European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 8 the stars and stripes 24th inf to Furoy May 7,700 now Back Home Augsburg Germany is Munich s Riem Airport was the move out Point this week for the 1st in 19th inf As the 24th in div continued its reformer redeployment operations. By Friday 590 people and 80tons of cargo had left aboard seven c141s, two 707s and a pcs Vic tory division he said. The Battal Ion began its move to the Divi Sion s new Home at it. Riley kan., when 188 men flew  7,700 24th inf div personnel and dependents have no arrived at it. Riley since t h e initial party consisting of on Soldier and four families left dec. 29 from Rhein main a i base outside Frankfurt. Committed to nato All . Units being redeployed under reformer the army Section of the move and crested Cap the air Force Section retain their commit ment to nato defense forces. One Hundred and six flight shave been made to mag u i r e fab n.j., and Forbes ,kan., carrying essential equip ment soldiers and dependents the division  Safe said 1,991 Passen Gers and 79.3 tons of cargo were flown out through Rhein main a during the past month apart of both crested Cap and  air Force fighter squadrons Are redeploying under crested Cap. Safe said elements of the439th military Airlift group have been sent try to Munich to sup port the movement of army personnel from the Munich  the time the redeployment is completed in october More than 16,000 passengers and 2,300 tons of cargo will have been moved to the United states from Rhein main Safe  majority of the missions have been handled by the Mili tary Airlift come s Fleet of c141  average Mission flies from the states to Rhein main loaded with cargo. At Rhein main members of the 439th Materiel so and the 430th Aerial port so ready the air plane for return flight. Usually Crews Are changed As Well Safe  air plane and new Crew then pick up a reformer mis Sion either at Rhein main or Munich Clear . Customs i Germany and then deliver their passengers or cargo to the new station. Bottle message gets across9 Norfolk a. Special ayoung Sailor on the aircraft car Rier intrepid Here has found that the old note in the bottle idea is not really such an improbable joke As most people think. Last Christmas Robert , a 19-year-old electrician s mate third class on the intrepid placed into a bottle a thesis on society a Brief history of the United states a note list ing news events of the Day and his mailing address on the ship and at Home in Harrah  then threw it Over the Side of the ship which was returning to Norfolk after an eight month deployment to the Tonkin Gulf off North Vietnam. Since the Suez canal was closed the intrepid had to take the Long route around the South Ern tip of Africa. Yoachum threw the bottle Over the Side two Days before the ship went around Cape Horn and then forgot about the whole thing. On May 13, 1968, in the bes tradition of Ripley s believe it or not Yoachum received a letter from a Frenchman who had found the bottle while fish ing off the coast of  bottle had rounded the Stormy tip of Africa Anglin North As it crossed the Atlantic Ocean Drifting Well Over 5,000miles. The letter Yoachum receive was written in French so it seemed logical that the finder had to have the contents of Yoa chum s bottle  found a Man on the ship to translate the letter i which the finder asked where the bottle had started from and what the whole thing was about. Yoachum says he will answer the Frenchman s letter but this time i think i la use the regular postal  two Usa eur bands invited to perform in belgian festival Stuttgart Germany Spe Cial Vii corps 82nd army band is one of two usar eubands selected to participate in the International festival of military bands at Mons Bel Gium june 6-9. V corps 84th army band Isth other Usa eur representative. Bands from France Britain Italy the Netherlands Turkey and Belgium will also participate. The Mons festival is Only on of Many Billings the 82nd army band has in the next few  May 26 the band conducted by two Adolf l. Harstad will play a Charity concert sponsored by the tue Bingen America housein Rottenburg Neckar. The proceeds will go to help retarded German schoolchildren. Other dates the band is scheduled to per form for several other German organizations. Topping its Jun Calendar is a March on Type of program in the grosser Kur Saal bad Cannstatt on june 1 for the Vespa club of Stuttgart. The club is composed of motor Scooter owners. Guests fro several countries As Well As local officials will attend. A special evening concert is scheduled for june 3 for the Weiliam Schoenbech music club inter National musician s meet. The Jayhawk band will also perform at the Deutsche Saen Gerund s head organization of West German choruses  be held on june 30 at Stul Neckar stadium. Olu in chorus representative Sall Over the. West German president Heinrich Luebke will head a g of officials from Bonn p in addition to the vat pm band the German army banana the French army end also to perform. 12 o clock Shadow betrays Viet Cong Saigon special the is abase of the telltale Shadow thai proved the undoing of a Vietcong Midnight marauder spec. 4 Michael Kryder of the 2nd in 1st inf 196th in brigade of the America divas on an ambush patrol. The Moon was full. And the Pitts Burgh pa., Soldier was count ing shadows cast by the men of the patrol. One too Many 12-o clock Shadow was Oast on the Jungle greenery. Kryder alerted his buddy pfc. William emely of Rochester n.y., just As the 16th Shadow began veering offal an Angle from the rest. The soldiers  startled Viet Cong froze in his tracks. The enemy Soldier was captured without a shot another new i Fostore Sites f it a �4%s /