European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse April 1977 the stars and stripes Page 9 chopping away at the bugs Hans Zimmermann left examines a piece of bark which Tom evidence of the destruction wrought by the bark at John Ross Dot left and 4 Dwight both of service my my Field trim branches from a tree that was 18 go volunteers pitch in to Battle bark beetles Story and photos by George Obrien staff writer Germany sol Diers Here Are engaged in fighting the bark an insect that has destroyed almost Trees in the forests of the Vogels Borg mountains near eighteen All have been helping the foresters of the Scholten Forest District Battle the which Are attacking the Pine and fir Hans chief of admin Stra Tion for the Forest said that the dry summer of last year in creased the Beetle population by enabling them to have four rather than the Normal three generations of the he destroy the Trees when they Lay their eggs Between the bark of the tree and its then the larvae eat the inside of the killing the when the larvae grow into full sized beetles there Are two one about one centimetre Long which attacks the top of the tree and a about three Centi meters which attacks the Bottom por they Fly away to other Trees to Lay More perpetuating the Cycle of de Zimmermann said that to combat the bark the affected tree is Cut Down and the limbs he the bark is shaved from the trunk and along with the the trunk is then sold at a reduced Price because its dryness has reduced its the soldiers aiding the foresters Are from the 6th 9th Field the 3rd 79th Field and from those two units higher the 42nd Field arty All Are stationed in our principle duty out said Claude of c 3rd is to help Cut Down the trim the trunks and Burn the trimmings and who is from los is in charge of the soldiers while they Are in the forested Suttle said the soldiers were enjoying their work despite a cold wind and some rain and Melvin service 6th agreed with Suttle about morale and said that he was glad to be working with the germans on a project such As Ive been up in these mountains lots of times and never knew much about what the foresters said now i know much More about it As a result of working with the foresters and i feel closer to the German 4 Ricky Butler of the same and from said he thought working with the germans fostered More understanding Between americans and and he said the work was a Nice break from the Normal routine of a sol Diers half top inspector for the District of which is part of the Forest said he was glad to have the soldiers there to they arc extremely Good always cheerful and willing to do every thing we ask them to Lively career in army triggers Lively memories byed Reavis staff writer Frankfurt its at Jack Lively does his name credit because Jack is Jack is Lively credits his Allaround Well being to the kind of life Hes which includes so years of service with Uncle 29 years in the the rest As a that service will come to an unwelcome end by next year when he turns Lively is presently chief of paperwork army corps of Engi european i ran off to Kansas City to enlist in the marines after graduating from High school at but they found out How old 1 was and sent me Home was Oklahoma the marines were on the top floor of the the Navy on the second and the army on the ground i had tears in my eyes All the Way i finally enlisted when i was almost i was big for my age and they took me for had to Check my service records to Sec How old i was before i Lively served with the 1st inf regt in after Basic i went from re Cruit to regimental sergeant major in 13 years in the same it was animal drawn there was Only one truck on i had inherited the sergeant majors horse because he got so big and fat he get up on there was no such thing As fitness training then they could drink just As much Beer As they his horse was 17 hands crop eared and As mean As a lie tried to take a nip out of me Ever time i got near bit right through a Brand new pair o boots Jack vely old Days were simpler the next horse Lively had was a Polo Pony inherited from an the army bought horses for about As a matter of the men Drew More Money for their horses than for their Lively remembers the 100mile and said it was a Good soldiering outfit that he belonged he went through world War ii in the Pacific with them of the big Maneu vers in Louisiana and we never had any Money but we had a lot of base pay for a private was i Drew Over the de ducted for and 25 cents for the old soldiers pension a got plus corporals got plus sergeants got staff sergeants tech sergeant and first sergeant got the s12s plus they were All peacetime a Man made rank and kept it As Long As he worked at when he left a the rank remained in the men served three year Lively and he we never had Money enough to get into trouble trouble As you know it it was the years of the depression and Many joined to get he the army also had a Good athletic program that attracted Many Lively but he in Cheyenne you didst notice much about the Lively said things were a lot simpler in the old army discipline was we were so disciplined that it didst occur to us to question when a War we went because that what we were ultimately trained to do and expected to Lively went through the period of racial integration of the judging from where i it went real belonging to a minority myself in part Indian i thought it was a big step Lively and his wife Are Active members of the Community Church and avid Volks but he also attributes his Excel Lent health to the Indian part of his 1 killed in f104 crashes Italy a two f104 Star fighters of the Royal dutch air Force crashed against a High Peak the crispinian in the Southern Appe nines and one of the pilots was police police said they found the body of the dead Pilot while Rescue parties were searching for the wreckage of the second
