European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse 3 he the the picked ves in ext life ers War times in Terri band support it Ione piled dug 15 i i of the gone item in Dren to love bin a no m Unity doors a i he it of a cupid Edjor a even her it but to when Ime us when you be. Been separated for five a a As time passed Paitz fully. Slowly people looked for buses on Patton drive which was flanked by 50 a a a american flags waving gently in the wind. Terri Crist. Checked the time again / hugged her daughters Cadena 6. And Shanna 3, and shifted from one foot to the other always moving and soldiers were in the crowd too Many a a with fresh combat patches on their right shoulders. Pvt 2-Steven Bilbo and spec. Carl Merfert were wailing to Greet their fellow artillerymen from the 3rd a v v Field arty Bilbo left saudi Arabia in March on a. Xxx i erred Agency leave home6ommg. To v Greet him he know How i Felt when f got Back Quot he said. Quot it s kind of sad when you get off the bus. And there a x nobody there because your family is in the states. The single Guys the ones who live in the Barracks they re a the ones who need this quo Merfert. Shouldering a video camera said his a a a a roommates Are teen agers and were practically sent a straight from Boot Camp to the War they did t have time to make friends in the area find girlfriends settled before they deployed wives of soldiers from the 498th support in worked hard to ease the bleakness of the Barracks and draped them in banners and posters and ribbons to Welcome them Home. Quot we tied yellow ribbons on every Fence pole on the Road leading up to the company,1�?T Kitty Youngs said. Quot we put up banners and signs saying Welcome Home we re glad you re Back somebody told us there 1 were 300 rooms in the Barracks so we tied 300 yellow ribbons by hand to put on All the they found out later they made about three times As Many As needed. _. _ cheers of Joy and screams of Relief filled the air at the announcement that the first buses had reached the Gate families pressed up against the White cloth tape marking the bus loading zone looking for signs on the buses indicating units and then looking for faces. A _ suddenly children and wives and girlfriends were leaping into soldiers arms Tern Crist was t tall enough to see Over the crowd and could t find her husband. She did find someone who had been on the same bus with him who assured f her he was nearby a i m not believing this Quot she said in frustration a a Quot where Are you Quot but Dennis found Terri and the girls and his face beamed As he tightly hugged them All at once a Kitty Youngs got it All on tape and watched bravely for a moment then she too embraced him tightly and cried hard Quot then she quickly disappeared a bus full of soldiers putts into the parking lot at Lucius d. Fay Cavern in Karfstedt Germany. More than 1,000 soldiers returned to the area from the desert on thursday. It a v 11 a Quot r s j a i a 5. E \ f t quote a a a t. A 1 t j a Myron Johnson 2, has a hard time recognizing his dad spec. Gregory Johnson. A amps photos by Jim Derheim a Soldier walks away from the Homecoming carrying Welcome balloons and gifts from his family
