European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes sunday january 27,1991war in the Gulf  is ism amp Sis 5skwhrwswmguard duty gives go time to reflect by Lawrence Joudon Usa today northeastern saudi Arabia a in the Middle of the night in every shallow foxhole dug out of the hard Rock of the saudi desert a few Miles from Iraq there a a . Service member waiting for someone who does no to know the password. Between 3 30 and 6 30 every morning for the past week one of those soldiers was pfc. Kenneth Johns 24, of Chico Calif. A i Pray every night a said Johns a roman Catholic. A and i Hope the lord is listening i ask him to Send All the troops Home Safe and Send a sign to their families Back Home that everyone Over Here is Safe and will come Home  once in a while he looks out at the Black night into the Mist that makes anything beyond 25 feet away invisible and he thinks about his next birthday on May 2. Hell be 25, and he knows hell still be Here. A a a in a too Young to die a he said. A if its my time there a nothing i can do about it. But its not my time. I know it. In be got too Many things to go Back to. And too much  he a single. A a that a another reason to get out of Here a he said. A get married and have  talking about his four months Here a he arrived sept. 21 a his words rocked Back and Forth Between Confidence and fear Between Pride in taking on this dangerous work and being ready to get on with his life. The Young trooper made his jaw firm. A til stay Over Here As Long As i have to. I done to want to come Back to this place. We have to do it right this  he also talked about the Job hell do when the ground War begins. A a in Mon an assault team. We do reconnaissance for the artillery. We go out and direct fire for the gun Battery. We stay out for a couple of Days and to not get found we never stay in one spot very  he slipped into his reasons Tor joining the army. A Good Money Good solid Job boy was i a  but he caught himself and added a a in a glad in a doing it. Glad in a helping these  but his Job for now is stopping people. A i done to like it out Here a he said. A they can come from any direction. You can hear the jets up there. Hopefully they re ours. I just want to get this Over with and get Home Safe and sound. In be served my  his enlistment is Over in March 1993. In the Middle of the night hunkered Down in the foxhole that he makes a Little bigger and better every Day Chipping away at the Rock he Peers into the Black outside. And prays. And thinks. A i talked to my Mother an hour before we came up Here a he said. A she told me to keep my weapon beside me and my mask on my Side. I told her a done to worry mom. That a exactly what in a  a Joldan is with a Pentagon combat press Pool a Well its not the surf and Sand of the Riviera but its the next Best thing in the Middle of the saudi arabian desert. Members of the British Royal engineers enjoy a heart washing your cares away a map splash in a huge rubber tank that holds 2,500 Gallons of water. The engineers were treated to the Bath Friday before moving North to the  told they Don t have to talk to Fri los Angeles apr officials proposed rewards to thwart War inspired hate crimes Ana Arab americans were told that they done to have to submit to interviews with the Fri. A los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley and City com Cilman Hal Burnson on Friday proposed rewards totalling $50,000 for information on recent suspicious fires that ravaged a synagogue and a Coffee House owned by a lebanese american. In san Diego the office of the american civil liberties Union advised Arab americans contacted by the Fri that they done to have to allow agents into their Homes and urged them to Call a lawyer before providing information. The Fri is gathering information in its Effort to prevent acts of terrorism. Agents will respect the wishes of people who done to want to talk to the Fri Agency spokesman Ron Orran Tia said. Our purpose is not to harass people in the Arab amen can Community a Orrantia said. A the Fri has the responsibility As far As civil rights matters go to inform people that if they receive any threats or Are the subject of any backlash they should Contact the  yellow ribbons get of Canandaigua . Apr Ontario county officials reversed a Short lived policy that banned government employees from displaying yellow ribbons in pub lie places. A it All started when Barbara Zdrodowski a county data control clerk whose son is in the persian Gulf displayed a yellow ribbon on the door of the county a data processing Center. County officials were concerned the ribbons might be construed As a political statement and told her tuesday the ribbons had to be removed. Nuo Ata processing Jack Cooley met with Board of supervisors chairman Albert Woodhead and the policy was reversed. Ink Rise policy makers misread the meanings of the ribbons and All the sympathy they have out there a Cooley said. N y. Mayor to visit Israel a mayor David Dinkin said he i i wait israe to show his support for that country Gulf War s in e mss be quacks frown Iraci during the at a r Isit serve to reaffirm our historic Solidarity with the state of Israel our concern for the safety of the people of the Middle East who Are caught up in this conflict and of course our support for the men and women in uniform who Are risking their lives for Freedom a Dinkins said. 1 he mayor said Friday he would leave feb 2 for the two Day trip. \ j or w11 Bue accompanied try state rep. Charles Rane j a israeli Consul general Uriel Saver and representatives of the jewish Community relations Council and the United jewish Appeal federation of jewish philanthropies