European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes n women veterans want their own memorial Page 5 n Many questions remain in Case of Kab defector Page 9 d cowboys beat redskins 13-7 in nil action Page 21 the Sims authorized unofficial publication vol. 44, no. 208 tuesday november 12, 1985 u a to Fon Cotik daily and sunday planes collide Over new Jersey firefighters in Cliffside Park Nam Battle one of several blazes that started after two planes collided Over he City. Clif Sim Park. . A Ajob Well done " 1.1. . By d0r1t a Saratoga spokesman said sunday while conducting a tour of the Carrier which is docked in the Northern it. From the ship supported aircraft carried out the interception can sea. The tomcats flew for 70 minutes w the chartered egyptian Boeing. It landed at a Nat Haj Al Sicily where the hijackers a or rested. The strained . Relations Wii i of Egypt and Italy but left is feeling proud As their Onse to the Saratoga Crew has shown. Letters have come from general elec tric co. Workers in North Carolina and a woman in Leesburg a. A newspaper in Anchorage Alaska printed a half Page thank you to the Saratoga s Crew. Outside the ship s Ward room someone has pasted up a newspaper clipping from Jacksonville Fra bragging of the Saratoga s.ru1 i successful a other Australia Trio idea everyone would be so Ted about what we did said sea Wright of Knoxville. Tenn. To just another Day at Hurdon declined Ortw Jii ques tons about the interception but did provide a few details. The Saratoga one of two 6lh Fleet carriers in the Mediterranean was headed away from the egyptian coast when the hijacking occurred. Burdon said. He said the Carrier Learned of its mis Sion to intercept the egyptian plane just 20 minutes before the warplanes were interception tic Correu an hour and 20 minutes after the Takeoff. These things seem fast to civilians but that interception is just the kind of thing we practice daily Burdon said. Our operation he said was not aimed at one terrorist or one terrorist organization but was a response to terrorism around the Burdon stressed that not just the fighter pilots but the entire ship s Crew played a role in the Mission s Success feeling was echoed by others a Judon l know All the details of the opera Cuil still feel i look part in it. It very said 20-year-old so Altaj taxi Anthony of Valley. Ala. He a the Saratoga since March. The ship is in Haifa on a five Day port see Sara on Page 28 Congress lost War says West Moreland r praises Vietnam vets As inspiration Phoenix Ariz. Up defense Secretary a. Weinberger saturday praised Vietnam veterans As an inspiration to the country and Gen. William Westmoreland said Congress was to blame for the american defeat in Indochina. Weinberger Westmoreland the commander of Ameri can forces in Vietnam in 1964-68, and rep. John Mccain r-Ariz., a prisoner of War in the conflict so Keg estimated 10,000 people at a medical Ign ii Nylof a Vietnam veterans Cut tie state Capitol. Weinberger said Jan Iff trans Day Celebration was not so we Canjuie Vietnam behind us. Instead it s so we can id nobly remember those who served in the War. Was different from All other wars because sole there was no front Linc Jui Imich void their Job they was standing on the docks of san Francisi Hurt me to see the Vietnam vets being booed and singled out As they returned Home. That was an embarrassing time for this country. Thank god it has passed. The Vietnam Veteran is a source of inspiration to us now he said adding never again will we Send our men to Battle without telling them Why we Are going into the Battle and we of incur to by i a Westmoreland said America was not Defeated on the Battlefield of Vietnam. Its military performance has been unprecedented in the history of warfare. To in the Halls of Congress Westmore land said pts Flimin aim As Many veterans in the audience shouted their . Some wore to shirts bearing slogans sucn3pmyarrior" and we did t lose the War the gov
