European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday december 30, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 army says it in t abandoning gis who have aids Anh Landers i am writing in response to a recent article eco filled army wants to release gis Ith. Re j Lim Inthac air 7�rcc anti Don , but 1 do have a Point to make. 1 Don t fed that it is fair to the Scricc who has contracted a terminal ill Ness to be discharged because of it. Would the military discharge who was dying of cancer there Are still Many diseases that people die from every Day. These people eventually reach a Point where they cannot do their jobs and need extensive medical care. Thesis also the Case with aids. To discharge a person from the service because he or she has contracted a deadly disease goes beyond protecting Oiler Mili tary members from catching it is deny ing it infected person much needed and very expensive medical care. It is difficult enough to Deal with being seriously ill but to be suddenly unemployed with no Chance of being hired somewhere else and faced Wilh Mammoth medical Bills is a Burden that no family needs. For the military to decide to discharge everyone that it finds to have aids is re fusing to Deal with the responsibility of the Soldier s health. It comes across to me to be a cop out Way to get of paying for these soldiers medical . They might As Well kick everyone in the military who becomes gravely ill out into the Street to die. Have the people in Congress who arc working on this policy looked at this Issue from this Point of View i have another Point which the panic stricken people of the world apparently have not considered if we look at the ways aids is transmitted and compare them to the ways other venereal diseases arc trans milled. Aids is not much metre contagious than herpes or syphilis. Everyone is making so much noise about the spread of aids that they arc forgetting thai syphilis herpes and gonorrhoea arc in epidemic proportions in the United states and who knows what other countries. The difference with aids is that intravenous drug users also get it. Surely there Are other infections that a person can get by putting a dirty Needle into their veins. I read a great Deal of literature about aids and i believe that the whole Issue is being blown out of proportion and that the army is dealing with the situation by nol dealing with it. Those soldiers will need the army s help not a discharge. Or. . Quinn Ramstein a Germany editor s note William �. Clark principal Deputy assistant Secre tary of manpower and Rescue affairs office of the assistant Sicri Miry depart ment of the army replies your correspondent has misinterpreted the article published in your newspaper. 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They Are not in any sense abandoned or burdened Nith medical Bills. This system is no different when the diagnosis is aids. The to schools of thought referred n in the original speech concerned persons who Tuc be a exposed to the it rus that causes aids but who hate not yet ecu oped terminal or disabling symptoms. The difference Between the old draft proposal and the army s proposal wus whether to retain these soldiers on Active duty with some assignment limitations or to separate them. If the decision had been to separate them the route for separation would hate been the temporary disability retired list Tyrl. Persons on the Tori. Wit More ban 30 percent disability ratings receive a pension and retain their eligibility for medical care. Again there was no plan to abandon these soldiers. The observation that aids is a h Nitt a disease transmitted in much the same Way As Are syphilis or gonorrhoea is n cogent one. The army s policies take this fact into account by declining to take punitive measures against soldiers who acquire any venereal disease. Our educational efforts directed Stmard controlling in croat Dis eases include material on aids and Thrisk of contracting this deadly disease during illicit sexual Contact. Family foundered in Germany in May 1984 1 joined the army to Servery nun try and strengthen my marriage. I Hail been divorced bul just six Days before coming to Germany i remarried my wife. I also have two children. When i arrived in Germany without my family. I went through the Normal routine of going through Mead Start and other preparations for my time Here. Once through All that i started looking for a place to live so i could Send for my family. After a few weeks of looking i finally found a place and in july of the same year my family arrived safely. My platoon ser Geant and i went to Frankfurt to pick the up. And then it was Back to kit Zingen where he dropped us off and was never seen again by my wife. At first everything was going of but As it got colder and the year got longer we had a financial bind with fuel rent Gas Etc. During this time i met an e-5 not in my direct Chain of command sgt. Mike thurs on who had his family Over her also. My wife and his became very close friends. One Day it All came to a head. While i was at work and sgt. Thurs on was off because of duty the Day before he stopped by my Home to Check on my family. Finding there was no heat in the House he gathered them up and took them and some of our things to his Home. I had tried to get help from army Community service army emergency Relief and the red Cross but no one would help. My Chain of command just teemed to turn and walk away whenever i would so for any Type of help. Not knowing which Way to turn. 1 had no Choice but to accept the