European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Al june 25,1968 the stars and stripes Page f ies 7oo, is a Lucky drop ins invited number for families 440th signal by Ray Wrights a Ramstein Bureau chief or Slauter Germany skydivers from the 8th ii Mannheim will / drop the 440th signal in s 26th ration Day festivities at an Kimbro mesday. Field Here is scheduled for Moonich decorations Are to be item to a number of 44qth.nel. The 17th air Force will provide music for the lunch and afternoon i Barbecue will follow and on Agenda Are track events of War games and jeep ride dependents and youngsters the Alt Leininger Chil i s Home. Col. Joe t. Knox Corn ids the 440th, which was first rated on March 25, 1942, and tie of six signal battalions in seventh army Communia come acc under com 3 of col. John h. Morrison a 25th signal in the Only construction unit in Sev army and the 69th signal Phot which operates the orial Center of Usa eur under the 440th s adminis live control making it one of largest. He 440th was activated at Gei i Field Spokane Washington. In gated As a signal heavy traction battalion it was Al immediately shipped off to italia where it installed sup communications lines along northeastern coast of thai try. At that time the coast was a jumping off. Point Formant units. The battalion moved to Newt Inea and then followed the northward movement to Japan t was awarded the philippine presidential citation As Well another citations for its wartime service. During the korean War the battalion received the presiden tial distinguished unit citations Well As the air Force out standing unit award one of 15organizations to receive this air Force award but the Only signal unit to get it. After deactivation May 16,1956,the unit was reactivated oct. 1, 1961, and came to Germany where it is assigned to the 505th dual honors tied for honors As the709,960th visitors to the armed forces recreation centers at Garmisch and Berchtesgaden were the families of platoon sgt. Jimmy were u is assigned 10 me Shioui Davidson above and set 1c Jesse Meekin signal group and has its head Nav Iago sgt. . Jesse Raee below. The Davidson party consisted of fro left mrs. Davidson Jimmy jr., Davidson mrs. Davidson s sister holding 2-Yeai-Oldpamela and s. Sgt. Lester Bertram. The families were treated to a free evening. Quarters at Kleber Cavern we Bruecken Germany special col. John t. Peter son has assumed duties a Deputy chief of the . Army Supply and maintenance Agency Here. Ramstein Germany Spe Cial Ramstein air base s runway will be closed for modification and repair from mid july through mid septem Ber. Plans Are being made to conduct Ramstein flight operations at Sembach air base during the closure period. Hanau Germany special spec. 5 Jaul j. Zabkowicz of the 2nd support come s 621stgeneral Supply co Here has been named Driver of the Quarter by his unit. Operation heartbeat is a Success Cenza Italy special ration heartbeat has come Happy ending with the re to his Home of Luigino Rizziero. The 16-year-old Itali boy who has suffered since h with a tetralogy of thet underwent five hours of at the methodist hos in in Houston Tex. 16 flight to and from hous and accommodations for Ino s father Ennio were fied by donations from setae itary and civilian personnel contributed More than Ioco to the payday fund drive. T thank god and the Ameri is were Luigino s words As stepped from the plane Ililau. The surgery conducted by specialist or. Michael de has been deemed by Hospital author lies. According to Luigino Spither the boy will not be Able p engage in sports but Williner Wise Lead a Normal life. To command sgt. Maj. James a entry who assisted in collect g the operation heartbeat do atoms visited Luigino in his ome the Day after his return accompanied by or. Felice Maem of the Community relations Aiice. A Anub half of everyone Insaf Gentry said i want you How Happy we Are i your operation was so Suc Ful and we All wish you the of health and Good Luck in Pakey Garmisch Germany Spe Cial a free evening on the town awaited the party who marked the 700,000th guest night at the armed forces recreation enter a fiscal year record since the military recreation facilities were established in 1945. It seemed like any other thursday afternoon As people checked in to billeting offices atthe Garmisch and Berchtesgaden recreation behind the scenes things were anything but Normal. Secretary held the Telephone receiver to her ear As she listened to the conversation that filled the tiny office. Maj. Michael Cic Carelli Garmisch recreation area assistant director reviewed the procedure to be followed when the special guest or guest arrived if they arrived in Garm Secretary perked up. Berchtesgaden just checked three More people she in erupted. That brings the total of overnight stays to 699,994." minutes later at 2 19, the lob. 1 j _ o professor Sergio Dalla Volta Friendly hand Luigino Rizziero right returns to his cardiologist at the univer Home near Venice after his trip. Greeting the 16-year-old youth of Padova will keep the Are sgt. Maj. James d. Gentry father Oscar Barbini and his under observation dad who travelled with him Enzlo Rizziero. Army photo both families would be treated to a free arc evening. In Berchtesgaden sgt. Meekins his wife Oteria and three children Jesse jr.,17, Chester 11, and Valerie 9, were presented Flowers and ush ered to their luxury suite at the general Walker hotel by Orlowski jr., Berchtesgaden area assistant director and Heinrich Irlinger accommodations Don t believe it. I just Don t believe it. Nothing like this has Ever happened to me said Meekins of the 1st maintenance in Usa eur augmentation readiness in Garmisch Pla Toon sgt. Jimmy Davidson assaying i be just spent the past 90 Days on Maneu vers. I guess deserve a Little Davidson from co a 2nd ,32nd Armor was with his wife Mary and their two children Jimmy jr., 9, and Pamela 2, and mrs. Davidson s sister an brother in Law s. Sgt. Lester c. Bertram he 10th air defense Bies of both accommodation of group. They were All escort dices were flooded with Light rom flashbulbs. The big sur prise was doubled As guests registered simultaneously i Berchtesgaden and Garmisch. To the Sheridan Plaza night arc paid for everything rooms food Cham pagne entertainment babysit ters to express it s appreciation. Audience rates arts in Spain Torre Jon Spain special results of a recent listener analysis Survey conducted by thespian Morocco radio network indicated that its listening Audi ence desires longer broadcast hours and More music. The management analysis ranch of the 401st combat sup port group released a detailed and comprehensive report on the Survey conducted last month att9rrejon, Zaragoza and Moron air bases. According to station officials the Survey was conducted to re evaluate armed forces radio and television service arts programming for Spain and to assure that listener interest and service is considered in future programming. A total of 305 military an civilian personnel and dependents completed the quiz. All personnel sampled were chosen at random by a computer system. Eighty seven per cent of those sampled owned f. M. Radios. Fourteen per cent indicated that in their majority of personnel surveyed listen to arts More than four hours each Day 51 per cent on week Days and 67per cent on weekends. Survey results also indicated that listen ing time during both weekdays and weekends is primarily be tween 5 . And 10 . When queried on what pro Grams they considered most important to them and their fam Ilies 39 per cent chose news programs. Music was second at33 per cent and current events rated nine per cent. The order of selection was the same for officers airmen and civilians. The Survey indicated that offi cers preferred to hear More news while airmen and civilian requested More music. More popular music was asked for Byall groups quizzed. The country Corner program rated second As the most popular radio program. Other favorit programs included newscast. Top pops John pore mus Inci Sofii a Iii j duct they had f. M. Radios installed by Carson and just
