European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse So furday january 18, 1969 Taro vehicles move rapidly for reformer by Amis Nixon staff writer Karlsruhe Germany is convoys of 24th inf div vehicles depart reformer i facilities about48 hours after the men have landed at Rhein main a according to a spokesman Here. Every train has departed ahead of schedule said capt Roger Thomas Deputy co of the area Assembly control group. The Macg which is responsible for billeting feeding and moving the Taro men of the 24th an their vehicles out of pre position equipment Sites has encountered no major problems we moved 85 wheeled and 87tracked vehicles of the 2nd in 70th armoured in one morning said maj. William Pugh co 3rd maintenance in. Tanks loaded at the same time we were rail loading 62 tanks issuing an other battalion equipment so it could move the next Day per forming maintenance on All vehicles and have responsibility for recovery of any breakdowns within 25 Miles so that we can repair or replace vehicles and equipment which break Down on the Highway he continued. Wheeled vehicles moved out on their Way to the autobahn while tanks and other tracked vehicle lined up to move into Neureul Cavern for loading onto rail the German police that we have to move out. The Drivers can not take much More of those fumes Pugh said to Liaison Man As he pointed to the Clouds of dark smoke rolling out of the 54 m60 tanks lined up in close police cleared the Way and the Long column of tank moved onto the Road and through the Small Village of Neureul filling the narrow streets. Speak ers mounted on the German police cars warned residents to close their windows and doors. Ignored fumes housewives opened their windows and looked Down on the roaring column of tanks instead ignoring the fumes and 300 men of the 3rd maintenance in prepared about 1,400wheeled and 900 tracked vehicles during a period of six weeks freight battalions two brigade Headquarters and one Divisio Headquarters according to Pugh. Space and Drivers were two critical factors which had to be taken into consideration for Sucha Gigantic task. It is our Job to move the 24thdiv in an orderly fashion. This we have done so far said Thomas. The training demonstrated by the to roman has helped Hanau sgt. Maj. Pursues education Hanau Germany Steed a 25-year Teran who has never attended an a my school has completed 107 Extension courses in 10 years and is presently enrolled in the most challenging of his . Maj. Roy g. Cochran of the 2nd support brigade s serv ices division says he is Halfway through the army command an general staff College s Field Grade officer s Extension course after working at it less than a year and expects to Complete i by january 1870, majors Are normally require to take this course before they Are eligible for the lieutenant colonel list. The it. Leavenworth army staff College allows seven years for completion. The stars and stripes Page 7 want a 26-Pound suit Knight s Armor All in a Day s work David mint torn wuer2burgy Germany Spe Cial Heinz Schneider As the implies tailors custom made suits to the exacting specifications of a style conscious clientele. Schneider s suits Are at Leas three centuries out of fashion and decidedly restricting for the wearer. But you can t beat them for durability and a Bikini Clad Raquel Welch would t draw As much attention As a Man dressed in Schneider s distinctive his Kitchen workshop in Heidingsfeld a suburb of Wuerz Burg Schneider cuts shapes and connects the Sheet Metal replicas of medieval suits of Armor. He is one of Germany s few practitioners of a Craft which flourished from 1400-1600. A self taught armorer Schneider can turn out a Complete suit of Armor in 10 to 14 Days. The suits weigh about 26 pounds just half As heavy As the ouster s uniform in the Days of Yore. An the contemporary Model is considerably cheaper than the dm100,000 you would pay for the genuine article. For do 1,000 you can own Schneider s Economy Model. If you want a few extras such a ornamental designs in Leaf Gold and flexible gloves you May Payas much As do 5,000. Schneider also Sells helmet for do 150 to do 300, depend ing upon the amount of design tops Heinz Schneider one of Germany s few builders of Armor suits affixes helmet. First combat group of reformer i troops due in Germany monday by de Freakley staff writer Nuernberg Germany is the first of 5,000 reformer i combat soldiers of the24th inf div will return to Ger Many Early monday by military Airlift come aircraft. The first