European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday september 24, 1978 first to loin in Germany vow rites admit women stories and photo by Floyd Harrington Kaiserslautern Bureau chief Steinwender Germany is the veterans of foreign wars is no longer an organization made up entirely of men. The first women to join the vow in Ger Many were mustered in during a formal ceremony at Post 6959 Here saturday after noon. Presiding Over the ceremony was Jack Mackey the vow s department of Germany commander. At the Start of the proceedings Mackey called attention to the fact that resolutions capping a new Era Bob Black commander of Post 9659 gives Gloria Flanagan some help in adjusting the vow s overseas Cap. Flana Gan was the first woman to join the Post in Germany after the vow voted to allow women to become members. I think women should be Able to help decide Steinwender Germany is it s an Honor Gloria Flanagan said about being the first woman to join the vet Erans of foreign wars vow Post 9659 Here the oldest vow chapter in Germany. She was eligible to join by virtue of serv ice As a cryptographer with a signal com Pany in Heidelberg after world War ii. I enlisted in the was in 1949. At that time there was a regulation that said a woman could t serve overseas until she had been in the states a year but they were having trouble Over Here. The men were fraternizing with the German women so they sent some of us Over said Flana Gan a native of Van Wert Ohio. While in Heidelberg she married and was promoted to Corporal at about the same time. But her army career was Cut Short when i got pregnant she said. She was discharged from the army and sent Home. Her husband a Corporal in an ordnance company at the time was extended a year. At the end of the year he declined to reenlist and joined his wife in Van Wert. Airport evacuation ordered Portland Oregon up authorities ordered the temporary evacuation of portions of Portland International Airport after the discovery of a dozen Sticks of dynamite and a note in a Black Vinyl flight bag. There she had her first experience with a veterans organization. She said the com Mander of the local american legion Post asked her husband to join. He in turn asked if his wife was eligible to join too. The commander said " yes she can pay her Money i asked him what he meant by that and he said i could join but could t attend the meetings said Flana Gan. That did t set very Well with  at its August National convention the vow voted to admit women. Flanagan stressed that she s not a women s libber but believes women have something to contribute to Veteran s organizations. The vow american legion and disabled veterans All have lobbyists in Washington working for the Veteran and i think women should be Able to help decide what they lobby for she said. When asked How she Felt about the vow s stand for a Strong american Mili tary presence in Western Europe she said i m sort of mixed. I m so disgusted with the whole world situation especially with the Way the american troops Are treated Here that i think they should Send us All Home and we should become isolationists again. But i realize that in t  she goes along with the vows push for a no loophole  she believes everybody women included should serve their country and that women should not be excluded from combat units. If it s a Job a woman can handle she ought to be allowed to do it Flanagan said. To admit women had been voted on during three previous vow National conventions and failed to pass. But he said this past August at the convention in Dallas Texas the same Resolution was put on the floor again and passed with Over the two thirds majority  the Resolution which opens vow membership to women who served in the armed forces in wars overseas went into effect saturday. The 64-year-old vow is the last veterans organization to pass such a Reso Lution. Although 12 women from vow posts in Germany had signed membership forms Only three attended the mustering in Cere Mony Gloria Flanagan and Lynn Flowe from Kaiserslautern and Anne Frederick from the Wiesbaden Post. Flanagan and Flowe both served with the army and were awarded occupation medals for serving in Germany during the 1950s. Frederick who is stir on Active duty served with the air Force in Viet Nam. I joined because i m a Veteran and went through four campaigns in Vietnam said Frederick. I also think i have a great Deal to contribute to the vow such As serving on special committees and for membership  Flowe who also is a member of the american legion said she joined because i enjoy coming Here. I tried to join sever al months ago but they said i was t Eligi ble. Now that i am i  Mackey was one of the department com Manders who spoke for the Resolution at the National convention. He explained Why. In combat a Bullet has no Choice. It can hit a lady or a Man and if women were there they should be eligible to join the  he also told the convention Dele Gates that if women weren t allowed to join it could mean the end of his depart ment. He said that the army will not extend privileges to an organization that discriminates against a Veteran. It could have meant the loss of mail and military banking facility privileges. And without those we just could t function Over Here he said. Vow officials according to Mackey estimate there Are about 120,000 women Elgi ble to join the vow. Mackey has no idea How Many Are presently in Germany and he said his department has no plans for a membership Campaign aimed solely at women. I Don t feel that we re going to extend ourselves purposely to get All the ladies in that we can. Certainly any of them that want to join Are Welcome. In fact i think they la be an asset said Mackey. 20 families refuse eviction Naples up Twenty families have refused to move out of an old City apart ment building that the fire brigade declared unsafe after cracks developed in its Walls. The tenants barricaded themselves in their apartments saying they would not leave unless the City provides new lodging for them. The fire brigade said the 7-Story building was undermined by Days of rain and is in danger of collapsing. Two gis killed so far in nato War games Bonn Germany up Only two of 13 persons killed in the series of nato War games in Progress in Germany were american soldiers . Military authorities say. It was reported last week that four americans were among the fatalities that include eight servicemen and five civil ians. The service fatalities include four germans one Canadian and one briton. All the civilians were germans. 6-52 role in cold fire a Success by John Hart Washington Bureau chief Washington is the b-52 bomb ers participation in the nato exercise cold fire was a big Success the Strate Gic air come s Deputy chief of staff for operations maj. Gen. Jack l. Watkins said Friday since tuesday aircrews from the 7th bombardment Wing Carswell fab Texas have flown the Strat fortresses in four two ship missions in support of the autumn forge ground exercises in Ger Many. Watkins said the aircrews were scheduled to return to Carswell Friday night. Each bomber was flown nonstop from the states for about 18 hours to make Simu lated conventional bomb runs in the Ger Many exercise area. The  s Kc-135 tankers refuelled the b-52s during the exercise so that the bombers never had to land in Europe. In making a preliminary assessment of the  s participation in the exercise Watkins said i believe we achieved our goal which was exercising the concept of employing b-52 aircraft in support of euro Pean  not first time he pointed out that this was not the first time b-52s have flown in Europe. The b-52s have participated in the annual Royal air Force bombing and Navi gation Competition which involves Low level flights and simulated bomb releases in Britain and other training missions. Watkins said that the United states and its nato allies have placed top priority on better use of All forces. 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