European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Ai Rig if a i. Shows korean War Veteran Don Maher around a Bradley fighting Verkle at left Woi j Var Veteran Martin Steinbach visits observation Post Tennessee at the German Border. Ass photo by Lynda w spar i Ibra Leys impress Korea vet enemy lire. Not Prolet Ted enough it turned Oul. A Shell landed right in front of me. Ind a piece of came Bat k. i swear it hit me before Shell exploded he . The shrapnel going in his Leil e Heek ind bar k to his , ill the blood vessels Anil nerves in s Fate and there was no feeling left in his jaw. Alter be ing Evn rated to Naples Stei Nhac h returned to a Iton nine Days later k then they needed the men so you went right Bat k in he said. Shrugging. h Loughl in Southern 1 ram a then through Germany Iron Worms Down to Bert his Garton Blore going bae k to the United states in i i Here were very Lew buildings h said of Germany. Kassel was the worse that i saw. The Only Liling you would is e is chimneys Lull despite , slain Bash noticed that life went on. The people they really Ama de me. The women and the children and old men were out in the melds working As we Iii me through. They never Slein Bat h squinted to look through the Ici est Ope up at of Tennessee at the i Asl German guards in a lower on the other Side of the Border. Small sgt. Gregory i of troop i and so army regt. Explained people entrusted Wilh living within live Kilometres i in Miles of the other Side of the Border must live in live kilo me Ler one Wilh their Lamiller. I he message is i Lear Fry to est ape your Lamila will Suller. h though Aboul it a i guile. General i Allon was he Aid. Retailing i Altim s aversion in the russians. We should have kept going. Men and were expendable to him but by god in got the of done by Wendy Bourland staff writer korean War Veteran Donald Maher was impressed by his first sight of tile Bradley i High log vehicle Hul when he spied the shovel strapped to Llie Lell of the i Irreg. His a e split Inlo a Grin. You still t an i gel away from the shovel he said. Mailer is began duly As a mat Bine gunner Wilh 1 is Lin. Ill Kegl in Korea in l in. The former private 2 was hit by enemy fire while on patrol above. A Orvon Anil was reassigned to a grave registration unit in March 11 Rij when be left the Hospital. The ird inf div Veteran was invited by the division ton Miander. Maj. Gen. Nicholas Krawciw Lei Visil his Lorl unit in t Elel Iraklion of the ird s 7 la birthday on nov. 20. He rejoined his wild unit now 1st Lin 7lh int based at Graves Barracks in a Schaffenburg Germany. Though Maher served Wilh the Rel in div in Korea he readily a t Pleil the invitation from Germany to see where other soldiers had fought. I be has been a member of the 3rd inf div society sine e his retirement from a St. I Ouis Gas company in l 7d. I be never been he said. I was on the Oiler Side of the Ocean. I wanted the Gens in world War ii went he and world War ii Veteran Charles Grau had gone on a Border tour the Day Belore Maher was awed by what he d seen. It was fabulous. I c an l Realie people living like thai on the Oiler he said. At the training site a couple of Miles away sic. I Larold Dav is Ballarion master gunner walked t lie two men around the Bradley explaining the t Caluris of the Mac Bine. A Lew led away Cape. Ohn d a Oslo t commander of f n of. Wait lied Willi the ghost of a smile on his Lac a. I hey were Here the other Day looking at our recovery Velm he said and i hey were is am Ling with their Mouths wide Davis explained the Bradley s Walc a travel outings to Maher who said ii looks us like a Small hut the soldiers of see i hair seme e As Cuile a step Forward Iron the old Days especially in terms of dec i Penl and weapons. One of their companies would he a had the or Power of Lour Bradley said sic. I Arry Apalatea. A master gunner and Davis Replat Eillene. You t an a k up a lol Wilh this Maher had no argument with that. If we d had something like ibis in Korea we c Ould e ended it real fast he said. After exploring the lira Ley the veterans moved 111 the Rucoi t. Or unit Fondue i of lire Trainer. On the i Siele. It looks like a giant video game and different trainers Are t capable of simulating the Bradley and the m-1 Abrams Lank. I Kindreds of scenarios e an be programmed Inlo the Trainer to give the gunner prac lice firing in Lille real kinds of weather and terrain Anil with both in Civ and Friendly Cortes afield. This is ust unbelievable How i Idem the Anne is. So sophisticated Maher said ii looked like the korean War Veteran would Lake some might a impressions Home with him to St. T inns la Voe have am doubts about the army Over Here Sorgel about i be paused a moment then remembering the shovel strapped to the mighty Bradley added. But Vou still have to have inc infantrymen. Yogi be shall gotta dig pm december 3f 1987 Itri pts
