European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Extra duty no bother for airmen by Jim Macfarlane Raf England scene is the 300 army infantrymen stand at rigid attention in an ancient Castle heavy my rifles Dent their shoulders while steel pots grind into their close shaven All eyes stare Forward As their George Complete with his fancy handled reviews his troops from a stopping at the front of the he Speaks briefly to his dismounts and enters the Castle to speak to his senior it will be one of his last official Cut yells the break for that the command the 300 soldiers have been waiting for All reality is returning to the air Force men from Raf Raf and Raf Alconbury who Are acting As some of the troops in the the last Days of 14hour Day about 100 airmen from Raf Mildenhall formed part of the recreation of patrons 3rd army at Harleton Manor near Grant Ham for the Day of for most of them it meant a 14hour part of it standing at attention in world War ii besides three Square they also had the Chance to meet George who is reviving the role that won him an Academy award in 1970 in the original Scott refused to accept the the new film will be broadcast on lbs television in the United states next we were approached by the film com Pany in the Middle of May to help provide them with extras for the said 3rd air Force spokesman Jerry each base ran advertisements in its Magazine and signed up the first 100 to fitted with costumes every airman was measured about a week before filming and fitted with a period costume on even a few Small speaking parts were one of which went to Alan 513th tac air lift Wing Public affairs i acted As the troop said it was More of a Yelling part than a speaking with great lines like about face and lots of other dramatic Back to his discussions Patton Heads into the bavarian country taking a Long last look at the Assem bled hell never arrive at his Des the Man who led thousands of troops across North Italy and occupied Europe in the face of bitter Ger Man resistance is destined to die in a traffic a Acfarlane is chief of Media relations for Raf july 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 photo by Dave Didio Highway b50 accommodates vehicles a Day Over 9 Miles with 53 dangerous curves Between Span Dahlem and Pitburg air Road linking air bases at Span Dahlem and Pitburg plagued with accidents by Jean Albright Pitburg Bureau chief Germany Scenic route b which runs Between Pitburg and Spang Dahlem air has been the scene of two fatalities this year and three last its 53 curves have no shoulders and accommodate vehicles a according to a Survey done by the German passing is except in two much of the driving on b50 is done by military members and their since the two air bases Are Only nine Miles apart and share some recreation Many families have errands on in an airman who was assigned to Span Dahlem and held a Par time Job at was killed As he tried to return to he had allowed Only 10 minutes Between leaving the Job and re porting to another airman was killed in a motor Cycle Accident in during three people were killed on the All Nineteen Acci dents resulted in serious injuries and 31 in minor injuries during the same according to figures supplied by the German Road and construction because of the Law which requires peo ple to Stop to we have never had anyone lie out there for said Carl a Pitburg a Security police investigator and Liaison Sharp curves on b50 run though farm land Scenic enough to distract Drivers in any kind of cars moving 40 to 60 Miles per hour often come up suddenly on slow moving farm vehicles and caravan slowly behind them in lengthening lines until the Drivers of the farm vehicles find a place to pull off and let them inviting views of Hilly farm coun try and the Kyll River Are fronted by red striped signs warning of sudden Sharp a narrow two Lane Bridge that runs Over the River is one of several Peak Points where attention wanders and Acci dents Drivers must make a sudden Sharp left to Cross the Bridge and then must make an immediate Sharp two other Points Are frequent Accident according to one is near commonly called the Halfway the other is the intersection of b50 with the cutoff to the three sided intersection has earned the name of the Bermuda both because of its shape and because of the misfortune that plagues the the b50 Highway was built by the Ger mans in 1952 with million Marks provided by american military at the no direct route ran Between the two 2 achieve Eagle scout rank by the stars and stripes two boy scouts in Europe have earned the rank of Eagle according to transatlantic Council boy scouts of America officials in Roger thy ens Eagle scout project was the organization and supervision of the painting of the Harl aching sports Field attended Munich american High school and is a member of troop he is the son of chief warrant officer Lloyd Thyen and Ingrid Vaughan a student at osterholz Schrambeck in earned 27 Merit for his he set up a toy drive for needy Tompkins is the son of chief warrant officer Ora Tompkins and Carrilie officer recalls his fir staid revives 5 by Elise Bishop Germany fifteen year old Julie Brusegaard possibly owes her life to Michael Winstead and the Basic fir staid training Winstead got from the a first lieutenant assigned to the 2nd 4th inf in was driving in the Vorfeld housing area june 16 when he saw Brusegaard lying in the Road near the several people were standing Over according to they seemed unsure about what to he stopped the car and ran to help he didst know it at the but Brusegaard had fallen off a hitting her head and suffering a when Winstead reached she was in convulsions and had stopped her lips were Blue like she want getting enough he based on my she appeared to be in a few Days before the Winstead had practice what to do for Chest and abdominal wounds in an expert infantry badge a lot of what i Learned applied to general life saving he the Only life saving training Winstead has received has been from the after telling a bystander to lift her legs to treat the Winstead gave her  resuscitation for about two minutes until she began she was in convulsions the entire he a German woman standing near kept saying something about Brusegaard that made me think she had a head so i lifted her convulsions stopped about that the German Amu police and Julies parents Winstead Speaks some so he stayed on the scene to help the Myrnell and Tom with the ambulance Driver and the Ger Man i wanted the medical people to know that she had stopped Winstead the girl spent a few Days in the Hospi Shes Home and her Mother said medical officials told her the Only injury was the Winstead was awarded the army commendation medal for his part in Sav ing the Brusegaard girls Bishop is editor of the Donau newspaper in Neu Ulm