European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Col. . Holder leads the Way at Nairn bergs a Merrel Barracks during the 2nd army Cav regt s Homecoming ceremony. The regiment spearheaded Vil corps drive into incoming Home from solemn to celebratory a amp photos by Vince Crawley by Vince Crawley. Nurnberg Bureau # the first Days of May saw Victory parades and Homecoming parties waving flags and a thanksgiving prayers for persian Gulf War veterans returning to their Home bases around. Niernberg Germany. There were also prayers of remembrance for those who won t come Back in Amberg Halfway Between Nurnberg and  Border More than 1,000 soldiers and families gathered for a Homecoming service inside St. George s Church where they were joined by hundreds of German. Townspeople. A a. A. A a a Amberg has been a Garrison town for generations and town fathers said St. George s has also been a Quot soldiers Church Quot for centuries.  people lined the ,. Streets after the service to watch an american Victory Parade and Amberg women gave each Soldier a yellow Rose As a gesture of Welcome. A at soldiers Field in Nurnberg a the site of nazi rallies before world War ii a More than 4,000 americans showed up for a saturday afternoon Beer tent picnic sponsored by the coca cola and Adidas companies. Many of the party goers were the ones who stayed behind pulling 12-hour guard shifts seven Days a week. So they had just As much to celebrate As the combat a veterans who were coming Home. In a ceremony at Merrell Barracks near downtown Nurnberg col. . Holder told a  that soldiers from his 2nd army Cav regt were Quot the first to face the enemy on the Border of Kuwait and then on the battlefields of Southern . Afterwards he said Quot they policed the line of the euphrates River enforcing the terms of the cease fire and rendering humanitarian assistance to the victim Saddam Hussein a brutal and cowardly   the regiment s soldiers died in these a colonel said. A j Back in december chaplain it. Col Wayne printed out the 17,000 names of the 1st army d and sealed them in the pages of a Bible Symbol protecting Quot the names god gave us Quot he said. C sunday of May he unsealed the pages during a Homecoming service in Ansbach then the Cong said a prayer of remembrance for the nine Soldi will never come Home. During the Homecoming Sermon he spoke at american soldiers who gave food water clothe medical Aid to iraqis both civilians and the Cape prisoners. A a Quot that s love your enemy kind of love Quot Lehr i Quot and it was . Page 14 a the stars and stripes saturday Mariat 1