European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 15. 19bb the stars and stripes Page 9 sex belgian policeman retires at Osi Man without a country became . Citizen by Mark Walsh bit Barit Bureau bit Urci a. West Germany in 1939, when the threat or War Hung like a Cloud Over Europe a Young Kigian policeman travelled id the United Stales o escort and guard some of his country s choices diamonds bound for display Al the new York world s fair. Lair thai year when world War ii unleashed in fury 25-year-old Pierre Reysenn Wai Lold by the Bel Gian am has Sadr in wish int in thai he i Ilc rally was a Man without a  there is no More belgian  Reysenn recalls the ambassador telling him. The events thai followed launch cd Reysenn on a half Century Carver in criminal investigations. Thai Ca reer came la its official conclusion two weeks ago As Reysenn. The last charter member on Active duty Wilh the air Force office at special investigations retired. Although at the Onset of the War. Re Sunn was faced with a series of problems mainly entered on return ing to Belgium or staying in me United Stales he chose to slay he planned to return to Belgium Only briefly after the War to find his family. Afler telling immigration officials thai he milled citizenship he was Able to enlist in the army. At that time i could not speak or understand in  he said. In those first Lew Days the Young re Cruit look a series of 1q tests not letting the language Barrier hinder him. Figuring he had a 50 percent Chance on True and false and 3.1 percent with the multiple Choice questions Ray Sanii slowed through the barrage of questions taking a wild guess Al each one i got a 90 percent score on the tests he snid. He was subsequently sent id fort Monmouth. N.j., to icam Morse code something he Felt comfortable with since it was an International system "1 was the Only one who could Send and receive classified messages during the training without a Secu Rity clearance he said pointing Oul that he was unable to understand what Ike messages said anyway. Reysenn who was born and raised in Marche in Tamenne Belgium near where the Battle of the bulge took place said learning English seemed to be the big Gest obstacle. He overcome it by talking to other sol Diers and studying books yet his mastering the Lan Guage came Only after what he recalls As a series of comical incidents occurred. One night while on guard duty at fort Monmouth. Pierre Reysenn Reysenn was assigned to Post five. Periodically the guards had to sound off with their Post numbers and when it came to Ray scan s. After stuttering several times on the number five he bellowed fire As loud As he could. To my Surprise Clang Clang Here comic the fire trucks he said. Following training Reysenn was sent to Hawaii. On the morning of dec 7, 19-11, he recalls going to the mess Hall at Schof told Barracks and seeing a Rosary like formation moving across the Early morning sky. As it became clearer that the beads were japanese aircraft Reysenn still did not realize the danger but thought instead it was an exercise that the red circles painted on the aircraft were to distinguish Friendly forces from enemy forces in War games. This is the real Mccoy. Take cover he remembered hearing Over the Loudspeaker a wondering but not taking the Lime 10 find Oul. Who this Guy Mccoy was he hugged a Palm tree just As he remembered squirrels doing id Trees in the ardennes mountains in Belgium when they Felt they were in danger i stayed there for close to 2 hours he said Reysenn Drolc in his eyewitness account of the at tack that there was t anything to fight Back with. I did t even have a steel helmet to put on my head he wrote. Not that it would have made much  except it would have Given me some feeling of  four months after Pearl Harbor Reysenn s unit be came Mobile and moved from Island to Island in the Pacific theater. On March 31, 1942. One Day shy of three years to the Date he left his Homeland Pierre Reysenn was sworn in As a . Citizen in Honolulu. In March 1945. Reysenn returned to the United states and went through what was then called army criminal investigation univ training. He worked in Paris until 1947, when he was transferal to Wiesbaden. In the summer of 194h, he was ordered to report to Safe Headquarters and logo to Switzerland l assist in a High level fraud inc so ligation. Reysenn Learned from his partner of the newly formed Osi and expressed interest in a Comine a Parl of it. In september 1948, he joined the ranks of Osi special agents. In 1953, he was assigned to Osi Del 7011 at bit Burg where he has in since. In 1961, he rail red