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A everything advertised in this publication shall be made available for Pur. A Cluase use or patronage without regard to race color religion sex. National origin ago marital status physical Handicap political Natii nation of any other non Merit fact Rotthe purchaser user or Patron. A pen pals letters to the editor a 6th-Grade of thoughts a bout life / was so impressed by the following written by a student who was then a sixth grader in Steinbach Middle school that have ept it for about 20 years i feel Frith the world situation being what it is today that this would be a grand tribute to our great fighting Force not Only in the persian a fid area but throughout the Sam Galio. Germany / i am an army brat my Hometown is nowhere. My friends arc everywhere. At the age of ii in be travelled and seen Mare of the world than some people have in a lifetime. ,. Travel has taught me to be open and allow cultures of people to touch me and Hope i in some Way touch them. Quot. A a a a. A a a a a a a in my six years of schooling i have been in five different schools throughout the world. Teachers i had and have have been the finest. All schools except for one have been department of defense schools if i leave one place 1 Feci that half my world has been left behind. I also know that the other half is still waiting i to be met. V v no in a not sorry i done to get to live in one town and go to the same school for 12 years. I have Learned that Home is where the heart and famil by Are a Eyen if it is living in guest houses motels duplexes and apartments around the world. As i stand to Honor the Flag i understand what the Flag stands for and part of that Flag is in Honor of All the soldiers. One especially in my life the one whose life created mine a my father. A Susan Sagerser graded a a a aaa a / Sembach Middle school. Sembach Germany a go s wife counts blessings and prays i am writing on behalf of All the wives whose husbands have been deployed to saudi. I Hope this helps not Only Quot them but gives those who Are not in this situation a better understanding of things. My spouse left on . 10, and like so Many others he was Given very Short notice after a couple of the neighbors were told word spread like wildfire and most of the building knew our my husband left people would come up to me and ask me How i was doing. If my response was upbeat then they a Pat me on the Back and wish . But if i responded in any Type of negative Way they were very uncomfortable. So now i simply say we re of i recently asked someone who was a Vietnam wife when does it get easier and Why my husband have been Given More notice. She told me that it does no to get easier and you can Only live each Day As it comes. She said that there is never a right time for your Hus band to leave. A her advice is sound and honest. 1 have Good Days and bad Days. I do live each Day As it comes and Pray for strength to get by. In be set goals to accomplish have a wonderful Job go to night school and have a Beautiful daughter. I count my blessings and say lots of prayers a Kim Knoch a Berlin. A the anguish of not going to the Gulf have met Many people and care for the Tatj of hurts me deeply to see them and their famines when the word was out last month that 3rd brigade soldiers were being deployed 1 was asked when my husband would be leaving. This was an innocent question. Why then did i feel guilty when i answered that my husband was not being deployed could it be the reaction i Goi or Mayhe it was being told that another person hated me we have All heard of the stress and pain of the family members of deployed soldiers. 1 Don t make Light or Lessen the severity of this. I just want to make others aware of the stress and pain i feel As the wife of a Soldier in 3rd in 12th Field arty. In the in months i have been in Aschaffenbur i Ople. It deeply to see them and their famines separated. This pain is not any less because my husband is with me. My husband and 1 share this pain. I suffer too from the pain of my husbands anguish and frustration at being left behind. A a a i did not want to Tell this to lecture or complain. 11 Only want a Chance to ask for some patience and compassion for myself and the soldiers and their family members who were not deployed. A Brenda Smith Aschaffenbur Germany a. Some thoughts about Saddam Hussein. I enjoy a socializing listening to music evenings out. Discos meeting people and just enjoying myself. I also Tike walking and keeping lit. A Sylvia Johnson. 50 Harty Road Haydock St. Helens. Morsey Side England wa11 Royy my hobbles Are cooking watching movies and Reading i am anxious to meet people who live on the other Side of the world. A Emily Saf Valoon Camp Tinio Cabanatuan City 3100. Philippines i am 10 years old and my interests a re pop music discos Reading and writing letters a a Amanda j. Robertson 25 Cheviot t Orrace Coldstream Berwickshire Scotland t012 4du i am 34 years old and enjoy reacting and writing Perlita Randoy. Calasan Alogui san Cebu 6040 Philippines i am a 19-year-Oid who loves music dancing and Reading Romance novels. I would like to write to people whoare20to25 years old a Jean hyacinth Morris great pont., Ocho Rios a a a St Ann Jamaica West indies i am 28 years old my hobbies Are dancing cooking and writing a amp lne Francis a a. 12 Jones cresent Ewa Tan . St Catherine Jamaica i m an t1 year old German Amert can boy. My Hobby is a objecting used Telephone cards from All Over the world of you want to help to enlarge my collection please Send me your used phone cards. Markus Herrmann thie Lallee 13 10qo Berlin 33. German lit the recent letter a writer links Gulf crisis palestinian Issue a a the writer asserted that a it has become obvious that front the very Start was More interested in the palestinian question that he was in the physical occupation of kuwait.�?�. Having of late developed something More than a passing interest in what moves that exceptionally philanthropic gentleman from Baghdad i would like to ask the writer to elaborate a bit on How he arrived at his conclusion obvious to whom sir and based on what conceivable evidence. A question on the draft i read who great interest the article supplement a How the draft would As a staunch supporter of women a rights As Well at those of men 1 must take unto Ridge with female exemption. Boy of boy. I mean person of person its just not fair i also feel that male reporters should be permitted to interview female athletes in their locker room. Somehow with All of this exclusivity of equal rights men still can t get an education at Mills College. Nor does it appear that men will be joining the ranks for an upcoming squad of Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders. Ltd All kidding aside who is male blood still considered cheaper or More expendable than female blood Tony Horowitz Friedberg Germany c 1 suspect that not even Pollyanna herself would be so naive As to believe that Saddam Hussein gives a Hoot in hell for any Otie other than Saddam Hussein and those persons who Are or have the potential to be of use to Saddam Hussein. Do you truly believe that this monster is motivated by some selfless dedication to the palestinian cause to paraphrase Saddam a soulmate the late a lamented a. Hitler a and How Many Oil Wells have the palestinians a a maj. Jeff Carver Heidelberg Germany. Editor s note letters from readers expressing their viewpoints or opinions will be published daily in this space. All letters must be signed. 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