European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse , Charles Graham staff writer an impatient Motorist a Long Mil tory Convoy carefully pacing its Linns the autobahn is merely App Al he cares about is getting fit darting in and out As he leap getting men or it from Point a to Point by Pilch be than merely jumping no family car to Buzz Over to the Njong and controlling a con. Be fully disciplined process.1sj s idea of the work and thought a o one of those Long lines of Foj at raises the hackles of motor stars and stripes reporter photog a recently went along when Teani 15 inf get up oyo Lake equipment to Hohenfels three week training Mission on a f ii those # of trucks to ruin s stripes convertible weath the we showed up at Harvey bar s near Kitzinger at 6 30 the photographer started shooting climbed into the Back seat of capt.1 t Regan s jeep just As he was ready to tour the line of trucks no loaded and ready to leave. S3 officer of the 1st in 15th inf an would be directing this Convoy a its Start at Harvey Barracks to theline at the training area parking t near Hohenfels in Bavaria a 4% ride Asky was a sooty Gray with the nature around 35 degrees. I was Sty glad that a 3rd inf div Lieuten had loaned me his Parka. He first truck leaves at hours Regan said. Timing is important All along the 12 checks of this 106-mile route. This is the Convoy i be taken to Hohenfels. 1don t need a strip map to get strip map is a Long squiggly line Tili thed on Ordinary paper and with the checkpoints the Dis nce Between them and the map co donates for the two Convoy rest moved slowly up the line of 52 sucks toward the front of the Convoy stopping occasionally to confirm a de he gave a stack of the maps Toi of the two Anarch unit commanders. Lit was a double Check to make sure Leach Driver had a copy of the route which had been cleared and coordinated with German authorities Days be fore. A Driver and no or officer manned each truck. The battalion s tracked vehicles along i with More than 700 soldiers and their footlockers had gone to the Man Euver area in 57 Railroad cars divided into two separate trains one leaving at 8 30 . The preceding night and the other four hours later. Travelling in Sleeper coaches the troops got to the Karsburg station Only five Miles from Hohenfels about eight hours after their departure Regan said. Then the men were trucked to their Barracks and the trucks unloaded and driven to their assigned parking spots at the training to the two foot High numbers written in Chalk on every truck Regan said every Convoy gets a control num Ber. That s ours 21-Usas-01. More than five trucks is considered a con Voy and every ammo truck has to have a control the time was 6 47 when Rega reached the first truck in the line. Evy engine was idling every headlights turned on. The starting Point was a five minute drive away Down a rutted mud f tank track to Highway 2271. That Mere we went. Down the Highway v/2 Miles was the it checkpoint the exit to the South found autobahn. Regan pulled in and a agog i it s 6 30 . It s 35 above. Mission Convoy to Hohenfels for three weeks of training. Moving out i ran a communications Check with the Convoy waiting Back at the Cavern to move out at 6 55."the March unit cos notify me when Ever they pass a checkpoint and i notify the division Headquarters in Wuerz Burg Regan said. The Day before the battalion co it. Col. William l. De vane _ also the Convoy commander told us the Convoy had been divided in to two March units and one Trail party which has tools parts and a wrecker to handle any breakdowns. It was 7 . And across the Waythe first Road guide of the 20 men who had been dropped off at strategic Points along the route an hour earlier got is photos by Ted Rohde ready to wave the Hohenfels bound con Voy off Highway 2271 and on the Auto called the March unit cos for a time Hack. Four minutes later the first truck came rumbling by its foot and a half Square Blue Marker Flag flapping inthe brisk morning air. The others in the continued on Page 12
