European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 7. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3. Bis prob by Tim n olt Zunke left and his son in Law. Ton Honey stand at the Entrance to Fliege Horst army air Field the a Loffeld where Zunke was stationed during the War. Army Airfield visit stirs Wii memories byte Bolvin  Bureau Hanau Germany Otlo Zunic is a survivor a Lough old Man with no quit in him. Had Llic former Luftwaffe bomber Pilot lived his life in a Louis l amour Western he d Wear the  Brand a quiet Tough Guy knocked Down Tim and Lime again left in the desert to die. He Mill finds a will a Way to live. When it Rains the War injuries act up. His Skull and both cheekbones were fractured his nose smashed. Otto Zunke is 73, until Friday it had been 43 years since he last stepped foot on Flie gerhos army air Field in Hanau. He had been stationed there in world War ii. He was invited Back by chief War rant officer Dennis Rutherford of the503rd attack helicopter in. Ruther Ford Learned about Zunke from the German s son in Law Tony Honey a facilities management homing instructor for the Hanau military Community. As a child in 1940, Honey lived out Side London while his future father in Law was bombing it i was very very frightened Honey recalled. I was buried for is hours alive underground with the Gat and water from the bombed House creeping. And it was getting deeper and deeper but they got me  but he does t hold what happened in the War against his father in Law. He was doing what he was ordered id do for his country he loves his country h was fighting for his coun. Iry the same As i fought for my country and the americans fight for theirs. The consequences of women and children Are not your problem. Someone else makes that  Zunke also harbours no grudges against Honey for coming from a coun iry that was his enemy in the War it does t matter what color you Are. You Are people. Whal i saw in the War convinced me More that every one s he same Zunke said. Zunke was one of Field Marshall Hermann Goering s bomber pilots and was shot Down three times in the War. After i was hit they would come in behind me and shoot me again Zunke recalled. You Don t think of anything. The Only thing is How the hell do i get out of this do i jump or slay with it three times he stayed Wilh it but the Luftwaffe did t stay in the air. By1944, it ran out of Gas. Zunke went to the russian front. They called his unil the Luftwaffe regiment but they weren t flying. Without Gas they were ground Pounders with a fancy name. Captured in 1944, Zunke was sent to a prisoner of War Camp in Russia. After 14 Days he escaped burying himself in the ground and travelling at night to avoid the Ivans it took Zunke and two other germans three weeks to get to the Elbe River. When got to the Elbe the russian soldiers were making a sport out of shooting people in the River Zun Esaid. They would wait until they heard a splash then Shine a Light on the water and shoot  the Trio made it across the Elbe stealthily Drifting in the darkness on petrol cans. He surrendered to a British ship Only to lace imprisonment again by his captors who eventually gave him his release papers. The american army then took him into custody. The american commander said British papers did t mean any thing Zunke was going to a prisoner of War Camp in France. Having heard hat line before. Zunke escaped again. He earned a living after the War by digging through rubble for furniture he could Salvage. He fixed it up and old it to the . Army. Zunke s wife Lani told Honey about the length Otto would have Bee willing to go to feed his family in starving postwar Germany. Lani said they could never finish him off. They better kill him or he would kill them to put food on the table for dinner Honey said. Zunke later went into construction. After years of destroying things from the air above he wanted to build things from the ground up. It gave me Salis faction to help build after having destroyed things in other countries during the War he said. Zunke never heard from his 11 cousins his parents or grandparents after the War. They were caught in the rus Sian sector outside Berlin i have been told everybody was gathered up where my parents lived. They were marched two or three kilo meters away and shot. But nobody has any evidence of  he  keeps searching. He made a trip to East Germany hoping to la claim to the land his family owned. The government would t let him have it. He also hoped to find some Trace of his  posted notices on a Board in Ber Lin for word about his relatives silence has been the Only  the property in he East confiscated Fliege Horst is the closest thing Zunke has to roots. Although he s lived in Hanau since the War he had t visited the old Luftwaffe base since he was stationed there until Friday. As he travelled around the Airfield he pointed out where the bunkers an hangars were where the Luftwaffe hid planes in the Woods. He talked about the three Levels of hangars under ground. They were buried and Booby wrapped by the Luftwaffe near the end of the War along with a Cache of weapons and munitions. He explained How the Luftwaffe flooded the Airfield so Allied bombers would think it was a Lake like the neighbouring  Hopes he helped the Young soldiers of the 503rd attack helicopter in sol Diers the same age he was during the War realize the consequences of  Hope to god thai from what i be told them they understand what War is about and thai there is never another War. From 1935 to 1944,1 was fighting a War for my country. When 1 saw what people were doing atrocities on both sides by 1944 i never wanted to fight again.  full length photos required for naval officers by Norman Black Washington a attn. Carlisle . Troll the chief of naval operations and a stickler for physical fitness has ordered his officers to Start Posig for full length photos at promotion time. Trost in a message distributed to All Navy com mands last week said he was scuttling the service Steliane on head and shoulder pictures effective Oci. He made in Clear his goal was photographic proof of poor physical fitness if you be got a Beer belly you won t be Able to hide  appearance is a key Factor in individual Pride professionalism and personal excellence Trost mid in his one Page  provide maximum incentive for members to comply with appearance standards full length officer photographs Are now  to reinforce his intentions Trost specified the uni form officers must Wear when they get their new Pic Ture Laken no dress blues with a coat and tie that might hide the evidence. He wants summer khakis in order to provide maximum photographic clarity Trost  oct. I All officers of the Navy and naval Reserve who Are in zone for promotion shall submit a full length photograph for inclusion in i hair service records. I fully expect that this initiative will enhance our professional image while promoting Navy health and physical readiness  troll s decision leaves the air Force As the Only service that relies on head and shoulder photos of its officers. The army and Marine corps require officers to maintain full length id photos in their service re cords. Trost s directive applies to All 71,650 Navy officers including Lutnen. No mention was made of the serv ice s enlisted sailors. Trost had previously ordered get Tough physical fitness testing for All Navy personnel