plans to give demonstration at finder bar Racks in Nuernberg the Latte part of june. Carry his body off the Battle Field. Staff sgt. Robert r. Rohlck an the late 1st sgt. Poolaw were assigned to the 1st inf div s Coc 1st in 26th inf. Last nov. 7, the company was ambushed Byvoet Cong near Loc Ninh 130 Miles North of Saigon on the cambodian Border. Rorick was leading a weapons squad through rubber Plantation when the Bat Talion first made Contact wit the enemy. When the shooting began the company wheeled 90 degrees to the left and avoided walking into the Mouth of the a shaped am Bush that had wiped out a com Pany  1st in 28th inf two weeks earlier. As Rorick describes it the right flank was being hit hardest so he a machine gunner a medic and Poolaw moved from their positions on the left. Halfway to their new positions machine gun fire Cut Down the medic and the men halted while Poolaw applied emergency  weighed More than 260 pounds and stood Over six fee tall Rorick said. Suddenly the big Indian stood up and Slung the critically wounded medic Over his shoulder and started toward the rear. Before he took a second step a rocket propelled grenade exploded in front of them killing both  fight lasted one hour and 45 minutes. Twenty two me were killed including the Bat Talion commander and 22 were wounded including the company commander of the 115 men who began the patrol. One lieutenant and two no were left to organize the evacuation carrying out the dead and wounded to meet the ,-.in the Landing zone. A copiers soon after his assignment thhm0 T t Germany Rorick Rea ? the. Stars and strips tha Poolaw s widow was honoured i ceremonies at it. Sill of an was recounting his experiences when the sergeant major formed him that Poolaw s Oldes son Lester 27. Is a specialist i stationed in c Bury Here the two men met wednesday exchanged remembrances when we were in the Field Rorick said. Top Poolaw had ice and soft drinks for the eur sent out on the mail Choppe each Day while other compan were drinking hot water from their canteens. A was an   the son agreed and said , he sure was. I remember when we were kids he d com Home on leave and stand a for reveille at five o clock. Thence d have police Call and inspection of our rooms before  Poolaw won three Silver Star three Bronze stars and purple hearts in three wars. He May have been the most decorated Indian Soldier in the  Poolaw sons were with their Mother at their father funeral last year. He was buried in the Post cemetery at it. Sill near the family Home at Ana  Lester the surviving sons Are Pascal jr., 25, recover ing from a leg amputation caused by a Viet Cong mine Lindy 20,stationed with the 1st in 21st inf in Germany and Bonnie 21,serving in Vietnam. Donnie Lester says is like his father he s a crazy  3 Safe units added to redeployment list Washington is three additional Safe units in Ger Many Are to return to the . This year As a part of the re deployment of some 33,000 army and air Force personnel from West Germany. They Are an air command Squadron from Sembach which is to move to Otis fab mass. A tactical control group from Sembach moving to Bergstrom fab Tex. And a casualty Stag ing flight from Rhein main a moving to Pope fab . An air Force spokesman said other Small outfits at Rhein main Sembach and Ramstein a Are also involved in pro Grams known in the air Force As crested Cap and in the army As reformer. 6,000 going Home nearly 6,000 air Force military and civilian employees Are to be returned to the . By the end of  time ago the air Force said the military pay function for its forces in Europe had been transferred to the air Force finance Center at Denver Colo. Major air units coming Home Are three squadrons of the 49th tactical fighter Wing  to Holloman fab . And the 417th tactical fighter so from Ramstein to Mountain Home fab  the redeployment Spang Dahlem will become a dispersed operating base. The army is returning two Bri Gades of the 24th inf div the Tom Pearson.,. Movie idols Don t foil him Soldier of the month Mannheim Germany Spe Cial pfc. Richard k. Koeplin has been named May Soldier of the month for the 107th transportation brigade s 181st transportation in. He is a heavy equipment Mechanic 3rd army Cav regt and appropriate associated  redeployment will improve the . Balance of pay ments situation. All the units involved will continue with their nato commitments. Army to hold workshops for ged advisers Darmstadt Germany Spe Cial two 40-hour courses of instruction for general educational development ged advisers will be conducted at Thech Emsee recreation area during the last two weeks of May the army education Center Here has  will be under the guidance of or. Harlan a. Phippi associate Dean of the Boston University school of education. The first session during the week of May 20 will be of educators who attended la year s workshops. The second from May 27-31 -. W � those who were unable to attend the 1967  during the first we will Center on Curry ii Dewetta ments in individual and g ouf counselling testing old evaluation. During a e Sweek conferees will be no Imp on educational trends and Nothey affect an adviser s Itsvo Sibili ties. Inf nude the curriculum win indu general sessions Gifu  and i cushions