European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes germans present Knight of Road award to no by Steve Gibson staff writer of Heilbronn Heilbronn Germany is an american Soldier was one of four men named Knight of the Road Here Friday by a 15 member boar Community Lead . Sgt. Eugene e. Mason 3rdbn, 84th arty received the German Honor which was presented by the mayor of Heil Bronn or. Hans Hoffmann for his humane act following a Mason motorcycle car Accident which occurred outside Heilbronn in Knight of the Road award was established by Germany minister of traffic to give Public recognition to individuals who show unusual Highway Courtesy to disabled administered first Aid to Michael s t a m m 1 e a 18,, Germany after Stammler was injured when the motorcycle he was Riding collided with a car. I was on my Way Home when saw a group of people stand ing around an injured teen Safe clerk cited Wiesbaden special i. Webster inspection re ports clerk in the Safe in Spector general s office was awarded a pin and certificate for30 years of service with the . Government. Ager explained Mason. Stopped my car and gave the boy first Aid. When i saw hews going into Shock i calmed him Down. After the ambulance came i went on my Werner Thunert City editor of Heilbronner Stimme and a Mem Ber of the selection committee tells the Story differently Mason used his own Blanket to cover the injured Man then using compress Bandage he slowed Down the flow of blood from the seriously injured Man s Arm. When he saw Stammler was about to go into Shock Thunert continued Mason immediately administered Aid to prevent even took off his own jacket to cover the bleeding gentlemanly deed Thunert who called this one of the most gentlemanly deeds which has come to the commit tee s attention during the last few years also said Mason remained with Stammler until the ambulance arrived 45 minutes left the scene before anyone got his name. He was traced through his Auto License number and was nominated forthe award by germans who witnessed his Good is the second american Soldier in the North Wuerttemberg District area to receive the award in the last three years Hoffmann col James l. Bal lard jr., commander of Nort Wuerttemberg District it. Col Max g. Horton 3rd in co Anc mrs. Eugene e. Mason attended the ceremony which was held i the Werner Barracks no club grooviest beat turns on 2,000 Sweet Victory Kaiserslautern s the unaccounted for Are All accounted for Here after winning the Stuttgart beat band festival. By de Freakley staff writer Stuttgart Germany is fourteen groovy beat bands turned on More than 2,000teeny-boppers in the first annual european wide beat band festival held Here. The contest held at Killenberg Park featured13 bands from Germany and one from Belgium. All of the groups were sponsored by american youth activities Aya. The Robinson Barracks Aya Here originated and organized the contest which was won by the unaccounted for from Kaiserslautern. Members of the winning band include Mike my Rae 19, on Lead guitar Chuck Mcrae 15, rhythm guitar Ken Fleming 16, Bass guitar and Organ and Steve Wolkonowski 15, second place band was the Motley Crew from Karlsruhe. Third place went to the spirits of soul from Stuttgart. The band members Are from left Ken Btl ing Mike Mcrae Chuck Mcrae and Sttne Wolkonowski. Is photo by red grail i. Other bands competing in the seven hour Ottest attended by teen agers from throughout Tel Many included a Beautiful Day Heidelberg extra special people Rhein main fridays child Ansbach the lonely ones Karls mad confusion Schweinfurt. I also the orphans Ramstein the poor mail children Hanau the rising tide Mannheim spectrum Aschaffenbur Talisman Suhwail Gemuend and the diabolic Belgium. Ithe first three bands received Cash prizes Al were invited to play for five Days at the Volk unaccounted for also were asked to Pajl As a special band at a German band Battle u Heidenheim and take part in a special Shor the second German television network j five judges All with extensive musical baft grounds graded the bands on voice and rail Rel ment control style showmanship dynamics am rhythm. Safe sgt. Major believes m fair by John Reese staff writer Wiesbaden is any one passing pm. Sgt. Everett f. Voss on the Street probably would t take him for Safe s top average height and build with close cropped rust col Redhair the 47-year-old noncom is the Safe sergeant major. Afew minutes conversation quickly establishes Why he was picked Foi the Job a Little More thana month ago. Voss