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'lbla lo.ely miss aays sh 11 "JHI slltta, IINIIH

a11t111 r winier."

I caa'I lhllllr. of a

better

way le

wait,

can

yoa? .- . : .

The

.soh Field A~i;i~ry B~igade

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Best Soldier n Bde

,Sy Btlt

TanleT

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Spec1a1181Jour John R. Dunn

of

l,ac quitten

(lbmpany,

2d

Battallb0, 4tb JnfantrJ, was re

.

ently_

selected by a board

of

the Brilade's

five command

1erreant

m:ajora as the out

1tandlng 1oldler of the quarter.

SpecialistDunn

has

nnly been

'lritb the

2d of the

4th 1ince

May

but

has already dlltlnsuJshed

blq,1eU

In

Jqb

.

of penonnel

management speclallsl. Acccird

ing to his

lmmedla\e

. 111per

.v1aor, ~cial ia t Five

John

.

S.

"Riley,

'John wta

forth '

lbe

extra

effort beyond

the

call

of

duty which l iu resUltecl Ill

out

standing

work."

Drafted Last

November, Jolln

.went through

bulc and

Infantry

Advan'Ced Individual Training

at

Ft. Polk, La., and later com

pleted the Armored

Personnel

Carrier

Driver

' s Coune et Ft.

Knox, Ky before comlng to

the

2d ol

lhe 4th.

Ftom Carlisle,

Ky., Jo

.hn

enjoys playing

1oftball

and bas

ketball and

11 taldng a corre

spondencecourse In eccounUJJi:.

However, John aays

his

mam

form of entertainment In Ge r

many

II "listening to

tape

recordln&s

from

my flance."

:Besides merriBll", his future

.plana Include finishing the

eemester he

ha1

r emaining at

Morehead

State

University

for

a Bachelor

of

Science

degree,

:and

lheD eolng oo to

the

Univer

sity

of

Kentucky to

earn

a Ma s

ter'& Degree In agricultural eco-

nomtcs.

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CSM Russell Havens

cased

the

colors

ol l ie

l

fer Ille last time

during Ille DDlls recle1Jpalioll ceremoDJ ...i, now

Ille h t

Balla

loft, Usl r i . ld

Artmery-1 Hardt (U.S. Army Pllolo)

. , -I ,.

' frlday, ~lober , u n . BG Patmlr. w. Potren nads ii;-;

bi1e~1oi,

oe tlle Seldl~r of the

Q111rler trep)'

lo

SP-4 lolla R. D11H. (l,'.to

.,.

BW Wadleo)

named 1-41

SCHWAEBISCB GMUEND -

The men

o the

4th Battalion

4ht

Field Artillery received

new

colon and

a

aew title

for

their

unit

ID

ceremooles al

Hardt Kaseme

here

recently.

The event

was a redesiena

tlon of the unit aa tlie

111

Batta

ion, 41st Field

Artillery.

Command Sergeant Major

Russell

P.

Havens cased the

colors for

the last time.

. The old colors

were

presented

to Brigadier

General

Patrick

W. P(lwers, 56th Field Artillery

Brigade

Commender;

by

Ueu

tenant

Colonel Larry

H.

Buol,

41st commander. the colonel

then accepted

the new. colors

and presented lhein

to the

color

guard who concluded the

cere

mony by

paulog

In review.

Music

for

tJie event was prov

ided by

aJi Ariny

POrtable

field

tepe recorder

due to the

last

niliiute cancellation

of I r

ns-.

POrtatian . or

the

Sd

Armored

Division

Band

from

a

site

no

rth

l Frankfurt.

Bad

weather

al

Schwaebtach Ball e

nd

Frank

furl canceled the

balld's

arriv

al. Al Hardt

Kaserne, however,

the akles

were

appropriately

brlaht and IUMY. '

The pomp

and

ceremony

began at

10 a.m. and ended an

hour

later In

anlicipation

of the

le11 formal Organization Day

actlvltles.