invitation from sgt. Thurs on and slay with them until i could work something pen pah1 i Wourl ilk my Nam placed on your nil of pen pall i am 11 years old. Or Nob left include writing. Cd Nama Cla Tikal Muiloc and ten Ali. I Wilt return Al mar to cd tron who vol Lom. Jeffrey e. A mlle p o to v4lawlon, Oma 73s02-0094 i would like to have african pen pall. 1 am 36yeari old and work at a Secretary. My inhere it include anything to do with Taimon although outrageous. I am particularly fond of animal and on to Dorli which i Ould like to a Abw to Thow on Day. I vinoy watching molar i port watch no to particularly "0ua�" or dynasty let tuning to record and Wanchino videos. My one ambition is to learn to Fly a Small aircraft but Only when i have picked us Cnorah courage a. Elaine rfc67 Kenton Park. Road else out. In november of the same year my Chain of command still nol giving me any support my wife and i decided that it would be Best for them to go Home to the Stales and live with her family a while. On dec. 10, 1985, sgt. Thurston look us to the Airport in Frankfurt. My boys were crying not to Send them Home bul i had to because there was no other Way. I left inc Airport that Day with an emptiness i can t explain feeling like my marriage would end soon. I would just like to say this about the army and its so called year of the if that s what it was last year then i d Hale o Sec it when it want i m gelling Mil of the service Mccau a my family comes first in my life and the army comes after they do. I just Hope it s not uhf late for my wife and me to work thing1out, and Start All Over again when i return Home. I would like to thank sgt. Mike thurs on and his family for being there when i needed them and for believing in me when no one else would. 1 love them All so very much and Hope that some Day i can return the love and care they had for me and my family. In closing i would like to say this there Are people in the world like Mike Thurston who really care and want to help. I m proud to have known and been associated with him and his Lovely Fame Hope you print this so that maybe in the future someone will Mcm bar do unto others As you would hire them do unto David Blatz a Atzingen Germany bh101, England it would Tiki in pall Jocelyn Villamor Annellia Yang jul Nama an us caiiro19 Sta Row Sioum Oli be Civ Phliip Olinet Maori Vil infant College of am a science still in a a City. Philippine t would like to correspond Ullh people m Oiher countries i in 72 Veart old and a teacher. A lev c. Mai mob otomi Tania Negrot Oriental philippine dear Ann Landers i have a question i Hac nut seen i your column before and i would appreciate an answer. I Low Diks one poli Tely Tell a stranger that lie or she can nut list your Bath Rwm with All the Murie in the newspapers these Ila about pc Liavine one disease or another \ us to let Unn jitters use my facilities. In lilt past when 1 have permitted it. I Al is Havu Gillie in immediately Alvr and scoured Ifica place from Lap in by ilium. 1 in the Vanie Atler painters or carpenters have Jjones in. His Diphl sound extreme but in gives me peace of mind where i live there Are no or Roadside eating places have res Ink wis. I find it especially Jolt Vetill o no la nun i Cut Karen and Len Ayiers who show up ii my door. In my opinion h lakes a kit of nerve for a grown person to ask to use someone s Bali room i d have to be pretty desperate before 1 con id do it. P a a give me some advice i i Tsiu k i a. Dear fir can it is foolish to open the door for a Strant a. You could be raped robbed or ten kilted. When people arc working on or in our Home you Are obligated to permit the Access to the facilities. At least you know who these people Are but is rangers Neter Small children should not be turned away. Would t allow strange teen agers in my Home however. They could be armed drunk stoned and out for no Good. Don t you read the papers dear Ann Landers Here s a message for the woman whose Lover crammed because she was these Longcr in Arm wrestling you arc Lucky to be rid of inc Jerk. I wish i had your kind of Luck Honey. I married a Man who always had to be Superior. With him. It was t physical strength it was knowledge. Me used every spare minute Mcmorri ing things so he could show Uff. His facts and figure were the latest and most accurate. Or. Know it All was an expert about everyone else s w Ork. Bul he complained endlessly about being inadequately compensated Fortis own. He could t leave his Reading Long enough to relate to friends visit with neighbors or help bring up his children. I did All that. Our family is raised and gone. So am i. For our Silver wedding anniversary i gave myself a wonderful gift. A divorce. I m Al peace now. Women need intellectual Sho offs like Ash need bicycles. Content in Peoria dear Peoria your husband s problem was insecurity. He Felt inferior and hoped his memorized facts would make him appear Bright. Too bad he a ctr caught on to himself. Dear Ann Landers what is the definition of first Genera Tion my Mother Wanis to have a picture taken of her me my daughter and her firstborn a son my Only grandchild. I say this is not first generation. Also who would hold a first generation child in a picture new Jersey dear . Your Mother is first generation. You Are second your daughter is third and the baby is fourth. The baby is usually held by his or he Mother. Reminder All letters to the editor must contain the full printed name und address of the writer and must he signed. We Viiu withhold your name on request and protect your privacy
