European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes sunday May 26, 1991the St lamp Lopes european edition circulation 125,000 col Gene e. Townsend Usan. A commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski Edl of a a i. Col. Gayle w. Fix Usa a Deputy commander. A Marie Korn Ini Cut. Production manager Blit Walker a european editor Deane b. Mcdermott circulation manager switchboard 061556010. Ets 348-5741 or 5823. A. Telex 419-332./a a. Business Tel fax 06155-601376 news Tel fax 06155-601416 mailing address Apo 09211-4211 or Post-1 Fach 11 14 37, d-6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany. News .06155-601 plus Extension or ets 348-6 plus a Extension. 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. 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This newspaper is an author used unofficial publication Lor members of the military services overseas. Contents of the. Siars and not necessarily reflect the of micral views of or endorsement by the . Government the Dopart enl of Dotensr or rhe european command. A the appearance of advertising in tins publication including inserts or. Supplements. Does not constitute endorsement by a the department of defense or the stars and slopes of the products or services advertised. Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available Lor Purchase use or Pauo nage without regard to race color religion sex National origin age marital status physical Handicap political affiliation or any other non Mern Factor of the purchaser user or Patron. A done to forget Quayle i read a letter deploring the fact that Muhammad Ali was acknowledged on the a Welcome Home America trib-utc.�?�. A -.v-=. I Felt the same Way where vice pres ii Dent Quayle paid a visit to the persian Gulf to boost the soldiers morale. Quayle opted to Dodge Vietnam by pulling strings to get in an Indiana National guard unit others had no Choice but to serve skip the country or go to at least Muhammad Ali was honest stated his re asps and faced they penal. Tics. ,. A a a y by. A a a a what was Quayle a excuse other than his family was Well to do and did no to want to waste his time or life. If Muhammad alias refusal to serve be forgotten then nor should Quayle a. A. A Janice l. Germany. / All dul heir jobs i am a Soldier with the 107th quartermaster Petroleum Supply co. I m pretty upset about what i be been Reading in letters to the y -. I want to stress the fact that no matter what Branch of the service or unit we Are in or who did what where when or How we All did our jobs to Complete the Mission in operations desert shield and desert storm. A ctr a just Pat each Otheron the Back say congratulations and thank god we made it out alive y a spec Pete Williamson y. Operation desert storm. Iler Iii ail 1 Ift still top s i read with interest an article in your newspaper queuing col. Or William l. Burner 111, base Hospital commander at in Ciurlik a Turkey. He said a ten years from now when they look Back on an Airlift much larger than the Berlin Airlift they la be Able to say a we took care of it. We saved a the Gulf Airlift covered longer distances a thousands of Miles. Our round trips Frankfurt to Berlin were about four hours Long. Gulf Crews made 19.000 flights. We made Over a Quarter million 277,500 flights. I made 100 of those trips. In the Berlin Airlift More than 2.325.000 tons of food Coal machinery and medical supplies were delivered in the worst Winter weather in Germany Over the last 20 years. We took off in the rain sleet Snow and fog. No visibility just cockpit instruments arid gods guidance to get us there. Y numerous flights clogged the airways. Those wonderful air traffic controllers talked us Down at Tempelhof Airport in the Western sector of Berlin. It was a hairy approach As we swooped Down Between two apartment houses across an old graveyard i could almost read the headstones and then touched Down. After a Quick Coffee and doughnut snack from a Mobile canteen truck by our aircraft we were Back in the air and on our Way Back for another Load. Each Crew flew a two Blacks a or two trips a Day. Our 90-Day temporary duty was extended to 15 months. My enlistment expired and i was held Over on duty for the a convenience of the government a which was written later on my discharge form. Russian Yak fighters logged us and fired anti aircraft guns up the sides of the 20-Niie-wide air corridors. But no one Ever turned Hack. A City of Over 1,500,000 people was totally supplied by air. When the largest Airlift the world had Ever seen ended we All returned to our Home bases. We were not heroes and there were no parades. In 1989, the German government invited All the old flight Crews Back for a reunion. It was 40 years late. In a 71 now but it sure was Nice to hear them say �?odankcschon.�?