plane Load returning he main body of the 24th which rotated Back to the states Las summer will touch Down at the Nuernberg municipal Airport bout 9 . Beginning at 1 p.m., c141 Star afters will begin Landing about very half hour. The planes will ont Mue Landing until tuesday to be on hand to Welcome the troops Are m. Estes jr., Mac com Mander it. Gen. Donald , vhf corps commander a. Gen. K. W. Thilo com Mander of the ii German corps and maj. In. James , Usa eur and seventh army troops arriving Here Are being flown from Forbes fab an., near their stateside dual base. It. Landing they will head or their test firing and Manev or site at the graft Woehr trailing area. There on Jan. 19, they will begin operation Carbide ice with 96 f4 phantoms of the air Force flying dual based phantoms re turned to Germany this week i crested Cap i. A total of 12,000 soldiers and3,500 airmen will have been flown to Europe in reformer 1and crested cup i. Since the actual Airlift began Jan. 5, More than 5,000 army troops and 650 tons of cargo were flown across the Atlantic As of thursday. In addition to these and the 5,000 coming into Nuernberg another 2,000 support troops will arrive. C141s and c133 cargo aftershave been Landing at Rhein main air base offloading troops an cargo and returning to the . For another planes have been depart ing primarily from Forbes an stopping at Mcguire fab n.j., Aviano sergeants cited Aviano Italy special two15th communications so cos have been cited for their duty performance. A sgt James r. Shuman operations Coic an sgt. James a Whittaker sys tems control technician we represented aerospace defense come certificates of recognition. Fab del., before3,500-mile flight of and Dover making the during the Early phases of re j forger i 108 Star lifters and car go masters airlifted Advance party men and maximum Effort will be the combat troop lift along wit another 113 tons of cargo. The combat elements will linkup with the Advance men which will have equipment drawn from re positioned storage areas near Mannheim. Karlsruhe and Kaiserslautern. The Mac planes have also air lifted the airmen and equipment of the tactical air come to tier Many for crested Cap i. The air Force exercise is Cen tired around three tactical fighter squadrons from Hollo Manab n.m., and one tactical reconnaissance Squadron fro Mountain Home fab Idaho. Mac is flying 96 missions to transport the air Force men and equipment reformer 1 and crested Cap i comprise the largest transatlantic military Airlift since 1963. Big lift in 1863 involved the airlifting by propeller driven planes of the entire 15,006-man2nd army div from Texas to Europe in 63 hours and 20 minutes. Work but even that Price is considerably below the do 1,000 you could expect to pay for a genuine helmet. How did he come by this unusual calling As Schneider explained when i was a child my family lived in the same House As an antique dealer in Wuerz Burg. I saw pieces of Armor in the shop and made up my min someday to own in the following years he underwent a sort of handicraft apprenticeship. He carved wooden masks in his spare time and sold the curios to the antique dealer he had known As a child. In 1964, after studying museum pieces Schneider decided to build his own suit of Armor. A clerk with a Wuerzburg trucking firm he spent evening hours and week ends cutting shaping and solder ing the pieces together. The first suit took him about a month to construct and it was Good enough to sell to his antique dealer Friend for a Large , working full time Schneider needs less than two weeks to build a suit. Sheet met Al for a Complete set of armo costs about do 75, and the tools required Are not More complicated than shears a Drill an Vil and Hammer pliers and soldering Iron. Automobile scrap Metal pro Vides an essential component for the helmets. The Headlamp cavity from Volkswagen fenders forms the ready made Crown of the head guard. To give the suits an aged look Schneider rubs the surface with grease or Oil and lights dulling the finish. Then he toughens the surface with Sand paper. 50 suit what s the demand for Armor suit replicas today according to Manfred Giehl. Who became Schneider s business manage last april we can hardly keep up with the 1964 Schneider has built and sold 50 Complete suits of Armor and 30 helmets. Most of the sales Are through wholesalers i Cologne Hamburg Munich and Regensburg. The Armor suit replicas adorn Castle and club houses in All parts of Germany. Handy Schneider puts a a hug touches to Gauntlet
