European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes May 1965 Reagan visits Pitburg continued from Page i the terrors of the past we have built 40 years of peace and Freedom and reconciliation among our he today i have travelled 220 Miles from Borg Encl san and i feel 40 years in i thank for the whole German and i thank you personally As a for taking a walk with Kohl said in a you arc Wel come As ally and As guarantor of our Reagan acknowledged the criticism of his visit to the Pitburg which has All but overshadowed his participation in the Bonn economic some old wounds have been and this i regret very much because this should be a time of he he stressed to the veterans and families who bore painful losses that our gesture of reconciliation with the German people today in no Way minimizes our love and Honor for those who fought and died for our to the survivors of the he Many of you arc worried that reconciliation Means i Promise we will never Reagan also recalled John Kennedy famous assertion that he was a All Freedom Loving people must say 1 am a Berliner i am a jew in a world still threatened by antisemitism i am an afghan and i am a prisoner of the gulag i am a refugee in a crowded boat foundering off the coast of Vietnam i am a a a cuban and a miskito Indian in am a potential victim of Security seemed As had been the Case throughout reagans visit to the economic Summit in the base was closed to Ordi nary traffic beginning at 6 saturday and most cars had to be moved off members from other air Force bases in Europe helped provide crowd con communications and Media service members and their families and German guests for the visit and a base Pic Nic had to Wear special credentials to everyone going to the flight line to wit Ness the ceremonies had to go through Metal despite the inconvenience and the Little time that Reagan would be spending at the base he was there less than an hour Many airmen and their families were still excited about the visit of the Man whom one Security policeman referred to As the William 36th component repair brushed aside the Contro Versy Over the Pitburg what counts is that Hes Pitburg a had hoped that Reagan would have time to join a base picnic and a second Grade class had hoped to meet but the presidents visit was Cut Short after he added the Bergen Belsen also before going to the concentration Camp Reagan and Kohl made an unscheduled Stop in the Village of Rhoen Dorf to Lay Flowers at the grave of Konrad the first pos world War i after air Force one touched Down at the air the reagans and Kohls were greeted by base and German including Pitburg mayor Theo and signed the Pitburg City guest a motorcade then took them to the Reagan and Kohl were joined at the Sim ple and Brief ceremony by two former ene Mies 90yearold retired Matthew whose 82nd airborne div fought at the Battle of the and re tired Johannes who suffered severe facial injuries when his plane was shot Down during the after the two leaders and the two old soldiers Laid the Floral Ridgway and Steinhoff faced each other and Shook hands before the 50foot Sandstone Tower Monument in the several thousand cheering and waving american lined the motor Cades route from the cemetery to the at the air the two Heads of state reviewed american and German on the flight line were members of the 36th tac fighter the army 6th 56th air defense and German parachutists from the German 8th div in the Safe band played the German National Anthem and the 3rd German corps band played the american National the enthusiastic audience applauded both reagans and Kohls they waved German and american after the american Anthem was the crowded started to cheer As if at a football but quickly quieted Down to Honor walk from Page 1 living in German jews boycotted the ceremony be cause of reagans plans to visit a German military cemetery in Pitburg where 49 Mem Bers of the nazi Waffen is Are Yitzhak Ben israeli ambassador to West did attend the ceremony because i believe a new Ger Many can be Moniek a polish born German jew who works As a meat Cutter for the army in also a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration Cukier said he came because the War is weve got to forget some other invited stayed away to protest reagans Pitburg cemetery they were expected to come to the Camp after Reagan left to conduct a private memorial hundreds of police lined the Road into the Camp and prevented jewish and Young German protesters from one sign waved by the and addressed to Rea Well Reserve a grave for you in Many of the Young people also protested the presence of american armed forces in Reagan made the controversial trip slightly More than 40 years after the Camp was liberated by the British on april Bergen Belsen was not intended to be an extermination but thousands of prisoners died from starvation and Eidem the British burned the Camp in May 1945 to Stop the spread of Reagan condemned nazi atrocities Dur ing his but he also