European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. May 23. 1988 the stars and stripes two my elms of inc 1st so 11 in army cd regt swimming team Cross Lake in front of a lifeguard boat. The unit was first in the summing comr Kilion and second Overall. Training vital part of Boeselager Success  Bremerhaven Bureau Eutin West Germany the Boesch lager Competition defies the perception of armoured reconnaissance As a Jaunt through the Countryside in a tracked vehicle with radio communication. Many of the skills tests involve worst cose scenarios. Such As he toss or reconnaissance vehicles. That s what spec. Donald Manicy was doing on the Banks of the Suhrer Sec sweat dripping Oil his nose As did in a wetsuit he prepared to Cross a 280-Yard stretch of Chilly. 50-Dcgrec water. The scenario get Back to Friendly lines after his vehicle had been put out of commission. Trie rules mandated that three of the eight squad members from 1st so 1 Lih army Cav regt provide fire support. The team s three strongest swimmers prepared to Cross inc water establish b position and fire a round to prove their guns were working. When the next wave arrived to take Over the position the stronger swimmers went Back to help the rest of the squad. Each Soldier had to push a 50-Pound bundle of equipment that Manicy said gained about 10 pounds in weight after it got wet but if no equipment inside got wet Points were subtracted. Total elapsed Lime for the swim 1305. The Fulda West Germany Squadron which captured the International category of the tournament in 1987 and hoped for a repeal performance in 1988, took first place in the combat swim portion of the we Klong tournament. But when the 11-nation Competition ended Friday it was another . Unit that took Home first place the 1st so 1st Cav 1st army div from Schwabach West Germany gets to try for two next year. But it won t be easy. In the 12-year history of the International Section of he Boselager Competition Only a belgian team and a dutch team have repealed their wins. Going by the past history of the Competition rent year s event will be tougher yet. The Competition originated in 1970 within the German army. International competitors were added in 1976. The name stems from the world War m exploits of German army col. Gcorge von Boeselager who put his troops on horses when the russian Winter immobilized his mechanized equipment. Nineteenth Century tactics with 20th Century communications equipment were what made Boes Clager a name for himself. To make a name in the Boeselager com petition requires months of preparation. The bin Canadian Hussars in Lahr West Germany started whittling Down a 17-Man Volunteer Force in late novem Ber said sgt. Tom Falls shooting instructor. Most of the German teams began training last fall said Cap. Knul Zim of Panzer recon in 3, Luneburg. Without training one has no Chance at All he said. The battalion trained with the pair of italian teams for two weeks and the norwegian team participated for one week. Zim said. Members of Norway s  dragon reel team drawn from the country s no Academy would have liked More training but they were in school and 1 could not take them out said maj. Sci Schjoll team Leader. Among the i Ith army inv regl Reti nue were a physical therapist and a sports psychologist. Nine months of training followed for the eight team members and two alternates selected from among 60 v corps volunteers. The turkish contingent prepared for five months at Home before spending a final month in Germany said Msj. Our soy Kami Leader of a contingent from the time shut Armor school. But we had bad Luck he said. That s what the 1st Arrond div thought it had run across on the final Day. While the other teams ran the obstacle course under sunny skies the first three Days it was raining hard Friday. First 1,1. John Kern patrol Leader was dejected when he Learned their Effort was nearly one minute off that of their rival from Fulda. But he did t know the 1st Queens dragoons guards one of two teams representing the United kingdom would better the Lith army Cav regt top time by 28 seconds despite the  helped in the Complex calculations that put 1 it army div on top and handed them the Silver tray signifying the Overall win in addition to Kern of he co. 16th engr in other members of the winning team were assistant patrol Leader Cpl. Gaylon Rogers of troop a 1st so 1st Cav spec. Charles skipper co b. 1st in. S2nd inf spec. Harold Waller Bury a 2nd in 59th air defense arty spec. Randy Homer and spec. Gregory my Rand both of 1st so 1st inv spec. Gil Bert Murr of troop a 1st in 2nd army Cav regt spec. Bret Richmond troop 3rd in 2nd army Cav regt. Addition Al members far the Mccanna Isacc patrol course were Cpl. Scott Campbell of he Btry 3rd in 35th arty and spec. Rich Ard Koik of i St so 1 is Cav. Remains of Edward la s Palace unearthed London a archaeologist have unearthed the 14th Century remains of King Edward la s Palace where he related with his homosexual Lover before being deposed by his wife and murdered As tradition has 11, Wanh a red hot poker. The archaeologists have also found on the same London site the remains of a House owned by sir John Astolf thought to have been inc Model for William Shakespeare s sir John falstaff. Falstaff the hard drinking Kniehl turned robber is one of the great comic creations of English literature. The London museum hailed the find of enormous historical importance but a member of its archaeological team Michael Hammerson said that under terms of an agreement with a construction company the museum must halt its work sometime this fall. After that bulldozers will move in to Clear inc site. The most important thing now is to record the Csc details before the site is destroyed he said. Hammerson said that the developers is. Martin s de clop mint corp had sponsored the archaeological work. The remains of the Palace and fast Olfs House were discovered on a construction site at Hayes wharf on the South Bank of the River thames where St. Martin s wants to build offices and apartments. A Large Stone Corner of the Palace was unearthed recently but the archaeologists tried to keep the find quiet for fear of attracting treasure Hunters said the the times of London which reported the find Friday. The times said St. Martin s is also wary of publicity because its development plan is already the subject of an official Public inquiry to decide whether or not it should go ahead. The Palace was a Large moated building covering about so Square Yards. Known to historians As the Rosary it was a Retreat on the far Side of the thames where the King could escape inc cares of of fice. The paper quoted historian or. Colin Lucas of Oxford University As saying this was where Edward enjoyed a dissolute reign with his male Lover piers a version before being deposed and murdered at Berkeley Castle in Western England in 1327, Edward was born in 1234, tic son of King Edward i by his Spanish first wife Eleanor of Castile. His father trained the Prince in warfare and statecraft but the son acquired habits of extravagance and frivolity that he retained throughout his life Edward i attributed his son s attitude to the influence of his French Friend Gav Caslon a Gascon Knight and drove the Frenchman into Enric. But when Edward i died in 1101, his son s first act on becoming King was to bring Back to England the Man he called his brother.  Gaveston acted As Regent in control of the realm when Edward went to France to marry Isabella Daugh Ter of France s King Philip in in 1308. In 1317, Isabella and her Lover Roger Mortimer deposed Edward. He was imprisoned and one of his sons was chosen As King. Tradition has it Edward was murdered with a red hot poker