European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 b the stars and stripes monday february 25,1991 from Page 1 going to be upset because close to her her children a write letters almost every Day telling their Dud not to get shot.�?�. Kimberly warn whose husband Troy is a refuelling sergeant deployed with the 1st army div Fror a Nairn Borg area said news of the ground a Jackt her spirits which had sagged during the tetons weeks worrying and waiting. She hid a no words to described the execution Sand Ole atrocities iraqi troops Hac reportedly committed in Kuwait City but said that she has prayed for the iraqis because a the real prayers have to go for people with such evil in their Cathy Reaves cried when she heard news of the offensive which Likely involves her husband. Spec Terry Reaves of the 1st army dives 2nd in 1st Field arty. A a in a afraid for him. 1 can remember How it was when Fischbacher 1 first heard first armoured was going. But its worse now a she said. Sue Rice of Baum older said she was excited by the Start of the ground War because a the main objective is to get the Job done and come home.�?�. Rice said her husband capt. Robert Rice seemed to be a doing great during a monday evening Telephone Call. A if he Dies in this Ware will have died doing what he liked to do Best a defending America and others a she said. A sometimes we Don t have the wives backed Bush s decision to launch the offensive despite soviet attempts to negotiate a last minute peace. Although Saddam ignored Bush a deadline to withdraw Iraq had appeared to be looking for a Way to satisfy . Demands while saving face in the Arab world. Jennifer Britton is a 25-year-old graduate student taking time out from school to run a spouse support. Center in Mainz while her husband serves with the 82nd airborne div she said a the signs and signals were so mixed that it was hard to know if any of it was real. I m not a suspicious person but it was hard to Jane Preston the wife of a deployed army sergeant said she was suspicious of soviet efforts to work out a peaceful solution to the conflict. A a in a not1 even sure what the soviets Are doing a the Baum older resident said. A a we be always been told not to Trust the soviets. So i took at what they re doing with a jaundiced the women were unanimous in their support for the news blackout which defense Secretary Dick Cheney said was imposed to prevent the release of tactical information that could prove useful to the iraqis.�?o1 think its great a said Valentina sacks whose husband capt. John r. Sacks is a company commander with 4th in 34th Armor from Mainz. A a it a frustrating not knowing which units specifically Are involved but. I can live without specific details for my husband safety a Rose Valdez the wife of a deployed 3rd army div Soldier said she thought the Media a has been jerked around by the military but has a done a Good Job with what they be been stiff the Mother of three said the news blackout was necessary. Laura Eichler whose husband is a Field artillery commander in the Gulf said she thought the news blackout was �?ogreat.�?�. A emr. Hussein does no to need to know where my husband is a said the woman who Ives in Baum older. Hanpton the staff sergeants wife from Mainz said she Felt the blackout was necessary a but very scary because we just done to know what a going on. My sister and i have been talking about it mostly worrying that there a no Way for us to know about . Hampton and other spouses might take comfor Bon a amps l. Emmett Lewisjr. Rose Valdez with daughters Jessica left and Valerie. That Point from ail army chaplain in Firth. At a Watho lie mass in the William o. Darby Chapel on sunday morning it. Col Carrol Thorne had a simple message. A god knows the name of every Soldier in the desert a he said contributing to Twila report staff writers Peggy Davidson Eftie Bathen end Gary Pomeroy a girl 4, accidentally pregnant mom Tanau Germany a amps a a 29-Ycar-old pregnant woman was killed saturday morning when her 4-year-old daughter put the family car in gear crushing the woman against the Wall of their military quarters. According to German police the woman left her three children in the car with the engine running when she went Back inside the House to get a jacket As she returned the daughter climbed into the front seat and put the Auto in gear killing the woman and her unborn child. A Lanau military Community spokesman would not release the name of the woman or provide any details of the takes time to answer pupils Houston apr Gen. Colin Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staffs took time from the persian Gulf War to help teach some students about Black heroes. Powell the first Black to hold the nations highest military Post responded last week to a letter about Black history month from Tijerina elementary school teacher Joanna Burgess. Burgess a bilingual teacher wanted to teach her second and third Grade students about a Black hero. Powell wrote a last month i was asked to write a Short note on the most important african american in