stressed the life and Hope that triumphed Over the trag he placed blame for concentration Camp horrors on the awful evil started by one a reference to Adolf and praised Kohl and the German people for condemning the nazi Chancellor you and your country men have made real the renewal that had to Reagan your nation and the German people have been Strong and Resolute in your willingness to confront and condemn the acts of a hated regime of the Reagan paid tribute to Anne one of the victims of whose moving diary told of hiding from the nazis in the after quoting from her Reagan somewhere Here lies Anne everywhere there Are memories pull ing touching making us understand that they can never be Eleanor Dulles honoured for postwar German Aid by Dick Hodgson Kaiserslautern Bureau chief Germany Eleanor Lansing Dulles was honoured sunday for her part in the reconstruction of postwar the ceremonies marked the opening of the 31st Observance of German american Friendship a retired received the Lucius Clay medal from the federation of German american clubs for her work in supporting Germany eco nomic revitalization while she served As a special assistant in the state departments office of German affairs from 1952 to Dulles is the sister of former Secretary of state John Foster Dulles and of former Cia director Allen the which took place less than two hours and 100 Miles from the site of protests Over president reagans visit to were marked by speeches praising the cooperation be tween germans and americans since the end of world War More than 800 people Are Here the largest attendance said Hilde president of the German american that stands As proof that German american Friendship is Holger prime minister of the state of made the Only direct reference to reagans Pitburg calling it a Noble gesture of Clay was military governor of postwar Germany and is credited with eliminating the no fraternization Rule that was in effect at the wars end and with starting the German american clubs in veterans groups to Mark veday in Europe although National veterans organizations Are not planning any Large scale pro Grams in Europe on individual groups will come to Europe this week to remember the in some veterans of foreign wars and american legion posts in Europe Are planning commemoration for members of vow Post 9659 of near Ramstein will go to Forbach the morning of May 8 for a Parade and anniversary later that they will be in Gros Blei Derstroff for another the Day on May these veterans will Honor fallen americans at the Lorraine american cemetery in the largest planned commemoration was held april when american and soviet War veterans Shook hands in East at the site where their armies met 40 years about people at tended that some of the other observances planned for veday include May a locally sponsored la May a locally sponsored May also a local Ramat International con Gress to celebrate about 35 vets will re turn to the place where Thev linked up with russian troops at the end of the the German there was a flyover by 16 and Ger Man although his visit was Cut Reagan had a few personal words in his speech for the people of the air base i just want to say that we know even with such wonderful your Job is not an easy you serve around the far from always ready to defend we Are grateful and were very proud of he told the bit burgers that you make us feel very Reagan also recounted a Story about German and american soldiers having a Brief and private armistice one night during the Battle of the bulge when a German woman fed the those boys reconciled briefly in the midst of we allies in peacetime should Honor the reconciliation of the last 40 the White House said the Story came from an article in the january 1973 edition of readers ending his Reagan said that with the lessons of the past firmly in our we have turned a brighter Page in on this 40th anniversary of world War we Mark the Day when the the evil and the obscenities and we commemorate the rekindling of the democratic spirit in he said there was much to make the world hopeful on this anniversary with the Light of a new Dawn of Freedom sweeping the together let us gather in that Light and walk out of the Shadow and let us live in shuttle prepares to come Home Cape up the space shuttle challengers astronauts proudly displayed a space grown red Crystal the size of a sugar cube got in some Bonus research and then packed up for mondays descent from a week in the Mission manager said the flights scientific yield had grown to enough data to fill books of 200 pages each and added were extremely commander Robert Overmyer and co Pilot Fred Gregory Are scheduled to fire the shuttles twin braking rockets Over the Indi an Ocean at and Glide to a land ing at Edwards air Force base in the High desert of California 66 minutes after a week in the Sevenman Crew was looking Forward to some of the amenities of life on temperatures May 4 l h 44 62 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