European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes August 1985 Bronze Star finally catches up with Vietnam vet after 15 years by Dan Wollam Stuttgart Bureau s Mwai Hirscu Germany if you think government red tape is getting the Best of consider the Story of Paul fourteen years after the army announced that Marion deserved a Star medal for meritorious he finally found out about by an accounting specialist with the 56th Field arty was looking through his records one Day when he discovered the award he didst know he in december of last year i sent away for a copy of my official microfiche file just for said the specialist i came across the orders giving me the Marion joined the army in july 1970 and was sent to Vietnam the following in Mari an artillery As he and another Soldier inspected bunkers near Chu they were moving a tear Gas launcher when the launcher went Marion jumped out of the Way and broke his its an Accident that could have happened to any he he was evacuated to then fort in december he went to fort where he stayed until he left the army in the army had awarded him the Bronze Star in August but the award never caught up with Marion came Back into the army in May award want picked up that time he i understand what i was evacuated from my unit didst know where i so they sent the award to the department of out of 2 million its kind of easy to Overlook the paperwork of one it does pay to go through your he especially if youre prior i feel great about the said a native of key the main thing is i want to Send it Home to my Mother and father so  feel the award was presented last week by Deputy brigade world today Torch bearing catholics March through streets of Nagasaki to Pray for a photo Nagasaki Marks 40th anniversary Japan a under Rainy skies mourners and visitors fell silent at Fri marking the 40th anniversary of the instant when history second atomic bomb attack virtually levelled this old port in Western the pause highlighted a Day of ceremonies in which religious and political leaders appealed for peace and nuclear bocks the b29 that carried the plutonium based bomb nicknamed fat Man on was originally to strike at a City to the but poor visibility sent it on to its secondary target liven Cloud cover threw the bomber off course and the bomb missed its aiming Point by some but the heat and radiation was still sufficient to kill to just three Days Hiroshima had been Laid waste in Mankind first nuclear attack in which to people less than a week Japan surrendered and world War 11 was Nagasaki must be the last place on Earth subjected to the horror of nuclear Nagasaki mayor Hitoshi Mot Oshima said in a speech that was to be sent to the leaders of All the countries of the United the Day began with some catholics holding a Day break mass for the victims of the atomic before the Start of the peace memorial Nagasaki annual commemoration to the Buddhist and shinto priests took turns chanting in front of the peace a Stone figure holding its right Arm to the sky and its left Palm the rhythmic Monotone prayers blended into the Back ground drone of a familiar sound in japans peaceful Rains triggered by a typhoon off the coast drenched much of the crowd As the ceremonies began with the bang of Smoky a special dedication was made for the survivors who have died since the 39th during silent prayer that sirens and Bells rang and the minor chords of the song we will not allow the atomic bomb were through the bombs had a latent effect on Many people who appeared unharmed in the weeks and months after the the aftereffects Are not fully but in Japan people hold Hiba Kusha certificates that allow them free medical the number of people in Nagasaki in the summer of 1945 is but among those who died were of catholics who were based in the it is said the people of Nagasaki have suffered the bombing quietly As partly because of the Christian unlike in Hiroshima on it was possible to be in Nagasaki on and escape the which missed the Southern Edge of the nor does Nagasaki dwell at such length on its experience As an atomic bombed City As does where keeping the memory alive has become a virtual Industry and attracts thousands of Nagasaki was the site where the first european traders and Catholic missionaries arrived in Japan in the late 16th and monuments to that Early Contact with the West Are As evident As those to its briefer history As the last City targeted in a nuclear Japan plans to begin research on developing a space shuttle Tokyo a Japan has decided to begin Basic research on the development of its own space shuttle by the Early 21st the science and technology Agency the decision came after a space development commit an advisory body to prime minister Yasuhiro Naka suggested that the Agency Start the research in saying that Japan needs a shuttle to carry out space activities independently and freely in the said Agency official Shinichi Watanabe said the Agency believed a flying Back and Forth Between Japan and a space station yet to be would become necessary by the Early 21st Israel unveils new hydrofoil to be used against guerrillas Israel a israels Navy has unveiled the first Israel built hydrofoil missile boat to foreign report and said it was expected to be a major weapon in fighting guerrilla infiltration by the main value of the boat in fighting guerrillas is that it is twice As fast As the Normal missile boat when it uses its wings to Rise eight to nine feet above the surface of the israeli military officers its maximum Speed is 50 or the Gray 80 feet Long and 24 feet was revealed to reporters at this Northern israeli cites thir Century altar devoted to germanic goddess found Netherlands a a thir Century altar devoted to a germanic goddess was hauled from the Eastern Scheldt Estuary by a fishing a spokesman for Zeeland province has the devoted to Fertility goddess was the most recent of about 200 such altars found on the Estuary Bottom in recent according to spokesman Trimpe the Stone altar weighs 220 pounds and is 32 inches Boer he added under dutch it is the property of the Fisherman who dredged it Boer declined to estimate the altars from the second to fifth Century Neha Lennia was widely worshipped by animist germanic tribes living in what is now the southwestern dutch province of British commemorative Stamps will feature film personalities London a the Post office will Mark British film year by issuing a set of commemorative Stamps showing five British film personalities in their most famous it has the which will go on Sale show David Niven in around the world in eighty Days Peter sell ers in the prisoner of Zenda Alfred Hitchcock in rear window Vivien Leigh in gone with the wind and Charlie Chaplin in City British film which extends from March 1985 to May was launched in a bid to draw people Back to the admissions peaked at billion in 1946 but tumbled to 53 million last film companies Are predicting a 30 to 40 percent increase in attendance figures this 597 killed on italian roads during annual vacation period Rome a a total of 597 people were killed on the highways and were injured during Italy tradition Al vacation period from july 13 through the Interi or ministry has in the same period last 631 persons were killed and were the ministry vehicles on italian roadways during the Peak period of the exodus 25 Days amounted to 159 a percent Rise from last airline Captain says million a year thrown away accidentally London a a British airways Captain who silted through trash dumped from his Boeing 737 says he can save the airline More than million a Bob Salisbury says he found Pil lows and blankets that had been accidentally dumped in the and began a study of How to teach Cabin staff to Stow the items for future the study is said an airline spokeswoman who asked not to be