European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Bracing against mountainous Northern Italy s bitter cold a Soldier charges through log and smoke in an attempt to Knock out an enemy  " cold blooded combat by Dontate staff writer e die in place chuckles the sergeant stamping his boots in the tumbling Snow. The cold has taken out two More of his men and they Are Down to he doomed 13 now even the Alamo had More defenders. Poor cutlet had a belief position from which to Light his Battle. You be go venue . Don t Ovon think in says sol. Greg King coking at a hold circular austrian dug world War t Mountain Tranchine around which in 1815the Thunder of guns boomed through these mountains like Bowling balls in an Alley of giants. King assistant commander   band. Is helping position his troops Lor the com lip assault of Winter 1939 fortunately the bullets Bier Eal. The weather end the terrain Are. To is Laic evening now and the Snow is falling with a vengeance through the mountains it had been called the strange we tar the Snow less Tuke Winter. Only a few clays Belore some of the soldiers who had come to Tho Little Camp near Fol Garia in the mountains of Northon Italy for cold weather training were sunbathing in near 70 degree weather. They looked up at Black Ico and ski slopes turned to Slop. The lads of false Winter Lokot a out bringing along their mittens and Long Johns As Limey mopped their brows and applied Simian Toloa just about inc Nroa Winter set arid. To Foo a while Woll was awaking in a howl of wind and we flaked soaking Enow thai began Faffing and kept on tailing. Ankle deep. Knee deep. Chest deep. Tho Bailie on Iho Mountain rising steeply beyond the Camp mount mama Mia those climbing it Call it. Not with affection could Hayo been just a sunny.,Lilla War game of weapons shooting Blanks where nobody got Kurt or even of icily chilled. But suddenly it takes on the cold blooded Promise Ota real Les of men groping in the night Over treacherous terrain through freezing fog and. Snow and temperatures plunging 60 degrees almost before they can jump into their Longis some sense of what the hakians and Aust nans endured in world War i of fighting up arid Down incs i venetian pro Alps that Roll like snowy a aves into he White tech of the big Gas Alps is becoming evident in a blurring mix of game and reality. Because shores no Viloiso enemy for a sol diff than bitter cold that shakes  end scrambles Iarj brain and no warfare More rugged than Mountain fighting where it can Lako Days to Hack trenches Mlo Rock where who controls the highest ground the latest Peak looks Down and dominates this is Why As Daic creeps on and visibility through Tho heavy n�5l shrinks from Yards to feel. The defenders can t figure out Why the austrian Over dug their Trench Lino Hufe. Beneath a higher Edge using continued pm Page 14 wednesday March 15, 1933 the stabs and stripes Page 13