The

more POPular of

these - al least

as advertised

by the long lines

or

people -

,;, e r e lhe charcoal cooked

steaks, 'll'ilh all lhe trimmings,

fixed by tbe

unit

cooks.

The

chariot races repeated

last year, accident, as this,

the

most hall&rdous competition of

the Organizational

Day

actlvl

' '81r Tlloma1"

aad

his

cbrgers await

Ille

starting

gua durllg lhe

Orsulzatlollal

Da

y

ac

tlvlltes

at

Hardi Kueree . TIie C Btry d lu l

won flnl, place In llle compdllloa. (U s.

Army PIiot.)

ties. saw

aoother

steed overrun.

Beedquarten

Battery

orderly

room

clerk,

Sereeanl

Patrick

Byrne, was trampled In the

final burst

d

spee(I: Two

years

ago

DO

one

f t s

run

over, but

one

or

the

battery

commanden

did have

the

misfortune to

be

r l d t n e lrl a chariot tlial

suddenly co)lapsed part

way

throup

the

~ce.

Thll

.

year'

, w Mer or the

chariot

race, and

apparently all

of

the

other competition, was

Charlie Balt ery. Pulling the C

B a t e ry 'Chariot

or

"Sir

Thomas" were

Speclallsta Four

H ii r o I d

Craig

and Leon

McSben e t o g e t h e r

with

Privates

First

Class Boisey Be

verly

Jr

.

and Rone.Id

W. Wen-

ul. "

Other

first place wins

for C

Battery included the pie-eating

contest

in which Ser.uant First

Class

Gerald

P.

Sciitt'

ate

four

pies using the

eattnt~t fl.slls

of

centuries ego - fingers.

Some

or the

mc:ist striking

feminine

fonng in the counlry,

particularly

a

uMn. Miller,"

were seen during

another com

petition. Staff

Sergeant

Virgil J.

Miller, also of Charlie Battery.

won

the

53rd annual

Oreaniza

tlon

Day's

"Most Ugly"

contest

and added another win to his

battery's score.

Charlie Battery's final win

came In

lb

e tug.of-war contest.

Along 'll'ith i l l four wins, the

battery added

a second

place

IICOre behind the wlnnen

from

Alpha Blry In the

lhree

-leg(led

race,

end a fourth place in

the

volleyball competition, which

was

also won by A Btry.

As

the

day's activities

drew

to a close, the Rotating Com

mender, Trophy

w u

awarded

by

LTC

Hunt

lo Charlie Ba l

le r y ' a Commander,

Major

Thomas L. Fitzgera d .

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Frlda7, Oc&Mr

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A~JOJ~t~ti,1 e

Seetion:

Tl1ey re Cheekb1g It

Out

B7

Pllll

Ramsey

SCHWAEBISCH GMUEND -

A vehicle

t,

aelected, the driver

pull II over the

pit ID

the

mo

tor pool.

As

soon as be stops

movmg

,

the Brigade

Mainten

ance Team,

Auto Section,

1tarts

to wort.

The

te

am

Inspects

every

part

of the

vehicle. IOoking ror

pos.

alble dellcienciea. Any

gigs

found are noted and polnu

are

deducted

from the

unit's

scare.

M a s t e r

Sergeant

Charles

Evans, bead

of

the automotive

tospectlon

team,

1oe1 into

the

pit

and tospecta

the

under

carriage, looting

for

oil, trans

mission and ezhaust leaks.

Tbe

lnatrumenta,

th

e wiring

and the brake and

clutch

l)edals,

are checked

by Special

lot

Five

Robert

~&lero when he

climbs Into

the

.elucle

cab,

not,

Ing the .teerins

and

band

brakes

.

s

t a f I Sergeant

uonard

Cushing ln1pect1

the

engine.

Be

checks

the

coollng 111tem,

the

oil

level

and air cleaner.

Walking

around the

out1 de of

the vehicle, Si,eclalilt

Five

Bruce

Robbuu

loob

tor body

damage and mates sure the

ve

hicle

bas

the proper martinp.

Be al10

actl H the

ft