European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 Arm Landers letters dear Ann Landers if i told you my age you probably would think i was be but i assure you i am of sound mind and Hope you will print my it is a complaint about our National i believe it should be and in its place we should adopt the to begin the Star spangled ban Ner has a Range that is virtually impossible for the average person to the word gleaming is almost always inaudible be cause it is so far Down the and the rockets red Glare is extremely difficult to reach because it is so whenever our National Anthem is Sung most people have to change at this time in our history when everyone is terrified of the possibility of nuclear we should not be singing about bombs Bur sting in How much better to pay tribute to our purple mountains majesty and Amber Waves of also the mention of brotherhood from sea to shining sea is a lot More re assuring than the reference to a fierce Bat please crusade for this if anyone can put it Over you your daily Reader in Arizona dear daily Reader youve made some valid but i am still recovering from the sex Survey and cannot take on anything More at this thank you for dear Ann Landers my husband and 1 engaged a Lovely Young caucasian woman recently divorced to look after our three Annabelle told us it was necessary to keep her child age 5 with her and that she needed employment near a Good pub Lic my husband and i Felt this would be no when we met the child we were sur prised to discover he was she explained that his father was but one of his grandparents was a mulatto and Way Back in the family there May have been a Darker Junior was one of those rare she is it possible for two caucasians to pro Duce a Black child not biased just wondering Maryland dear this question comes to me at least once a i printed such a letter several years ago and Here is the my consultant was a distinguished geneticist from Harvard medical school who asked that his name not be said the offspring of a negro caucasian mating will be lighter in general than the negro Parent and Darker than the Cauca Sian offspring of mulatto parents can be somewhat Darker or lighter than their parents and very Light mulatto with a Remote negro genetic background would be expected to produce offspring whose pigment varied Only slightly from though vigorous studies of this ques Tion Are i know of no documentation where Whites have had Black this is not to say it could never but we can say it does not seem to have happened reminder All letters to the editor must contain the full printed name and address of the writer and must be we do not read unsigned but we will withhold your name on request and protect your All letters Are subject to one mans perspective of easter in Germany during the reformer exercise Central in the state of i witnessed the likes of two special German peo to makes easter even More May i share a Small excerpt of my writing to you about these two very special and he that makes this All the position we occupied presented to us Many opportunities showers and which were very rare to my and a vision of Beauty As i witnessed the wonder ment of German a grand Steeple on an ancient Church became an attraction to us it was poised in overshadowing the Small frivolous Struc Tures of the this particular House of worship seemed to overwhelm us As our positions location was in the foreground of this wonderful slice of gods it was Here i met a very sincere German the snowy White elder eased her Way Down the path to the rear of our m109 smiling and waving to the in they returned her Friendly Ges in we her accent and Choppy sentences were easily she welcomed us and told me How proud she was that the United states was in Germany to help preserve the Freedom we All she told us to continue to be proud of who we Are and what our Mission Means to especially for a successful How Happy she was that the United states and Germany can live and stand together in peace and brother she blessed the United my unit Alpha and she even blessed As she spoke to i help but notice her fragile body trembling from the i wanted to wrap her in a Blanket and warm but she scampered on her merry performing her own to Welcome the american i and to work for peace and Tranquillity throughout the it was a cold my unit began to move from one firing Point to occupy another As we searched for strategic positions in order to outman Euver the advancing enemy As our vehicles rum bled a Young Tot of 11 years on a Street Corner caught my the youngster wore a baseball a Light jeans and Tennis he held a Small american Flag As if he had rehearsed the feat he waved it with Pride and As if we had Liber problems after unit relocation As my tour in Germany draws to an i would like to utilize your letter to the editor Section to possibly alleviate a prob Lem my unit in july 1981 this unit moved from wild Flecken to attempts by this units first and company commander have met with no Success to get the 1st personnel come to recognize that our unit is physically located in they have the Apo number but they keep putting Wil Flecken As the personnel receiving orders Are led to be Lieve that they Are going to the Wil Flecken Many of after processing through the replacement end up going Only to be returned to Darm housing availability for personnel com ing to Darmstadt is based on what the Wil Flecken Community has i go in sure you can begin to get the picture of what problems could be eliminated with this Horace Mcwhorter Germany editors note chief warrant officer Ted Standard installation division personnel system sippers interface 1st personnel replies unit information reflected on Auto mated rosters produced by 1st personnel come is derived from the unit identification system this system is part of the unit status and identity report unit rep data base maintained by the office of the Deputy chief of operations of crops at has department of the the purpose for a centralized data base is to ensure All elements of the army that need unit data have the same the Basic problem cited in the readers letter is that this centralized data base is in As indicated in the erroneous unit data in unit rep has far reaching effects for personnel not Only in Europe but also on orders to first personnel come can Correct the units location on the data base extract it installations in the Continental United states that also receive an extract of the centralized file will still reflect the erroneous if personnel Are notified they Are being assigned to the readers they will be told the wrong in order to update the Central data base at Aqda the appropriate Usa eur major commands unit identification code information officer Uricio must initiate the corrective the Uricio is the individual responsible for initiating and maintaining the accuracy of unit data for a detailed proce dures As Well As Usa eur commands responsible for appointing a Uricio Are contained in Usa eur Reg a request to Correct the location of the readers unit has been sent to the Uricio at v pen pals i would like to have pen i am 18 years old and like collecting swimming and letter Credo Nab ago Zamb Anguita Negros Philippines i am 18 years old and would like to have pen my hobbles Are outings and Rento Valencia Negros Philippines i would like to correspond with people in other i am 18 years old and like Reading and by Negros Oriental Philippines please list me in your pen pal i am 18 years my hobbies Are swimming and Tan Negros Oriental Philippines i would like pen pals from All Over the i am 18 years i am taking Jomoc 15d Palma to Guilaran City Philippines giving the wife a big hand during the past three years of working and living in its time for thanking All the people who made my tour of duty a successful to my wife who gets up at 0dark thirty to pick me up after a Field problem my wife for All the lonely late hours she spent alone because in at work my wife for fixing my meals at All hours of the Day my wife for paying the Bills when in not Able to my wife for making the House a Home my wife for watching sports on the tube with me my wife for walking the dog when in not there my wife for tolerating my bad habits my wife for carrying our unborn child my wife for leaving family and friends to be with and most of to my wife just for being Donald Sisson Germany ated him and his people from and now he expressed his a Broad smile swept across my my heart swelled with a Lone tear made its Way Down my cold that what in Here i told so if i do complain about the Long hard work or maybe the even if i get homesick or lose sight of that dedication and or that motivation to i will remember the i will re member the warm Welcome and thanks i received from these two very Spe Cial people and Many others like them As Well As any other in As i Strain to hold Back i look toward heaven and utter these but meaningful thank then i am ready to continue my difficult task and have the will to perform my duties As a member of the United states army in for god so loved the that he gave his Only Begotten that whosoever Beli Eveth in shall not but have everlasting John i believe god showed through the woman and the just a Small portion of what easter is All god have sacrificed his son to die on the Cross if there woul Dve been no meaning to for on the third he Rose from the just one of Many miracles god has and these two individuals i if Only for an were miracles in their own i try to better myself by these examples of Trust and thus i try to better myself through my lord and for Trust and patriotism for the United states and my lord is vital to the Well being and foundation of my belief in May the lord richly bless us 4 Lloyd Wayne Hoglen Germany the and stripes european edition Usa editor in chief Cdr us Deputy editor in chief Blackwell production manager Proctor managing editor Mcdermott circulation manager this 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