from the air Force but worked for the organization As a civilian employee. Since childhood one of Raj scan s hobbies hits been painting portraits and sketching. This latent also has helped him with his work As a criminal investigator. Not wanting to gel specific on any one Case on which he worked Reysenn said he has assisted not Only Osi but counterpart agencies of West Germany. Belgium and other Allied countries in doing composite drawings of suspects in murder rape and robbery cases. These drawings have helped apprehend the Crimi nals and solve some of the cases but not All he said. He also has done sketches of crime scenes to help authorities in their investigations. Although his retirement is official As far As documents Are concerned Reysenn says hell continue to work on a part time basis Al 73. He insists he must remain Busy and be productive. Retirement can be compared to a Farmer s  Reysenn said. If you keen Busy it will stay shiny. If you become Idle rust will set  Battle Road restoration plan has folks up in arms Concord. Mass. Api colonial historians want to restore a five mile stretch of Road where Paul Revere was captured and the first shots of the Ameri can revolution were fired to the Way it looked circa 1776. But people who live along Baltic Road Don t cd a icily Revere the idea of reverting the Highway to a cow path. The Section of route 2a that connects Lexington and Concord is just another Highway to most but american history buffs consider it a hallowed site. A British troops clashed with the minutemen along he route on april 19, 1773, in the first Bailie of the revolutionary War. The in Lisle captured Paul Revere on the Road As they retreated toward Boston. Supporters of a National 1 Ark service plan to restore Battle Road include retired House speaker Thomas p. Tip o Neill and Thomas Boylston Adams scion of the family that produced two . Presidents and revolutionary firebrand Samuel Adams. O Neill lives on Cape cod and Adams lives in bos Ion. This is he most important Road in America and deserves to be treated As such the 78-year-old Adams said in a recent interview likening Battle Road s significance to already restored historic Sites like the Battlefield at Gettysburg. Bit few people living and working along the Road share Adams enthusiasm arguing that they May be forced to leave land they be worked for decades. We re history  says Kathleen Cook whose farm was first worked by her husband s Grandfather. I Don t consider this Progress and most people Here agree with me said Lou Snay head chef at the Willow Pond Kitchen in Concord the last remaining pan Revere business on Battle Road. You Call turning a paved Road into dirt Progress under the Park service plan to be made Public May 20, traffic on most of Battle Road would be rerouted and the segment would be restored to us original dirt state. Trees now crowding much of the unoccupied land along the Road would be Cut to recreate the pastures of revolutionary War Days. The crumbled Stone Walls built by the colonists would be rebuilt to Waist height. The Park service has overseen restoration of a dozen historic buildings along the Roadway since 1959, after being empowered by Congress to buy much of the property abutting the Highway Between Miriam s Corner in Concord and Rome 128 in Lexington. More modern stores and houses arc being in i under lease terms that Transfer ownership 10 the state after 23 years or upon the deals of elderly owners. More than 100 buildings have been Lorn Down since the creation of minute Man National historical Park in 1959, leaving Only several dozen Homes still occupied. Cook said Federal officials first told us that we could stay in our Homes As Long As we wanted to and leave them to our families bul then icy decided we had to  she said the family was told the land would be confiscated if icy did t. I probably have seven or eight years left to stay she said when asked about her lease. I d like to stay Here but 1 can to so i m just taking one Day at a  her 26-year-old son. Peter gestured from atop his tractor in a just slowed Field and said they la keep this like it is. But they re tearing Down our House be cause it s not old enough. Guess you can 1 fight the government  Park service chief Ranger Fred Szarka declined to discuss costs time schedules and other details of the proposed project before May 20, but he suggested that an alternate Roadway might result in others losing properly. There Are people who think it s a terrific idea Clos ing the Road to All vehicles but 1 think the Issue would be wow Back Yard it the new Road is going logo ill  he said