European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Ann Landers dear Ann Landers recently you printed a glowing letter about the value of teach arc and How important it is that we pay them what they Are Worth and keep them in the class room. I agree with everything you said. But who is called in when students Are pregnant suicidal Strung out or violent it s the so Cial worker social workers Are on Call 24 hours a Day the year round. They arc expected to Settle Domestic disputes feed and clothe the poor find lodging for the homeless and protect children from violence and abuse. But heaven help social workers if they arc wrong about an accusation. They arc held accountable if they make a mis take and the consequences can be horrendous. Social workers must Pinch hit for doctors lawyers Ica Chersi preachers psychiatrists and accountants. For our efforts we arc often lied to threatened and abused. In my slate a social worker was killed last year because some nut decided that she was responsible for ruining her  our educational requirements Are the same As teach ers yet one of my colleagues left her Job recently to teach at a starting salary of 14,000 a year More than she had been making. In my opinion the social worker ii the most under paid undervalued of All professionals. By printing Hij letter you could help give these dedicated people a Brief place in the Sun. Louisville Reader Dot Louisville 1 am grateful for the Opportunity to Shine the spot Light an fhe us floss professionals who for too Long bait been under glued and underpaid. I hate consulted with several Sodul workers Over the last few Yean and found them to be Well informed ded idled and . I a delighted logic these professionals their Nell denied place in he Sun. Dear Ann Landers something has happened that has made me very angry. Will you please Tell me if 1 am wrong to be upset every year we have a family reunion. It is always a huge Success. It will be coming up in about three weeks. I got the Shock of my lift when i opened an envelope yesterday and read the following pack your picnic baskets and help us celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary at the annual family reunion there will be Many friends As Well As family As always plus plenty of fun and Fellowship. You won t want to miss  1 think this is one Heck of a lot of Gall. Us set in Pittsburgh Dcarl Litls a family reunion is supposed to be just thai a gel Logcher for family members inviting friends la this event in an attempt to Piggy Back a 50th wedding anniversary Celebration is just Plain Tacky. Your anger is justifiable. Dear Ann Landers my husband is a diabolic. My problem is sodium. We argue a lot about which is More difficult to live  bib a refers  to Salt but not one word is said about sugar which suggests that the problem has been around for a Long time. Since we now know that a Low sodium diet is much healthier Why Don to fast food restaurants serve in sailed hamburgers for example and let people season their own san Diego . Mcdonald s will Gully comply with the request. Alt you need to do is so. Page 11 letters vietnamese Reader proud of her heritage being a vietnamese does t mean being a Viet Cong the War Between North and South Vietnam with 20 years of pain and sadness is evidence enough to prove to the world that we the people in South Vietnam did not believe in the North Vietnam government. We All knew that if we wanted Freedom it would mean we would have to fight the Viet Cong. I am a vietnamese woman who was bom in North Vietnam. I grew up to see myself cry and Jay Good Bye to my grandmothers the Day we left North Vietnam in 954, because my father did t believe in communism and he wanted 10 find Freedom for us in South Viet Nam. I grew up to see my Brothers leave school to go into Comal to protect their country from the North Viet namese communists. I also grew up to see myself cry when the comm Nisu look Over Saigon in 1975 that was when my Brothers were sent to a prison near red China. They were released five years later with All kinds of sick Nesses and they also had almost lost their minds. My parents tried to sell almost everything they owned so they could get enough Money for them to run away from Vietnam. My brother Dong got away from Viet Nam and went to the United slates. He did find free Dom but he Tost his wife to another Man because she would no longer Wail for him. I also grew up to learn my favorite Uncle. Doctor general Tuan Phat died in prison through the communists ill treatment and my own father died after a fall for Lack of medical care under the communists. So now you can understand How i must have fell when you told me you Are a Viel Cong and 1 am going to kill you right in front of our building on the Community s Spring cleanup Day. 1 laughed but my eyes bumped with anger. I could have killed you with my Bare hands. Bui commander i want you to live and learn thai not every vietnamese is a communist. Saigon fell in 1975 and there arc still a lot of Viet namese every year trying to escape in Little boats in the great Ocean. So Many vietnamese people have died trying to find Freedom. When one Falls Down another one will stand up. We believe in what we Are fighting for. The War in Vietnam and the loss of South Vietnam to the North has not destroyed us it has Only made us stronger made us survivors. So Many South vietnamese sol Diers have died for us to live and. Heir blood soaked through their mothers land. We Are Here o cry for them and for the loss of South Vietnam to the communists. Today vietnamese people Are living All Over the world. We thank the United states and ail free coun tries and people who opened their arms and hearts to us. You All have Given us a Chance to live in your Beautiful and free countries something we have always dreamed of. With your care and support you have Given us a Chance to prove to ourselves and the world thai we Are intelligent and Well educated Viet namese people. Every year so Many vietnamese Grad uate from High school and College with honors they Are having so much Success in business or any kind of Job they set their minds and their hearts to. We Are a proud Strong and surviving people and we Are willing to stand up for our rights. So clean up your acl commander just because you have some kind of personal Ven Detta against my husband you Don t have the right to Call me a Viet Cong and threaten to kill me. Your position and the fact that you arc going to be a full colonel did not give you any Power or right 10 Call me to your table the other evening at the officer s club and Tell me that a Man in the club is very interested in me. That was a very cheap shot and you know that vietnamese women As Well As any other women in the world have no need to be sold by you. Just remember we arc grateful to your country and your people. Respect us and we will respect you god bless America and the american people. And god bless our country even though it belongs to the communists now. In our hearts and in our souls it will always be Catl Laiful and it will always be Vietnam. Name withheld  Germany bad conduct discharge haunts sex Soldier the. First things offered to me were training school ing Good pay pension career Field jobs but they were not the Only things. Well it started out great. Boot Camp hard work sweat responsibility. I was proud of myself. When t was finished i graduated in the top of my class from Basic i even got 30 Days Cave before it nil began my first and to my disappointment my last. I got stationed up North. Of Well i thought i la sur Vive. I m hard. I adjusted which was very hard. First the culture Shock then 1 was so Hurt emotionally by what i saw.  from Basic hard Core to if if no control on Alco hol drugs hash Speed dope it was a horror Welt i tried to slay away but the pressure was too great. I wanted to belong to a group any group. I wanted so called Friendship Lill cd m of Beer whiskey hash. The rest is a Short  squad Leader was a dealer. Forty percent of my platoon used drugs or alcohol. The platoon sergeant got busted for driving while intoxicated at 6 . This was training school. Honor. I started watching what the system did. Not much. One Day a Soldier came to me and asked if i could gel him some cocaine. I thought about a Quick Dollar so 1 went into my room crushed up some aspirin and some Vitamin tablets. 1 sold this to him for $200. He was so Happy v. A. After one hour he came Back and wanted a refund. I acted As if i did t know what he meant and told i m logo Call a cop. He did. Well things went very had. I had messed up. I got a so called Graffi Ritaa lawyer pleaded guilty and was offered a chapter 10. Iwas Young stupid and so excited to get away that i signed. Thirty Days later i was cleared packed and on my Way Home. Hey 1 started to think what do i have. Noth ing. No Job no Money no Honor. I was busted from e-4 to i a 1 got an other than honorable discharge and was barred from rec liniment this discharge 1 have been fighting for nine years with Little or no Hope for a change. So you Sec All of this for a handful of dollars. Is or was it Worth it. 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