European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday july 17, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 9 staff sgt. Joseph j. Duch lands at mondays event. At right bad Tolz residents Debbie Miller Lefta canine Jones and her daughter Denise 7, share a solemn  forces drop in to close bad Tolz base by Joseph Owen staff writer bad Tolz Germany a when the orders to close Flint Cavern arrived Here monday afternoon they came a quite literally a from those higher tip More specifically they came from eight special forces paratroopers who jumped onto the sunny Parade Field where a closing ceremony was under Way. Many of the hundreds of soldiers family members and German military and civilian guests present said they had hoped those orders would never come. But they might As Well have asked for the repeal of the Law of Gravity that brought the paratroopers to Earth. The army facilities will be turned Over to German Federal officials sept. 30. A this is not an occasion for sadness but in fact a reason to rejoice a maj. Gen. Eugene l. Daniel the Vii corps Deputy commander told those in attendance monday. He said the bad Tolz military Community a closure and the Transfer of 10th special forces to Panzer Cavern in Bobingen was the result of the end of the cold War. But bad Tolza a mayor Albert Schaffenaker recalled that almost 350 German women had married americans stationed there since the army first arrived May 2, 1945. The statistic becomes significant in View of the fact that no More than 800 troops Ever were stationed there at once even when it was also Home to the 7th army no Academy and a combined arms training Center. The special forces arrival in 1953 made ties with the Community especially close. Many Green berets were native europeans anyway a such As Bronyslaw a a Bruce Binas a 65-year-old former command sergeant major who was born in Lodz Poland and who served in bad Tolz from 1952 to 1956. Binas one of about 70 retired special forces veterans the army flew to the ceremony from fort Bragg n.c., fought with the polish resistance in world War ii. Both the soviets and the germans took him prisoner he said. After the War he like Many other Eastern europeans joined the . Army which was anxious to use his foreign language skills. While in bad Tolz he and other Green berets practice a setting up be ind the lines resistance in Case the soviets were to overrun Germany said Binas who serves now As historian for the special forces association. They trained local Farmers to smuggle them from one Village to the next. Some forces members even trained to infiltrate Warsaw pact countries to stir up rebellions in Case such a soviet invasion seemed imminent he said. A but you  say Quot Bank that in America. We would be a bad Niks a a Binas said recalling the political sensitivities of the 1950s. Maj. Ret Herbert Bruckert a intimacy with bad Tolz appeared to have vanished Over the years. Brucker 70, who retired in 1960 and now lives in Fayetteville n.c., said he barely recognized the City because of changes that had occurred since he served there from 1953 to 1957. For him the ceremony kicked off a Long trip. A a in la be in Europe three months. In a going to Drift into France and see my Girlfriend a he said. The Star of the afternoon was the greenest Beret of All col. Ret Aaron Bank 88, no activated the first special forces unit in 1952 and became its commander when it was assigned to bad Tolz. A special forces men now and always will be a special Breed of men a daring soldiers who will accept calculated risks risks that go far beyond the Normal Call of duty a Bank said. He proved that at a reception later repeatedly permitting interruptions of his meal by soldiers seeking his autograph in their copies of his 1986 Book from Oss to Green berets the birth of special forces. Oss refers to the office of strategic services col. Darrell w. Katz Community commander suffered a similar Fate. A it is impossible in the few minutes i have today to articulate the depth and the degree of support that the officials and the citizens of bad Tolz Ana the surrounding area have provided us a Katz told the audience at the ceremony. A they have literally opened their Community their facilities and their Homes to us. More importantly they have treated us As friends and  Katz then patiently postponed his meal for a few hours As various municipal officials and local civic groups waited in an Impromptu reception line to bestow a painting a decorated Candle or some other gift on him. Bank in his speech said the special forces would be moving away from the bavarian City of 14,000 to a not such an elegant Home in Bobingen a suburb of Stuttgart. But capt. Monika Choi a paratrooper and one of Only four women in a unit of some 125 soldiers said she is pleased with what she has seen in the Stuttgart area after having worked on the re stationing project. A Stuttgart offers a lot of things that people done to know yet a Choi said