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    European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                From the Cove the warriors continued from cover As entire units and assorted visitors have left their Marks on the plastic liner stretching from the ground to the ceiling of the leased 175-by-75-foot tent. Mail Sorters and Jet mechanics engineers and personnel clerks spa and maps and broadcasters Are All represented. Bart Simpson and Garfield Are there. There arc drawings of helicopters jets trucks and  Are unit mottoes modified unit logos and unflattering advice for Saddam Hus so in. A a members of re re army div from Frankfurt Drew a Large logo Oik the ceiling. The 25 the trans cd from Al Monte calif., added a loaded truck barrelling toward saudi Arabia. The Wyoming air National guard settled for a sticker on the Glass window of the Entrance. Someone even painted a wedding proposal. The written messages Are Short and direct. For example a we never boast we never brag but we get the Job done a death from below Quot accompanying a flying Patriot missile. Others say simply a Good  Reagan said the Graffiti started with a sign that was posted on the main Entrance to the tent City that surrounds the big tent. The sign painted by airman Sandy Manor from the 435th trans so at the base read sri Welcome to desert shield.  a a a a a. A a a a a a a people coming through started autographing that sign Quot Reagan said. A and then they started slapping up stickers. Then they started doing Graffiti on the plywood Walls that we put up on the entry and exit ways on the tent a Reagan does t know what will happen to the. Graffiti after the War. Reports that the tent might be museum bound appear to be premature but base officials would like to preserve part of the. A Art. A. A a a a a a. A a a. Beyond that Reagan said no one has called asking for the liner nor has anyone made a Deci. Sion on its future once it and the tent Are finished serving their purpose. Besides the huge work of Art is far from finished Reagan said. A from the time they Start coming Back after the Ware re probably going to have people to a sitting through there for six months a Reagan said. And Many of them arc going to have something to say. A who knows maybe even Kilroy will pay a visit. A amps jimderhahti/5 a a com it note calif.6 it iwo. A amp Jim a rho in the Glss Canvas a. Sinister looking Garfield the cat issues a warning to Saddam Hussein and a truck loaded with armoured vehicles rumbles toward the Gulf in artwork left behind by deploying troops on a tent at Rhein main a. O pag4. A sunday february 24, 1991  
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