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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, August 29, 1968

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Women Bow to soviet girls Tim 5taks and set fits thur toy 29, 1968 4t it . Cd take world cd by de Freak my staff write Frankfurt is the . Parachute team flew Toiv wednesday after taking first place in the men s and seconding the women s division of the world championships at g r a a  men s team topped rus Sia by a close 2.5 Points an the women finished behind the soviet team in the ninth world parachuting championship meet. The 10 team members left Here after spending tuesday As guests of the seventh army Para Chute team in bad Kreuz Nach  than 150 jumpers from 32 nations took part in the meet which began aug. 9.martha Huddleston. 29. Took second place Over All for women. The medical research technician from Texas finished second inthe figure jumping contest f o r Kerls _ behind Russia s Tatyana Voynova and High in the accuracy  Zurcher. A 23-year-old from Oregon finished third in the figure  poems took second place in the style contest. The 24-year-old wife of an aerospace Engineer in Texas said she was thrilled with her . Bill 1-Ockward, 25, of the army Parachute team the Golden knights was tops among the american men with eighth place  meet consisted of three competitions accuracy style and team jumps. The jumps were made from 3,200 feet for the accuracy and team events and Ion ship from 6,600 feet f m a event. Rhe championships Jip every other year the us Linnet participate m me Berz the meet was held m Kast Ermany. In 19ii-l. In. W Umi Ujj first place and inc men third the team will be disbanded when it returns to inc states until the  for in. 1970 Tea Mare held. Happy Lan Ding jury checks David Sauve who s just made a dead Center Landing in the world parachuting championships at Graz Austria. At right the . Team that finished first men and second at the meet. The women from left Karem Roach Marth Huddleston Barbara Roquemore Susan Joerns and Ann Zurcher. The Tea s squad from left iary in als bin Lockward Sauve. Jimmy Davis and Clayton shoe pull. A Pool to suit. Mai. Washington is Twenty eight years and a dozen decorations after entering the army George w. Dunaway has become its second sergeant  soft spoken Virginia native replaces sgt. Maj. William o. Wooldridge who is returning to  was sworn in As the army s top top kick this week by army chief of staff Gen. William c. Westmoreland in a ceremony at the  s appointment cling axes Al most 28 years of Active service which saw him decorated three times by foreign governments and More than a dozen times by his own country. Attending the Pentagon ceremony were his wife Mary three of their children one son is stationed in Korea his Mother a former commander of his Spe Cial forces outfit and a few close  said Westmoreland has asked for his help in keeping the chief of staff advised of the problems of enlisted men and women and has offered him an open invitation to accompany the army chief on All official trips to the  Wooldridge did in the past Dunaway said he would also be making trips on his  am going to be asking cos what i can do for the enlisted men in the Lowe grades Dunaway said. After All i speak for them. Therefore i need their support Dunaway served in Europe with the 517th Parachute infantry in 1045 and late with the 82nd airborne division s 505th Parachute infantry regiment and the 187th regimental combat  1961, Dunaway was assigned to the 1st special forces group on Okinawa. Heater moved to Vietnam with the 5th Spe Cial forces group where he remained until june 1967. He returned to the ., joined the 101st airborne division no airmobile and two months later was bound for Vietnam again. As command sergeant major of the101st, Dunaway took part in several air assaults in the i corps area including Thea Shau Valley and Hue. Reflecting on what he saw there Dunaway commended the High morale and fighting spirit of the celebrated screaming  s inspirational to see them he said moving out. Digging in moving out digging in swatting insects but always _ it Cal " t working always  new textbook has the word on swimming Washington syrian mod Ern Man was pretty Mudi of a aquatic drop but until a Kin finally of him moving. The effective use u a t Ujj Viet notes now on Sale Al benn1ng, a. Special tiie second edition of combat notes from Vietnam a collection of personal stories about the War has been published by in Fantry Magazine. The Booklet which is available for $1.25 from infantry Magazine it. Denning ga., 31905, is part of a continuing series of publications designed to present first hand accounts of americans at War in Viet num. I Safe nominates three for of chaplain awards Wiesbaden special Safe this week named three officers for 1968 air Force Chap lain . Hansom b. Woods jr., former installation chaplain ath Amstein air base. Germany was nominated for the Robert  award presented to the individual who supervises the most Complete and effective base chaplain  nominee maj. John f Shea Safe s outstanding Young chaplain of the year will compete for the Charles i. Carpenter award. He is station Dat incur lick Turkey. Contending for the Terence  award is maj. William g. Boggs also assigned to Ham Stein. This award is earmarked for the chaplain who has made the most significant contribution in the area of ministry to single  three were among 25 Usak chaplains nominated by commanders for the 1968  interest on the part of commanders says col. John Fellows Safe chaplain reflects their keen awareness of and concern for the spirit us climate of their commands. Cheyree Ogul cd the vital control Buthot their chaplains function make to the  of the awards Wil be made in october during the command chaplains conference in Washington do. Peed swimming or i. This Milestone ". Aqius c aulsion comes to let m published Swinn Nink and safety textbook. A and students in Hemine courses. 1and teaching Etsu is. � through met in in  chapters for replaces a divin Anthe new Book ills a not until the 20lh , motion of the counted by u j  
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