European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Of division supports All customers the stars and stripes Page 7 High Wycombe England social Brig. Gen. Hash e. My in his first six months an sure b Airlift manager and slander of the 322nd air div Mac has spent that time re Ineram his Airlift service for Slatary customers throughout so the Middle Bast and Afriat lately the emphasis has focused on Airlift for army air Force joint operations. At 322nd has Here wild recently hosted col. John f. Sadler commander of the 1st brigade,8th inf div who flew in from bad Kreuz Nach Germany for Arcand of talks and briefings on operation pro joint program for enhancing joint operations capability. Began in 1966 involvement in pro joint for thej22nd started in 1966. When us afe first requested that the pro Gram be initiated to modernize and improve Airlift support of and cooperation with ground exercises dropping seventh army troops and combat equipment for practice have been frequent since March 1966.similar support of British forces has been operational since Spring of last year. Sadler described the support Given his organization by the 322nd As he noted hat the Airdrop of his Para troops were operated tightly and precisely performed in addition to the322nd s far Flung daily Airlift added through centralized control of Airlift we can service our Many customers in this theater such As the . Further for nato we demonstrate a combined Safe Mac mobility through combat Airlift training programs the likes of operation and he has pm capt s Hobby deserves a medal by Bob Hoyer is . Bureau Cal Falconbury England is during the nazi reign in Germany medals were Given out freely to those Loyal subjects who supported the party and its ruling chief Adolf Hitler. Both military and civilian heroes we redecorated by the third Reich Between 1933 and the end of the War in 1945.when the allies stormed into Germany thousands of medals were found Many of them in mint condition. Considered worthless at the time Man of these medals were thrown out with the trash. But since then they have become of increasing interest to collectors the world those absorbed in this Hobby is . Air Force capt. Gayle w. Dinsmore. Just 4 years old at the time of nazi Ger Many s defeat Dinsmore began collecting medals in 1960. Since his assignment to the10th transportation so at Alconbury eng land in 1965, he has made important additions to his collection. A number of medals were Purchase from antique dealers along London s Porto Bello Road. It s the nazi period i m mainly concerned with. I be got a number of medals in mint condition and have some unusual medals Dinsmore said. Examining his collection at his Home inst. Ives 10 Miles North of Alconbury dins More pointed to an order of blood medal Given to participants of the Munich Beer Hall Putsch and to a mint condition medal that was to have been Given to German an italian troops after the Conquest of the sue canal. Needless to report this medal was never issued. The Dinsmore collection includes Spanish crosses in Bronze Silver and Gold Given to the Condor legion the German troops who participated in the Spanish civil War and helped general Franco defeat the loyalists and a Knight s Cross valued at $75. The prices of medals Are going up Malthe time. An american collector recently paid 120,000 for a collection from a German Diplomat Dinsmore said. The Captain also collects German graduate of the University of Kentucky with a degree in history he has put to Gether a Small Library on lugers swords and medals. Medals medals everywhere capt. Gayle w. Dinsmore displays part of his medal collection. Is photo Schuettler around the bases 4 firemen it is i life to save tank Nuernberg Germany Spe Cial tic personal courage of four Gorman firemen in the Hohenfels training area has saved the . Army 125,000.the firemen Karl Spandl Peter Boehm Georg Urban Ger and Joseph Zimmermann risked heir lives to keep an m60 Tan from being destroyed by fire. The four men members of the raining area fire station had just reported for work on the night shift when the Telephone rang and a voice on the other of the receiver said a is on fire on Range 7."ino firemen reacted immediately and seconds later the re Moa fire engine with Boehm Wen ind the wheel wait in Soutelo the scene when it arrived fit a Range in View Natl steady evacuated the burning extinguish a burning tank maily la ? 1 a difficult task a Spandl the Crew chief. However we Learned that the an red a Lotter of minutes the to take a Chance and attack the fire with c02. The fire was extinguished with out an explosion and the tank was saved. The four men risked their lives since they had no knowledge As to How Long the tank had been burning and be cause the ammunition could have exploded at any moment. The army showed its gratitude by presenting each of the fire men a $100 Check for their out standing performance. Wiesbaden special the american theater Here will hold tryouts for the comedy period of adjustment at 2 . Saturday and sunday i room 205 of the american Community Center Paulinen Strasse 7. Darmstadt g e r m a n y special four v corps arty units have been presented top gun awards by Brig. Gen. James l. Collins jr.,corps co at an awards ban Quet at the Rainbow no club Here. The plaque for the top175mm gun Section went to the 3rd Section 2nd in 5th arty that for the Best honest John unit to the 2nd launcher Sec Tion 1st in s2nd arty that for the Best 8-Inch howitzer Section to the 1st Section Btry a 2nd in. 82nd arty and that for the Best sergeant missile unit to Btry a 3rd in 80th arty. Heidelberg special the organization meeting of the hawaiian club of Heidel Berg will be held at 7 . Friday at the Nursery of Pat Rick Henry Village s Aya Headquarters. Officers will be elected the Constitution will be voted on and activities will be d i a cussed at the meeting. The purpose of the club is to further understanding of hawaiian customs. Frankfurt special the second annual German american Volk fest will open at 7 . July 31 at the wac Circle of the main pm commissary parking lot. Highlighting the seven Day fair will be a carnival with rides games and such ext Rasas a Parachute drop for Young sters and a baseball in the previous year Thore lube a youth activities tent with continuous Rock n Roll music and dancing for German and american teen agers. The event again will cosponsored by the Frankfurt Aya. Proceeds from t h carnival will be used to help support Tho move than 20 Dif Ferent year around activities of the Aya said col. Paul n. Horton Deputy v corps chief of staff and president of the Frankfurt Aya Board of directors. Wuerzburg g e r m a n y special Marne division j comes to. Maj. Villard has welcomed his re placement come sol. Maj Lawrence e. Kennedy Here. Kennedy was transferred Here from it. Benning. Ga., where he has been the to noncommissioned officer of the infantry school since Jan uary 1967. Hunter who began his Mili tary career in february 1943, will become the command ser Geant major of the 1st Armor div at it. Hood. Tex. 1ianau, Germany special a German teen Ager w a s made Happy by two members of v corps 350th aviation co. Ulrica Mueller of Frank Furt had has $100 Remote con trolled Model air plane re turned. Ulrich lost his plane while flying it near when the Craft was caught inthe Tyd and drifted away. Ulrich and his father searched for about 10 hours before giving Bov then wrote to the commander of the h a n a army Airfield it. Col. Pat Rick n. Delavan. Co of the18th aviation in. Requesting Aid. Delavan alerted his pilots to watch for the Model whenever they were on train ing missions. Wos Carl Garrett and Ray mond Kerns of the 350th were on a routine training Mission in their helicopter when they spotted the Model near m i to teb Uchen about. 4 Miles from Ulrich received h i s plane from Garrett and Kerns he said that he had not expected to see it in such goo shape. Bal Mii older German y special after months of inspections untold thousands of requisitions for parts and Long hours in the motor Pool the 1st so 3rd army Cav has completed pre positioning More than 250 vehicles in connection with redeployment Toft. Lewis Wash. The Squadron recently re turned Here after a week at the pre to site installing thelast of the parts. In addition to the vehicles tons of non mechanical equipment were dipped in preservative packed at Home station and trans ported to the pre to Are for unloading and storage
