European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Of the c47 sky Troin converted of ac47, provides vital punch in Vietnam. Spooks in the night of continued from Page 11 make me  the Green lights on the mini guns changed to red and the word went Back Forward you re  then old 368 which a few hour before had been a mercy ship became a killer. Dornstadter pivoted the plan around the Clearing and sighted it on the target. The Cabin lit up with the gun barrel flashes As streams of fire spewed out of the three mini guns an zeroed in on the Clearing. The Racket even when muffled by the earphones sounded like a riveters Competition. Fine real Good cried the voice on the ground. They re shooting Back at you. Keep it  kibitzer were from a Navy junk based on the River which has been repeatedly attacked by the Viet Cong who use the swampy Delta As a  on Broadway Ever enjoyed a show More than the sailors watching their tormentors getting hell. The next half hour must have Beena Long 30 minutes for the Viet Cong be Low. From practically every degree on the Compass the spooky raked them with streams of bullets. The flares kept popping put the Back and the gunfire from amidships. Round and round the target flew old 368 in a tighter and tighter Circle Over the  it was All Over the cockpit asked How it looked from the ," came Back the word. Your fire was excellent and right on target. Unless he was Well dug in you sure caused him lots of concern. We sure appreciate your help and look for Ward to seeing you around these part again one of these  the cockpit headed 368 for Home after completing two important chores or Dering a resupply of ammunition an flares and making certain another spooky had replaced us on  ac47 had no sooner stopped at its Danang revetment when the red bal Supply truck was pulling up alongside with the requested ordnance. Old 368 snight s work was not yet Over. For the rest of the night it would be the Aler plane standing by for possible Emer gency and immediate Takeoff. Dear Ann 1 have an unusual problem too Many brains. It All started when 1 was in the7th Grade. The teachers decided i was too smart for the 7thgrade so they promoted me to the 8th. I did t like the Kidskin the 8th Grade because All my friends were in the 7th. I Didwell academically but i w a s unhappy  is came time to choose my 9th Grade subjects wanted to take a business course but my Counselor Andy Mother decided i had to go to College so they forced me Totake subjects to prepare me. Now i have to choose 10thgrade subjects and we Are fighting again. I told them i did not ask to be put in the Genius class and that i hate algebra and trigonometry. I be already had work that some of theother kids won t get until Lith and 12th Grade. Why won t the let me take the business course i want to be a Secre tary not a math professor. Now i know Why kids drop  miss Ein Stein dear miss a for a girl who has All those brains you Are plenty dumb. Your Mother an your Counselor want you to stretch your mind to reach to exercise your cerebral Imis Eles girl if you want to he a Page 14 Secretary Fine but Don t pass up the Chance to have at least a couple of years of  will be a better Secretary for it and a better educate woman. Dear Ann Landers Ellen Andi were married two years ago after a Stormy courtship. My older brother used to Date Ellen and when they broke up it Wasa mess ugly stories were circulated by both  Ellen and i married my brother was in the service and out of the country so that solved the problem of whether or not to have him at the wed Ding. At family get together they barely speak. Now my brother has announced that he is going to be married and he wants me to be his Best Man. Ellen says she will not attend the wedding and that if 1 had the proper respect for her i would t go either. I Don t want to Hurt my wife but if i turn my brother Down it will be Tho end of our Friendship and my Mother willbe heartsick. What is the right thing to do Nick dear Nick Tell your brother you accept. If Ellen does t want to attend he wedding Lether stay Home. A Man who would refuse Togo to his brother s wedding he cause his wife insists on Nurs ing an old grudge should take the ring off his Finger and Petit through his nose. Dear Ann Landers Here the Story he was married and i knew it. I let him move into my place for Days at a time. I allowed him to spend Money on me that he should have been spending on his children. I encouraged him to take me to Public places so we d be  end came last week when we bumped into his 18-year-Oldson and a group of his buddies. That same night my love said we were through that he had been a crazy fool and Hoin tended to go Back to his family and make up for the grief he had caused. I am heartsick and guilt Ridden. Want to go to his wife and beg her forgiveness. They say confession is Good for the soul and my soul is badly in need of re pair. Please say yes. River of tears dear River sorry no. This confession might be Good for your soul but it won t do much for the wife who has to listen to it. Spare her the ordeal what seems to you it this moment an act of Generos Ity is in reality selfishness turned inside out copyright 1968. Publ theri mall Syndicate the stars and stripes  land pilgrimage by commercial Jet is 8cnmulcd for May 4-13, for $345 All inclusive to visit s Baalbek Byblos Tel Aviv Caesarea Haifa Nazareth tiberia5the sea of Galilee Tabaha Capernaum Jerusalem Bethly Jericho Bethany the dead sea the Jordan River and Acwith accommodations in first class hotels. I for information on the above tour phone Ramstein military7819 or 0619. A holy land pilgrimage is being organized for protestant members by the Pitburg air base Chapel. The dates Are Mav 10-19. The itinerary lists Beirut Baalbek Byros the sea Galilee. Jerusalem Jericho Bethlehem and Athens. For the dries and additional information Contact chaplain it. Col Rov Johnston phone Pitburg military 7211. Paris will be visited from May 9-12 on a conducted tour sponsored by the Armstrong Barracks service club Buedingen Germany. The $32 fee includes transportation and lodging participants must sign for the tour by May 3.also, the club will sponsor a trip to the German 1,000-Kilometer Auto race to be held at the nuer Burgering May 19. All details maybe obtained at the club. The armed forces recreation Center has annexed modern camping site adjacent to Chi Emsee Germany s larg est Inland  just off the autobahn Halfway Between Munich and Salzburg the camping ground has room for 90 tents and luxuries from electrical outlets to hot and cold running water. Other facilities include washers driers showers Irons and ironing boards and Barbecue pits. And there is a general store stocked with grocery items Suchias fresh eggs meat milk Beer and gasoline for lanterns. Reservations Are accepted on a first come first served basis by writing to the Chi Emsee recreation area attn campsite Apo 09108. Applicants must state the number of persons in the party Date of arrival and tentative Date of departure London is an Art exhibit of Barbara Hepworth s work Sis being held at the Tate gallery London through May 19. Chosen in collaboration with the artist the exhibition includes180 sculptures 40 drawings and paintings. Key works have been borrowed from museums and private collections in the u.s.,Canada, Holland Switzerland and Germany. Goren on Bridge East West vulnerable. East deals. North ak93