FRANKFURT NEWS LINE

"THE RED CROSS IS OVER THERE" --- Asking one of the most popular questions in the occupation army, Neal Casey, Mason City, has stopped a guard of the 508th parachute infantry regiment, of which he is a member, for directions to the Red Cross club in their area. Casey, son of Mr. and Mrs.   C. J. Casey, 820 Jefferson, N. W., left for overseas in Feb. 1946, volunteered for parachutist training and is now stationed in Heddernheim, Germany, just outside of Frankfurt.  Attending jump school for 8 weeks, Neal completed the 5 jumps and is now assigned to the 598th regimental medics.  He entered the army in April, 1945, after attending Iowa University for one year.   (Photo and story by Sgt Chuck Sorliea)

[The Mason City Globe-Gazetteer, Mason City, IA, Friday, 10 May 1946, Page 8]

   Capt. Howard A. Greenawalt, 3627 Montour street, will return soon to the United States from Germany to rejoin the 82nd Division at Fort Bragg, N.C., for new training.  He was stationed overseas with the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment.  The captain's wife and daughter, Nancy Louise, returned recently from Frankfurt.

[The Evening News, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, November 19, Page 15]

   Pfc Bob Varner, paratrooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Varner, who is spending a few days with his parents after arriving in the city wil leave Thursday for Ft. Snelling, Minn., and from there will go overseas to the the 508th Parachute regiment in Frankfort, Germany.  Varner has been in the service 2 years and 7 months and spent 19 months overseas in Europe.

[Mason City, Globe-Gazette, Mason City, IA, Jun 18, 1946, Page 12]

Reunited in Paris

   Reunited while en furlough In Paris recently were Pfc Dwight G. Nagel and his brother, Cpl Merlyn S. Nagel (left to right), sons of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Nagel. 226 Helen street. Cpl Nagel is in the medical detachment of the 508th parachute infantry division, Frankfurt, Germany, and Pvt. Nagel is with the 333d Harbor Craft company at Dieppe, France. Both have been In the service three years, one of which has been overseas.