European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 02, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stabs and stripes tuesday april 2, 199t letter from Page 1 t holi Sand h cat sic a n d All in Fine spirit. We have got the Diana anti the Queen of the West and the Webb Confederate gunboats sic. A. A on War a a a. A a. A Kastner on Jan. 17 a a we launched the air attack to begin the War. It. Is a shame that some will die but this is what we fight for a w Jones a since i began to rite sic the courier brought news that they were doing some fighting for the last three Days they have been at it we live not lost no men As yet unless they kill some this reverting a a a. A on mail a a a a \ . A a / Kastner on Jan. 22 a a done to know when mail will Start up or that these Are even getting to you i still Haven t gotten any mail from you even though i know you re mailing . A a a a Quot Tell Casey this is the Sheet she sent me to. Rites cd her a letter. Casey i received your kind letter on yesterday and was glad to hear you All was Well i can say to you that i have Only got five letters from you As yet a. A a a on death. A a a v a Kastner on feb. 14 a i done to know what to say at a time like this. I have Many mixed emotions. I Don t want to get morbid but if something happens to me i know you and Shaun will do just fine.�?�. Shaun is the couples 5-year-old a i done to no pc what to say to you. Midby sic it May be the last words i will Ever Send to you in this life. It May be that 1 will never see you again in this life yet 1 have a Hope that i will Sec you in a better world than this. There is nothing that forbids our going but the a Kastner said that the Telephone provided her husband a Means to discuss a subject also addressed by Jones a Money. A a in a phone Call the Captain told his wife that the army Wasny to taking taxes out of the paychecks of officers deployed to operation desert storm even though the exemption for deployed officers covered Only ,$500 a month. V. A the wanted to make sure 1 was putting Money aside Quot she said a a they la make us pay it Back when he Jones was More worried about the enemy getting his Money. He wrote a if the yanks get me now they will get s235 of Confederate pay Quot a amps l Emmett Lewis or. Ellen Kastne kurd from Page 1 Gim ships that have been used effectively against the insurgents. A a. _ . Forces have shot Down two. Iraqi warplanes that took to the air in violation of the temporary cease fire in the persian Gulf War but declined to move against the helicopters. Frightened refugees echoed rebel spokesmen in asking Why president Bush and his . Allies allowed Saddam to use artillery and helicopters to break the kurdish rebellion. A Why have they abandoned us to sad dam a was a question repeatedly addressed to Western reporters. Kurd fled into the mountains along the iranian Border by any Means possible monday turning roadways into Rivers of humanity. Many women and children were forced to walk. Some too tired to go on Lay on the roadsides without food or water refugees could by Secor camping in the open without Protection from Mountain rainstorms. Kurdish rebels said Small bands of fighters were trying to hold off the government assault monday in Erbil which is 75 Miles Southeast of Dozhuk. Residents fled Dozhuk in the Middle of the night As the government unleashed a fierce artillery barrage on the City of -350,000, which lies some 30 Miles South of the turkish Border. Kurdish fighters also were in flight though Many insisted the fight was not Over a do not think we Are finished. We Are used to Mountain warfare a one declared. A this is not the first time we have been forced to Retreat we always live to fight another Day some kurd however said the mass flight was having a disastrous effect on morale especially after initial successes. Immediately following Saddam a defeat in the Gulf War kurdish rebels captured nearly All of their traditional Homeland in iraqi territory and talked of setting up a provisional government. But the rebellion now appears to have collapsed and food supplies appear not to be reaching the kurdish from Page 1 -. Gotten what War is about. There is no Glamour in leading men into a prosecuting attorney capt. Timothy Connelly asked the judge for a Dishonour. Rahle discharge reduction to Al and an unspecified Long period of confinement. Mitchell As an no who violated the first and last duty of a soldiers obedience.