history. I gave considerable thought to the selection i should make because 1 wanted to make the one that would Best show How african americans have lived up to the Many challenges heavy hardships and several Bright victories of the past 350-plus years a was i thought about it i suddenly realized that the True african american hero the one who has made it possible for All of the others to Shine at their moments in history is the unnamed multitude of men and women who lived with terror with oppression with the idea that their history was being obliterated before their very eyes and yet they persevered. A and very importantly they gave us the future. These unnamed millions of men and women created the future for me and for every african american in this great Mission. They never got their names in the floodlights of history but out of their pain and suffering out of their great patience and their great Jove of America and the idea she symbolized came the future for All War from Page 1 forces in thenard to eject Iraq s army from Kuwait. A a i he Libe action of Kuwait has now entered a final. Phase a he said. \. A meanwhile Iraq fired another scud missile sunday night at Riyadh hut it was intercepted by two Patriot missiles. A a a. Iraq Elainiea sunday that it had wiped out enemy paratroopers who dropped into Kuwait repulsed and contained other attacks and inflicted heavy casualties on Allied invaders. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein urged his soldiers to show no mercy and Baghdad radio broadcast a message to the troops telling them death with dignity was better than life with humiliation. _ Saddam accused Bush and other Allied leaders of betrayal for not accepting a Moscow backed peace plan and urged his soldiers to kill a with All your according to a . Military official in Washington troops approached Kuwait City from the West and the South and . Airborne elements landed on the outskirts of Kuwait City. . Defense sources also said . Forces were on Thuc dec of the kuwaiti capital but they would not Eon fit a kuwaiti news Agency report that the allies were inside Kuwait City. The . Military officer and other Allied sources said that at the same time other Allied ground columns advanced farther to the North toward Basra. . Marines army paratroopers army air assault forces and army special forces along with units from France and the Arab coalition had already reached their first Day objectives by the time Schwarzkopf spoke sunday at4 45 . Quot Early this afternoon . Army mechanized and Armor forces along with the forces of the United kingdom saudi Arabia Kuwait Egypt and Syria also launched attacks and they Are moving Forward with great Speed a Schwarzkopf said. Air forces from the United states Britain saudi Arabia Canada Kuwait Italy United Arab emirates Bahrain and Qatar were conducting missions in support of the ground assault. Naval forces from the United states Britain saudi Arabia and Kuwait were providing air support sweeping for mines giving offshore gun support and performing amphibious missions. A so far we re delighted with the Progress a Schwarzkopf said. Lie said the ground naval and air offensive launched by allies sunday at 4 . Saudi time had met with Little resistance Hee Ause of the efforts to prepare the Battlefield during the previous five weeks. Tejere was one exception when Iraq launched a counterattack against a Marine task Force about 2 . Sunday. Iraqi troops counterattacked with Armor but the marines responded with artillery fire and anti Wmk w weapons. Air assaults also were made on the iraqis. Schwarzkopf said there were no reports of chemical or biological weapons being used by the enemy. He also said there was some Contact with the Republican guard Iraq of test soldiers but he did not elaborate. And he tempered his optimism. A i would riot be honest with you if i did not remind you that this is the very Early stages. We Are a Little More than 12 hours into this offensive a he said a this War is not Over s meanwhile British radio said the British 1st army div wits moving into Iraq West of the kuwaiti iraqi Border. French foreign legion units entered iraqi territory West of Kuwait in an encircling movement designed to Cut off Supply tines to Saddam a forces said military sources and the French Media. T the French forces encountered no iraqi opposition and took no casualties when they crossed the Border dose to a fort that iraqi troops had abandoned several Days ago la Cine television quoted French officers As saying an official source said a French units penetrated iraqi territory Early sunday morning and continue to Advance a no details were Given. But state run Ante nne 2 television said French ground forces pushed up to 24 Miles into iraqi territory aboard their state of the Art amx-10rc Light tanks and established a rear base three Miles within Iraq. _ president Francois Mitterrand scheduled a live television interview for sunday evening to explain French Progress in the offensive. The associated press and United press International contributed to Thea report
