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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, January 24, 1981

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes january 1981 hostages to leave for states continued from Page 1 and crab meat and cases of an expensive local they wore plastic bibs to keep melted butter and wine off their newly tailored dress uniforms and some of them were waving their hands and smiling ear to said one they were feeling a German accordion player ambled be tween line covered tables playing Lili Marlene and other it was a planned blast for the hos the observer and there were women a state department spokesman de scribed the party As just another but a photographer said the Hospital Din ing room was stocked with bottles of Champagne and cases of Wiesbader her an expensive local White there was plenty of Beer and every so often they started a photographer some of them were really feel ing state department spokesman Jack can non announced the sunday departure Dur ing a briefing Jerome medical director of the state answered questions about the former hos tages Korcak confirmed that some hostages were so depressed they Are staying in their rooms and not taking part in the medical and psychological Korcak said there has been no evidence of the Stockholm in which hostages Side with their we have seen a Universal hostility toward the Ira Korcak Korcak said some captives made statements in Iran that they now some of them feel guilty about some of the statements they we feel guilt is entirely they were sub hed go Back but Only aboard a b52 continued from Page i called his iranian jailers fanatics and pure and simple they we rent he they May have been students at one but there not its remarkable that the 52 of us Are in Good he in thankful that in still intact mentally and German said he want physically but he said he was abused mental As he was subjected to incidents such As mock the closest i came to sheer German was when they brought in the Goon blindfolded put us against the Wall and cocked guns in our there were times when i didst know whether we could make or if i could make said but youd get up every morning and youd do who was a press attache at the embassy before it was said he Doest hate the iranians As a result of his 14 months in there just going through a weird he but Rosen said he  go Back to Iran even if diplomatic relations be tween the and Iran Are Rosen said that during his he kicked doors in and cursed his captors to release his frustrations and to get he they get even with you when you showed your the 36yearold native said Hes feeling better every Day now that Hes getting rest and Good he said he lost 15 to 20 pounds during the 444day Rosen declined to say whether he had been physically abused by the or to discuss abuse of other every body must speak for themselves on he the support the hostages got from the few letters they received was Rosen we didst get he but those we got made us feel Ameri cans Are the greatest people in the German said he believes Steps Are being taken by the state department to prevent an embassy takeover from occurring he said he  serve abroad again unless Security is German said he bought some clothes when he and Many of the other former hostages were taken to the Wiesbaden Mil itary Exchange at 6 at thursday nights meeting with for Mer Secretary of state Cyrus Ger Man Many of the freed americans asked pointed and got some refreshingly fresh he said Vance met with the 52 for a few and gave them a chronology of the hostage crises and the behind the scenes events leading to their eventual re when asked what he planned to do first when he goes Home to his wife and German i want to eat some of my wife Home and i just want to envelop my i think in going to kiss the ground when i land in wherever we he who said he decided to talk to the press at the request of his Theresa Lodeski of said he Doest like to be referred to As a hos Tage even when sex is put in front of the i prefer some of my friends prefer to think of us As hostages he he but he said their primary identification is As Ameri were americans last and Al he two former hostages say there bitter toward Iran rerun of super bowl planned monday night football fans who choose not to bum the Midnight Oil sunday will get a Chance to see a rerun of the super bowl monday the Philadelphia Oakland show Down will be shown live throughout Germany late from about 12 Midnight until around 3 an officials announced aridity that the game will be aired a second starting at monday in All locations except where a Kickoff is set for 7 continued from Page 1 material want allowed and at tempts to communicate with other hos tages could Lead to solitary persons meeting with the returnees daily the hostages developed a Finger spelling code to pass they passed notes through the cracks in the bathroom but they knew Little about the outside we found out about the Rescue attempt by Reading the television pages on the Back of the Lauterbach i received Only a Small amount of censored i received no news magazines at the Only things we got were sports mag comics and a few other publications that were not of a political the isolation was just As Complete for the negotiations i never knew anything about them until the i found out by accidentally run Ning into a militant newspaper from the some socialist newspaper which explained that there had been a raid following the Rescue Lauter Bach they were but not treated any More As time they weeded out some of the psychos that were