European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 02, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a the stars and stripes tuesday april 2, 1991the so no types european edition circulation 200,000 col Gene . Usan commander publisher. Bernard a. Z0v1st0ski. A editor. A i. Col. Gayle w. Fix Usa a Deputy commander Marie Kohl Nocki production Managar Bob Wicker managing editor Deane b. Mcdermott circulation manager switchboard 06155-6010/  348-5741 or 5823. A telex 419-332. A a a a business Tel fax 06155-601376. News Tel fax 06155-601416 mailing address Apo 09211-4211 or Postrach 11 14 37. D-6100 Darmstadt 11, a Germany. A. A a  06155-601 plus Extension or ets 348-8 plus. Extension. A����.. �. A a. News ext 237, 255, 282, 226, 326. Sports ext 225, 269, 263, 332, 321. 221. Features ext. 230, 245, 341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business Randy Mcclain ext. 326. 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Non Merit i actor of the purchaser user or Patron. A unit identified in a recent Story announcing the return of . Air Force personnel from their deployments to operations desert shield and desert storm three units were mentioned the 17th recon Wing and 10th tac fighter Wing both from Raf Alcon Biry and Raf Laken heaths 48th tac fighter Wing. The Story also mentioned 10 airmen inboard the flight that the 10th tac fighter Wing Public affairs office could not identify. I done to know about the other nine but one of the airmen was staff sgt. Eric Gunn of the 6952nd electronic Security so. Sgt. Gunn was deployed last fall to the 1704th provisional recon so. He and others from the 6952nd joined the 17th recon Wing and 9th strategic recon Wing to support tr-1 tactical reconnaissance aircraft operations during operations desert shield and storm -. A a a. A. Its not surprising that Raf Alcon Bury a Public affairs office was unable to identify Eric the 6952nd is a Small tenant unit at Raf Alconbury and is often mistaken As a subordinate of the 17th which by the Way is doing an outstanding Job of looking after our people deployed with them. Thanks Guys. For the record the 6952nd is a subordinate of the 693rd electronic Security Wing and a member of electronic Security come. We re glad to have Erie Back in England with us. We re proud of him and the other men from the 6952nd who helped restore Kuwait a Freedom. A a a James a. Coulter Raf Alconbury England special thanks offered i would like to take a moment to thank All of the people who helped me when i broke my leg during my husbands deployment. I  have imagined the difficulties involved in being unable to care for my children pets or finish the move i was in the Middle of. I am so grateful to All of. The people who stepped in and took care of everything., my Heartfelt thanks to Dale Culp and Catherine Boss who took my children fed us did our shopping and straight a cd out several Messy situations. To my Brand new neighbors Brian and sue Rick and Shane and Holly Smith you All arc the greatest. 1 never Felt like a stranger. To Sharon Tims who came Over and helped me physically and emotionally i think you Are. Terrific. 1 to Eileen and Tom Wall Tor moving out the rest of my belongings on a cold snowy night and especially Eileen a True  a special thank you to Maureen Robert who cleaned cooked unpacked and pen pals i am 20 years old and Enoy leading and writing a Monina a Delano a a. Burgos Street Fontevedra a a. A a a a a a Negros Occidental. -. Quot. A _ 6015 Philippines �?�.--. A a a a a i am 26 years old and my hobbies Are singing play Ino the guitar cooking and playing volleyball a. A Natividad corsage.mangnad4halason Beach. A. Dumaguet City Negros Oriental a Pali Pines a a a. I am 20 years old and my hobbies Are playing Voney Ball singing and cooking. A Jocelyn a Ardura a. Magnao. Nor eco ii a a a a. Dumaguet City Negros Ovental a. A. A Philippines a a. / a a. A l am 20 years old and enjoy cooking volleyball and a movies. A a Menam Lora a.-. Magnao nor eco Lido Magtoto City a a a a Negros oriental.philippines�. I am a 22 year old aquarian who likes singing la been a ing to music Reading and writing pen pals. A. Jane Eluna. A _. / 52 scout Chu Yatsco St. ,. Roxas District Quezon City a. A. A Philippines. Lam 21 years  my hobbies Are dancing sing ing and Reading magazines. A a _ came by nearly every Day. You helped in so Many ways. And thanks most of All to Patricia Villasana who became a part of our family during this time instead of just a neighbor t Hope my daughter grows up to be As Lovely and Sweet As you Are. You All have a special place in my heart a Nancy Dunn / Wiesbaden a Germany j thought about Ira first private a theh buddy. Do you know where we Are a. Second private a sure. We re Between Iraq and a hard place.