European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 25, 19b6 the stars and stripes Page 9 545 photo by Tracy by Al the children s cemetery an Honor guard of Mot cadets carries american and German flags and the Banner of the kaisers la u Tern military Community Young americans will continue to rest in peace   Bureau Kaiserslautern grave markers of red Stone Rusl in ordered rows lining a Small tract of Bright Green Winter grass. Children Are buried there. American children. As a Mournful Bugle sounded taps across the expansive Kaiserslautern City cemetery sunday a Small knot of people huddled near the largest upright Stone Mark ing the children s Graves. Weathered Metal idlers in the rough Rock remember he dead in an elegantly simple mix of languages ". Forces  four Hundred thirty inight american children were buried in Kaiserslautern Between 1952 and 1971. Most of the children died before reaching 3 months and parents could not afford a stateside burial said air Force col. Ray Trusz Kaiserslautern military Community Deputy commander. In was before the Days when red Cross and government assistance were available to help transport bodies of the dead to the United states. During those years the City donated the use of pub Lic burial plots while local groups associated with the military Community maintained the Sites. There was no official arrangement but City ordinances provided  for Only 15 years. The allotted time was running out his year but a Short ceremony sunday marked he signing of a con tract in september Between the City of Kaiserslautern and the rams Cin area chiefs group ensuring the preservation of the Graves. What the City has done for us is to allow us to lease on behalf of the chiefs group a Small portion of this larger tract Trusz said. As pan of that the City will allow us the use of the wider area for 25 years and they will maintain it.1 the children were buried at two separate Sites in the cemetery said chief master sgt. Maximilian Pfauntsch senior enlisted adviser for the 7th air div at rams Cin a. If the americans had moved the Graves to one site it would have Cost about $30,000. Instead the City of Kaiserslautern agreed to unite the Graves in an area covering about 400 Square j Ards and maintain the site if some . Group would sign a lease for the property. The chiefs group agreed to be the responsible Agency although other organizations also helped raise funds for the project. The agreement requires a pay ment of about $2,900 for a 25-year lease. The contract requires the group to pay Only for about one fourth of the area. Ana when the lease expires in 2011, the Spon sors have an option to renew for an additional 25 years Trusz said. The military Community will try to locate parents of the children to let hem know the future of he Graves is secure Trusz said. Bright Flowers keep fresh the memories memorial wreaths lean against he Bronze lettered Stone marking the site of the children s cemetery to kaisers sulem. Some of the braves of american children Date Back to 1952. Is photo a Tiki b