European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 15, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 27 secret to a ration dining divulged by Dan Synovec staff writer Wullen Germany is it s hard for a Layman to understand the Fine Points of eating a rations in the Field. Soldiers from the 4th inf div s 6th in 32nd Armor deployed along a train track in the reformer 77 exercise Carbon Edge explained that there s an infinite variety of things soldiers can do to a rations to give them a Mouth watering taste. The shivering soldiers members of the battalion s combat support co scout platoon stood grouped around their my 13 personnel carriers exaggerating their various claims to Fame for having the Best a ration recipe. We be been living on a rations said plat. Sgt. Ronald g. Schnurr 38. These men will put anything they can into them hot sauce peppers onions even paprika to make the a rations taste different. Sometimes a rations Don t taste the Best in the world but they a keep you  the scouts bundled up in heavy clothing to Ward off the Early morning chill recommend adding Tabasco sauce to a rations because the red hot sauce adds extra brought Hobby with him flavor and Perks you up adding water to your eyes Early in the morning. A five course meal of a rations tastes pretty Good in the Field when the hot meals Don t find you said spec. 4 Charles r. Osterhout a scout track commander from Idaho Falls Idaho. When you re hungry you Don t mind eating  the scouts said tuesday s hot breakfast found them 12 hours late. It was cold so the gis warmed up a rations the army needs to add More seasoning to a rations reformer Roundup and include Alka Seltzer to the meals said spec. 4 Ricky Barber a 19-year-old track Driver from Rockford 111. Barber said the scouts have  three hot meals in five Days. The 4th inf div scouts who Are from it. Carson colo., said that they have helped themselves to onions growing in local Fields which they chop up and add to their canned rations to spice pm up a bit. We just take enough onions to add to the flavor of the a rations said spec. 4 Micky r. Wilson a 20-year-old scout from Chandler okla. I also put Tabasco sauce in my a rations and then i heat pm up. A rations Don t taste too bad when you doctor pm a  each of the soldiers  his own army Issue tool called a p38 to open the dark Green cans of rations Schnurr said the p38  been around at. Least since world War ii which was Long before his time. When the  Army came out with the p j8 during world War ii the germans spent millions trying to find out what kind of a secret weapon we were building. It s just a can opener and we re still using it the Veteran no said. The scout platoon carries seven extra cases of Cra tons 12 meals to a Case with them in their platoon ser Geant s jeep. Each scout track also  a Case of rations just in Case it should break Down. I rotate the ingredients i put in my  said spec. 4 Eddie Caldwell a 20-year-old scout from Miami ha., one Day i use hot sauce. The next Day 1 u a onions. The diet is sure to keep the women  Soldier Stamps out those reformer Field Blue Leitheim Germany while some soldiers bemoan living conditions in the Field during the reformer 77 exercise one 1st inf div no Good Nat redly endures. . Lyle Van Lew he and he co 1st in 28th inf  his mind off the weather and on the possibility of improving his stamp collection. It s my intention to go to a Post office and buy several sets of Stamps currently being offered to the German people Van Lew said. Some i la keep for my own col Lection and others May be traded when i get Back to the  although he s prepared to spend up to $100 on current German stamp sets Van Lew says hell go higher if the Chance to buy a rare stamp appears. In Germany you can Purchase rare Stamps much More cheaply than in the states he added. The no said he normally specializes in Stamps from the ., Britain and Canada because of the Quality appearance and relatively Small numbers of each series print 1 dead 1 critically burned in Asphalt truck mishap Boston a an elderly Man died of Burns he suffered when a truck loaded with hot Asphalt overturned and spilled tons of its steaming cargo onto his car. Vilus Blodgett 68, died at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital after being rushed 80 Miles from the Accident scene for specialized treatment. His wife Pearl 65, was in critical Condi Tion at the Hospital s Burn unit. De in those countries. They print up Only the number of Stamps needed for postal purposes while other countries print great surpluses he said. Therefore Ameri can British and Canadian Stamps Are More  if he is Able to buy the German sets he wants. Van Lew said hell face a problem of protecting them from the Damp weather since he s living out of a Footlocker. To him collecting Stamps is an investment because of their growth in value. And with a Little time for research one can make his collection an even greater value he said. After studying watermarks Edge Perfo rations paper and printing techniques Van Lew was Able to buy one stamp Worth $50 for a dime. In addition one May learn about different countries their cultures and what s important to them by studying Stamps he said. Van Lew is a member of the Tri City philatelic association at it. Riley. Kan., and since his appointment As publicity chairman  helped swell the club s ranks from four to More than 30 members. Everybody needs a Hobby that s relax ing and interesting he said. And it helps if one can take it with him on reformer. Gis living off the fat of the land by de Hill staff writer Leitheim Germany is what s a disabled vehicle among friends for Sev eral reformer soldiers it s proving to be an interesting experience. . Oren Barclay from wimps Gap pa., is the commander of an armoured recon vehicle that broke Down at the Edge of Hochdorf a Little Village about 24 Miles South of Ulm. The local people Are fantastic he said. This morning they brought us hot Taipei lists Economy growth Taipei up nationalist China registered 8.97 per cent economic growth in real terms in the first half of this year the government announced. In a written report by the Cabinet the Gross National product for the same period was marked at $9.33 billion up 13.01 per cent Over Las year. Water and Coffee. The Man who lives just across the Street took our mess kits can teen cups and Silver Wear to his House and washed them for us after breakfast. They re making us feel right at  sgt. Butch Akers from Lansing mich., and his Crew got an unexpected change in their diet when he stopped his self propelled howitzer near Memminger when the engine Oil got dangerously Low. We were waiting for our unit to pick us up when this German air Force officer pulled up in his camping Van said Akers. He cooked an entire meal for us right there in his  the German kids got Here about 10 this morning and Haven t left yet said pvt. Allan Harrison from Newport by. There have even been germans who drove up got out and walked around our vehicle 1 5 most Active new York Dpi the 15 most Active stocks a new York Stock Exchange composite trading at 4 . Day sales Melvill corp. 279,100 closing . Stock prices through the Courtesy of Bache Halsey Stuart inc. Southern co.  Sears Roebuck Gen motors Falcon Seaboard. 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The soldiers Fco Lings about the situation were summed up by spec. 4 John Kilkenny of Elpaso Tex. We re not  he said with a Grin. It s better than being out in the  undetermined sum stolen from Patch officers club Stuttgart is an undetermined amount of Money was stolen from the offi cers club at Patch Barracks last Friday night or saturday morning a Neucom spokesman said wednesday. The spokesman said other details were not available and an investigation into the theft is under Way. Conversion rates Brussels to Ali we dived in Dos ing rates of the  Dollar to european currencies i figures Are expressed in Dol Lars to the British Pound other local currencies to dollars t Seu 13 s it 1 1 British Pound. L 71 i l /421  i . 2  2 3im . 49 a i in dutch Guilder 2 4 a 2 4.v2 belgian tronc. 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