European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 12, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 women veterans want their own memorial by Sandy Johnson Washington a there a. A Lime when women were not Welcome in the military. So a Young Massachusetts woman named Deborah Sampson disguised herself in men s clothing told recruiters her name was Robert Shurl Leffand enlisted. She joined the Continental army in 1782. On the Battlefield she saw men shot and watched them die. She was honorable discharged the next year becoming one of America s first woman veterans. Her commander said of her the revolution is full of miracles and this Young lady is one of  since Sampson s time millions of women have worn the uniform of the United states and helped to defend their country today there arc More than 1.15 million women veterans about 4.1 percent of Al living Ameri can veterans now they want their own War memorial. Before i die. I want to take my daughter to Washington to Sec the  dedicated to american women veterans. I m willing to work for that. How do we begin a woman from Pennsylvania wrote. I Hope this memorial will Honor not Only those who served but act As a Milestone in the history of women veterans said an Ohio woman who served in Viet Nam. Many women have Given their lives while in service and Many others have been held As prisoners of  when you talk about veterans most people think of men. They Don t think about women said june Willen. Executive director of the women in military service for America memorial foundation which is lobbying for the memorial. It s really something hat s Long overdue. Women wrote a very marvelous Page in our  the Reagan administration does not share this enthusiasm saying that Only military memorials commemorating All members of the armed forces identified with a War or other significant event or branches of service of the armed forces should be  since the proposed memorial would Honor Only women the National Park service is opposed. Regardless the House of representatives  week gave unanimous approval to the women s memorial along with one honouring korean veterans and another for 5,000 Blacks who supported the cause of the Amer ican revolution. The Park service docs not oppose the korean and Black memorials. They Haven t treated the other requests this Way said rep. Patricia Schroeder d-colo., a sponsor of the women veterans memorial. I can t think of another veterans memorial that s been turned  As for the administration s argument that a memo rial should Honor All participants she said How do they explain the Black memorial How do they explain iwo Jima some memorials arc generic and seme arc Don t existing memorials also Honor women who served in past War there May be some commemorating women but they Don t look like women Schroeder said. She and the four other women members of the House armed services committee have written the National capital memorial advisory commission urging it to endorse the women s memorial at a meet ing thursday. Women since the revolutionary Days have heeded the Call to serve their country in times of crisis and War from Martha Washington to the eight women whose names arc listed among the dead and missing at the Vietnam  Schroeder wrote along with reps. Beverly Byron d-md., Marjoric Holt r my Lynn Martin r-lll., and Marilyn Lloyd a Tenn. We have grown up with slogans in the military of a few Good men never recognising the few Good women serving alongside they wrote. Today More than 200.000 women serve in the a Mcd forces. Willenz said mainline veterans groups such As the veterans of foreign wars and the american legion support the proposal. Her committee set up in sep tember plans to launch a Campaign Early next year to raise Money for the women s memorial. Old soldiers never die they get straightened out fond do Lac wis. A an 82 year old Soldier who might be forgiven for not standing quite straight anymore has gotten caught in a civic War. Sos save our statue inc. Has rallied to Stop the county from tearing Down the statue of a Union Soldier that stands in veterans Park. The county says it has no such plans. The problem is thai the eight ton 35-foot statue of a Soldier standing at Parade rest leans seven inches from vertical. It has done so since it was erected in 1903. We be stopped the county Board from tearing it Down up to now says Board member James Brickie who operates a Tav Ern on main Street across from the Park. There always seems to be people who want to tear Down things of historical  not so says fond do Lac county executive Anita and Crogg. My concern is that it s leaning so far it could topple Over in a Strong wind and Hurt someone Andregg said. We can t allow it to continue to lean. Besides the county might be liable if it fell and someone got  she says the county has not proposed tearing Down the greyish Green statue merely modifying it to make it safer. Unofficial estimates put the Cost at $7,000 to $10,000. Sos Aims to raise $10,000. It has Al ready raised $1,000 through contributions and the Sale of sos buttons. The figure is made of a heavy Zinc Alloy and its Flagstone has sits on soft ground. To make things worse the statue stands off Center on its base. And Crogg said the statue created a scan dal when it was erected. A county Board Commil Occman went to Boston to Purchase a Monument. Most peo ple thought it would be Marble or Bronze she said but he bought a mostly Zinc statue. The committee was cleared of any wrongdoing after an investigation but the names of the  were removed from a plaque at the base. Boys girls together again As recess Freaky formed Warwick . A segregation by sex on a school playground to protect boys from the kicks and punches of girls May be ending now that a treaty has been worked out. Principal Richard Sousa agreed Friday to allow the boys and girls of Oakland Beach elementary school to play together again on a trial basis beginning tuesday pupils said. The agreement followed a meeting be tween a Sousa appointed committee of fifth and sixth Grade boys and girls. He left us alone for 15 minutes or so to work on solutions on Civ we thought we could solve the problem said sixth grader Leslie fudge. Under the agreement the schoolyard will be United As of tuesday but will be Segre gated again if fighting resumes. If that Hap pen.-. Sousa told the pupils he would set aside u portion of the playground for peace Ful mixing of boys and girls. The segregation was imposed when boys at the 430-Pupil school complained they were being kicked where it counts and beaten up by girls when they went outside during recess periods. Sousa said the fights were going on almost daily since the school year began. Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Nov 12 1945 heavy fighting raged Between chinese government and communist forces along the great Wall North of Chingwan Tao As artillery and mortars were used for the first time in China s civil War. 30 years ago today. Nov 12 1955 a world War ii Romance born amid the dangers of the French resistance ended in a London courtroom when Cap Peter Churchill. 46, was granted an unc omsted divorce on the grounds of misconduct by his French born wife Odette 43. 20 years ago today. Nov 12 1965 Rhodesia declared its Independence in Defiance of Britain. Premier Ian Smith in Salisbury broadcast the unilateral declaration to the self governing african Colony. 10 years ago today. Nov 12 1975 new York gov. Hugh Carey has put together a Complex new proposal to keep new York City from default and stabilize the state s own finances. New Cabinet nominee president Reagan and former Indiana got. Oils Bowen discuss Bowen s Nomi nation As Secretary of health and human services in a briefing Al the while House. Bowen was picked to succeed Margaret heckler who resigned to become ambassador to Ireland. He must be confirmed by the Senate