European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday july 17,1986 the stars and stripes Page 19 commentary love of army sports aids Edquid when the Usa eur golfers gather thursday at the Stuttgart Golf club in Komi Cost Heim a Multi talented athlete will be among them. A slight quiet unpretentious Man will again be competing in the masters division of the Usa eur meet for those 40 years old and Over. He s not the Best golfer there or even in his own division. But Combine three other sports skiing Racquet Ball and Crow country running with Golf judge him on his Overall ability and 411-year-old Lodi de quid will prove he s a better athlete than any golfer in the meet. And none of those tour sports is likened in anyway to the others. That makes Edquid s talents All the More appreciated. Edquid has teamed them All while serving in the army. And also throw in Mountain climbing. He excels in skiing competing in the .  meet this year plays solid enough racquetball to gain the All army trials in 1984 an has qualified for both the Usa eur Golf and Cross country championship. Last year s Usa eur Golf meet in Berlin brought Back memories for Edquid. At the time he said i competed in the lint Berlin open 20 years  Call him Lucky Lodi because this 29-year army Veteran is a survivor. Edquid has faced More frightening experience than evil Knievel. He spent his childhood running from the japanese in world War ii survived numerous ambushes in Vietnam with the 5th special forces group Green berets. He has jumped out of an air plane More than 300times and climbed mountains of Rock and ice. Edquid was born in the Philippines reared i Texas has a Home in Vermont and is stationed in Goeppinger Germany. Edquid has been in the two roughest rugged branches of the army airborne and Ranger. He s been stationed at Bragg Rucker Gordon Stewart Denning and Devena. With 25 Yean of Lump status under him Edquid figures he has made 3 10 military jumps Hii last com ing in 198 3 at fort Devens mass. An e-8, Edquid is currently the Security no of the 4th to 16th inf of the 1st inf div fwd at Cooke Barracks. It entail physical Security he  was assigned to Goeppinger in january of 1985 and it enabled him to return to his favorit haunt Garmisch and the military skiing championships. He is grateful to his battalion commander col. George Basso for letting him compete for two skiing  is a walking advertisement for the arc skiing program. The military is Restom Lefor everything 1 have accomplished in skiing to program  was assigned to arc in Garmisch from 1973 to 1977 As a recreation sen ices specialist. Hand then Garmisch Community comm is Jstanley Kanarowski organized the Usa eur and demure and training program in 1975. Daw was the Coic of adventure training and Whitewater  Story of Lodi Edquid began in 1 938 when he was bom the fourth offo children in the Zambale province of the Philippines. It is located in the Hills Lodi said. Incidentally Lodi is Short for Lodivine. Even before the japanese invasion of the pad in nine in 1942, Lodi s father was a filipino scout it the . Army and after the War was Given the option of accepting regular status. He did served 21 years and is now retired m  a and 7 years of age Lodi and his family lived with Fine japanese lurking Down their backs. How much did he remember i remember enough u know what Kohng was Edquid a. I Sawa Fot of terrorist activities. I did t have to go to Vietnam to find out what it was like Lodi Edquid 19-year army Veteran. A standout in four sports coming. Transportation would Lake All Day by Busto get there. When they the japanese would leave we would move Back,1 Edquid said. That was the Way it was All the  in 1948, Lodi s father was assigned to fort Bliss Texas and Lodi attended Austin High school in Elpaso from 1955-1957. A Well known member of the school was actress Debbie Reynolds. Edquid fell in love with Texas. I still think of myself More As a texan than a  a month after graduation Edquid joined the army and look Basic Al fort Bragg and was assigned to the 82nd airborne div from 1957 to i960. He was graduated from jump school As a master 65 or More jumps. Fifteen of Edquid s 29 years in the army have been with special forces and eight of those 15 years were spent at bad Stoelz Germany 1961-67 and1971-73. In 1962, Edquid was introduced to skiing when his unit went to Berchtesgaden for Wooler warfare train ing and ski mountaineering. With a Rucksack on my Back. I Learned on the Jenner Edquid said the top of the Clas would climb