European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday january 29, 1991 the stars and stripes a a a Page 5 War in the Gulf Mideast conflict tugs at shuttle Crew Cape canaveral Fla. A the astronauts awaiting nasal a first wartime shuttle flight take satisfaction that their Mission could eventually Lead to better air defense missiles such As the patriots being used to counter Iraq. Yet they say part of them yearns to be serving in the persian Gulf rather than 161 it. A you want to do something to help Quot explained Michael Coats commander of discovery a Mission set for late february or Early March. A i look at it saying a boy i wish i could teach the pilots Over there some of the things i saw in Coats 45, a Navy Captain flew 315 combat missions in Southeast Asia during the Early 1970s. Two of the six other astronauts also saw combat in Vietnam. A if i were still a full time military offi cer i would certainly want to be in the forefront of the action a Charles Lacy Veach 46, a former fighter Pilot said during Crew interviews last week,.�?obut. In Man astronaut now and this is where in a contributing to the National during discovery a eight Day flight the astronauts said they will collect data the defense department can use to build better patriots and other air defences to intercept missiles. Unlike the seven previous shuttle flights devoted to defense department work this one is not completely classified a although some of the information gathered will be kept secret. The Crew will operate two major military payloads one of which will be released temporarily into orbit to study the shuttles engine plumes. Scientists say the research should help the. Military better identify the plumes of missiles that might be fired during future wars. The experiments were planned before the outbreak of the Gulf War but the astronauts Are pleased with the timing. A my support of the military is this Mission in terms of its ability to help possibly provide data that will maybe protect us in future wars a said a Blaine Hammond jr., 39, an air Force lieutenant colonel. A if it weren t for those patriots there would be a lot of dead and injured folks in the Middle East a agreed Gregory liar Baugh 34, one of two Crew members without Quot a military background. A really the research that we Are doing is an Extension of that sort of thinking.�?�. Air Force it. Col. Donald Mcmonagle believes just As strongly that by flying in space he is serving his country in the Best possible Way. Still guilt nags at him his older brother an Alabama National. Guardsman is in saudi Arabia. A am i doing something for defense and the future of our country yeah in a doing that Here a said Mcmonagle 38 a Marc the risks in a taking Here compared to the risks that my brother is taking in saudi Arabia who knows Quot to reduce the risk of War related terrorist attacks the National aeronautics and space administration has increased Security at the Kennedy space Center launch site and the astronaut Headquarters at Houston a Johnson space Center. Discovery will pass Over the persian Gulf Region two or three times during the flight the first taking place 20 minutes after Star mothers know group will grow Katherine Mannion poses with photographs of her son Tod who was killed dec. 20,1966, in Vietnam. Woman finds Homes for War orphaned pets Baltimore apr a sorority United in sorrow the Gold Star mothers is mobilizing to help ease the pain of those who lose sons and daughters to War. A from the time the Gold Star mothers began very generation has hoped that they would be the last a said Katherine Mannion of Baltimore. A was a Vietnam Mother i hoped there be More wars a that they take our sons away a but we re Back in again a a a a a a a. A Gold Star mothers was organized in 1928 by 25 women who sought to support one another and venerate the death of their sons and daughters lost to world War 1. They wore a tiny pin to symbolize their loss and Many worked As volunteers for veterans organizations. The name derived from a world War i custom in which families placed in their windows a Flag with one Blue Star for each relative in the military. The Blue Star was covered with a Gold one if the person died. After the korean War the Gold Star mothers accepted As members the mothers of any child who had served in the military and who had died under any circumstance. Currently Gold Star mothers has about 3,000 members and chapters in every state. And they know the persian Gulf War will increase their number. Winona Tucker of Jerseyville Iii an officer of the National Gold Star mothers plans to meet with a Pentagon representative to encourage the military to distribute information about the group when parents Are notified of a service member a death. A the More you help other people the easier it is to Bear your own grief a Tucker said. Her son Arthur a 19-year-old army private was killed in granddaughters husband is among the army troops stationed in saudi Arabia. Mannion wept As she watched television coverage of . Troops shipping out to the Gulf. The memory of her songs death is still fresh after 24 years. Tod Mannion a private in the army was killed dec. 20, 1966, when his truck Convoy was ambushed by the Viet Cong in Phu they brought him Back to me on his 21st birthday Quot she said. Mannion soon became Active in Gold Star mothers and was National president in 1980, like most other Gold Star mothers she supports . Involvement in the Gulf War. A a in a not for War but As Long As we re there lets get behind our president and those boys a she said Mary Ann Haley of Royal Gak calif., moved to Washington recently to work As the National service Ofle i cer at the Headquarters of Gold Star mothers. Haleys son Michael was killed in 1970 while in the Navy on the intrepid off the coast of Vietnam a i never saw him dead. Its awfully hard when you done to have a body a a Haley said. A you just Don t know what not until 10 years later did Haley learn about the mothers sometimes when i look at the other mothers they have tears in their eyes a said Haley whose Nephew is stationed in saudi Arabia. A a they be lost their sons and in be lost my son. Nobody understands unless they be had a child who a Sands of time fort Bragg . Apr Foster Homes Are being found for pets orphaned in the Rush of troops to saudi Arabia a thanks to Priscilla Fairchild. Since August when soldiers from fort Bragg began leaving for saudi Arabia Fairchild has found for dozens of orphaned pets including 46 dogs nine cats four snakes two frogs a Turtle a collared Lizard even a legless Lizard. A the main reason that in a doing this is just to keep the morale of the soldiers up a says Fairchild 37, a department store Beauty adviser. A and also to know that they re going to be reunited with their whole family when they get Back. And for the Well being of their animals but the snakes had her worried for a while but she found Homes for them All. A Fairchild got the Foster owner idea the main reason that i m doing this is just to keep the morale of the soldiers up Priscilla Fairchild from her husband Scott chief of psychology at Womack army Community Hospital at fort Bragg. He was working with some soldiers on coping with stress overseas when one Soldier said she did no to know what to do with her two dogs while she was gone. Oin the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan. 29,1951�? Gen. Douglas Macarthur flew to the recaptured Suwon Airfield for a Quick look at the fighting in which he said the stake now is a More than Korea a it is free asia.�?�.30 years ago today. Jan. 29,1961 a a spectacular fast spreading fire in near Zero temperatures at a bakery Supply Plant killed at least six firemen when the Walls of the six Story building collapsed.20 years ago today. Jan. 29, 1971 a Snow wind and bitter cold numbed the Northeast and left a 7,000-Square-mile Section of upstate new York shut off from the outside.7 0 years ago today. Jan. 29, 1981 a defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger called for rearming of the United states and said social programs May have to be Cut or even eliminated to pay for it
