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The Oshawa Times, 13 Jul 1961, p. 12

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I a resent mie. SS" ac an old ruined schloss. I have joying this training. They were Men of ihe Black Watch of Can. for the soldier to spot and shoot] The night eteidise hich ne = THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursdey, July 13, 1961 1] C gone along a narrow path entering into it with zest and ada were seen in individual tests|at each target which appeared watched, after dark, ut a dar! rr danuc n rmany through the woods to see a Ca-|enthusiasm. How different alllof marksmanship, but not using for a few seconds. At one point|ness made pale by a height fall mins, Ontario, whose parents, And at the end of it. I mar- radian soldier take pot shots|this is from the routine of|the old bull's eye target meth-/a pig was made to run across moon, was a spec acu a . ir. Mr, and Mrs. William Johnson, velled at the endurance and fit- - » . at enemies appearing from be-|square-bashing, rifle drill and od. the road to divert attention of|A company 9 1 p - ack Watch|iioe on Cherry street in that|ness of these young Canadians Tou h F hind trees, rocks and fromfoot-slogging which I had wing using .22 calibre rifles, |the soldier from an enemy fig-|\was assigned to defensive posi-| it, (Corporal Johnson was|who were able to go through g I 1g ng 1 h indows, in a test of known in the days of training|iney fired at moving and quick- ure behind a knoll on the flank. |tions, to beat off an enemy at-|ypolyionly enjoying the exer-|this tough course, and yet look . ari Rg quick action. And|away back in 1915. ly disappearing targets on a/How the troops enjoyed that|tack. Mortars fired parachute cise. He is assigned to a head-|fresh and vigorous, and ready By M. MINTYRE HOOD (which covers 150 square miles" \\o0 hoo oo ons doren.| These exercises were really painted jandscape. Then I exercise. flares a Jignt up bio Jout ® quarters mortar section. He isito cope with anything which Special to The Oshawa Times of forest and moorland, with| i RE interesting for those taking part. watched more of them making QLD CASTLE CAPTURED Jol, ure ys po Wh ff now on his second tour of duty/might come along. They are SENNELAGER, West Ger- very sandy soil, and with only sive operation so realistic that| oe ".o pce "there is a greater an advance of about 500 yards| After a lunch in the field, I/D ed to Sve e e wi of ar-\i;, Germany. He came over with|splendid representatives of the many -- The '4th Canadian a few dwellings within the area.|it almost recalled the realities|giversity of weapons than there on an objective, taking cover|watched a company of the Black Yliery, dre. Agclianical y Sper. the 1st Canadian Infantry Bri-manhood of Canada, Army Brigade in Europe is a Here the Brigade 15 spending | of war as I'used to know them|yas 45 years ago. There is a {far and firing at their targets every Watch of Canada, with mortar ged Hoazed figure ved gade in 1951, and spent three . ough, physically fit, well-train-| three weeks in individual, sec-|in far bygone. days. greater degree of mechaniza-| 29 or 30 yards. fire and heavy machine gun aeresy towns a tn to| Years in the Hanover area. In| @AGARIN WOULD VISIT *d and splendid-equipped flight-|tion, platoon and Company oy vu EXPERIENCE tion in the army. Here at Sen-| The test of individual alert- support, advance in well-timed represent the attacking enemy October, 1959, he returned to MONTREAL (CP) -- Soviet ng group. That is my impres- training in warfare, under con-! X Iias beer a tick Saperiante nelager the motivating idea is to ness had individual soldiers ad-|rushes to capture the ruins of And the defending troops poared Germany with the Black Watch, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin said sion of the men I have seen in ditions which simulate the real an experience of evoking a sense accustom men operating IN| Cancing one at a time along a|an old castle. Artillery fire was cut a withering hail of fire from In the fall of this year he willlywagnesday he would be glad to R Jul day of participating inithing to a marked degree. of pride in the officers and|SMall groups to situations andi, ...° winging path through|simulated by using buried) poo oon oe Weapons from be going back to Canada. visit Canada if the tour could Sony Lraining exercises in the|coypnyoug pay other fanks of the 4th Canadian conditions which they would "" 04s" By mechanical|charges near the objective. Ace|q to tino oo He, impressed me as a young|pe fitted into his 'timetable' or uelager concentration area " : Infantry Brigade. These men have to face in actual combat. | cans enemy figures appeared tual mortar shells crashed into 4 man with a Keen interest in his|anq if he was invited officially. whi Hermans: 2 traning! on Jive Jolowey the boone. nt are tremendously fit. Only the ALL UNITS TAKE PART behind the trees and rocks, at|the ruins, and machine gun and| I talked with one of the troops work and Fema ibilitjes. typis|He was interviewed by Seles poy in the first i inn tt Bi day of exercises, 1|peak of physical condition could] Fach day every training Windows of houses, and running rifle fire caused dust and chips|operating the mortars. He was cal of the hundreds I have seen|phone through an interpreter by 2 b $ im-|i i i A ere. Hitler's troops in the second have ridden in a tank, and act- enable them to carry out the| range in the area is in use. threugh the woods. The test was'of stone to fly. Corporal C. K. Johnson of Tim lin action on this busy day. radie station CKGM her and now devoted fo intensive ed as the gun-loader in an ex.|strenuous exercises to whichiynits take their turns at the training of Canadian, British, ercise in which tanks and in.|they were subjected on the bar-|yarious types of training. For| v br si and Belgian troops of fantry combined in an attack|Ten sandy wastes of Sennelager, instance, 1 saw men of the in the NATO forces. on enemy stroag-points. 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