European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday june 14,1987 Robertson avoided combat vets say Washington a korean War veterans Are supporting statements by a former congressman that the Rev. Pal Robertson used his father s political influence in 1951 to avoid combat according to a motion to dismiss the television evangelist s libel suits. The defense motion to dismiss a pair of j35 million libel suits against rep. Andrew Jacobs jr., d-ind., and former rep. Paul Mccloskey r-calif., cites testimony from former marines who served in Korea with Mcclosky and Robertson. The pretrial deposition testimony of these former marines was cited by lawyers for Jacobs and Mcclos key As evidence that Robertson has failed to prove the falsity of statements made by Mccloskey in a letter to Jacobs dated aug. 4, 1986. The letter which was subsequently published by two syndicated newspaper columnists said Robertson had asked his father the late sen. A. Willis Robertson d-va.,to help him avoid combat duty in the korean War. Robertson filed suit last year in . District court charging the statements by Mccloskey were defamatory and threatened to damage his television ministry. Robertson a conservative who is considering running for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination accuses Mccloskey and Jacobs who Are both liberals of conspiring to damage his reputation. The motion to dismiss the lawsuit tiled earlier this month called Robertson s court action an attempt to purge from Public discussion. The memory of Many of his former Marine corps colleagues who distinctly recollect Robertson s actions when he was a Young second lieutenant Over 35 years  Mccloskey who served in combat in Korea was aboard a troop ship that carried Robertson and other marines to the War zone in 1951. The California con Gressman said in his letter that Robertson used the influence of his father to be taken off the ship in Japan. Mccloskey said Robertson was later assigned to a non combatant Post in Korea and was known As the company division liquor officer because he made regular trips Between Korea and Japan. Robertson disputes the term division liquor office saying he was a courier who carried top secret codes Between Japan and Korea. The defense Brief cites the testimony of former marines who confirmed parts of Mccloskey s recollection such that the sum of their testimony supports the whole of what Mccloskey has  Herbert Marache who served with Robertson at a training class in Quantico va., testified that Robertson was t very Happy with the Prospect of going to Korea and said that he was going to have to talk to his daddy to see if he could do something so that he would not have to go to  Sidney m. Rogers Robertson s Roommate at Quan Tico and his fellow officer on the troop ship Brickin Ridge supported the Story. Rogers recalled Robertson telling him he wanted to Call his father and see what he could do about rearranging his assignment not going to  when the ship arrived in Japan Rogers recalled accompanying Robertson to a Telephone. After the phone Call was placed Robertson said he would talk to his father. Capt. Harry a. Steinmeyer recalled that Robertson asked to Send a Cable to sen. Robertson saying have been placed in fifth marines want action. Stop the car we forgot to pick up King Kong Gordon the second Gorilla Bora in Cap wild animal Park. And How does he Gordon takes a limousine ride donated Ivity at the san Diego zoo leaves Bis travel not by Vine not by the branches no doubt by someone who goes ape Over Home in Balboa Park for san Diego across the to tops not even by taxi animal. Slein Mcyr also recalls that Robertson was abruptly taken off the ship when it landed in Kobe Japan by col. Robert Burns commanding officer of the 1st provisional casualty co Robertson and four other second lieutenants including his Friend de gains were taken to the casualty company which was a Way station for marines recovering from combat wounds. Col. Good Burlson said he recalls getting a Telegram ordering him to remove a second lieutenant whose father was a congressman from Virginia and who was concerned his son had not been Given enough training for combat a defense Brief said. Burlson recalled relaying the order to bums who testified the incident marked the Only Lime be received orders naming specific marines to be taken off incoming troop ships. The defense also produced a letter from sen. Robertson to gains father relating a visit that Marine Gen. Lymual Shepherd paid to the senator s office on feb. 2, 1951. The senator was not in his office so Shepherd left a note indicating Young Robertson would not be going directly to Korea the Brief cays. Sen. Robertson told or. Francis p. Gaines that both their sons would be going to an interesting and histor ical part of Japan where they would be Given some valuable training before proceeding to  Gaines replied shall always be grateful for every thing you have  when the Brief was filed Douglas v. Rigler Robertson s attorney said it contained countless distortions and inaccuracies of the record that i find Shock ing and  Rigler is preparing a reply Brief. Panel says errors caused Stark incident Washington up the deadly May 17 missile attack on the frigate Stark resulted from errors of omission by those aboard the ship and by the iraqi Pilot who fired on it rep. Les Aspin d-wis., chairman of the House armed services committee said saturday. In releasing a preliminary committee report on the tragedy Aspin said the Stark did not take All actions available to protect itself and to warn off an iraqi Jet that hit it with exocet missiles lulling 37 american crewmen. The report also blamed the iraqi Pilot for failing to Check the target visually or make a serious Effort to Monitor the emergency frequencies on which two warnings were broadcast from the Stark a guided missile frigate. The Wisconsin Democrat also said an incident like that involving the Stark was bound to happen in the persian Gulf because . Officials assumed the iraqis would leave american ships alone and iraqis pilots were not careful to identify targets and do not systematically Monitor a special guard frequency used toward off attacks. Aspin stressed that his committee s re port on the Stark was Only preliminary because the panel had not been Able total with the Start s top officers. 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