European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 b the stars and stripes wednesday March 20, 1991 the european edition re Fani circulation 200,000 col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher a Bernard a. Zov1stoski. A a a editor a. A it col Gayle w. Fix Usa Deputy commander Marie Kominicki production manager. Bob Wicker a managing editor Deane b. Mcdermott circulation manager a switchboard 06155-6010. Ets 340-5741 or 5823. Telex 419-332. V Tel fax 06155-601376. Mailing address Apo 09211-4211 or Post Tach 11 14 37, 0-6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany. A news 06155-601 plus Extension or ets 348-8 plus Extension news ext.237, 255, 282, 226.326. Sports ext. 225, 269, 263,332, 321, 221. A. Features ext 230, 245, 341. A letters to editor ext. 200. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. A a. Business Randy Mcclain ext. 326. A a a a r a. A bureaus Bremerhaven Germany ets 348-8202 or civilian 06155-601326. 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Letters ret ii swing information or assistance Are answered in a feature called readers action line which appears on Page 16 every Day except thursday and sunday. Such letters should he addressed to readers action Lane the stars and stripes Apo 09211-4211, backs right of protest we read in he  of correspondents who criticize War protesters. A a a. Just because ones efforts at protesting Are hot Likely to come to fruition it does hot automatically follow that one should not protest. If one believes that it is the right thing one has a duty to do so especially in a democratic society like the United states. It is to be remembered that in such societies where Public opinion is the route to Power scoundrels will from time to time gain Access to the controls of Power through the manipulation of Public opinion. The real heroes in this War arc those who. Have the courage to say t is wrong. Perhaps history May. Prove them to be foolish heroes. But they arc doing their duty As they see it to our country. And those who criticize uniformed members who Are frying to get out of the War Effort even at the Cost of whatever penalties the government May impose by saying a you took our dough Why wont you go a should be instructed that there Are not enough dollars in the entire universe to die for a Robin Datta Lan Stuhl Germany lampoons appropriate a recent writer criticized cartoonist Garry Trudeau for a trying to imply that the . Navy is living it up Quot and saying that a the word a Sailor is a dirty word a pm sure the Navy appreciates this airman a supp dry but his sense of humor is adrift. Every Branch of the service tells jokes at the expense of the others. I know i served six years in the air Force before i joined the Marine corps nobody takes this stuff too seriously a except apparently him. In Point of fact there is a Dis Tinct difference Between the Standard of living of combat troops and that of our valuable support elements. For instance we Light armoured infantry folks sleep on the Sand or in our vehicles eat res and occasionally Truy rats and Haven to seen the inside of an Exchange or Shower in weeks. But we count our blessings we have vehicles a the grunts have to walk everywhere ironically this letter appeared the Day after Trudeau ran cartoons by the air forces cartoonist  while Trudeau a own strips on the desert Campaign have been funny and Truc to life his willingness to Quot a let someone who a been there Tell it shews True class. A Lance Chi. Leonard Mclintock operation desert storm japanese a wish list i am writing in regard to the article a shuttle Enterprise ranks High Oil japanese firms wish  this is another example of a japanese corporate idea that anything in America can be had for a Price. Unfortunately now they Are considering our National and historical artefacts As if they have a Quot for rent sign on them. Evidently the japanese to Sta Tion Iri question Nippon television network is More concerned with impressing its competitors than respect for another nations historical artefacts. Here a a thought for the Nippon television network a Why not donate the Money to Charity but then that would t impress anyone in Japan. A sgt Joe Hochstetter a Wiesbaden Germany article was misleading an article by Chuck Vinch that you ran on the Money matters Page about the Dod budget was very misleading and deserves correction. The. Last paragraph addresses Cost of travel the government will pay for emergency. The article says the government will pay for travel to the closest International Airport to the emergency. Wrong. A a a a a. A. A a a the government will Only pay for travel from the closest International Airport nearest the duty station to the closest International Airport in the . The service member must pay for travel to the Sitero emergency. In my Case the government would Only pay for travel from Spain to new York when in fact the emergency existed in san Francisco i was required to pay out of pocket for travel from new York to Sari Francisco. Just wanted you to know the facts since i Felt like a fool when i took this article to finance and tried to get reimbursed a tech. Sgt. Ron Rush Torr Jon a Spain grateful elected officials recently president Bush slated that our loved ones would return from operation desert storm a with the thanks and respect of a grateful  should All pay special at Tention to the voting by our a a grateful elected  the next raise and or benefits legislation is put before them. In the past thanks and respect have stopped when the shooting stopped. A Shirley a Zylinski Derheim Germany. Letters to the editor chances Are the United states is. Playing some role in a Large number of world events and its up to each member of the armed services to keep abreast of these events. Finally in a thankful that both military and civilians produce the paper so we can get both Points of View on current issues. If we want to read propaganda the military  Vides several other publications which Are free of charge to satisfy those needs. . He  be Reading the paper while driving to work. Also if stripes was the Way he wanted it his letter would never have been published. A Ray East Raf Alconbury England a amps arrives late in . There is an urgent matter 1 must bring to your attention. This is the consistent lateness of your newspaper Over the past three to four weeks. Ever since the Price of the paper went up you attempted to make your newspaper More timely in the United kingdom. 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