Word: grafenwohr
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...that was only one of a pride of U.S. military maneuvers round the world last week. At Grafenwohr, West Germany, a U.S. tank battalion roared into combat exercises after having been flown in from Fort Hood, Texas, on a "no notice" emergency drill. At Florida's Eglin Air Force Base, 20,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen prepared to launch "Bold Eagle 80," a nine-day maneuver to practice coming to the aid of an invaded ally. In the Indian Ocean, a U.S. Navy seven-ship carrier task force joined up with a five-ship Middle East force to show...
...soldiers little time for recreation. Commanded by Major General Harlan N. Hartness, 53, a tough, weatherbeaten West Pointer, the 4th will find itself very often working from 4 in the morning until dark. There will be plenty of all-night alerts. All combat units will spend grueling weeks at Grafenwohr, a 100-square-mile training ground on the Czech border, where Hitler trained his Afrika Korps...
...Unified Germany. The next day, America's crack occupation troops bade their commander a military farewell. On the vast parade field at Grafenwohr, once a training ground for Adolf Hitler's Wehrmacht, 11,000 U.S. soldiers snapped and wheeled through a 90-minute review. A battery of 105-mm. guns barked a 17-gun salute. From a jeep the 52-year-old general stood stiffly and watched the display, a hint of tears in his eyes. Overhead, in a brilliant, cloudless sky, 60 Thunderbolt fighters formed a gigantic C-L-A-Y as they roared past, and then...
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