European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Photos Lor sets by prank Polster August mane vering a 175mm self propelled howitzer to its parking by Dan Synovec Nurnberg Bureau chief the guns of August have shattered us tranquil Ity at you can hear the artillery speak its own Lan the crash and Thunder of a variety of Artil Lery pieces set off in the distance and then hear the eerie rustic from each Shell As it speeds unseen across the gun Nuil Gray a booming crunch vibrates through the Cool air As the rounds slam into the undulating land scape that is pockmarked with old filled with old the guns have their Peculiar sounds some shells whine in flight Othre sound like a freight and still otters make a slight what arc you doing Here the husky cd artillerymen his tinned face peeking out from under toe sled Onwu writes atom i just grinned and he was special and didst artillery projectile weighs 147 know the cloth a a Vii Carpi had invited me to watch the men of the 2nd 28th arty train at the sprawling Center has become a Home away ram Home for Manigl sperring in cramped inside Bev Mammoth 175mm self propelled howitzers hat seem to always be filled with an endless variety of Olive drab paraphernalia of the gis of Bury 2nd Smi mane Vered their big guns along the Dusty Lank trails and then into firing positions in the Hilly country in the Southwest Comer of guided by gis wearing steel buy Trou webbed combat gear and carrying m18 the four guns of the Battery moved into their prearranged formation like pieces of a Puzzle Drifting u looks in five minutes the Long guns that fire a 147 Pound round nearly 20 my la were ready to they work Damn the 30year old Battery explained during an interview in the mud choked motor Pool at Camp and working in the mud and rain makes everything we a that much More its not All said a native of Page the stars and stripes Augu