European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday january 30, 1969 ii crossing of Rhine mural i Soldier on Friedberg Germany special a Hun Garian born sergeant Wilh a passion for . Mili tary history and a hot paint Brush turned one Wall in the 1st in 36th inf a conference room into a world War n mural and Hopes to repeat the task As soon As he gets another Wall and new subject . . Laszlo Harvath of the battalion r and u Section took to the Brush and Canvas while still a youth in Hungary. I never had a formal lesson admits the sergeant i just did a lot of Reading and a lot of watching other people s tech aside from his mural of the 36th inf regt s1945 crossing of the Rhine River Harvath painted the battalion Crest and Battle honors Over entrances to the command building and company billets. In work that brought him the most Satis faction is the 25 x 9-toot Murat Motel Bali 180 hot frs went into the preparation and actual paint ing of the attack Harvath now an american citizen first sketched the scene on a 3 x 4-foot Sheet of paper. When i was finally satisfied with & i Penc Ledin an enlarged version on the Wall he said. The conference room which houses the Muralis unique in itself. In showcases and on its Walls Are original documents pictures aed souvenir comprising the 36th s museum. The worn Battle notes for the 2nd in 36th inf dated november 1944, Are Hung under Glass near one of the original regimental another Wall hangs the original unit Cita Tion which was awarded for action on the Sieg Fried line � mechanics Aren t artful sergeants. Sgt. Laszlo Harvath a spearhead artist checks his mural of the 36th inf regt s Rhine River crossing in 1945. The mural is in conference photo Ben Waters airmen teach . Firemen f4 Rescue Ben Waters England special a Small group of twin base non commissioned office Sis quietly and during off duty hours working on a program that May one Day save a Pilot s life. Sgt. Edward s. Tochterman,81st civil Engineer so has de Vised and implemented a series of classes for neighbouring British fire departments in f4c Emer gency procedures. The classes provide instruction on How to get pilots safely out of the Fly should one crash in the local area. The classes consist of a half hour slide presentation on f4c aircraft emergency procedure Sand a demonstration of the intricacies of the phantom s ejection seat. Assisting Tochterman with the classes is m. Sgt. Gradya. Massey of the Ben Waters Field detachment. M. Sgt. Tho Mas a Marr hauls the ejection seat Between the base and the class Sites and handles the As Sembly dismantling procedure for each class. Classes have so far been con ducted at Halesworth Leiston Lowestoft Beccles and great Yarmouth and requests fro Mother fire departments Are piling up. The classes demand a great Deal of extra work for the sergeants. Most of the sessions Are conducted at night with the lecturers supplying their own transportation. As Long As Massey is Willingto give the lectures i m willing to help with the classes Toch Terman said. Classes of this Type have Bee held before and in at least one Case proved valuable. To fix Washington is doctors assigned to the army s com Bat developments command cd Are working to see that other kinds of choppers beside the helicopter Are in shape so that the army is at its Best cd Agency commanded by col. in Dotson is conduct ing the first of a two part study at it. Sam Houston tex., to find be dental disease a Lofing Csc re inductees shows at Lett Stis Centre d in just seven Pyfer cent of the men. This seven percent furthermore can easily be Iso lated in rapid visual inspection of the lower front six Teeth the army could not account for the reasons for these results but pointed out that 80 percent of the men examined has lived in Only one Community All their lives heredity and dental care Are determining factors in tooth decay he studies using x rays comprehensive examinations of 40,000 inductees and the most modern data correlation techniques will be used for the second phase of the seen cd officials said the stud could trigger changes in the induction and for preparation for overseas replacement proce dures and resolve a great Man of the problems now Felt by troops overseas. Cd medic feel that this Small seven per cent could be identified and cared for appropriately by dental officers in Reserve units or at induction centers by municipal hospitals under contract by vet eran s hospitals or even by a National preventive dentistry pro Gram. Using such Means outside the Active army for treatment of inductees before they come into the service would release about 25 per cent of the regular army dental resources for More Exten Sive care of those already in the Wayfe id. Up electronic goggles that will enable soldiers to see their enemy in virtual darkness will be provided to the army under a con tract for almost $5 million announced by a division of International Telephone and Telegraph corp. The new device to be manufactured by the itt aerospace optical division under contract from the . Army electronics command differs from earlier versions since it does not re quire infrared Light to illuminate the target area. It operates in Stead on Low Levels of natural illumination. The itt announcement said the previously used infrared sources were undesirable be cause they could be detected by the enemy with special devices thus giving away the user s own position the new devices Are also lighter and much smaller than previous ones itt said. The new award will involve work in fort Wayne As Well As tit divisions at san Fernando,calif., and Roanoke a
