European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes july sounds of Freedom music and cheers by the stars and stripes Rishi main Germany hundreds of Flag waving chanting lyrics from god bless Ameri Ca and Bruce Springsteen born in the welcomed the 39 former hos tages Wilh flags and yellow rib Bons As their plane to Freedom touched Down Early monday greek blast wrecks 5 cars Athens a a bomb explosion Early monday destroyed five cars parked outside a Seaside hotel used As a billeting facility by the but caused no police an air Force spokesman from hellenic Kon a said at least two of the burned out cars belonged to american military person at least one explosive device went off under a car owned by an american service Man at around 3 triggering a fire that gutted four other vehicles parked a police spokesman a spokesman from hell Nikon a told the stars and stripes the cause of the fire has not been determined yet and an investigation is being one of the vehicles involved was carrying four propane Gas tanks that went up in officials from hell Nikon a the cars were parked outside the apol Lon Palace hotel in a Seaside sub Urb of the greek the 300room located about five Miles from hell Nikon is leased by the air Force for the base officer and no clubs and transient the police spokesman said nobody has claimed responsibility for the aint nothing wrong with being patriotic As Long As you mean said staff Stephen who works on the Rhei main flight the onlookers flags were handed Courtesy of the air at the Gate to the Spectator about 500 people cheered the arrival of the military which landed at the air base 30 minutes after vice president George Bush Bush flew in from Paris to Greet the former the crowd cheered loudly As the for Mer hostages stepped off the c141 Mil itary the onlookers fell silent As Bush welcomed the but then cheered again As the 39 boarded buses and left for Security was with the Welcom ing crowd kept behind Secu Rity some carrying Walki talkies and some accompanied by con trolled the crowd and news people waited through the Chilly night for the former hostages to huddling against the barricades and watching the activity of the press Center and Security cold and went to their cars to others in the crowd carried portable stereos booming born in the Usa during part of the the signs carried by the crowd had welcoming slogans one was a drawing of a encircled by a yellow ribbon on which a heart was its awesome is How senior airman Kenneth Nelson of de scribed the return of the Nelson and airman James of were planning to spend the evening doing their about while on their Way to the the two Learned of the release of the hostages on the hostages from Page 1 cans free once the a hostages hugged waved to the crowd and then waited patiently while Bush our people Are Bush they Are and soon  be head ing Home to their and through the Days of your ordeal americans built a special place in their hearts for hop praying each Day for your Safe re the holding Flowers and Small american looked to be hold ing up Well As they waited for Bush to Complete his they clapped when he you Are Back and America did not Compromise her principles to get you without offering any Bush seemed to suggest the hijacking might have repercussions for where seven other americans Are still being and somewhere in other americans Are still Bush even in the Joy of your Safe civilized people everywhere condemn the actions of those whose criminal behaviour causes their ordeal to the former hostages and their relatives boarded two air Force buses for the Short trip to the air Force Hospital at officials  get Check ups and a thorough they will be treated on the third in the same Wing that was used when the hostages from Iran were freed in january officials said they wanted details of the and what happened afterwards to prevent further the Twa plane is still in and a spokesman for the european come said the government will not at tempt to get it its their twas he its up to them to get it he said about 50 or 55 family Mem Bers were due to arrive monday and were to go to the he said the hos tages Are free to do what they but the government will encourage them to at least until a news conference was scheduled for noon the plane carrying the a c141 Star lifter from the 438th military Airlift Wing at Mcguire fab in new touched Down at it had left from Rhei main saturday for an 11member medical Crew was also on Board the it included seven people from Rhei Mains 2nd aeromedical evacuation one from the Wiesbaden Hospi and three from the army Hospital in the team included a social worker and flight the Landing ended hours of waiting in a tense guard dogs patrolled sniffing for bombs or secret service an Advance team that arrived scurried Back and Forth in preparation for Bush relatives of hostages were driven to a vip Center near the Tarmac and were sequestered from and military Well wishers were separated from new people for Security the new people were searched As they entered and reentered the one woman brought in boxes of the Homecoming was marked by the mention of the death of Navy diver Robert Dean when Twa flight 847 was you displayed character and Bush you endured this cruel and painful experience with your country is proud of but there was tragedy As Well in the brutal murder of a Young Navy i went Back to the House and grabbed my wife said Nel i didst even bother to Wake my the two assigned to the 1945th information systems abandoned their