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wedkly editors tour bases overseas at the invltvtion of th depestment of n- jwnl defense groop of weekly twwppf ctitort toured cadtn army vd air fore tebjttjvrienrt in eoop it wu our pitur to k ftmong these editor on thi tour following the executive meeting of director of the cndin weekly newtpepers anooetton in ottawa the usi wewk of fehryery ad a quick day long lour of the expo 67 ute in montraal w were flown over and back by tfca air fore toured bee for a week tteying a week extra on our own in pan dovutdorf end london to visit fiend and incidentally preterit new canadian flag to the council of acton england from the council of acton canada we r rived back sunday in thii and coming uuai we will attempt to relate a few of our experiences and impfwiionj it it well per hap before attempting to recount the detailt of the tour to briefly recap the back ground and events which led up to canada pre lent pout ion in europe these forcei ere canada participation m the north atlantic treaty turned in 1949 and are a pert of the integrated western defense system under the operational command of supen headquarters allied forces europe shape wtuch wet authorized by representation ot the nato countries in december 1950 the editors members of the board of direc tors of the canadian weekly newspapers asso ciahon give a canada wide representation after attending their semi annual meeting in ottawa the editors were taken by rcaf transport to marville trance for the start of their visit ac companying the ditorc was capt h r mac donald of oakville a public relations officer of the department of national defence while a member of thexanadien army capt macdonald serves as a public relations officer for the com bined forces the public relations departments of the three services were one of the first depart rnents to be consolidated under the present un fi cation program canada s participation in the north allan c treaty signed in washington on april 4 1949 involves among other commitments the ma n tenance of armed forces in europe the forces are a part of the integrated western defence system under operational command of shapf in 1951 en independent brigade group of tlte canadian army 27th infantry brigade group was seril to germany where it was stationed on live outskirts of hanover for almost two year in i9b3 this brigade was replaced by tlw 1 vt lr tantry brigade group which ritoved into tlwr newly constructed campsite rer tlve westphal tewni of soest hemer end werl w vr and children were aulhoned to womary wtvnf men lo fur ope for trie first t me 8njair un is are dispersed over a 400 square mile area in nine camps or forts named after canad an fort fesses associated with early canad n h story after two years in germany th s brq4wif wa replaced by the 2nd canad n infantry bi gaif group in 1957 the 4th cand an infantry br gade group took over tfvr uibiriii nato land force duties and ihe nn of thr brigade but not the personnel in it ha rcma red tlic sa e 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ills i a w ishroom lor otheis it is tlic ineehinu d i irtited wit of ihc pixile ssiun ill eonudiin llu pun ihc pi ilk lopk il utile ike all i e ill niv t s on i vin mdm i b ih uhk te i would ih e till i p i this al k ist ilk nil k s u tukl ill ik iii uk ol ilk satu lluiui id this sundays ckutch calendar wll om dl rim i i nt and i ami r lv sev iii hi ik vol lit eollse i kls i i ii d w itll lii il this si i son in ne ihtiwtl un illni h llu tlllisl wh i lllk whhed hid loes hi piomised k t x 111 il e lie e oust ml v oilip ml llship me sl uut is wuh tlk ivtl oi ihlve til iir iii his ii lb flits llll 111 ilk luih the church of st altan the mattyr anjgi kan louie l llloi nui si ailkiii s dine ktvloi ilk rev ii l wisi 1 m jvlllev i ill nit txnv 1 iu i turd smut iv in 1 ent i mnim 1rt ii ist iskvs mk tmholv i ik ho ist 10 ul a in i hiieli vh xd 10 u i in monimi piaei 7u p m i veiuns ceiittntittoii ldnl5d march 24 7 yt put lseiiiu vommiinion nesbvurian church in canada wnox tllvrcii acton ke audit w h ukeiuie hard miuisiei mi 1 a mmsen h o liihsl llld tukl mistel mndw urcii is iup n4h am churvli shewl 4i am mmimers chursh memhcrvhip cu lor noting people u00 aaii publk worship of utd sentwn theme pcrvonahl its ol ttctjksion 1 her s00 pju aduu5iud group maple avinue