European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes sunday april 21, 1991temporary Camp by j. King Cruger Mediterranean Bureau Adana Turkey a . Forces on saturday afternoon started setting up the first Camp in Northern Iraq to shelter kurdish refugees who fled from the military forces of iraqis Saddam Hussein. The Camp one of a number of temporary ones to be established by Allied forces in Northern Iraq is in a Valley near the turkish Border. The nameless Camp is adjacent to the iraqi Village of Lakhu where Allied military leaders met Early Friday evening with their iraqi counterparts. The exact number of Camps and their locations have yet to be determined . Army maj. Michael f. Maher said saturday. A a a a that a part of the ongoing assessment process being conducted in Northern Iraq by special forces assessment teams a said Maher a spokesman at in Ciurlik a Turkey of provide Comfort the Allied Relief Effort. A a a several 14-member assessment teams have been operating in Northern Iraq for a number of Days. The teams have been crossing into Iraq during the Day and returning to Turkey for the night. A i done to know when that will change but the plan Calls for them to Start spending three to five Days at a stretch in Northern Iraq a Maher said. The assessment teams Are determining the medical sanitation and nutritional needs of the hundreds of thousands of refugees in the Remote and desolate area. Information about the refugees plight is being radioed to a humanitarian service support base at silo i Turkey. Plans Call for a tent City eventually sheltering As Many As 200,000 refugees to be erected at silo i near the Iraq  operation provide Comfort grows bigger every Day and manages to provide increasing amounts of Relief supplies to the kurd. A currently we Are pushing 600 tons of supplies daily into the area and the tonnage is increasing As helps and trucks assume larger roles in the operation a Maher said. The first truck deliveries to one of the Remote Camps was expected to be made saturday Maher added. Go hit by Friendly fire says he was censored fort Gordon a up a Soldier who lost his left leg m the persian Gulf War said he was ordered not to Tell visiting first lady Barbara Bush that Bis wound was caused by Friendly Are a a a a Quot a a a a a a \ a a a i was told by a major not to talk with mrs. Bush about Friendly fire a sgt. Anthony Walker 25, of Madison wis., said Friday. �?o1 want to know what a going to be done for people like me if anything a Walker said. A probably it Wasny to the right situation and she  have helped but it bothers me that i was  Janice Johnson a Public affairs officer at Eisenhower medical Center denied that Walker was censored. \ a i Don t know who or. Walker is referring to but from the beginning with desert storm veterans we have encouraged and will continue to encourage Freedom of  Walker was in a Bradley fighting vehicle on feb. 27 when it was fired on by mistake by a tank in the 3rd in of the 24th w div. Another Soldier in the Bradley spec. Ernest Smith 26, a Virginia native stationed at fort Stew Art also lost his left leg below the knee.  a a \ a a a a. Mrs. Bush spent about 45 minutes at the medical Center Friday chatting with desert storm veterans. She said the president wanted her to visit As Many military medical centers As possible. A Quot a a my husband asked me to come Down and thank you a she said. A i cannot Tell you How grateful we  a she spoke in private rooms to some of the soldiers but also spent about 20 minutes chatting on camera with six veterans of the Gulf War. But Smith claimed there was a reason Why no Soldier who lost limbs in the War was shown in the camera session. He said the sight of Young men with no legs or feet is something the . People done to want to see. A people have been told that it was a Good War with few injuries and they just done to want to think about the wounded. The other people Are getting the celebrations the flags and the parades a Smith said. A people think they re invincible that nothing can touch them. In a Here to Tell you they re  demonstrations Mark Hitler s birthday Berlin apr heavy police reinforcements saturday corralled a Neo nazi demonstration on Adolf Hitler s birthday in one Eastern German City and Over 40 arrests were reported in scattered clashes throughout the Region. Authorities expected trouble on the 102nd anniversary of the nazi dictators birth. Right Wing extremists had planned marches in several cities and anti fascists organized a demonstration in Dresden. About 900 police and Border troops surrounded 150 Neo nazis in Dresden to prevent flashes with about 200 counter demonstrators. Police said 39 rightists were arrested in Dresden. In Magdeburg police reported three arrests where a Small groups of Neo nazis marched. \ on Friday night about 50 right Wing extremists went on a rampage in the Center of Magdeburg after a soccer match and 18 people were arrested amid clashes with police and passersby. One person was seriously injured. About 15 rightists from Western Germany were reportedly among those demonstrating in Magdeburg saturday an indication that Western extremists Are recruiting from among the discontented. A recent surge of right Wing violence in Eastern Germany directed mostly at foreigners has alarmed authorities and prompted Calls for  from Page 1 v a a a v order of King Abdul Aziz decoration. He is the first Soldier outside the saudi military to be Given the award. Aziz was awarded the legion of Merit the seventh highest . Medal. After the news conference Schwarzkopf left the saudi ministry of defense for Riyadh