European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 mime Gen individual tastes run rampant at some soldiers wore Eye catching military hats others wore animals gis could use fashion hints for next March Netherlands the nil Mcgon marches took on All the trappings of a fashion with walkers tramping out the very Best in except for the As they were they wore carefully understated american flags on their rolled up Battle dress uniform and occasionally one carried a Small american Flag planted in his but most were of so a danish Soldier carried a Nylon encased mannequins leg something Fredericks of Hollywood would have been proud to Many soldiers carried stuffed Ani Good stuff to but the american they could have used a bit More not that they didst have fun or enjoy but they were so serious that most appeared out of place in this Clever Clown some soldiers wore funny hats and carried medieval looking flags that paraphrased their some wore which is Fine if some wore which were not some carried bags of stickers or other souvenirs to hand out to the the troops had some of this kind of but they ran out quickly the result of Over inc of the soldiers even the ones with pull toys paled in comparison to the civilian mexican umbrella near and a tree full of dutch shoes added individuality to the perhaps the most outrageous fashion plates were the members of the japanese contingent in their Lime Green sweatsuits and impossibly huge that was the Basic problem with the uniformed teams they were unable to make individual statements with their let alone their and the teams toeing the line of to the Point of deathly sober Ness that didst seem to fit the festive Atmo sphere of this Nijm Egen fashion As one Soldier were Here looking combat not mores the some of those airborne troopers would have fit in better with an easter Bonnet or or even a stuffed there were Only a few Breaks with military decorum among the when one unit skipped Down part of the Trail singing were off to see the the wonderful wizard of and another time when a Flag bearer handed his unit colors to a dutch boy who just ate up the for that sort of behaviour was far More fashionable than just wearing Boring some wore banners some wore finery it at a i and some simply wore