European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Practically none of the group Speaks any English and i can understand Only a few words of French but they Are Friendly toward me. Smiling and nodding each time our eyes Meef. They know the pm up forests a taken to a Hospital where they amputated most of the stump with six a weeks Pat went Home t walk South Lor another ?0 in until near dusk i reach a Small Village and turn  in to the local police. 1 Don t expect a hero s Welcome but i Don t expect to be locked into a Cranall filthy jail cell either i want a hot Bath a hot nip in. And a warm Bee to sleep in for 48 hours and As tired As i am. I m just not Gong to spend this night locked m Ontl they Don t bother to search me and i m carrying my survival kit. It contains a Small saw for just this kind of situation. The window bars Are made of brass and hat Good american   i tips through the brass like Butler. J find a inv ii pension a few blocks from the police station the police know where i am. But ignore me. I eat two portions of steaming Chicken and Beans soak for an hour in a hot Lub sleeping with Niy head propped on the enamel rim. Then i stagger to the bed and dive into it asleep before i hit the mattress. I was still sleeping two Days later when the american Consul knocked on my door ii was Willy afternoon on March 30. 1944. Next How Yeager talked Ike into letting him stay in the War. Excerpted from Yeager an autobiography by Chuck Yeager and Leo Janes published by Bantam books. Inc. C 1985, by Yeager inc. By permission of the publisher. All rights reserved. Distributed by los Angeles times Syndicate. The stars and stripes Page 15