European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b tre stars and stripes monday March 4, 1991 at a glance a kuwaiti Oil Field worker kneels for midday prayers near a Burn inf Oil Field. Unanswered questions soldiers with burned and bandaged bodies Are still wondering Why fellow americans attacked their peaceful part of the desert one night in february and killed two of their comrades a Page 4redefining roles women in the persian Gulf War performed a wider array of assignments Side by Side with their male colleagues than in any other con a Flint the jobs women performed and the Type of Long reach technology used by both sides blurred the line Between safer Hon combat assignments open to women and the combat jobs that Are Nota a a a a a a a a a a page5civil rights revolution students and adults in Spang Dahlem Germany recently presented Quot forty lives for Freedom Quot a look at the civil rights movement in the �?T50s and �?T60s. A Page 6vodka rationing muscovites grumbled and cursed but lined up peacefully for Vodka saturday a Day after the capital bowed to bottle shortages and heavy demand and began rationing the soviets favorite tipple. A a a Page 7firms supportive corporate America came through in support of reservist employees second of a series. V a Page 17in the Gulf i i a i Index Abby Ann Landers comics. Commentary education. Letters. Money matters sports. To listings. Weather. A a a a a 19 19-21 136 12 17 22-28 22 11 cutting enemy escape route called key to clinching Victory by Dave Scha Middle East Bureau Central Iraq it. Col. Tom Leney sat on a cot beside1 his command truck pointed to a Bradley fighting vehicle being refuelled and said that simple event was a key to winning the persian Gulf War. A. A. A a. A. /. A a a a a a a there we arc sitting on the enemy a main Supply and escape route refuelling our vehicles, commander of the 2nd so 4th Cav said of iraqi Highway 8, the main Supply artery into Kuwait. A once we had that Road Saddam Hussein was  Lencyk a Squadron led the rest of the 24th inf div Mech North out of saudi Arabia on a 2�?T/2-Day, 200-mile March through the desert. Leney said the divisions Mission of moving into the euphrates Valley seizing the Highway and being prepared to attack the Republican guard from behind was the decisive act of the War. The division commander maj. Gen. Barry r. Mccaffrey put it even More dramatically. A this has been an absolute Miracle a a Mcca Turcy said a Al done to think Well Ever be Able to do again what we have done Here in a Hundred years. Its the damnedest thing the . Armed forces has Ever  a what it had done was move 26,000 troops 1,800 armoured vehicles 6,800 wheeled vehicles 16,000 ions of ammunition and 1.48 million Gallons of fuel West into the saudi desert then North into Iraq. The operation left the the Republican guard trapped setting it upits the damnedest thing the . Armed forces has Ever done a maj. Gen Barry a Mccaffrey a for the pulverizing Onrush of the Vii corps and other coalition forces from the West the 3rd Arrond div alone destroyed nearly 1,000 tanks armoured personnel carriers and trucks when the iraqi forces had no place to escape. A the marines will beat the Drums All Day about frontal assaults and taking Kuwait City but they did no to really need to do that a said Leney 39, from Seattle. A that Road was the  to Lead the push Leney assembled a 1,200-Man task Force of five company sized units. He had two armoured cavalry units a Battery of nine multiple launch rocket systems and one company each of tanks and engineers. Together the Squadron crossed the iraqi Border in 280 vehicles. Once in enemy territory the units scouted 25 Miles ahead of the 24th inf div. A a. A a a a. A we were looking for the enemy and trying to find the Best routes for the rest of the division a said Leney. The 24th crossed into Iraq nearly 200 Miles West of Kuwait. From there i drove Northeast and occupied Battle pol sit ions in the euphrates Valley about 100 Miles Northwest of Kuwait City. The original operations order allowed five Days for the move but the division were Able to halve it for two reasons Leney said. A i Quot a a a a a. First the division maintained a Low profile prior to the invasion. The iraqis expected it to attack from farther East closer to Kuwait. A this second part is conjecture but i done to think Saddam believed we could physically project this Large of a Force this deep into his country a Leney said. A was a result we encountered very Little resistance. He did no to bother to defend an area where he thought we  attack  a a a a -. The division achieved what the textbooks Call a operational Surprise a and at a Cost of just six dead and 14 wounded. A the probably knew where we were As soon As we crossed the Border but he  Hope to react fast enough to do anything about it a Leney said. The key to the drive North was the logistics package that sustained the push. As the divisions combat elements advanced Leney said the support units were right behind. A the Guys who won this War were the truck Drivers and the real Success Story was the fuel a he said. The March through the desert to the enemy a rear flank gave the . Troops a tremendous psychological advantage Leney said. Quot a they seemed to give up As soon As we engaged them a he noted. A i  say they were cowards but they gave up As soon As they could do so  Reading pfc. Mik Kurtz of Riddle ore., finds the swimsuit Issue of sports illustrated to be just what the doctor ordered As he takes a break from his duties in the persian Gulf. Kurtz is tac Hedjo the North Carolina National guard. Jerusalem a the Deputy Mayo wanted to name a Street for . Gen. Hnorman Schwarzkopf but the . Commander uniquely fails to . Emanuel Zisman made the proposal on sunday then it was recalled that municipal policy dictates that a person must be dead for three years a before such an Honor can be considered c a a to a of course there could be exceptions Quot said mayor Teddy Kolles spokeswoman Bonnie Boxer. Zisman raised the idea As a Way to Trank the United states and president Bush Lor defeating Iraq a one of israelis principle Arab foes a in the Gulf War. Quot Gen. Sci near Kopf a symbolize this Best As he stood As commander of the for Honor forces in the Gull a he said in a Telep interview. A a. A but the chairman of Jerusalem s is naming committee which received Man s proposal suggested a Way a the Rule. A a a a maybe we should Call it some like . Army Square or Marine Cluj or a a Van a desert shield Gardi said Nissin Harpaz