European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Profile artist s life dreams revealed in his work  Munich Birc in ii or in liw Gray areas for Vaclav , from the Iri tric Ilc pen and Ink drawings that Are his artistic Forte in tin1  opinions he holds about the  that exists in Useen  Zintl West. Hull Ceisl in  hues of  k and White. Roth provide .1 Sivil portrait of Ilie Man As in Arlisle .1  refugee and an american a Hildn a. A dark Gres ii Beret  on the joint of an Elbow lamp in inn of is veral desks in Havel s cluttered but tidy nil ii inn Len . Lasern in the bavarian a i town o had i ill to Havel w Lio slipped through no Man s  ii out of his  Homeland to Van Gidie Beret emblazoned Wilh the symbolic  denoting special forces is a Symbol of his nest lifers a american Soldier and citizen. Today Hivel is 57 Lintt retired from Active duty. Bui like  other retired Green Berels i continues i i lose relationship with the elite group. Using his knowledge of German czech ind russian 1 Laval  been to Iching since .197fspm.il language classes .11 bad Tolz. Ilie Home of the army special operations Force Turpu As ,1 Yinth  hot no plans to be a sol clip a Mutti Liss in  Soldier. From his Early Days in school in his him Lawn of , his Tream was to he in i list. He was Kitt of his  right Lund  of i  reproducing Lili on Germany to Servi temporary St nos is  i liners.  s of thur  sent to Niernberg ind the boy went along. There in a City not i l demolished by Allied bombing raids tic Ispirian artist was introduced to the works of the go noun master Albrechl Diirner. 1 ref  liter lie returned to the City and found Diirr s House. The City was in rim but his Home was re Nook ably untouched he Reci ilk d. The Wor i Odi d did Havel s Hometown  liberated by . Troops the Euplio Fia of that liberation a Short lived however is the Cummo Iii in it isef Stalin Drew the so ailed Iron curtain Plis fun of isl and West. The Young i Livel went from line dil Lalo ship to i Solhei.  \\.i.  s Era  said. To Wii n very  Lime. Van i russians talk Abtil it today and put it run a u vol with i  Havre s lather openly opposed in the ruling communal govern it no was jailed in i Mil and his family in Sulli my. My Fasihi r spent years in jail and  i Tou Liln l Klo St Uiol i Intel Siirid. 1 Lis Nio Iier was harassed and Lakin in fret Jueitt a for i Ninni j by local authorities. I a. Trying to to in school. T language abilities. Five years later he was a Cilien and a civilian but Bis  search for work led him Back to the military again he did t  for it but found himself Back in 5peci.il forces. As a menu included Tori Bragg . Home of the spec  f tirces bad Tiili fort deem mass. And of course Vietnam. While he was trained As a demolitions specialist most of his time was spent in Whai he described As Liaison work using his language skills. Throughout Bis moving even in the Jungles of Vietnam Havel dabbled with his an his pen his method of tap Lurins life whether the subject was .1 Soldier or a bavarian festival his sketches number in the hundreds but most lie gave away. At one Point shortly after president Kennedy was assassinated Havel tried his hand at what he Calls futuristic Art. Using photographs of mount Rushmore he found space on the Mountain and added Kennedy s face to the images of four Oiler presidents that dominate the historic South Dakota site. He sent the finished drawing to Kennedy s widow. The life of a Green Beret agreed Wilh Havel s Strong views on democracy ind Freedom. Only once did he complain and Ihal was when he was Dela Clied to Berlin As an interrogator. I did l like Berlin because i Camu from a country where everybody was  you Havel said. I fell oppressed. 1 just could not slay in that cily i asked to  his request was granted but the memories of that stay in the divided City lingered. The Wall i rewire the armed guards All were reminders of he oppression thai 1 Ivel grew up with. Now years after  Berlin assignment he has again turned to the futuristic pulling pen to paper in depict a cily divided no More. Completed earlier ibis year Havel s drawing shows a group of visitors at a segment of the Wall turned into a memorial a plaque indicates that the Wall was Lorn Down sometime in the decade ahead. I be believes it will be. When i was in Berlin i kept thinking that the Wall has to come Down he said. It s a futuristic form but the Wall will or Down. Definitely it will come Down 24 strip i Magazine october 13, 1986