Spring, 1987 - 70th Infantry Division Association

High
in the Grindelwald
Ted Heck, weapons platoon leader in Co. K, 275 and later S-1 of the
3d Bn, has sent in a membership application for Alfred Krebs,
lieutenant in G-2 at Division HQ, now of Grindelwald, Switzerland.
Ted, who lives in Blue Bell, Pa., says, " Here 's seven bucks,
although Alfred certainly can afford to pay himself. Maybe he' ll take it
off my bill when I go back to ski . He owns the biggest hotel in this
well-known resort-the Grand Regina, a 150-bed five-star hotel. "
Alfred is a Swiss citizen again, who returned to his native country
after the war. He had come to America at 15 and had worked as a
The Treasurer's
Report Alvin Thomas
October 1-December 31, 1986
10-1-86 Balance .................... . ............. $39,953.54
RECEIPTS:
Dues-Regular (166 @ $7) .. $1,162.00
(19 @ $10) .... 190.00
Life (11) . .. .. . . . ..... 1,079.00 $2,431.00
History Books.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514.00
Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670.46
Stationery Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.25
Donations.... . .............. . . ...... 6.00
Total Receipts ...... . .......................... . 3,666.71
43,620.25
DISBURSEMENTS:
Trailblazer Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,242.90
Roster Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775.00
Postage and Shipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.05
Photographic Expense .. . ........... 74.99
Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 .35
Telephone Expense........... . . . . . . 12.63
Total Disbursements ... .... ... . ..... ... .... .. .. . . . 3,388.92
BALANCE, 12-31-86:
First Bank of Eureka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,413.51•
Citizen S & L (Eureka) CDs:
6.15% Maturing 4-1-87 .. $5,000.00
9.37% Maturing
12-26-87 . .. . .. ... ... 10,358.54
6.73% Maturing
2-28-88 . ... . . . . . ... . 20,459.28 35,817.82
Total Balance . ... . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. . . .. .. .. . . . .. . $40,231.33
•Jan. 6, $3,500 was put into a 5-yr., 7.2% CD at Citizen S & L.
International reunion
busboy in the Waldorf-Astoria. His restaurant career was interrupted
by the draft. He ended up in military intelligence, with TOY as a
bodyguard for President Roosevelt.
Ted and Alfred met while Ted was on a press trip with a group of
travel writers. (Retiring from his position as marketing vice president
of a major food firm , Ted developed a second career as a ski and travel
writer.)
" When Alfred greeted our group, he pointed out his American
military service and when he mentioned the 70th Division, I nearly
dropped my wine glass .
''The meeting fell apart, while Alfred and I held our reunion. It was
open to the others, but we all know it is difficult for many people to
listen to stories about a war that wasn't theirs. Alfred had no knowledge
of the existence of our association.
" I told him about a brush I had with his boss in G-2, a field-grade
officer who came down to reprimand me for having interrogated a
prisoner before passing him to the rear. I had known Division was
interested in the big picture . .. who's over there, who 's the C.O. and
so on. But what I needed to know was whether there was a machine gun
at the road junction that was going to shoot our ass off when we went in.
" Alfred smiled. He's still a big picture guy ... and in Grindelwald,
he's master of all he surveys, except the Eiger Mountain.
" We didn't discuss it, but there might be a discount for other tourists
who can drop names like Forbach and Spicheren Heights. As they say,
it couldn't hurt."
(Editor's note: See Alfred's letter in " Mail Call ," page 8.)
*
Another flag of truce
There was another 5-minute truce besides the New Year's Eve
" cease-fire," says Marion Parkey, 1st Bn/276 Medics. " In February
or March of 1945, Pfc Paul Kirk bright was a member of a litter squad
that was called to pick up wounded men close to the enemy lines. Paul
tied a white cloth around a stick and exposed himself to enemy fue. He
told the Germans what he wanted to do and they held fue for about five
minutes till all the wounded were recovered.
" Paul came from East Liverpool, Ohio and he and I took basic and
advanced training at Camp Adair.
"Louis Bishop, H/274, told how he was seriously wounded by a
short round from our own artillery . As a medic, I gave aid to one of our
riflemen who was wounded in the leg by such a round. This was after
we pulled out of Forbach and were searching for the enemy . I was
wounded just above the ankle by a mortar shell that apparently had lost
its fin. At least it sounded that way as it came in and hit a tree just
behind me . This happened at Camp Adair on a field trial under live
artillery fire. It made me a bttle gun-shy for a while."
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