European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                For an Abbey e 9 i Steve e was he Row of. Is had every by Are of one lies. The endows own he. I a de the edict. A whose Idow. From insider of the kilted i lasted. Inear ears v a a n let 0 ton the Jlas 1e was Ember no e de me eat i of the bombing. A what was the difference Between us and. The germans we d All become a Bunch of Barbaric.  a a. A a. A. A a  a a variety of explanations have been offered for the a a bombing of  history s most important site. A Benedict had been not Only founder of the Abbey but founder of Western monasticism Force that helped transform much of Europe in the Middle Ages Benedict and Scolastica Are buried under the altar of the a. Monastery Basilica. By a. It. Gen. Mark Clark the senior. American ground. Commander at Cassino and  american command jars were opposed to the attack they knew  there were priceless treasures and refugees in the -. J monastery and there was no definite evidence that a a germans were inside the  British commanders claimed the Abbey , observers. And British Gen. Sir. Harold Alexander  Allied land forces in Italy later wrote that he approved the bombing because a it was necessary More for the effect it would. Have on the morale of the attackers than for purely material reasons Quot it. Gen. Fridolin von Senger und etterling commander a of the German troops at Cassino adamantly a maintained that he never used Monte Cassino military purposes and had posted military police at the Gates to keep his troops from entering. Von Senger a devout Catholic and a Lay brother of the Benedictine order had ordered All the valuable paintings  books turned Over to the a Vatican months before the bombing there were. I v however More than 800 refugees 10 monks and the Abbot inside when the bombs struck As Many As 300. Refugees were entombed in rubble or killed by Allied artillery  tend to escape outside Allied troops lived in Foxholes tranches or mountainous crags where supplies reached them Over Rocky paths even mules  traverse. A the Static lines and siege strategy made it in some ways comparable to the Western front of world War 1, said tsukano., he a. Joined the 100th inf in after the Cassino campaigns but be has  Book and Many articles on the sub be it. Is of a t i i the one constant in the lengthy Battle was the Abbey that loomed Over the troops. Quot i remember the place the town of Cassino As being in Complete ruin a a said former  1 Madron Seligman. A the monastery was there above us like some sort of Valhalla. A Quot Here be were like Little rats and mice at night fireflies came out like the souls of the dead flying away Quot said Seligman. A a the destruction of the Abbey seemed to have Little effect on the Battle. German troops moved into the Ryms forcing the allies to relearn a lesson first taught them in Sicily ruins provide the enemy with More a places to hide than an intact building. The siege of. Cassino lasted three More months. By the end the allies had sustained More thana a 80,000 casualties and the germans at least 55,000. An unknown number of italian civilians had died y. Seligman now a member of the european a a parliament and chairman of the Monte Cassino federation for remembrance and reconciliation said r he is drawn to Cassino by More than wartime remembrance. A when i come Here i feel dedicated to making sure nothing like this Ever happens again,&Quot.he said. A to that end the Cassino veterans Are planning a a �50th anniversary Observance in May 1994. They Hope 10 attract 30.000 people to the 10-Day event.  would be a last Chance for the veterans to Marc through Cassino a Lyne said. A amps Dave Idip f-15s from the 36th tac fighter Wing at Blob org a make a Tow try by during memorial Day ceremonies j at the american military cemetery in Luxembourg saturday. Little Mcgee s Day by Ron Jensen Quot staff writer a a a a the solemn tones of taps slipped through i the mild saturday afternoon at the i american military cemetery in Luxembourg i and wrapped each of the 5,076 grave markers in a cloak of remembrance and.  of those markers bears the name William d. Mcgee a private from Indiana. The Marker also denotes his status As a medal of Honor Winner. A a if hold you what he did id die right  spot a said Jim Throckmorton a retired , army colonel. Even 46 years later the Story of Mcgee a bravery so amazes the 80-year old Throckmorton that he is afraid retelling it will be More than his heart battered by seven heart attacks a can a Bear. Records show that on March 18, 1945, Mcgee a medical Aid Man crawled into a a minefield where two soldiers Lay wounded an bleeding. He pulled one Man Back to safety but. Stepped on a mine when he  retrieve the to Phil a a i shouting that no one was to risk his life to save him Mcgee bled to death on the Banks of the a Moselle River a a yeah. Little  Throckmorton said standing near the while Stone Cross with. The Gold a lettering Throckmorton and Mcgee were both in the 76th.inf div Throckmorton has been coming every year continued in Page 16 unday. N1 27, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 15