air base. V a a in a going to go Home. That a what a next for me a he said in answer to questions about his political future. As he boarded his military Jet he turned at the top of the Steps saluted and waved to the crowd. He and nearly 400 staff members were scheduled to arrive sunday morning in Tampa fla., the . Central Comdr a Headquarters in the United states. Contributing to Thea report the associated  Page 1 of Roundup mont., said in his office at Frankfurt a Drake Cavern. A that just does no to happen in  in this War it did. And the 51-year-old Vietnam Veteran has an explanation. A a was far As in a concerned the real Story is not the generals not the plans not the equipment. Its the soldiers themselves a he said. Pointing to the spot on the map where his division crossed into Iraq on feb 24, Funk said a when we crossed Down Here i was never More aware of being one amongst 20,000. And i mean that. Because once the fighting started it was in the hands of the companies and. Platoons. It Wasny to in any High level Guys hands a. His division had trained for several weeks in the desert of saudi Arabia. As former commander of the National trailing Center in the Mojave desert of California Funk knew the demands of the desert. At noon on feb. 23, he lined up his division on the iraqi Border a a Swath of military muscle 10 Miles wide and 62 Miles Long. Ahead of the division was the 2nd army Cav regt. To its left waited the 1st army div. And to its right the 1st inf div. Together they made up Vii corps. Far to its left was the xviii corps poised to strike Early feb. 24. Far to the right were the marines ready to move into Kuwait also on feb. 24. A we w Ere to Cross 24 hours later a Funk said. But Early Success on the flanks moved up the schedule. Funk received a Call from Headquarters in Riyadh asking when he could attack. He told them a give us two  at 3 p.m., feb. 24, the division moved ahead. A was we crossed i had the band a the 3rd army div band a up on the berm and they played the units across a Funk said. A it was something i Felt i owed the ban d because they were a very important part of the organization and had done a great Job of playing Down there in dust storms and  few Miles across the Border members of the 4th squad 7th Cav encountered Light infantry forces. Shots were fired and prisoners taken. On. Feb. 25, the 3rd brigade from Kirch Gons met iraqi infantry and Armor destroying one tank and a personnel Carrier and capturing 101 prisoners a your Mission a Vii corps Mission a from the beginning was to destroy the Republican guard a Funk said. A Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf had charged us with their  on the night of the feb. 25, the division passed through the 2nd army Cav regt finishing the Man Euver the next morning. Almost immediately it ran into enemy soldiers screening for the Republican guard. Late in the Day on the 26th, much of the division was engaged in combat. Meanwhile the Marine Advance in Kuwait had slowed because they were taking numerous prisoners. Xviii corps in the West was facing Little resistance. A there really Wasny to much for them to fight up there to be perfectly honest about it a Funk said a we had quite a lot to fight in Vii corps and it turned out at least initially the iraqis fought pretty darn  Independent interviews with two prisoners uncovered an ambush awaiting the division. Artillery was called in to Pepper the position. Apache helicopters savaged the iraqis. A a it a dark. You can see the tracers. You can see the tanks firing. You can see the Bradley firing. And you can hear them of course a Funk said. A and then you just see spouts of flame. This turned out to be when we were hitting the t-72 tank. A virtually every time we hit those tanks. They went what we  the reason Funk said was that the soviet made tank is built for speedy assault not for Crew safety. His tanks on the other hand a the m1a1 a is also an assault weapon but designed to protect the Crew As Well. A everybody says a the Damn my is 15 to 20 tons heavier than the t-72. Right a Funk said. A and the main reason is Crew  the 3rd army. Div did not lose a Soldier in a tank. _ the Advance continued. When the cease fire went into effect at 8 . Feb 28, the division was straddling the Border Between Kuwait and Iraq the iraqi army was on the run. A i think we overestimated their capabilities that a a fair statement a said Funk. A but the last thing in the world any of us Are going to do after things like Vietnam is underestimate your enemy. So if you re going to do something you ought to overestimate. A we gave them credit for being Able to plan and execute. And by the Way we be captured a whole Bunch of map overlays that were very Well done i mean their plans were damned  but the leadership and the command and control of Iraq were poor. Prisoners told interrogators that they thought the americans were either dead or farther away than they were. T a your Guys were just Flat that much better than theirs. In a not talking about general to general. In a talking about the Junior leaders. No doubt in my  in the Wake of this military Victory however there Are plans to reduce the military a size. Bases Are closing. The military in Europe will shrink. Funk shakes his head at the irony of it. A a in a like to keep every one of these great soldiers every one of them. But the decisions been made.�?�. A #. Funk shakes his head again when his new position in the Pentagon is mentioned. A a a it a not that in a not looking Forward to another assignment a he said. A a it a just that i hate to give up this one. Its a great great