European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes saturday february 9,1991 european edition circulation 200,000 col. Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zov1stoski editor. It col Gayle w. Fix Usa Deputy commander Marie Kominicki production manager Bob Wicker managing editor Deane b. Mcdermott circulation manager switchboard 06155-6010. Ets 348-5741 or 5823. Telex 419-332. A a a Tel fax 06155-601376. A. 1 mailing address Apo 09211-4211 or postal Diml 14 37, do 6100. Darmstadt 11, Germany. News 06155-601 plus Extension or ets 348-8 plus Extension. News ext. 237.255. 282, 226,326 spa res ext 225,269,263,332,321,221.features ext. 230 245, 341. A letters to editor ext. 206. V education Jimi Jones Exi. 226. Business Randy Mcclain exp. 338. Bureaus Bremerhaven Germany ets 346-8262 or civilian 06155-601326. 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The appearance at advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of detente or the stars and stripes of the products or services advertised everything advertised in this publication shall be made available for Purchase use or patronage without regard to race color religion sex National origin age marital status physical Handicap political affiliation or any other non of Merit Factor of Tho purchaser usef or Patron. A a 1pglr Pai letters to the editor mail not getting to Gulf redder says i recently read a letter asking the soldiers in saudi Arabia to share their mail with other Allied soldiers i. Realize he was speaking of the a any service member mail and i believe it is a wonderful idea. It occurred to me that there May be some difficulty carrying this thought outre am sure my husband would be More than Happy to snare his mail even some that is personally addressed to him if he received any. Since our unit was notified of their impending trip to. The desert we have heard speech after glorious speech about the importance of mail it began As the a Selling items for trying to keep the dependents Here. I believe a email will Only take three or four Days to go Back and Forth from saudi. It can take 10 Days to two weeks from the states was the quote from our briefings. Not to mention everyone from  Saint to our company commander has repeated How import Tant it is to write a letter every Day even if it is Only a few lines to keep morale High. It Gasthaus our family assistance Center the stars and stripes our twice weekly briefings and most other organizations have told us the convenience of the Mars Grams and the desert fax. These forms of modern technology will get a message to your spouse in Only 48-72 hours. My husband left Karlstedt on Jan. 6. On the 7th we i Cim 20 years old. I enjoy weight Ifim listening to music and writing. A Jeff Williams Quot so Btry 3/18 a 1 Apo new York 09657 i am 38 years old. My hobbies Are crafts Flea markets going out by the water and Volunteer Worth Voith the elderly. I am a nurse s aide and cosmetologist i am a widow with two children Ages 19 and 11a. A sue Mckee. Had a Legal problem that i Felt he should know about. I sent both a fax and a Mars Gram on the 7th and again on the 11th to give him an update on the situation. I have sent Quot a letter almost every Day. I was Lucky enough to get a phone Call from him on Jan. 25 before he had to leave for the Assembly area. Three weeks and 16 letters later he had not received a word letter package fax or Telegram. We were being assured weekly that the mail was a Little slow but they were receiving it. Once More and More spouses started getting phone Calls that changed to the word that the mail was sent to the Assembly area and they would receive it then. It  recently been said that a lot of the mail from Salmi came in and we would be getting letters any Day now. The majority of the letters that the spouses 1 have talked to have received were written on the plane flight Over and sent As soon As they landed. When hearing of the soldiers in the persian Gulf we keep hearing a morale is  if mail is so important to morale i am not sure How this could be. I know the morale of mos t of the spouses Here is just holding on. A a a a a a a a a a a a. A a a a a a Lynn Lashure. Karlstedt Germany a a Sembach food drive answers prayers the people of Sembach a deserve a big hand for their big hearts. As the recreation Center program director at sent Bach when l heard that Rhein main a was in need of food donations for tent City a Halfway Point for the military on their Way to operation desert storm i wondered what we could do to help. A response quickly followed. The recreation Center could launch a baked goods drive. After receiving the consent of the chief of morale welfare and recreation Marwe set to work on the idea. We set a Short deadline of five Days to collect the  began to trickle in Over the weekend a few More on monday and a great Deal More on tuesday beginning wednesday morning there was a steady Stream of donations brownies cookies cakes Etc. It was overwhelming. At noon Steve Perkins and i set out for a tent City with a Van full of tantalising treats. Arriving about 2 p.m., we went into the tent to coordinate unloading with the tent manager a Uso Volunteer. What unfolded was one of the most emotion of and Gratifying experiences of my tour in Germany Quot earning who we were and what we had brought the Uso ladies clearly had tears in their eyes. You see they had just been notified that a fully loaded 747 was about to land and they were Down to their last package of store bought cookies a few loaves of bread and Peanut butter and Jelly. They had no idea How they could teed All the people who got off that flight. They said we were an answer to their prayers. No you were the answer to their prayers. To All of you who donated items thank you from the Bottom of my heart. Because of you someone s husband wife son daughter brother sister Etc. Knows there Are people who truly care 1 know Sembach does a Judy Kohrs program director Sembach recreation Center a German questions demonstrations 112 Van Bur enc. A Davern Mich. 48423 a i am 26 years old and would like to correspond with people Between 20 and appears  Chi. Aaron Pinkston. 101 is airborne div b co. 1 /327th inf a a Apo new York 09309 it i am 24 years old and enjoy cooking gardening and Reading. Quot a Girlie . Do or. Rafael Lagahit. Rovera Road Baltayan Dumaguet City Philippines a a presently you Are threatened by a wild gang of people unwilling to accept the fact that Freedom cannot be had for nothing. Western democracies in Europe would not exist any More were it not for the United states fighting Hitler and opposing communism. Opposition to communism on the part of the .a. Is the real reason for the demonstrations a against the  Are these demonstrations for peace were these groups demonstrating when the War started in Afghanistan when the iraqis invaded Kuwait writer proudly backs gis 1 am writing in response to the article concerning wives and girlfriends waging their own Battles for peace. I do not mind that they have an opinion but i totally disagree. This too is a Freedom granted me by our service members. It. I also have the Freedom to Send my Fiance and other service members a a sundries which will make their lives a Little More comfortable. I do this with love and Pride and will continue to do so. A our president As Well As our service members is once again the whipping boy for the world. But there is one thing for sure the real american Constitution defending wives and girlfriends of Vii cops Are very proud of their husbands and other service members. They will do everything in their Power to help make their husbands and other service members time in saudi Arabia As comfortable As possible and proudly stand up for them. A Rose Myrick Niernberg Germany. A killing i done to know How Many people including babies a when latvian and lithuanian people were shot just recently ? and now demonstrations for peace please Bear it mind that German people know to whom they owe thanks for the Freedom we enjoy up to now. At least 90 percent of us Are grateful to the .a. You find the verification in German papers letters to the editors and huge announcements asking for morale and other help for soldiers and their families. And the 10 percent maybe they want to go to Baghdad to discuss a them piracy and what have you with Saddam Hussein nobody should hold them Back. A. 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