MEDFORC MAIL THIEUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON , ' WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 14. 1963 0
lemons Pcartmiers in Safeguarding Pee
Editor's note: In mid-
August, 1944, hundreds oi
thousands of American
troops were pushing east
across- France, fighting
fiercely against stubborn
German resistance. Today,
some of the same Ameri
can soldiers who fought
against the . Germans in
that campaign and others
are helping to train a
peacetime - German army.
This dispatch was written
by a member of the UPI
Washington bureau who
recently toured U.S. mili
tary bases in West Germany.
By GEORGE WEEKS
United Press International
Munich, Germany-IUPD-"These
guys are just like
most of us they want to
serve their time and get
out."
That was . an American
G.I. talking. The "guys" he
was referring to were Ger
mans, members of the grena
dier, panzer, mountain and
airborne divisions which are
now partners in safeguarding
the peace with United States
and other NATO soldiers.
Today, West Germany's
28,000-man navy helps pro
tect the NATO flanks in the
North Sea and the Baltic. Its
air force is a vital link in
NATO defenses. And the
army, the real German bul
wark, has more than 240.000
men, with a planned peak
strength of 12 divisions.
On the 20th anniversary of
the American army's entry
into western Europe, the in
evitable question still comes
up about the wisdom of the
re-birth of military forces
which once terrorized
Europe.
Germans Immune
The armed forces booklet
of the Federal German gov
ernment has this to say:
"The experience of the re
cent past has rendered the
German people immune to
the danger of seeing the new
army as anything but a genu
ine defense instrument . . .
The soldier's position within
the social structure of the
nation has changed from
what it used to be in former
times . . . The new army is
being built up under the
handicap which is also a
blessing or starting from
scratch."
More blunt was an Ameri
can two-star general: "You
can say what you want to
about the revival of the Ger
man military, but we're
damned lucky to have them
on our side this time," he
said. "NATO would be lost
without them."
Added a U.S. officer who
once fought against the Ger
mans and now helps train
them: "They're not sharp in
the sense that the heel-clickers
of old were. I wouldn't
be surprised to see the goose
step come back some day
but never with that same mo
tivation they had before."
Has Weakness
One of the most qualifed
judges of the German armed
forces today is Lt. Gen. Hugh
P. Harris, commander of the
U.S. Seventh army, which
has within its ranks two Ger
man corps for NATO opera
tions. Harris, who monitors
German training, said the
German army is good tactic
ally but weak logistically.
Much needs to be done in
building its support units, he
said.
More than 1,500 crack U.S.
and German troops under
Harris paraded shoulder to
shoulder together in Stuttgart
Getting Back in Touch
Dick West, Home From Vacation,
Catching Up On News of World
. By DICK WEST
Washington - (UPI) - When I
go on a vacation I usually lose
touch with the outside world,
and s o m e
times with the
i n side world
as well. It al
ways takes
me a couple
of days to get
caught up on
what happen
ed while I was
gone. Mean-
west while, it is a
little difficult to carry on an
intelligent conversation.
During my first day back
on the job after this year's
vacation, I went to the Senate
restaurant for lunch, taking a
seat next to my friend and
colleague, Sam Freeloader.
As might have been pre
dicted I was immediately
drawn into a discussion of
current events.
"Do you think he deliber
ately lost that game?" Free
loader asked.
"That's for the jury to de
cide," I replied.
"The jury? What jury?"
"Aren't you talking about
that football case down in
Georgia?"
"No, I'm talking about
Dean, Rusk," Freeloader said.
"1 didn't know he played
football."
"Not football. Badminton."
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last month at ceremonies
marking the 20th anniversary
of the Seventh Army, which
was formed at sea to fight
Germans.
Americans and Germans
train together daily, a situa
tion unique in the military
history of both nations. Aft
er participation in an exer
cise with German soldiers.
Lt. George Joulwan. a U.S.
infantry company comman
der, said he was "over
whelmed by their interest
and efficiency."
U.S. ambassador to West
Germany George C. McGhee,
after watching German and
American troops march to
gether, said it was "hearten
ing" to see former enemies
training for common defense.
Of the West Herman air
force, a low-flying U.S. Army
pilot, after pulling his single
engine craft out of a sudden
dive to avoid two German
jets approaching on a colli
sion course, told a frightened
passenger:
"You have to watch out for
: these German flyabouts. They
1 like to buzz castles and tele
vision towers. They give our
control tower the fits.''
The air force is rebuilding
in dramatic and sometimes
startling fashion. Maj. Gen.
W. A. Cunningham, com
manding general of the U.S.
24th division, was unable to
get U.S. Air Force planes for
a training exercise so he
called upon the German air
force for napalm drops 400
yards ahead of the advancing
troops.
"The German pilots were
beautifully accurate," Cun
ningham said. "It was a good
example of real Allied co
operation." One handicap facing the
German air force is a short
age of adequate air space. It
lacks facilities for aerial live
fire exercises, and the air
space already is crowded
with military and commer
cial traffic.
Limited air space was a
factor In the recent agree
ment giving the U.S. Air Force
responsibility for training
West German pilots at
Luke Air Force base In Ari
zona to fly the supersonic
F-104G Starfighter. Ameri
can instructors and German
students already are flying
together in Europe.
As of a year ago, the Ger
man Air Force personnel
numbered 82,500 and con
tributed to NATO one trans
port wing, four fighter wings,
one reconnaisance wing and
five fighter bomber wings.
There have been increases
since then, as there have
been since buildup of all
German armed forces since
the demilitarization of Ger
many after World War II.
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Badminton!" I exclaimed.
"That's a fine how-do-you-do!
What do you suppose
Khrushchev was doing while
our Secretary of State was
playing badminton?"
"He was playing badmin
ton, too," Freeloader said.
"I must have missed some
thing while I was away," I
said. "How did Rusk and
Khrushchev happen to be
playing badminton at the
same time?"
"They were playing each
other."
"Were they using an ICBM
for a shuttlecock?"
"No, they played at
Khrushchev's place on the
Black Sea."
"Rusk went all the way
from Washington to the
Black Sea for a badminton
game?"
"No, he was already in
Moscow."
"What was he doing in Mos
cow?" "Signing a treaty."
"A badminton treaty?"
"No, nuclear test 1 n
treaty."
"And Rusk lost it?"
"Not the treaty. The bad
minton game."
As I was saying, it takes a
little while after a vacation
to catch up on the news and
get it all straightened out. I
expect that in a day or two
I will have it all clear in my
mind.
But first I want to find out
who this Christine is that
everybody is talking about.
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