in the group and i think by then the students were disciplined enough not to show any increased hostility toward frequently their captors would withhold mail to punish Hohman Dur ing the first few months of Captivity i was receiving mail fairly frequently from my and from that Point on it just went steadily at Lauterbach we had some people who would threaten us and Point guns at and occasionally slap us the meeting with former president Jim my Carter helped both men understand what the United states had done to win their it was a very emotional moment for All of Lauterbach we knew How hard Carter had worked for our re lease it was really wonderful to meet at Hohman he was hesitant about meeting the former i thought at the time that he was the cause of a great Deal of my but after meeting ohmans Opin Ion i have a lot of respect for him because he was willing to come and face us and answer our individual ques he didst fear you he could have easily walked away from the Job and president its your Ball game but he came before and ill always respect that Man for i hold him in the High est for some there was passing bitterness toward the Carter administration during their Lauterbach but he termed it an emotional they he that everything possible was being done and everyone in the states was extremely concerned and was doing everything possible to get us despite the the isolation and the both men say they Learned and grew during the this experience has made me appreciate Many things that i took for granted Lauterbach personal free your family and friends and a lot of very simple such As being Able to Wash when you being Able to keep a lot of simple things such As Ive Learned that if i could get through something like then any other difficulty i might face in my life by be relatively Ive also benefited in that i think Ive become closer to my family and friends and Ive met a lot of new friends among the hostages and people that have written to for Hohman the experience strength ened his Ive rethought my life quite a bit while i was in solitary confine ment and i find that i love Anna even More than i thought it was in very proud of her that she withstood in proud of my boys and my Daugh Ter and my whole family that they could set through in proud to say injected to extreme in one Case a hostage was induced to make a statement with the Promise that some of his colleagues would be released if he did in another Case a hostage was told that if he would cooperate they would let him return to the United states for the funeral of his the mans Mother had not Korcak asked if the hostages were brainwashed and made to feel Korcak re plied they the militants were completely some of the hostages found their attempts we have found a number of physical most of which existed before their Korcak a number of those released Are exhibiting signs and symptoms of transient psychiatric ail including Post traumatic stress syn which Are directly related to their Captivity in Korcak said it involves sleep disturb startled reactions and Flash it is none of the hostages have broken Bones or show signs of having been he Many of the hostages have de scribed beatings to but the beatings were administered in such a Way As to not leave one of them complained of a ringing in his ears after being kicked into they were punched about the body and in some cases kicked in the some of the hostages have told us they were mistreated for several reasons interrogation to get the Safe combinations or to get them to make statements that were Friendly toward their in other cases they were mistreated As punishment for trying to the former hostages May face a psycho logical struggle to adjust that will last a Long Korcak there will be Many stresses on these people when they cases it will be difficult for them to reestablish Normal relationships with their a the Best advice i can give the families is be patient and it May be Nec Essary for these patients to describe their experiences Many Over and Over doctors have not been Able to draw any correlations Between sex or jobs the hostages had and How Well Treyve adjust Korcak i dont think there is a i think theres a correlation Between the personality of the captives and their religious beliefs and How Well Treyve people in senior whether civilian or were treated More harshly than the Korcak following the aborted Rescue the treatment that was the Point at which they were dispersed to several cities in during the dispersal some of the hostages were bound by the militants and thrust into the backs of some of them described it As being treated like sacks of they were not Given an Opportunity to use the during the that took Many some of them suffered but they were soft tissue one carrying the rolled Over during the but none of the hos tages were severely Korcak Central Europe forecast for saturday Over Northern half of the area mostly Cloudy to Cloudy skies with locally dense fog and afternoon High temperatures lows Southern half of the area fair to partly Cloudy with dense morning fog and afternoon highs lows Sunset saturday Sunrise sunday at Outlook for sunday Calls for increasing cloudiness with a Chance of rain Snow and Snow showers at higher ions in the entire temperatures will be slightly cooler in the North slightly warmer in the temperatures recorded Friday Fig Fig f Fig Fig 43 so 52 28 43 18 28 39 43 32 36 p p p Fig m p 4pm 19 30 46 54 37 52 7 18 39 43 34 52 25 32 Iraln a partly Cloudy of far mostly Cloudy Del 7th weather so  
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