�. A senior master sgt. Ret William j. Sheehan Lindsey air station Germany mail was a priority the mail to. Saudi Arabia Vyas most definitely priority mail. While the soldiers were in saudi Arabia soldiers Back Here in Niernberg were busting their Butts to get the mail to the. Guys and gals As possible. There were nights when we did no to get off work until 2 30 . Or 3 00 . Because the mail to saudi Arabia was priority. . a. To you and All the other people who think postal units just done to care Why done to you come and see for yourselves we arc tired of hearing about How we have not been doing our jobs. V even though we did t go to saudi Arabia we still helped by working Long hours so that soldiers could receive the words and packages from their loved ones. A. A a a a. V a. A spec. Karolyn Young operation desert shield editor s note letters from readers expressing their viewpoints or opinions Are published daily in this space. All letters must be signed. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. Letters should be addressed to letters to the editor the stars and stripes Apo 09211-4211. Y a a a a a a a y. Letters requesting information or assistance Are answered in a. Feature called readers action line which appears on Page 16 every Day except. Thursday and sunday. Such letters should be addressed to readers action line the stars and stripes apr 09211-4211. A bar homosexuals much has been said recently about allowing homosexuals in the military i have no doubt homosexuals do great work in All areas of employment. Unfortunately the military is just a wee bit different than civilian life. After talking with men who have seen combat in the Jungles of Vietnam there Are two reasons Why a done to believe homosexuals should be allowed in the military a. a a a. A a v a unit cohesiveness. 1 do not want to work in a unit or be in charge of a unit that has a known homosexual in it. Under fire and in intense Field conditions for weeks and months at a time the Opportunity for disturbance and conflict can be dangerous for a unit. The last thing i think you need in a War zone is internal conflict. Call me simplistic but i believe that conflict would arise. A aids. Sorry Guys but its a reality. If you Are. In a Bunker with someone you know is a homosexual and he gets wounded would you want to take the risks dealing with his contaminated blood would you want him working on you if you were wounded do you really think you care of then you Are a better Man than 1. I know that not All homosexuals have aids but 1 also know that they Are on letters to the editor of the highest risk groups. A Gregory a. Mason a Raf Ben Waters England kurdish assistance in response to a letter in which the Quiston was raised As to Why we arc helping the kurd when we have so Many homeless starving people of our own i would like to offer a couple of possible answers1. Perhaps our government feels a sense of moral obligation to the kurdish people because the United states did just about everything they could to encourage Saddam Hussein a overthrow. Officials also subtly hinted at our support for or at the very least Protection of those who attempted it. 2. The writer referred to the coalition in the Effort to provide Aid. Although the United states did indeed Lead the coalition to War we certainly did not Lead the coalition in the efforts to help the brings me to the second and More plausible reason for our involve mint. Nearly every country in the Coli Ion except the United states Felt an obligation to the kurd and adopted measures to help. The United states became involved Only when our Lack of concern and involvement became politic Cally embarrassing. A. A i completely agree with the writer that the United states has a serious problem with homeless starving people. Maybe if we spent a fraction of the bib Lions of dollars we so willingly spend on producing and using machines to kill other pc ple for feeding and providing shelter for our own we could help them. a a Kari s. Antis Raf upper Heyford England meaningless awards i am presently in Kuwait proudly defending my country while serving for the . Army. Unfortunately i am not writing this letter to commend the army for awarding its soldiers with medals but just the opposite. Our company has soldiers getting awards left and right. As of today we have five soldiers who were Given Bronze stars and before its Over it looks As though every Soldier in our company will get an award of some Caliper. A this concerns me because fellow soldiers in previous wars did not get for their heroism even though they truly deserved it. We have been getting awards because the War was Short and America loves herpes not because we earned these awards. A a Ait seems to me that if we All get awards for doing what is expected of us then what kind of award shall we give those soldiers who go beyond the Call of duty. A a Michael d. Austin operation desert storm pen pals i am 27, enjoy bodybuilding swimming collecting Stamps and Reading i would like pen friends. A . Premial. Adept 4, 25, for 0&m directorate. King Khalid military City a . Box-10023 a a. Haiar Al-Batin-31991 kingdom of saudi Arabia i am 21 and i enjoy meeting people and generally having a Good time arid a Good Iauch. A Fiona Saville. A a 63 Scotland Hall health Manchester ml10 6re, England. ,. Would like to write to anyone around the world age 25 to 40. A Arlene Williams 3713 Cambria st., no. C r a. It. Irwin Ca 92310 a. A am 18 years old and i enjoy swimming Badminton ice skating and dancing. A. A a Donna Urquhart a a. 19,5 Stenhouse ave. A verb. Edinburgh a eh11 3ez, England
