European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 06, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes servicemen shocked angered could t believe s a Nightmare stunned servicemen throughout Europe interrupted their work to quietly read the news of the los Angeles assassination attempt. Is photo ton How do you explain it there is no Way. My by the is staff the shooting of sen. Robertf. Kennedy in los Angeles wednesday brought comments of anger disbelief and sorrow from americans with the . Force sin Europe. Military men questioned Atcas erns snack bars in the Field and in one Case in a dentist Schair expressed deep Shock at the Assassin s attempt on the life of the new York senator who had just wound up an apparently successful Campaign for califor Nia s presidential news of the shooting spread through dependent schools Stu dents stopped their school work to listen to an reports of the attempted assassination and to follow up to the minute reports of the presidential candidate s s a mixed up world said sgt. F. W. Burkhart stationed with the Marine corps in London. You never know what s going to happen next. I guess it does t pay to run for High political of fice. It s just not i was pulling these tent stake when the sergeant came Over and told us said spec. 4 Roger Burke of the 7th evac Hospital in Darmstadt Germany. I could t believe it. It s a night All of the men said they Fel Congress was partly at fault for not passing a gun control Mea sure. Kennedy supported that Bill said s. Sgt. Charlie Mitch Ell. It should have there s no place in our society for guns said spec. 4 Roger Burke. It s getting so that a Man can t run for office without having to worry about getting Burke and two dozen other soldiers taking Down tents froma medical Field test sat in a Circle around a transistor radio in a Dusty Field surrounded by asparagus patches. In silence they smoked cigarettes and tried to find some explanation for the tragedy. I be Only been away fro Home a couple of months said spec. 4 Eugene Jerome a 23-year-old Soldier who was recently graduated from the University of Iowa. Two assassinations in such a Short time. I hop and Pray it s not a another 7th evac Soldier s. Sgt. Charles Wood said this scares me i was in Korea when his brother was killed. It scared me then that something like that could happen at Home. I be been Here two months. It scares me worse now. I think people Are for getting that with Freedom questioned on a company Street at Lee Barracks in Mainz 1st it. John Thompson of he co 1stbrigade, 8th inf div said it shocked me. It was a fanatic or someone which one next asked spec.4 George Pulvie another 8th inf div Soldier. It does t sur prise me any. Looks like they re after All the . Robert Mcnealey of 2ndbn, 509th inf in Mainz was walk ing Back from the snack bar when someone asked him if the Man who shot Kennedy had Bee caught. I said quit kidding then went to the orderly Roo to be sure Mcnealey said. Jacqueline Keppel a counsel rat the Mainz education Center was also stunned. When we found out our first reaction was that we really did t care to re whats our country coming to 1 just Dort Koiv. Turn to the states again. It Al most sounds like we re not even living in a democratic Aschaffenbur Germany spec. 4 James o. Anderson Hico 1st in 4th inf said what really bothers me is what is Hap pening to the country. I think it is Crummy happening to two Brothers he said. Another Aschaffenbur Soldier spec. 4 Melvin Norris of he Btry 6th in 62nd arty had his own description of the Assassin. Of it was probably some Crackpot who wanted to get his name in the history books Norris said. In the Ernst Ludwig Caser snack bar two gis played a pin Ball machine with their radio turned up loud enough nearby so they could hear. I was just getting to Workon a crossword Puzzle when i heard somebody had been shot said spec. 4 James l. Salyers of he Btry 10 arty. I had hoped to turn on the radio and hear that Kennedy was winning in California. He s my Man. But that s what i heard. Our ser Geant asked a question that i keep asking myself. What s our country coming to i just Don t just feel helpless said spec. 4 Gary de grave 21,taking his turn at the pinball machine. There s nothing any body can do Over Here. Over there either i As far As i can see Ameri cans Are degenerating just like the romans added those hippies and they let the draft card burners get away with it. The military s not exactly my Way of life but Idon t figure i m too Good to serve. I be got a wife and a child at Home the 21-year-old Soldier said. I wonder what la happen from Day to nothing can be done about it said spec. 4 Thomas Lyons Lith signal in drinking a Cozewith four buddies in the snack bar speaking loud to be heard Over the Juke Box. There have been assassinations by Discon tented people All through can you Stop them a Young 67th arty lieutenant from new Jersey who was fill ing out reports when he hear the news said he was embarrassed to be an american i Europe at this time. It s embarrassing to fac people on the streets said 1st it. Josph v. Longo 23. I d justas soon no european ask my re action for a while. Kennedy Isa magic name around Here. And by our own hand so to speak we have killed one Kennedy and now this. How do you explain it there s no Way he said shaking his head. At South Ruislip England g. Warren of the 1811th support so said i was quite shocked. Unfortunately there seems to be too much of this in the states another South Ruislip airman sgt. Richard Porrino of the 69th communications so said knew Kennedy had enemies but i never dreamed something like this would looking up from the chair Asa dentist worked on his Teeth Yeoman . D. L. Deskins of. S. Navy he in London said i was very shocked. It s a Ter Rible thing to have happened incur present society. Although i m not a Kennedy supporter what can be gained by such actions bloodshed is certainly not an never has been a solution to anyone s Mannheim Germany spec. 4 Randall e. Floyd seventh army communications come called the shooting an insane act. I could t believe it Athirst he said. I spec. 4 Gary r. Hallock of the j1st support brigade also in Mannheim had other ideas. Ina Way i kind of expected it to happen he said due to the fact that he always wanted to be out in the crowds and crowds have had bad reactions to him before. I Don t remember just when it was but he got his lip split one time before when or was in a word of the assassination at tempt spread quickly through the Darmstadt american schools and classes in the older grades came to a standstill As you Jug i sters collected around we teachers desks to listen to radios. Those without radios ran Home for one. Of no gasped a fourth grader. In t he the one whose father was killed awhile youngsters too young10 grasp the significance of their teachers on Wanai Kennedy stood for and Howe publicans differed from demo j crafts. J older girls had tear stained silent prayer. First a Kennedy then another Kennedy. I scared to go Home said7th-Grade boy with glasses. Why Don t they search every body for guns before they Tinto a speech of a candidate. Asked one 7th-Grade go. That s not the Point of a male classmate. In s ? i pening in America and s " there s nothing to summed up one Gul j