laundry to join the spectators welcoming the hostages in just glad its Nelson and Herrick said in the two airmen said they supported president reagans efforts to release the i agree totally with what president Reagan has done to bring Back the said but its time we flexed our we should retaliate against this act of terrorism we know where they when asked what could be done to thwart future Hijack Herrick cited the need for better Airport Securi i wont mind waiting in line a Little longer while every bag and every Pas Senger is Nelson suggested that sky marshals be employed As a deterrent against future terrorist staff John Sabrowski of the 435th services so was none too pleased about the hostages having been i believe what the news is saying about America being an easy he said As the returnees were in tired of America being pushed around and i appreciate the stand our government not said Jeff Andrews of det 615th aerospace warning come which acts As Liaison for the military and the Frankfurt Airport air traffic it makes me its said de Barnes of North visiting his an air what does a country do How do we Deal with it its kind of a helpless Robert Dean i stood with his family when he re turned to his final rest and saw the dignity and sorrow of his Mother and Bush their son was a hero who died in the service of this the returning 39 hostages included five other Navy one member of the army and one from the air they were not in uniform when they got off the a top official said the military members would not be treated differently from the civilian and he said the civilians were completely free to do whatever they the hostages were released by shiite moslem amal militia Leader Nabih Berri late sunday afternoon and were driven from Beirut to Damascus for the flight to Rhei main the Convoy to Damascus began rolling almost two hours after Berri announced he was freeing the the Convoy was Jed by a lebanese army truck with an antiaircraft machine two cars filled with syrian intelligence officials and three vehicles carrying druse militiamen escorting the they were followed by at least 10 red Cross station wagons with the americans and by a red Cross truck carrying their Luggage from the it took the caravan almost four hours to negotiate the 60 Miles of Mountain roads damaged by 10 years of civil the release had been scheduled sat but it was called off when Berri demanded pledges that the United states and Israel would not launch reprisal raids for the Berri announced the release sunday after which stepped in As a mediator in the hostage drama last week told him it had assurances there would be no revenge at the syrian where the hos tages lebanese shiite and druse militia escorts were replaced by syrian the militiamen gave the americans copies Evelyn who works in the civilian personnel office at Rhei main came with friends Soundra and Kari Gantner of after hearing news that the hostages would be its she said at about 1 Kidwell had been following news accounts of the hostage crisis since its but she you  touch feel it want but once she got on she it became we want to Welcome them Home like they were she Soundra Gantner said they need to know we have their Best interest at its Worth giving up a nights sleep on Gantner the scary thing is that with the terror the value of the cause is More than the value of the Mike Rick Sosias and Steven teenage friends whose parents work at left about 2 to play cards when they heard the hostages  arrive until i dont understand Why there letting them it sounds too Sosias and Roithmeier also had seen the hostages returned from Judy who works in the base civilian personnel said i think its important that someones Here no matter what time of night or Day to meet this will be their first foot on the ground to its kind of a funny it could be any of you she the part that really got me was when they shot that boy and threw him out of the i have a 19yearold and that could have been she is a reality you have to think staff writers Chris Pettigrew Royal and Laura Brown compiled this of the islam holy and Pink carnations and roses As a parting the Convoy entered the syrian capital at and the hostages went into the Sheraton hotel As gunmen of the lebanese shiite moslem who had held the stood guard the hostages wearing clean clothes and appearing relaxed and unharmed dined in a Sheraton restau rant and spoke with they held a news conference moments were most Happy to be in Damascus with your hostage Allyn of told syrian its Good to been route he were really anxious to hug our loved ones and be on american soil Conwell said he  ask for Retalia Tion against his he said he would like to see Justice speaking for the 36 passengers and three crewmen held throughout the or said he Doest really know who the people Are who took and he added that sounds an awful lot like re european weather forecast for tuesday partly Cloudy skies throughout the except in northeastern Germany where skies will be Cloudy with isolated northeastern Germany will be partly Cloudy by Early in the Eastern half of Germany isolated afternoon High temperatures in the mld60s to mld70s lows in the Low to Sunset tuesday Sunrise wednes Day Outlook for wednesday partly Cloudy skies throughout the temperatures about the temperatures recorded monday m m f in p m m 4am 4pm 72 88 57 64 72 72 57 50 55 4am 4pm m 50 61 88 77 63 59 68 m p p p f f 55 61 66 57 61 64 66 70 91 70 79 82 Pearlly Cloudy mostly Cloudy of far thl Hunder by det 7lh weather tra Bentzar