European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse February 1981 the stars and stripes Pago 9 ibo memories linger continued from Page i Gary Pic of Cen v 4 i film pm my j staff worked 12hour Days during the re trial operations and the blood Bank with in in flip Tonji rement of said the four or five performed Standard predetermined clinical tests for the 52 Ameri Turners stay some had 20hour it seems like every time you turned in the department of said the a hostages stay meant Many extra hours and an increased but we were 11 a cilia line to tier Iii us Jivu to Iovu you Felt like everyone was More than Happy to have assisted in that so said of the 41 personnel in his clinical in addition to the More than 200 patients in the Hospital at the about 100 support personnel required attention and said these included a time for giving sex hostages greeted with song by Ann Keays staff writer Germany the 52 americans who were held hostage in Iran for 14 months were greeted with an outpouring of gifts and Community cooperation when they arrived at the air Force Hospital Here in the predawn hours of it was just unbelievable the Way the entire Community pulled together to sup port an International news event and to receive a said Robert associate Hospital gifts poured offers of help and thoughtful gestures filled the Days of the a hostages stay letters Are still a belgian woman in part i could have cried for happiness and Joy when we heard the Good news that All 52 stages had Why maybe Only because i am a human we Are receiving six to 10 letters Dai said and Are passing them on to the consulate in some of them would bring tears to your All the world seemed to watch during those january and Many people responded with we received 53 live lobsters from someone in Mitchell it was including the then the lord mayor of Wiesbaden gave 52 bottles of local bakeries sent Lus Cious German and there were hundreds of bouquets of Flowers which the returnees shared with others in the Hospi Maria chief medi Cal food services said one of the hospitals German employees played an accordion for the a hostages while they ate their lobster they were really excited about one Man ate two and we also served Ham for those who didst want the Community also shared its Joy by serenading the said a German band gave them a German childrens choir gave them 52 car nations and Sang for he i remember Robert the oldest of the told the children weve been locked up so Long for two christmases and we Haven heard silent the children Sang it for him in a local i Alpha of Beta Sigma donated Comfort Mitchell they gave unisex shaving soap and a soap and a Wash the Revlon cosmetics company donated a few Hundred dollars Worth of makeup to the two women said a company spokesman based in the army helped with buses and Bil and even made special laundry runs to bad Kreuz Nach for the Mitchell the army and air Force Exchange service cafes had 400 pairs of shoes brought from main Kastel to the Hainer Berg base Exchange so that the returnees could have on Estop said Mitch tailors and Barbers were also made he an elementary class even made place cards for the dinner table for the Mitchell i dont know How to thank Mitchell it was just a Community Effort just amazing the amount of time and things people were willing to soccer Sepp fan of version Story and photo by de Reavis staff writer Frankfurt Joseph Sepp one of Europe legendary soccer is a fan of the Ameri can Way of in an interview Here while travelling around the country to promote a Book he has Maier said he never consid ered playing in America but enjoyed the Tours his own Bayern Muen made in the it was a fantastic experience the Ballyhoo and cheerleaders a real family Maier Maiers Brilliant goalkeeping career was abruptly ended in july 1979 by a car Acci internal injuries were so severe that doctors said for Maier to continue in professional athletics would endanger his up to he had been the German National team goalkeeper in 95 International including the 1974 world cup championship sports writers believe that without the the 170pound Maier would have payed into his late Maier said he thought his old team Kaiser Franz who ended a stint with the new York Cosmos and is now starring with league leading Hamburg in the German first would soon be a mainstay again of the German National when Maiers career was Cut he was earning a salary rumoured to be around his signature and face on various products were earning him at least three times that Maier played in 442 consecutive major league soccer which Means 13 without Maier has had the distinction of playing Russ claim highest dam Moscow a the soviet Union has completed construction of a 984foot High dam that is the highest in the the soviet news Agency Tass on teams that have won every title possible in world soccer from the world cup to the German league the european cup and the championship of cup win to say it was a blow to Maier to have to give up soccer would be an exercise in severe in his Ich bin Doch Kein Tor a wordplay meaning both in not a fool and in not a Maier admits that his dream was to play until i have Moss on my Knees and my teammates have to carry me onto the in the Book the Reader finds out some inside stuff about professional soccer How famed German goal Hunter Gerd Mueller played More than half a game with a broken Shinbane during a european cup playoffs in and How Beckenbauer came close to having a toe amputated that would have meant an Early end to his Maier is now totally involved in playing wherever we go on a tour like this promoting the he has to play a game of Tennis even if its at 1 Oclock in the and if your name is Sepp you get a court any time of the his publicity Man Maiers plans for the future to play Tennis and More Tennis and then beat Jimmy i think hell be easier than he said with mock serious Ness before the big former soccer goalie Joseph Sepp Maier played on Germany world Champion team of 1974 the medical specialists brought in to serve the military and state department Deb Riefers and state department Public affairs the food services Section ran a 24hour because we had a lot of extra people to said Maria a chief medical food service offi besides the visiting support the German police and military police who provided Security for the Hospital took their meals the a hostages ate breakfast and lunch in a newly arranged dining room on their third floor Kamerbeek their evening meals were in the dining or they could take meals in their she the Hospital staff planned 14 months for the return of the 52 americans from Iran making arrangements for every thing from telephones and Security forces to haircuts and psychological Mitchell some things we just labelled and stored away in a closet for the appropriate we Felt wed receive eight hours1 Mitchell we were Able to literally transform the Ward for the returnees within three the Bank of telephones for the expos tages use was funded by the state department and installed by the bundus Mitchell in special communications lines for the state department were this was the most Tim consuming of the preparations and was done some time the Hospital especially the returnees Ward was plastered with banners and Mitchell and after their Arri Flower bouquets filled the Hall ways and lounge we served them a Good old american said the biscuits really hit the Kamerbeek said that when she went in to see they wanted milk and ice lots of fresh fruit and and they were concerned about Vita they told me they had eaten a lot of i tried to serve them potato but they wanted lettuce and to it was very rewarding to see them said it was an exciting said several staff we All enjoyed being in the added some of our staff brought their cameras and took pictures of the and whenever the lights came we All looked for the television it was a unique said we All put lot of work and extra i Felt privileged to take wherever we All go staff and returnees we will All be unique for what we As Mitchell makes his rounds on the third he remembers this was for Mer Secretary of state Cyrus Vances this was the debriefing this was the dining room where former presi Dent Jimmy Carter met with Mitchell said that when he returned from Rhei main Airport after seeing the 52 freed americans off on their journey to the he found almost All traces gone of their stay at the within the space of two the 52 Beds had been stripped and All the banners and posters were the yellow ribbons it was business As Usu said we were preparing to put patients Back on the the 52 left on by the next All the extra specialists and state department people had also said by the following the extra Telephone Xerox machines and Carters communication gear were he now the Cream coloured corridor is qui a faint Antiseptic odor clings to its Cool tiny scraps of Blue poster paper caught in Metal Staples hang unnoticed on the Walls of the Telephone Only the knots of yellow rib Bons remain wrapped tightly around Balcony the streamers Are
