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FRANKFURT NEWS LINE

Pvt. Joe K. Davis received his parachute wings on April 26 after he made his last jump at Frankfurt Germany, where he is now stationed.
   Davis has been stationed with the 508th Parachute Infantry since he went overseas on April 1.  He entered the service on  October 31, 1945

[The Wellington Leader, Wellington, TX, Thursday, May 30, 1946, Page 8]

T5 William T. Doran, son of Mrs. Howard Miller of 358 Lake Ave., who hitchhiked from Caserta, Italy, to Frankfort, Germany, last spring because he was too impatient impatient to wait for Army transportation to a paratroopers' training school, recently arrived in the United States with the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment.

[Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NYPage 18]

'Ike' Returns to Germany;
Visits Occupation Units

   FRANKFURT, Sept 28 (UP) --- Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower came back to Germany today for a first-hand checkup on his army of occupation and, after a first look, declared its accomplishments were "marvelous."
   He disclosed that the army in Germany will be cut nearly half by July of next year, in accordance with long-laid plans, and spiked reports that he might become ambassador to Great Britain.
   "There is no possibility of my ever being connected with any political office," he said at a news conference.
   The five-star general landed at Eschborn airport with Mrs. Eisenhower and his son, Capt. John Eisenhower, after a flight from England and greeted his successor, Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, with "Hello Joe."
   It was his first visit to his former headquarters in 10 months, and GI's who still think of him as "Ike," their war-time commander, gave him a hero's welcome.  Military bands played, an 800-man honor guard of parachute troopers of the 508th regiment stood at attention.  About 1,500 other soldiers and civilians lined the field.

[Miami Daily News-Record, (Miami, OK, Sunday, September 29, 1946, Page 1]

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