iaptist church loiluellv 1 hilvl itiptlst chiuxh- sinda march isi yles dun leaves mu u 1 is am c dlntv il lime house 90 a in 1 ui intoi malum call at ton 8ssi kvlletowil ttl r4ethci christian reformed church avion out mo re wiehe an dijk phoiu 8nnfs si da mrui n ko uuw a m 1 mejish selmve ul pill tlllell selvlvjl wn pmuiulav vwhektl acton baptist church i hid i 1 is4 pish i rn m mk mini i kes 144 luhv am ph f w si sjda march ist is v 4n i m sund iv se ittntl ind adull cliss vliptuie pless 111 itell d used 1 ii 00 un moniiin ish p blessetl itie the meek 7 01 p hi ixelllllt selvi i i ill d oottlow ol 1 husii in joe ceiiuludes setles on rom ins edrusdiv 7 u pi iet aiut bible studv lhursdax 8ix elum pi ulue hud i the bill nueiniituo e vtilexmu all lo tisup blhle eenieuxi niessifes jcs s t lifts iru uilv suhuu ihele is tivi eilhei salvation twnly liv milt wu otk brod re n th h4rtlnd of gmvny indotlril might concentrt6d t the function of the ruhr nd rhine riven nv soett is the fmed aaoort dam del troyed by the raf m 1943 using a specially de veloped slop bombing technique and bombs the dam was protected by submarine nets so m was impossible to attack the dam using conven t ion a i bombs or torpedoes the method and events lead ng up to the final successful attack were dramatized in trie book and titovie dm bcrsters the strategic imporlarxre of the dam was not in iti electric generation but in the water storage for the steel industry a sizable number of pus s an prisoners of war were said to have leen lol when the 60 foot wall ol watr swrpt through tlve valley below the dam the d v h ch we aw was fully refaired and functional w ih n thr year ard today any evideiue of ih mil ciir tioo l rq operatiop iv hardly oolhrtlu our ng very enous droexjht corki lions ut year wltcn tte w dler wa almot all qore tron i i td tl o di tlw wreciaq ol vo e a raf wta rrcovertxl u the iv i an ikolntion i c er t alt lode i to n run if tle tjan ae lov ol tie and results of tlw 1943 i ss on coupled w th a reluctance to dfjvs tlte suh t hut back to the infwy brirjacie roop wh h wa lolrr vufilementft with an ar oij erviton f mvi irooft cmuifiei vwilh hfjhl lived whxj t it tml ami n 1961 w ih surlce to urlace v lattery arn ed w th tle morevt john rcxlft 1 j furtlw r ifkfreae tlr lorn olion v lire kwrr i i 196 itet copter were added tor u e in fftoniu rr and la von in 1964 ar irnif peo iei t a t lar i 0 pa ly fecame a rww adl t on lo die i iate order ol lattle with the arrival m tuan1 ty o tle ml 13 armoured personnel rarrur in 196 the lxiraie converts from a motoricd to me h ar ial torn at ot a 1 ve year plan ol it ililary purehiv ruj an rxya4ecd late in 1964 will sec the twigadc ac f mg other new equipment ranging from new in fantry soldier s nti tank weapon to 155mm guns the total military personnel m the brigade nd supporting elements of canadian bae unit is lust over 6 500 all ranks this total combined with wives children school teachers and other sponsored civilian employees means that there are more ihan 16 000 canadian citizens involved e with the canadian army in germany approximately ha the members of the can ad an infantry brigade are married and most have the r tfam lei with thm there are over 3 000 w ve and 6 000 children in germany 1 600 fa i es i ve in married quarters sites in towns rtfound the forts and i 400 ntore families live on ile ecooon y m live surroorwjmg towns and v- llogr in cefo an civ i an ttccomutodation w d n tlve brigade atca tliere are seven hoo i oc tied where tlre is die greatest den ty u h mret total enrol ci t is about 7 900 i i an 1 dioi fl ol litem tr m element ry i a l ji vt rial ooal f rerw h is taught da ly ly rr ng ti dw y ndrgarlrn aii fonlirvuing to li it gr e d hi tulum follows that ol lalt the hddren to lle i 196 j 64 senior mat i 9h- pa ion all papers i it iikiji provide that t tu uk rt public build i lor hallway entrance foyers ii iiljn n plraviftg architec tioot iti j all but id rwj wtten 1 i y tin il ny are to le turrved v i i i govemit ent llirrefore ii 1j llu to- il bo ul ikj ccxk ci it it lli lvo tori y v hoo m a ei tre hall with with tlve hall lite cither the id pie mwj in tik ih g i k ghl ihj troops include sdctuai pae k aatcf rran mctz fpahcc cfe wtlbckxkeh 2q07 anr badl 4 fw1m6 fn sc41mgcn locations of army and ar force bases in irii ce and ter i c tor of the canad an weekly