to the lop of the Mountain and ski Down. It taught me the Basic fundamentals of downhill skiing. I became Good enough to become a military  Edquid likes what he Calls ski touring using Short skis with skins on the Bottom. You Zig Zag up the Mountain Alusitz in Jannisch finding a route to the Summit. You climb for three hours and ski Down in 30 minutes. It is Beautiful powder Snow in tracked and  the army assigned Edquid to Norway onto separate occasions for two weeks in february of 1962 and six weeks of february and March of 1965 for Winter warfare training. It was actually survival training living in  Edquid Laid. It was there that i Learned the Basic techniques of nordic  he also attended a Mountain climbing school i Austria Edquid is Quick to add that Parachute jump ing ranks a Distant second to ice climbing. The lat Ter is a greater risk. The climbing up and going Back Down is treacherous. And when i come Down i Al ways ask myself How the hell did i Ever do Chatt Edquid was a member of a five Man . Military am that look part in an event the italians Call  it Calls for parachuting to the top of the Mountain. The event starts when you exit the air plane and slops when you report to the timekeeper with your Chute rolled up. The event continued with 1, shooting an m-16with a Rucksack on your Back 2, making an improve itched sled to can equipment 3, hand grenade throwing each team member has three grenades. The italians always won Edquid said. While at bad Stoelz Edquid perfected his skiing both in Alpine and nordic. In june of 1969, Lodi was assigned to the 5thspecial forces group in Vietnam. I spent one year there and that was plenty Lodi said. Yes i had some harrowing experiences. I was right in the Middle of it Lodi recalled being caught in an ambush of dec.17,1969. "1 remember the Dale because i Learned later my second son was born on that Day. Nobody got hit but things were hairy. I called info a gunship which was in the area and the enemy  Edquid Taid he lost a lot of buddies in Nam an knows he was very fortunate to come out a Ive hit two older Brothers fought in Vietnam. One was in the Navy and was assigned to a special forces Camp. The other was an army Pilot who could  after a year s assignment at Wuen Bura with the3rd inf div in 1970, Edquid went Back to bad Stoelz for two Yean. In 1972, he attended a German ski instructor school at Mii Tynwald and this eventually led him to becoming the Captain of the . Team in the Ger Man championships and in the British interservice championships. His Flattop hair style certainly describes that he from a different generation. When told that flattops went out with Penny loafers Lodi replied i have bad a Flattop As Long As i can  Lodi is a devoted family Man. His wife Brigitte whom he met while stationed in bad Stoelz comes from the bavarian Village of Miesbach. They have two boys and a girl Ages 18,16 and 14, respectively. Brigitte and the children live in Winoski vi., Nea Burlington in a Home Lodi bought during his assign ment As a Roth Drill instructor in Vermont 1979-1981. Edquid Speaks fluent German thanks to at tending a German language school at Ocram Mcgrau in 1964. Edquid spent a year with the 509th airborne Geronimos now the 325th at Vicenza Italy in 1978. It was Here that Edquid discovered a Young  named Brian Skinner who would eventually become the most prolific Winner in Usa eur ski ing history. Old Man Edquid and Young old Man Skinner now 30, helped Lead Usa eur to Victory Over Safe in the . Forces interservice ski championships last March. Both competed in Alpine and nordic events Edquid in the masters 40 and Over and Skinner in seniors 30-39. Skinner won both the slalom and giant slalom every Lime he has competed in the open division of the Usa eur and interservice meets and Edquid won the Usa eur slalom in 1985 and had the giant slalom won but was disqualified for missing Agate. The Gate judge who disqualified Edquid was a 13-year-Oldboy. It is hard to miss a Gale when you Are in a rut Lodi said afterwards. The boy said no. 22 was just ahead of me an that is How he remembered me Edquid said. Hey i started off As no. 26. What happened to numbers23, 24 and 25? they finished the race. He just blew  you get the feeling that Edquid was right. Bui As in football and baseball a judgment Cal stands As a judgment Call. Like a True sportsman Lodi took the loss in stride. He knows How Good it is to be alive smell fresh air ski Down a slope and sink a Long putt sure beats escaping the japanese and ambushes Annam