European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                D 7th year in office toughest so far for Reagan daily Magazine d Browns beat Steeles to Lake acc Central Page 21 d tennesseans return As Waters recede Page 28 the stars andjtripesm%it�gs�3%yr a Thomten worn enl Public non for the  Meb Force Voi 46. To 252 sunday. December 27, 1987 u. O.jrdi�i", 0 8693 a 6 sailors Hurt in Spain bombing by Tim hoiv1n stuff Fri try six i a sailors on Christmas Liberty were injured saturday in Barcelona Spain when iwo explosive devices were thrown into a club used by the Uso according to a press attache at the , embassy in Madrid. A approximately h02 local time 6 02 p.m.1. Two exp inside lie1,ices were thrown into the bar Inma. A facility in Harc Clona used by the Iso and frequented by . Military personnel on Liberty said Bob Mead the press at tache at inc embassy in Madrid. Sis . Navy personnel were wounded one seriously. Four had Light wounds and Are being treated in local hospitals the is Iii injured Sailor returned to his ship for treat nit Mead said. Wire service reports said the service members were assigned to inc destroyer Thorn and the frigate Lionald b. Beary. United press International identified four of the sailors As Ronald Strong Todd ring sky Wayne Andrews and Randy Comer. Lei l said Strong listed in critical condition was undergoing emergency sur Gery for abdominal Back and lung wounds King Wolsky was listed in stable condition with tie Cmunt of injuries not revealed and i inter and Andrews were being treated for injuries o their forearms and buttocks. Allot the service members wen1 being trailed at Hospital Del mar. The la i also report edit a spokes Man at the Hospital c Linico said Namol Powell was treated for shrapnel wounds in the Hack and buttocks. At this time we have no knowledge of who is responsible for this act Meade told the stars and sir pcs. The Bt-arj1 and ii Thorn were inc Only ships docked in Harc Clona at the time. They were Here on a Christmas leave so they have been Here social  the a said an  Man threw Jwo hand grenade into the club Acci Jording to Juan . A spokesman for the regional government. He said the club located in inc Elnra do me Macc i behind buildings housing the City s Mil nary Headquarters. Do Squal said about 20 people including the injured sailors were in the United service organisation social club at the time of the blast. The Slid the Thorn and Leary have been anchored in the Harc Clunn port area ii Nee Dei. 20. Incl nor pm t a i i v4 i hot order by Tim Boivin of Irmburg Bureau Waisdorf Germany on a lonely Christmas spec. 4 Jim Gary walks the Peri meter at of Alpha. The warmth of his Mother s Monte Zuma oa., Kitchen is replaced by the warmth of a flak jacket covering a Field jacket. The weight of Christmas pre sents he usually carried for family and friends is replaced by the weight of a radio harnessed 10 his Back Christmas night 1987, Gary 21 and All by his lonesome feels his Way through the dark on the Rover assign ment at observation Posl Alpha. It is on inc Border Between Bast and West Germany near Waisdorf. 12 Miles from Fulda. I Gol picked to come up Here the motor Pool clerk from h troop. I Sis i Ith army Cav regt says. They were Short on personnel a couple of people on leave. All the married personnel hey try to keep them to the rear on Christmas. Some of the Guys Hack in the rear Don i have a Security clearance. I kind of wish now i did  Gary makes his rounds one More time checking in with the charge of quarters. Halfway through his two hour shift just Ihrcke More lonely walks along the concertina wire inside the Fence. The a Cal morning he will leave at j 30 . For an eight hour patrol in a jeep checking out observation Points on the Border. Hell be one of the Lucky ones in a spec. 4 Charles Wade takes it break from Border patrol o read a Irett ram Hidir. Warm jeep. There is a fool patrol going out a 12-mile Day after chrismas re l on Naissance hike through Llie Rhein mountains. Even though u k Christmas there in t much time to celebrate when you have a Border to Monitor. Sol Jeff Crosby has just 40 pfennig As he dials his wife s number. She s in Rome for the holidays hello. Sylvia 1 love you. Merry Christmas. I Don l have any More Marks i la Call you  he says in one Long breath. He smiles a wide smile of a family Man doing the hell lie can while he is away from his loved ones. It s Tough to Call Rome on Christmas fur 40  he said proudly bul i did  spec. 4 Robert Ussery is turning in his .45-caliber pistol to the armorer. What Day is today Isery asks to nobody in particular. The 25iliv in t thai Christmas it Busl be  Souther Lancaster grunts As he wipes the Cham Ber of us cry s pistol because Santa Claus is making me clean your weapon for you. And you Call yourself an ii Bravo Ussery is re enlisting for infantry Man nest year. He lakes a lot of ribbing from the cavalry cos about it. On Christmas and every other Day of Border duty. Ussery spends four Oul of every 16 hours in the observation Tower looking at the Liast German Border continued on Page 3 panel wants guard Reserve role in Europe by Chuck Vinci n Bureau Washington if the Senate appropriations cormmticl1 Lias its Way some missions handled by Acme duty personnel in Europe would he turned Over to Reserve and National guard troops. The committee continues to believe that through rotations and a Lull time support Pil so acc guard and Reserve units can assume Active duty missions on a full Lime basis Ovi St As slated the Repon on the fiscal  defense upon nation still. Cum Miucci member Iii no Lollie fad that half the army s wart one com Bat and support forces Are in the guard and be serve and that successful missions currently arc being handled by guard and Reserve personnel in i Anama and Hon Duras. The committee ordered the Pentagon to provide information by May i detail ing specific overseas missions that could be assumed h the guard and Reserve the defense department has Long opposed the concept in Europe chiming Cost factors More aned missions and logistical considerations would hamper such a Mot i1. Europe is also a lot farther from the United slate Ilian Central America i4id one . It would he a complicated undertaking to regularly rotate re serve and guard units to Europe and it would almost certainly end up Cooling us  this is basically a political difference Between the committee and Dod a Senate aide said i works excellently in Central America and in would he even a Silt in Europe where an extensive full time support base s already in  inc Nde said the move would be .1 Posilee one for the guard and Resi a e i i l is always fouling the Tola Foke  he said. "1 his would k1 an Ideal situation to put that into action. Whal it comes Down to is. The services  do it if they wanted to but they re finding reasons not to do it " Dod officials arg if that sending guard Piid Al Sene troops to i untie is too demanding and would Lake those personnel away from their regular jobs Tor Loo Long the aide said. Well again they re doing u in Hon Duras right now. With a banal on sic Clement of  he said. That s time away from their jobs. When they go to school at the National framing Cen Ter that s Lime away from their  he said there 11 also the threat argument in which Dod Folk gals say they want Only a tiie duty troops nil the front mm1 in . "1 hat s Ine hut there Are a lot of support Type Finis lion in the rear  he said. So that does t Wash either. The Boioni line is thai in could be done if Hod wanted in do it. And we re Ning to explore tie Issue fur