European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes april 1978 Ibarra with Cap greets Millsaps at end of 100mile run heft Adams second from left is met by Millsaps plaid who finished ahead of him gis put a legendary Indian runner to Road t Story and photos by John Savard Nurnberg Bureau chief Germany Mem Bers of the 1st 46th find it hard to history books these Days Espe a tally after four of their Best Lon distance runners tried to run 100 Miles in s the 1st army Piv soldiers were trying to equal the Pace set by a flee footed Mohi can Indian named Holdfast gains during the War of history books say he car tied a message More than goo from to in six and that was by running through Rivers and mountains that Lay in fastest Man to Complete the 100mile i run Here was 22yearold 4 Michael pm laps from he Cov ered the distance in 37 5 4 Russell of was the Only other Soldier to finish 100 despite painful leg cramps hand foot he managed to jog the Tost mile into Ferris Barracks two other soldiers made valiant efforts to Complete the but had to Stop run Ning to avoid serious one of them was 21yearold Henry from who ran almost so Miles before stopping with badly swollen lannis from a was headed toward the 75mile Mark when leg cramps ended his they Ecret alone in their Effort to reach their other members of their unit helped them All the medics who went along to care for Swol Len leg cramps and blisters were 5 from 5 Leonard 37 from the and 4 from a jeep and a 24ton truck driven by Robert 20 of and 4 James of Atlanta carried extra gear needed for the by the end of the run All of the support troops had run Between 20 and so the route took the soldiers from their starting Point at Nordlinger through Rothenburg and then to then they passed through Neustadt and Herzo Genau rach before finishing at Ferris Barracks but it was Millsaps who burst Loose at the end of his 100 he raced at full Speed for More than five As he entered Ferris startled motorists stared As the runner the four were All experienced runners before attempting to Challenge the hold fast Gaines unlike other soldiers who run their physical training with unit they run Cross country for hours at full it was Only after the quartet had Felt the pain from running both Day and hour after that they began to doubt the his tory Gaines must Nave had some cousins sitting in the Woods with a horse to help said i just dont be Lieve anyone could run 100 Miles a Day for six nobody had to org tube Patterson and asked if we would aul Tato last we took Putic Cross country Sam finished the race in Little More uts even though we 6wi when i heard about thought it could be another according to the history b was an Indian messenger Lor at his  Jackson Learned the w planning to invade new est reserves were in some 600 Miles on Gaines left a Call for Cere in Nashville could not eyes when the message supper on Holdfast 600 Miles in six Ybarra left and Patterson adjust gear and bodies before starting run to nor Lingen left Adana has blisters treated by 5 Elbert Jones