�?�. A Jessie m. Boyajian Fresno Calif. A. A a. A a beyond vindication. Now that operation desert storm is almost Over Public figures Are claiming that the United states has vindicated itself for the shame of Vietnam. I and Many other Vietnam veterans would disagree. Over 50,000 of our finest died doomed from the first decision that decisive action was not in the Best interests of our nation. A Many of us who went to Vietnam with one value system were met with scorn upon our return by a society that had developed a different value system. The emotional scars that resulted have taken a Long time to fade. Our desert storm veterans will not be faced with similar circumstances. They can be proud of the service they have rendered and they can return to. Society with their Heads held High. We can All be proud of our president whose leadership was the catalyst for Allied action against Iraq. But please done to try to convince me that desert storm vindicated our involvement in Vietnam Vietnam is a historical fact from which we can learn but in terms of scale its Impact on our society is beyond vindication. A Doug Williams a Heidelberg German favors gun ownership this letter is in reference to George will a column titled a repeal the embarrassing second  or. Will and i rarely come Down on opposite sides of the Fence but we do on this Issue. /. I am pleased to see that he recognizes the extra constitutional aspects of most  gun control arguments and concludes that the Only Way to solve the problem of a High gun crime rate is to change the Constitution he fails to see the More rational solution a let the Law abiding citizens own a Esther Pratt a. _ a nutshell dist., Everton . A a. 7. A a a a a St. Catherine Jamaica. A a. West indies a.7 please add our names to your pen pal column Quot a Narciso Mangat a a 7 a a. A a nil Reyes a Comelio r. Reta. _. A Jessie Caballero Quot a 7 Al Qussie International a _ a a Royal saudi air Force a a a 7.  Box 531-72 Riyadh 11583. 7 k a. L. A / i am 22 years old my hobbies Are dancing and watching tv., . A Uyi Udas Vale . ,. Us Dat Vale ., a St. Cayenne a a. . A a a a a a. I am a 21 year old aquarius who loves to sing read and go to Church. A a. A. A a Carol James \ a Quot a / 1 Law Street. A. Kingsley Jamaica . A a iam3l my old and would love to have pen pals a a Jelly negro Zucano 7 a a Quot municipal Mem Tibu get once a 7 e b. Magalona a ,.Negros Occidental Philippines a letters to the editor the same hardware the criminals own. The High death rates that or will quotes originate in metropolitan areas that already have legislated away most or All private gun acquisition and ownership. How Many serv ice members realize that if they get orders to . They must leave their guns behind no private firearms of any kind can be brought into the District of Columbia. The old saw about a when guns Are outlawed Only outlaws will have guns is perfectly True. In Many areas Only the outlaws Are armed and the Ordinary citizen deprived of the right to carry arms fears for his life and limb. Quot 7 Many examples exist of crime rates falling when gun ownership is encouraged and publicized. Wright and Rossi found that criminals fear the armed citizen Over All other threats to their chosen work. Let the people have their guns Back. You can to and wont get the Crooks to give up theirs but you could let the rest of us defend ourselves. I assure you crime rates would fall. A col. Joseph e. Bolig Heidelberg German shame on George will in be a Quick comment concerning the George will editorial titled a repeal the embarrassing second  his belief that guns should be outlawed is based on two premises. His first premise is that people Are shot because guns Are privately owned. If that were True Switzerland would be the murder capital of world. But it Isnit even though 500,000 Homes contain by Law fully automatic weapons not the semiautomatic ones available in the United states. These weapons belong to. Members of the Swiss militia. The Swiss by the Way Haven to fought a War in Over 200 years. Could it be that the normally Lucid or. Will has missed a key part of the Puzzle his second premise is that the right to keep arms is an anachronism. Someone should remind him of May 1940, when a nazi invasion of Britain seemed imminent the  British who had so inconveniently disarmed their citizens in the 1920s, found themselves scrambling for Small arms with which to fight. It was quite serious. In fact or. Churchill gave mrs. Churchill a firearm and instructions on what to do with it when the first German reached her threshold. _ _. Imagine being thrown into a fight immediately after having disarmed yourself now that a really embarrassing or. Will. A a Frank r. 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