has a remarkably Clear and direct Way of expressing himself and he talks knowledge ably on a wide Range of subjects connected with Safe. He Isgen. Maurice a. Preston s chief enlisted adviser especially on airmen s affairs and is also the administrative supervisor of the command Section. Preston is the commander in chief. Voss now twice a Grandfather was inducted into the army in his native Chicago in 1944. Hav ing a civilian Pilot s License he seemed a natural for air corp Pilot training. But the Breaks went against him when he was found to have one or two minor but disqualifying physical defects. However those Little faults have not prevented him from turning in 24 years of valued Winter of 1945 found Voss assigned As a b29 gunner on Guam. His stay there was Short and he moved on to Karachi then in India where he stayed until the end of the War. At the outbreak of the Korea War in 1950, Voss was first ser Geant of the 40th fighter so i Japan. The unit was moved on Short notice to Pahang Dong Korea. They All laughed he re called when i packed up All the hard rations carbines an ammo i could get my hands on. But they were mighty glad Mohave that stuff before we finally got out of the North koreans overan the Airfield Early in september and the 40th literally had to fight it Sway out. The infantry which had been securing the Field disappeared and Voss put his airmen into Foxholes and trenches wit their Small arms to hold off the communists. Automatic weapons fire was cutting up the Field when the last member of the Squadron scrambled aboard a waiting c47 to be flown Back to Japan. Voss was the last Man to Board the plane. Then As though things had no been bad enough the plane ran into a typhoon on the flight to Japan. Nobody would have taken any fat bets that they would make it to Suiki air base. But make it they did and Vos was awarded the Bronze Star medal for his part in organizing the defense and evacuation. After a number of routine tour sin the states the azores Japan and Guam Voss turned up injure 1965 at Tan son Nhut South Vietnam where he soon became the no in charge of combat operations and sergeant major of 7th air Force. Setting on Voss s desk at Lind sey air station is the Tail Fin Assembly of an enemy mortar round which he kept As a Souve Nir of several shellings. How Ever this time he chuckled there were enough air policemen to secure the Field and Voss was not required to fight infantry fashion from a foxhole. Voss left Vietnam in 1966,dropped off in the states for a Short leave picked up mrs. Rossand arrived in Wiesbaden in a gust. Prior to getting the top pm. Sgt. Everett of Voss airman s Job Voss worked in theoffice of the inspector general. Voss whose Only son Robert 24, is in the Navy believes Al Young american men should have a few years of service under their believes that the discipline Young men learn in service will stand by them All the rest of their lives in service or i always advise Young air men he continued to get As far ahead As they can and note satisfied with where they Are. The air Force Lias wonderful opportunities for furthering a Man s education. Every airman should take advantage of what is Voss himself has completed three years of work toward his Bachelor s degree in plans to take a resident year at an american University to Complete his work for the de Gree when he retires. He is not now certain when that May be. A roman Catholic Voss at tends Church regularly and has on other Tours spent considerable off duty time giving religious instruction to children. He is a fourth degree Knight of Colum bus. Voss has two married Daugh ters Sharon and Katherine Liv ing in the states due to some strange quirk of the air Force classification sys tem Voss who was a tool Anddie maker in civilian life Nas never been assigned to a Posi calling for his skills in service. However maintains two personal cars takes pleasure in working m them in his spare time. Commenting briefly on Sass nation of sen Hajj Sass Maura m Kennedy Voss said a of shocked and surged some. The was things a Ujjin the United states today a pet these things. And Fly continue until the county a Back to discipline and Ujj situation in the states Tow stubbing out his second during the interview .jijsssssdjs3i&." Lia Ess 3pfine� go discipline mostly on a fair Deal for a men who have serve Voss know he Means just Post in Early july Heidelberg Brig. Gen. It july will become com v of manding get of usab0port in Early Juv. U. T and seventh has com tsp 1since last a commanded brigades. He
