European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Operation desert shield is. A a. A. A  . A a. Here we wait in the Sand and the Sun remembering the Days when this stuff was fun. We sit in position with our Tow humvee  Goft Neyland  and of course me. Preparing and training Day after Day living our life the infantry Way. We patiently wait for mail Call to come wishing and hoping that Well receive  in t much Here to brighten our Day a letter or package is by far the Best w a. We sit and wonder How Long we re Here for., silently hoping we Don t go to War. I constantly think of my daughter and wife. A recalling the Joys they bring to my  All miss our families this you can see in the faces of soldiers and even in me. Someday Well return to our families Back there but until then Well Tough it out Here. Guess with this poem i want you to see. It s not always easy being Quot All you can  sgt. William m. Ebert operation desert shield endless shades of Sand. Connect to a cloudless sky. The Sun so hot it makes me weak. Its Light it Burns my  wind it has no mercy leaving dirt and dust on my clothes and face. The Roar of a plane up in the Blue. Reminds me of a faraway place. The thugs a love the Dearest a. I keep sate inside my heart. So if in Case my time has come we won t be torn apart. To keep on fighting  i can do a. Or that s the Way it seems because i understand Why i m Here to keep the Road open for All the world s dreams. Airman 1st class Peggy j. Walsha line in the Sand what a wonderful Day Tot a wat. And anyone can play. A 1 is the reason armies from the world round a Are gathered Here today. They come to face the tyrant. On land and seas and skies. And All the while he prepares a  truth with lies. Quot the land he holds is  so the arabs Tell us so. Though the land seems holier still. Where the Preci soils Llovy. He tells his people their cause is Justin s the foreigners who Are. Wrong. And All tile world Rolls its eyes As he sings the ancient song. A . A the embargo takes firm hold. It s ins people who pay the Price l in assures them of Victory. As they live on rats and  camels ignore the tanks. And the men who ride inside. Their ancient eyes Are Moc King in their Cam Elish Pride Tor thousands of years they have seen. Annies in this land. Men with rocks and swords and now rifles in their hand. 1 he men smile and no for they know the Camel s Lale. To end up in a zoo. Quot or 011 a saudi plate. The smile fades for the men know their own Fate As Well. If War Breaks out the . Become  of hell. Even so the men stand guard a line in the Sand. A. And Here they stay until such time As the tyrant leaves the land. Spec. Adam Rothas. A if it. It a f i i  it if r Quot  \ a v  its malt   a Quot it. Of a. J a nod 0