Show David avi Porter orter Takes Part art In n ne 1 e or er II I Army Specialist Four David L. L Porter 25 25 son of Mr and Mrs Leland E. E Porter North East Bountiful BO was among the troops of the First Infantry Division who I left Ft Riley Kansas KaMas on Oct- Oct 4 10 4 to be airlifted to Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many to participate in ih exercise exercise exer exer- cise II THE BIG red one soldiers departed departed departed de de- de- de parted from Forbes Air Force Base in Topeka Kansas and landed at one of three West German airfields Rhein Main Ramstein or Echterdingen A few hours later the troops picked up weapons tanks and armored personnel personnel personnel person person- nel carrier which had been in Europe and departed to the exercise site near the Czechoslovakian bor bor- der training training train train- DURING THE TIlE five-day five ing exercise the division opposed opposed opposed op op- posed aggressor forces from the Third Infantry Division regularly stationed it in Germany Germany Ger Ger- many and the Germane German Grm ln Panzer Grenadier Grenadir r Brigade de II was as designed to test U. U S. S Army Deployment Deployment Deploy Deploy- ment from stateside bases in defending Western Europe with NATO Forces A similar similar similar sim sim- ilar exercise T I 1 was held in Germany in January 1969 MEMBERS of the First Division Division Di Di- vision are scheduled to return to Ft Riley in late October and November Spec Porter is a medical laboratory technician in Company Company Company Com Com- pany C of the Divisions Division's First Medical Battalion HIS fiS WIFE Ana Florinda lives in Manhattan Kansas WW W WM W W M |