European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Frum Houvk of Ember of re around him in a cold. 10,v comes twisting in the firer must be Capa it handed he has to Nii Diri and the weapon doer Rint lire standing Cit warfare i in. Temh inf. 3fd Arm div  r Murty houses of  ,.-. N n Urban Rnning area for or i a so no of order that def a Ted Hitler m , it before the rumbling inthe spartans a Brno to school at i  Oris non j the Jin f it u Rani d k Chinqu  Hook to -.r.,-j1 High window to How 10 kick Clown doors toss in a prides and Root out tu1 Civ Rny like impacted Teeth in 1 stubborn floor to floor room to Doorn combat. When firing around n  a sergeant yell to soldiers stand Imp and Sun lir to Are b it up room As a through g ass loss windows bin of lining right handed o to his l 0dy Between the minimum exposure and it that s n n no another no nor that when finn from behind 0 Wall Novor fire Over the will if you can help it. That f aves your head exposed since you definitely need your head to fight the enemy. Fire around the  the main key in  fighting according to maj Bob Thompson. Spartan operations officer is or individuals in Small unit1-, in squads to be Able to Umie All member of his squad to cover him no just at the building they re trying to take but All the other  you be got to know How to sea off an Aroa and work against a a Peck c  Thompson says How to Rush across streets past buildings up stairs la s very important to have upper body strength in City fighting because you re constantly having to go up. Up dragging yourself and a lot of equipment up the Ide of Walls up throng1 windows watching out or Booby traps and Polnor things that have been set in thro to deter you. Blow you up. That s on the attack. We re also learning How to hold to defend to keep the enemy from doing those very things one Good troop can stay in a building and pin a whole squad Down. All he has to do is lire from one window then another then another. To get him out you be got logo in there and Cloar the entire  capt. David Mitchell commander of Charlie co. Says fighting in cities is tougher because there s All this cover you never know from where you re going to get shot at it s Damn hard going from building to building systematically taking one. Then moving on to the next. You can t just blow everything up. It s Best to fight torn the top Down if possible. Only it s hard to get to the top so you re usually fighting from the Bottom  Charlie s first sergeant Don Occhi chips in like if you hit this House with artillery you d have Hur s in the roof. You can Uso grappling Hooks Drain pipes even helicopters to get on top. Try to get in through the roof and push pm Down and  Mitchell otherwise you re forcing the enemy up and hell eel cornered and fight harder fight to the  Occhi when you hit him from the top he still fees he can get out the windows and rear. He s Likely to fun As he Topis the pressure. Then you re throwing grenades on him. You re putting the 60 60 machine gun on him " i can get  Mitchell says. There s so Many places to hide. You can spend All Day attacking a building and then have those Guys escape through a  a visitor observes that in the movies one rarely sees Clit Eastwood bothering with All this ducking and dodging for cover. He just walks alone slowly Down the Middle of the Dusty Road staring straight ahead past houses bulging with heavily armed bad Guys in either Side. And never gets a Nick. Yeah in the  Occhi says chuckling in Teal life we d come in at them from the flanks and rear. In real life old Clint would be history in about 10  Soldier in the window is about to be zapped. R Battle into Inland t with he uis -.i, .1 1 1 n the defense was Sirrah keep Thi in out of  sgt  i Airdind his men raced Aiqouni in i to . Rolling out Confortin wire and barricading window and i finn boxes. To avoid getting shot soldiers take the hard Way up. The attack would Man soon. Could his squad be. Back an attacking Lorse twice their size we re Gonna a be Chr a  Howard said with any Hemming and Havig. As Snow lightly Ell Over i White streets of . Germany. Doth Snyr a would be lining Miles Multi integrated i Aser  in Emend system beam sch Sel Oil an Oie chronic Beeper on a Soldier s Chest we he s he across one of the narrow Snow crusted streets hidden enemy was getting ready to storm the plact with its battered ceilings chipped bricks and hoi in Walls. The e in loom House and barn in this 150 year old Village  obviously been stormed a Lew tune before. Howard s men or e new at his. They usually rot around on try s shooting misses at tanks from a distance in a Lew my a lamed when they come 1h�it got to i h u 1 find us. Plus we be got a co i Liol to Iby to i Tup plus we re Good Olli r i we i t j Rio is it sit Back wait and them of one at a ten asked How it would go spec 4 Otis Wright peering Oul the Hole in a first floor sandbag fortified window through which he would fire his machine i smiled and said modestly. I Kinda think it will go in  and then the gunner grew bolder. Hey in we re Gonna win " in a Back room. Spec. 4 Charles Yancek was hurriedly slacking sandbags and plugging up holes so they can t stick their rifles in this Little mouse he and shoot  on the second floor pvt. David Oliver stated unequivocally Well smoke  High up in the attic. Pic. David Garvin curled his Finger around the trigger of his trusty Rifle and gaze Down at the snowy Road. He said he fully expected drop the charging Loe Belory they reached in thou this second squad of Echo co was one very confident Bunch of Young tigers until the tight started. They had thought the Light would Start precisely 1000 hours. The trouble was. The Light started at four minute before 1000 hours at nine minutes past 1000 hours the Light was o1 the Young tigers were squashed. Guess that s  a Soldier muttered. Squad Lender Howard got knocked off in the lies minute. Really i Gol killed before the Battle was even supposed to  in the attic Garvin had aimed his trusty Rifle Iron window and fired at running aggressors below snap Click Click my blankets weapon won t i he leaned out the window a Little of far and is Beeper went off. I know i shot that Man Lour times in the head t he shot me Garvin protested that s War below Wing he bought the Larm because the holi was firing through was too big. He Shook his head. I guess they saw my   Oliver hollered they shot me from the basement. I knew i should have stayed upstairs. Page 14 the stars and stripes Friday