European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse In every 14 Days we get a Brand new air plane. Just our airfares stay the same. Whenever Michael and Harold from Buffalo state of new York get amp touch of homesickness they go out to Frankfurt Airport. And while wistfully watching the planes flying. Paid advertisement off to the states for instance our nonstop flights to Boston or Detroit they put together their own Little Fleet. The number of planes Michael and Harold have sped on their Way in that Short time virtually Breaks All records and we should know because besides us no other airline will get a Brand new plane every 14 Days for the next ten years. Unfortunately none of their planes has yet been Able to Jet them a monday across the Atlantic but if you can t wait any longer we can get you there at Rainy Day rates. Northwest airlines is represented by your Sato office. 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Northwest airlines advertising appearing above is not endorsed by the department of defense the military departments or the stars and stripes. For an Abbey e Steve e was he Row of is had-2 very by Are of one lies the endows own and a de the edict. A whose Dovy. Lid he bombing. Quot what was the difference Between us and the germans wed All become a Bunch of Barbaric a a variety of explanations have been offered for the bombing of history s most important site. Benedict had been not Only founder of the Abbey but founder of Western monasticism a Force that helped transform much of Europe in the Middle Ages. Benedict and Scolastica Are buried under the altar of the. Monastery Basilica. A. It. Gen. Mark Clark the senior american ground commander at Cassino and other senior american commanders were opposed to the attack. They knew there were priceless treasures and refugees in the monastery and there was no definite evidence that germans were inside the building. But British commanders claimed the Abbey -. Sheltered German observers. And British Gen. Sir Harold Alexander commander of Allied land forces in Italy later wrote that he approved the bombing because Quot it was necessary More for the effect it would have on the morale of the attackers than for purely a material a a a a a a. A. A. It. Gen. Fridolin von Senger und etterling commander of the German troops at Cassino adamantly. Maintained that he never used Monte Cassino for. 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 manuscripts and books turned Over to the Vatican months before the bombing. There were. 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 0rial Day i from insider of the killed i lasted Inear ears n let Oton the. Jlas be was Imber no e artillery fire As they tried to outside Allied troops lived in Foxholes trenches or mountainous crags where supplies reached them Over Rocky paths even mules could t traverse. The Static lines and siege strategy made it in some ways. Comparable to the Western front of world War i said Tsukano. He joined the 100th inf in after the Cassino campaigns but he has written a Book and Many articles on the subject. A. A. A a. The one constant in the lengthy Battle was the Abbey that loomed Over the troops. A Quot i remember the place the town of Cassino As being in Complete ruin Quot said former British Soldier Madron Seligman. Quot the monastery was there above us like some sort of Valhalla. Quot Here we were like Little rats and mice. At night fireflies came out like the souls of the dead flying away Quot said Seligman. The destruction of the Abbey seemed to have Little effect on the Battle. German troops moved into the a. Ruins forcing the allies to relearn a lesson first taught them in Sicily ruins provide the enemy with More places to hide than an intact building. The siege of Cassino lasted three More months. By the end the allies had sustained More than. 80,000 casualties and the germans at least 55,000. An unknown number of italian civilians had died. Seligman now a member of the european parliament and chairman of the Monte Cassino. Up negation for remembrance and reconciliation said he is drawn to Cassino by More than wartime remembrance. Quot when i come Here i feel dedicated to making sure nothing like this Ever happens again,&Quot.he sad. A. A. ,. To that end the Cassino veterans Are planning a Soi i anniversary Observance in May 1994. They Hope ,0 Quot act 30,000 people to the 10-Day event. It would be a last Chance for the veterans to March through Cassino Quot Lyne said. Mcgee a Day a a. A a a a a. A ,. A ��1 a a a a -. A amps Davo Didio \ f-15s from the 36th tac fighter Wing at Pitburg a make a Low Fly by during memorial Day ceremonies at the american military cemetery in Luxembourg saturday. Quot a a spot a said Jim Throckmorton a retired. U s. Army colonel even.46 years later the Story of Mcgee s 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 Bear a a. A. Records show that on March 18, 1945,. Mcgee a medical Aid Man crawled into a minefield where two soldiers Lay wounded and. Bleeding he pulled one Man Back of safety but. Stepped on a mine when he returned to retrieve theother . 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. Quot yeah Little ,&Quot Throckmorton said. Standing near the White Stone Cross with the Gold. Lettering. Throckmorton and Mcgee were both in the 76th inf div Throckmorton has been Corning every year rip by Ron Jensen staff writer the solemn tones of taps slipped through the mild saturday afternoon at the american military cemetery in Luxembourg and wrapped each of the 5,076 grave markers in a cloak of remembrance and appreciation. One 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 Quot if i fold you what he did id die right on the continued a a Page 16 dunday if 27, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 15
