European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 7, 1991 the stars and stripes a a Page 5 War in the Gulf Pentagon won t fight Over War s name new York apr if history is any guide the persian Gulf War will go Down As. Well the persian Gulf War. Although soldiers fight wars journalists and their audiences usually name them according to military historians. A we done to have an official Mimer a said Janice me Kinney of the army Center of military history in Washington. A there is no one person or office with the authority to name our wars it just happens.�?�. A a the military eventually accepts whatever a been accepted by the Public a said Russell Weigley of Temple University. Naming wars is As imprecise an Art As fighting them but usually a Brief informative name works its Way into common usage and Sticks. A a it a often something As random As a headline writers fancy a said former air Force historian Richard Kohn. The associated press and Many other news Organiza tons Are calling the current conflict in the Middle East the persian Gulf War. It also has been called a the Gulf War a a the Gulf conflict a a operation desert storm and a the War with  the iraqis have referred to it hostage Flag May Fly again for Gulf gis Evansville ind. Apr a congressman and a radio station Hope to bring Back the great american Flag a the 2-acre old glory that welcomed Home the hostages from Iran a decade ago a in Honor of . Troops in the persian Gulf. Rep. Frank Mccloskey d-ind., and we do pm of Evansville and Henderson ky., plan to unfurl the Flag in front of the Washington Monument on March 2. Although the flags create i Len Silver Fine of new York wanted it displayed annually at the Monument the 411 -by-210-foot Flag has remained in storage since 1984 in a Washington warehouse. A a it a something we got a lot of reaction to on the air when we threw the idea out a said we do program director Johnny Kincaid. A people suggested it should be on display in support of american servicemen and  at the radio stations urging Mccloskey obtained permission to exhibit the Mammoth old glory from the National Park service and the general service administration which keeps the 7.7-ton Flag in a warehouse. A it is my Hope that this display will lift the spirits of the Young men and women who hear about it and let them know that they Are in our hearts and prayers a Mccloskey said. As Quot the Mother of All  it can take time for a name to catch on. Quot a consensus does no to always develop right away a said Weigley. A it was generations before the animosities had Quot settled Down and we could agree on the civil  that conflagration originally was known As a the War of the rebellion by northerners and a the War of Southern Independence by southerners a except for those rebels who favored a the War Between the  similarly it was years before the War of 18i2 prevailed Over the More grandiose second War of Independence. A War s name also can be changed by More War. While it was being fought the War of 1914-1918 Between the Allied and Central Powers was known As the great War but after the armistice president Wilson began calling it the world War As he pinned medals on  the world went to War again in 1939, and typesetters reached for the roman numerals. When . Forces went to Korea in 1950 under United nations auspices president Truman called it a a police action a or the korean conflict because a unlike 1917 or 1941 a Congress never was asked to declare War. Quot but University of Wisconsin historian Edward Coffman. Who was an infantryman in Korea said a a conflict was a euphemism. It was a War Ami that a what we called  there is no formal definition of a War it seems to be something like obscenity you know it when you see it. Korea was War Vietnam was War Panama. And Grenada were not so scholars use terms like a expedition Quot or a a intervention to describe them. An example the army a campaigns against communists in Russia after world War i is known As the russian intervention even though As a soviet historian once pointed out to an american colleague Quot we did no to intervene you  revisionism is afoot in the Case of the philippine insurrection of 1899-1902, which immediately followed the Spanish american War. Some historians now Call it the filipino american War. For one thing the old term seems to assume the United states had a legitimate claim to the former Spanish Colony. For another said Coffman the length and intensity of the fight a made the War with Spain look like a  mine Hunter this m60 tank from the . Army a 1st army div has been path of Allied ground forces poised near Kuwait. Mines have modified to plow up and disable mines left by iraqi forces in the been a particular source of concern for attack  of time new York a some soldiers bound for the persian Gulf Are leaving Frozen sperm behind and others Are calling to inquire about the practice. The sperm Bank reporting by far the most Calls was the Fertility Center of California in san Diego. Itras received 200 to 300 Calls since last fall director Sharon Coe said. A i think it gives both husband and wife peace of mind at a time when they sorely need it a Coe said perhaps 100 of the callers have come in to have their sperm Frozen she said at a Cost of $300 to $400 for collection of samples testing and a years storage. She said Frozen sperm can be stored indefinitely for an annual storage charge of $75 to $150. A Check with sperm Banks in states such As Georgia Texas Kentucky and North Carolina where Many . Military bases Are located revealed that most had received inquiries. _ Kay Gibson of the Center for Fertility and reproductive research at Vanderbilt University said that Center has received about 10 Calls from military personnel some based at fort Campbell on the Kentucky Tennessee Border. A a we be probably had about 20 Calls a said Patricia Harrell of a Tex corp. In Augusta ga., not far from fort Stewart. Jerome Sherman an anatomist at the University of Arkansas for medical sciences in Little Rock and chairman of the reproductive Council of the american association of tissue Banks believes the military should provide the service. In the stars and stripes 40years ago today. Feb. 7, 1951 a United nations forces celebrated the chinese new year by blasting the communists All along the 80-mile korean front. Gains put . Forces Only 28 Miles from the 38th parallel 30 years ago today. Feb. 7, 1961 a Secretary of state Dean Rusk disclosed that administration disarmament experts were studying the problem of whether and How comr Junist China could be brought into proposed disarmament schemes. 20 years ago today. Feb. 7, 1971 a Northern Ireland a prime minister James Chidester Clark said that his government and the British army were fighting a War in his7capital against Irish Republican extremists. 10 years ago today. Feb. 7, 1981 a calling it the Quot worst mess since the great depression Quot president Reagan appealed for support for his plan to stimulate the Economy with cuts in both ii come taxes and government spending