European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 Malmede she doubles As museum owners make returning american veterans feel Welcome by Jean Albright Pitburg Bureau Belgium William Cavanagh spent a recent afternoon knocking on doors in search of the House where an american Soldier said he spent Christmas the Veteran didst remember much about the House except that he had slept but an address would not have helped the House had changed since the and the City looked nothing like the Man remembered but Cavanagh found the Home and the after 40 the guest was finally Able to thank his Cavanagh is the co owner of the local army surplus Hes the Man with All the answers about the Almedy and world War Cavanagh and partner George Gillot opened their store in and with it created a Way to serve returning american hundreds of thousands of veterans come Here each and some museums have the nerve to charge them to see equipment that they left in areas that they risked their lives to Cavanagh it also bothered me to see that the veterans had no Central place to the store now has two rooms where veterans can visit their past at no mannequins in uniform Are surrounded by mess posters and copies of the stars and stripes from the War they Wear a collection of uniform items that Are rather than by the mannequins dressed As Allied soldiers have enemy medals collected on their after Cavanagh soldiers from All nations were collecting Souve for an officer carries a bottle in his breast pocket and a Soldier carries a along with a handmade knife and the dog tags of Melville service number should Harris care to claim his Cavanagh says he would be pleased to return photo by Jean Albright a full outfitted mannequin in the them and honoured to meet the same goes for the owner of a mess upon which Are carved a soldiers identification and the names of cities Cavanagh assumes the unit from the places this kit has 1 think i can guess what unit Allen number be longed id like to meet any member of the unit and hear the rest of the Cavanagh has been a collector All his but some relics on the Walls and in the display cases Are fairly recent one weapon was found in a foxhole near Almedy just the shop keeps a guest in which visiting veterans Are asked to enter units and current through the some visitors May be Able to locate old comrades in the shopkeepers also offer All the advice they can to Many dont know that you need a card to operate the pay phones or where to buy the 1 can help them with i can help out if they need a doctor and Tell them what local delicacies to taste while they Are if they i can recommend Cavanagh says that his friends worry about a Dan Ger in displaying american weve had no 1 just feel strongly that Young men came Here to fight a War that had nothing to do with hundreds of thousands of them this helps to remind people of most american veterans i meet dont give a Damn about what some people Are thinking about them but Are on the other when people take an would 1 do it again you admission is free to returning we make our living from the army surplus we dont need to charge the said we might ask visitors to Send us our dream is to have the most authentic collection in the world under one the shop is at 44 place Albert in Central eagles get Chance to soar at German Park by Jean Albright Pitburg Bureau Germany Borah and two Bald dont care that the show must go if it strikes them to head for the Clouds during a who going to argue with them at the 55 Miles North of Pitburg a near crowds gather to watch the impressive they Are released to soar and then Are coaxed to return by the two Are adopted members of the 36th tac fighter which flies f15 on a recent visit to the air they chose to go one of the Birds lit in nearby Luxembourg the next the other toured then allowed itself to be Cap tured in a neighbouring town two Days on Nice they like to said Ute she and husband Horst operate the Park and care for the they come Back when they get she once the Birds enjoy the up drafts Over the Parks Lake while crowds watch quietly from the top of a nearby a Strong draft will keep the Birds Over the water for an indefinite barely having to move their on a Windy they visit the Clouds and become Mere specks to the but the Eagle Eye can still hear and see the crowd and the neister they can also see the meat the Trainer holds Well enough to dive directly from the Clouds to the trainers Well protected in eighteen years Only three Birds have elected never to she it is the Young Birds who Are most Likely to show off their strength and the neister have six generations of eagles in the Baron and Borah Are 4 years names beginning with b indicate that they Are members of the second generation the most recent born this have names such As Niester is interested in increasing the Horst Niester prepares to release a Peregrine Falcon at his wildlife worlds Eagle population through cooperation with conservation organizations in the United the Wilfrei Geoege has had Suc Cess in the delicate business of reproduction in to promote Eagle Romance and two Bald eagles Are kept in a protected area in the just recently there have been births in the Large Shady when we notice that there is Harmony Between two of the we take them away from the Public and let them be said if there Are the first two Are taken and put in those newborns will be raised to know people and someday live in the Park where people can she caretakers manipulate the natural instincts of the if the first two eggs Are not the parents will be Content with those if they Are they May have More she those Birds will be raised by the apart from we look in on them every Day and see that both Are being fed by the that shows that they Are social and More Likely to Breed some the family can be seen Only from inside a darkened invited guests May watch parents feed eagles As Many As five pigeons a Horst who wears the Eagle photo by Jean Albright keeper Patch Given to him by members of the 36th tac fighter Hopes to promote awareness of eagles and awareness of their Small numbers through photography and his articles and photos have appeared in magazines and newspapers he has written three books and contributed to 50 on wildlife conservation and he is a member of an International working to conserve rare animals in 43 including the United the Park is open from to 5 each it includes animals native to the Region and an open area where Deer and people can