newspapers asoci it o i irr she icllir g what he learned in the cdilorul columi s th wrc red by group of 19 d r i ap dave dills begins regiment of artilury with n r obiervehon post troop a iurfckiurfce mlulte banery an armoured regiment an independent reconalt- unct squadron including kelicoplert a llgnalt squadron a field engineer iquedron n antitank company and three infantry battalions service or tupporting units such as transport medical dental ordnance electrical and mechanical en gineers pay postal and provost have static as well as operational field rols units and fecih ties other than the ones which would actually do the fighting but which are required to support the brigade form an organization fcnown as can adian base unit europe westphalia is the state where canada s nato fomahon is located in germany between the chine and weser rivers it is comparatively small m area but of immense importance economically to the rest of the country there ae the wooded hills of the sauerund in the south and southeast the rtngi of spa in the teuloburg forest the wieclten hills to ihe east and the broed plain of tlte muensterland to the north itoest was first rientiorved in historical doce 1ienti in lite year b36 ad the roman caihol f atrohi church built in 954 still stands in the town at lle leg nn rg ol the i 3th century so it rt ceived ils town charter almost 300 years befc lte emivtence ol north arrerica was know through this charter it acquired tlie right of slf government today il is tlte only town in north ern germany wilh its town walls still surround no two thirds of ils area tlve town of soeit has no newspaper devoted oclusively to il smkifilly liowever four pro vmcial dailies serve tlie area newspapers efe owned by ihe riiinister of justice in germany nd each paper serves a large area with about tw rtgfts ol local news inserted in the various ed lion for distribution in trie many local are served an article a short tine ago appeared in ofe ol live papers which dealt with the import of the economics of ttie soest araa by having the canadian army have there ii was estimated that ov r 10 000 000 is going into the county r soest annually by lite presence of these canadian nat hoops in tlte county a little more than 38 rnitlio dm germen marks yearly go into bank ac counts ol german businessmen and shop owners into the cash 1mdcs of gorman pubowners and landlords into the pockets of market women and lui drivers and for tlte pay cheques of more than i 100 gent an err ployees it is quite correct to say thai tlte canadian troops seen from the economic point ol view arc lite n ost important industry ol tlte county our canadian ot ens spend most of th money lor cars camera sewing machines ra dios tape recorders and record players many toys bought hero in lite county especially electric tra n and lie sides that china ware and silverware are ijken hack lo canada by tlte soldiers after tlteir soest lour of duty has com to an end iverytxxiy going lo ihe market will notice the i my canadian won en who tike a great plea sure m lior p ng in tlte old town atmosphere the oppo ie of the super market second instaln ml tr p from ottawa to mar villc d scldorf tnd soest visit to army brigade a oest it ccimg stiff sgt charlie rushmere corp george sn elhurst corp ken gregory and t lpt morgan dinner with german journalists i ack to air force base at marv me third instalment rcaf photo reconnaisance wnq at marville quick reaction alert wing at zweibrucken meeting airman dernie kunn d i play by unique personnel highly trained strang er hungry dogs fourth instalment pans london acton meat nig mayor and cd tor of acton gazette back to marvittc france for rcaf flight hon e pretfejaichdt hirectctij and travellers guide mi miai al ttiom i r hi tai arpraisinc and inmiranii- dr d a carrctt phsuim nui sutim in i i will m uul ritl si i nil in run si i mi on rii in rjivti iu nitin til allrto r spinci lk i i hil 111 willi 111 a i onipk u viki 11 rl i i iu 77 uiln dr robert d buckner ill i i in in i siiitill wllnv uusi avion on vi i n i us i ipnntnunl 11 i a si lumn til n si4u 1 1 cai ttlnitv tuuch 11k inllctl church of cawadii hi r ni i ln pa mi mi ocoigr olion ma ph d 51 vt march isl i9s tilt clltrch school 1 vi a m oi ado s and hichr 11 is am i carv to grade 4 dimnt services 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