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touch of privacy to unit's billetsBy LUCIA GUAJARDO Staff writer FRIEDBERG, Germany iSfcSi - Lack of privacy is of ion a major morale problem . for military persons living in barracks and sharing a roam wifcti several others^ Members m a'battalion here ore iuw thankful they share a room only with severalothers, ......Before recent renovations by Army engineers, the il btUeis called tome by the 1st Bn; 32nd Armttf here were large rooms shared by all. The renovations were completed by the. 1st and ui Platoons. Cb C, Wth Engr Combat Bn iKiyl from Darmstadt. .As one offieiaE attending the ceremony concluding the .renevatwej said, ;!7hey*rc not private rooms,. but H sure beats living in an open bay.-’ :The work .on the mid-ltJ buildings started in February 1976 with an average of 30 englneert:womng on the project at a Ume. - v •:. Converting each billet to 14 two-tb-four-man rooms cost a total about H40.00C, an engineer spokesman said.The community here thanked the engineers for l*lto way they conducted Ibenv selves while living wilh the battalion and said they ''consider them members of the . l/32nd.“ - ' ■The 1st Platoon was to go from this project to Ayers Casern in hirctigbns lo construct a helicopter hangar..The platoons, which are usually TOY all year, also were to work jointly on a senw counter at the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm-a spokesman said.
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European Stars and Stripes
Darmstadt, Hesse, DE
Tue, Aug 23, 1977
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