-. But defense attorney capt. Karl Protil or. Said Mitchell stood up for what he believed was threat is sergeant Mitchell to society a Protil said during sentencing arguments. A the May be a threat to the military because he s a. Irce witnesses testified that Mitchell Wais a open and consistent in making known his decision not to deploy with his company. The sergeant gave his. com Mandr a letter on nov. 2fvstating that he could not go to saudi Arabia and that., a replacement should Lve found a a a. Despite his decision not to deploy Mitchell continued to. Assist. His unit m. A preparing tort War witnesses said. Command. Sgt. Maj. Johnny me Bee a test Hod that on the night of dec. 23, he tried to Quot put a guilt trip on Mitchell �?o1 asked him a Don t you feel guilty that you re not going with the rest of ? your tie in Down there in a chemical ,. Mitchell was replaced in saudi Arabia by an infantryman with two weeks of nuclear biological and chemical training. Me Bee test died. A a after die unit deployed Mitchell was attached to the rear detachment where he was an outstanding no said sgt. 1st class Bruce Bramblet for whom Mitchell had worked since dec. 27. A Ogbe him a. done his attitude has been very Good Quot Bramblet said that when is finished he will consider going into poll tics. A if we can to change the world we do a need to change the Way we re doing things a in the United Strite he said. A a a a soviet reactionary forces growing Shevardnadze says in interview Hamburg Germany apr former soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze warned that the soviet military should be a kept in its place a a German news Magazine reported monday. Shevardnadze resigned on dec 20, warning Titi to. Hard liners were pushing the country toward dictatorship. In an interview with Stern Magazine Shevardnadze was quoted As saying that reactionary forces Are growing in the up Viet Union. A a a. P a they present the greatest danger a Stern quoted him As saying. A a a he also said that the soviet military a should be kept in its place a Stern reported. Shevardnadze said he quit partly Over objections from Moscow to terms worked out in Vienna negotiations on reducing conventional weapons in Europe Stern reported. The Magazine did not said soviet political Powers Are currently a was Good As paralysed Quot and urged the creation of a a government based on National understanding and reconciling t Ion a Stern reported. But he also said soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev a still has a chances to realize reforms Stern we Are building a totally new state a completely new Community of states a Shevardnadze reportedly said. Shevardnadze called on the West especially germans for More economic Aid to help ensure stability within the soviet Union said Stern. _ a the biggest danger for Europe and especially for the Federal Republic German is an unstable soviet Union a Stem quoted him As saying. Stern sent Tel exes of excerpts of the interview to other news organizations1 in Advance of thursdays publication. Joint task Force returning from Turkey a a a a a Quot Stuttgart a Germany a amps a a joint Tusk Force that deployed in support desert storm has been dismantled the . European come said monday. A a a a a a a a a a a a. Personnel aircraft and equipment that were part of proven Force have already begun returning to their Home bases in i rope and the United states a the Mission of proven Force was to support operation desert Sto Enrby con ducting offensive combat operations against targets in Northern Iraq a Neucom spokesman said proven Force flew 4,600 combat sorties. Against 82 targets Between Jan. 1.8 and feb. 28/involving More than 13,600 combat flying hours the spokesman said. In addition More than 3,800 air refuelling Mission were accomplished lie said. Missions1 flown by the 7440th composite Wing provisional included attack electronic combat air defense suppress Ion combat air patrol reconnaissance and airborne Early warning a a a a personnel deployed to Turkey were from the following european bases we Brucken a a Span Dahlem a bit Burg a Sembach a and Rhein main. _ a Germany Torrejon a and naval station Rota Spain Raf upper hey Ford and Raf Mildenhall England and Oesterberg a Netherlands. Army units front Kaiserslautern. And Giessen Germany. A a secession bid heightens Belgrade Yugoslavia a an ethnic serb enclave in Croatia said monday that it was seceding front the pro Vestern Republic to join Serbia. The declaration by Krajina further increased tension in Yugoslavia where two people died in a weekend clash. A a a the Region s decision to Annex itself to Yugoslavia a largest and most populous Republic was announced at a rally by Kra Jina s president Milan Babie and broadcast by Belgrade radio. Belgrade is the capital of Yugoslavia As Well As Serbia the secession announcement followed a clash sunday Between Croatia police and ethnic serbs who were occupying a split vice National Park. One of the serbs and a croatian police office were killed 21 other people were injured. Twenty nine serbs were arrested. Army tanks and armoured personnel carriers were deployed on key intersections Bridges and around the main office. Of the National parti which Borders Krajina and lies about.60-.Miles South of Croatia a capital Zagreb it a the clash came Only Days after the leaders of Croatia and Serbia held a private meeting and reportedly agreed to Settle their differences peacefully. A a i i1 11
