European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes saturday., june 29, 1991. The a trs an. European edition circulation 100,000 col Gene , Usan commander publisher a Bernard a. Zovistoski editor i. Col. Gayle w. Fix Usa Deputy commander Marie Kominicki production manager. Bill Walker / european editor Deane b. Mcdermott circulation manager. Switchboard 06155-6010. Ets 348-5741 or 5823. Telex 419 332, ? ? business Tel fax 06155-601376, news Tel fax 06155-601416 mailing address Apo 09211r4211 or Post Inch 1 14 37. D-.6-100 Darm Slade 11, Germany. News 06155-601 plus Extension or. Ets 348-8 plus -.extension. A a. News exl. 237i 255 282, 226, 326. Sports ext. 225, 269, 263. 332, 321, 221. Features ext. 230, 245. 341. Letters to editor ext. 208 education Jimi Jones ext,226. / business. Randy Mcclain ext. 326. A a bureaus Bremerhaven. Germany Ken a Latison.  103 Call Schurz Cavern. 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Maybe today a younger generation of men and women Are the children of the Early Vietnam veterans and they wanted their sons and daughters to return Home with Pride and to. Know that they  right thing by serving in the Guli. A a a. Whatever the reason May be i am Happy to know that when 1 return Home this Linie Niy wife and son will be waiting. For me and the whole world will be saying. Quot Welcome Home a let this become a tradition so no one will Ever again turn their backs on the men and women of the  armed forces for serving their country in any a conflict. 7 a a a a. A stall sgt. Chip sours operation desert storms it ill a Long Way to go this is in response to the letter about Black americans whining. The writer must feel that if there a a Job opening and a member of a minority applies for it then that san Opportunity. Wrong. The Opportunity comes Wien you get to show what you can do. A a unfortunately that is not always the ease since some employers decide not to choose a minority applicant for a variety of reasons a maybe the employer thinks there will be trouble in the workplace of maybe1 its because of his own hatred or perception of. How that person will behave. Whatever the ease May be it does happen. America will always have a racist society As Long As people with  of attitude Are in the. Posit Ion to hire and fire personnel. A we have improved a great Deal in of. Port unities for minorities but we still have a very Long Way to go let s Pray it gets better. A staff sgt. Carlton w. Urill Tiv Ramstein a Germany 10th Cav regiments paved the Way Lor americans Westward expansion. On Lake Michigan a Bank Jean Baptiste Pointe do Sable founded a trading outpost now known As Chicago. 1 he list goes on.  americans have been through slavery lynchings discrimination and other injustices. We have survived. Nay thrived and contributed significantly to americans greatness. Perseverance we. Embody the word a tech. Sgt. Keith Jones Berlin Germany 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. Looters should be addressed to letters to the Lidi Tor. The stars and stripes. Apo 09211-4211. Quot a a a a a a a. A letters requesting information or assistance arc answered in a. Feature called readers action line which appears on Page. 16. A every Day except thursday and sunday. Such letters should be addressed to readers. Action line the stars and stripes to 09211-4211. J a a it it s . So be in display  jl-9 classified pm j.19. A a. A a a i i nya Paph to an a met  to Noo i Ai  on Tor la i itt h Latty born cos co  Otong so ipos Jon est a a tvs i test vows of.  try Iho j s w t up  1 put it de a Trunel of t  to. S  Spott cof Tanj. Rno apr to t Vout is  a s Abou ipod in Inq a a or is or Huppi paws no Koonst Fiji tv>0jistynoni be Del Atno Iii h of did Leoso or the  and s pos of tfx old of Sof Viynos a every hire Skivo Distad i this pull exit on hot Ili made by Aidule Tor Purchase use or Pau or be without regard to fico. Color religion. Sox National origin age. Mantal stasis physical Handicap Pola Cal Attu Abon or any Oiher non nerd Tactor of the purchaser user or Patron in a writing in response to the gentleman who a tired old Blacks whining about racial problems in America. The letter deserves a response because racism sexism and homophobia thrive in an atmosphere of ignorance. First  speaking out against so dial injustice is whining then this coun try was fou idled by such whiners As the ii Lonist who complained about Brit ainu a intolerable acts and shouted  taxation without  a. The ideas expressed by these people were not Vii sign lied childish complaining. However a when these same sentiments Are expressed by minorities a it is considered whining. Another  that should be and. Dressed was the insinuation that Blanks want a handout and that America is open to All who Are willing to persevere. Perseverance and overcoming obstacles Are a part of Black history and Tig Rcd prominently in the lives of sue ii Black leaders As Harriet Tubman. Frederick Douglass. Mary Mcleod Bethune and George Washington Carver the a Buffalo soldiers Quot of the dts and Sweet idea turned sour its hard to believe but the army and air Force have managed to take a won.-., de fit i idea a free Veat ions in befell Tes Gaden a  widespread re Quot sentiment. A. The army caused the initial pub lems. The initial idea was for the army to Itse two of the hotels for its program and leave the others for arc Vaca tips. Imagine my Surprise when the army took Over the entire operation. Not Only were. Vacation plans Cut Short but people with confirmed Reser vation were turned away. And told they would have to. Make  was Tacky a the air Force compounded the prob Lent by not allowing their personnel to participate. In the program. It seems that the senior officers have fixated on the Quot whole loaf or no loaf Quot theory of rewarding their people. It should have of Wro rred to them that any level of participation would have been better than none. A if the air Force can to provide transportation for everyone due to Cost How about making rooms available in Berchtesgaden for those who Are eligible and willing to provide their own transportation v 7 a Kelly \. Vivian Wiesbaden Cermane sup Jan tiny aids Battle it is false to. Propose that All people with aids contract the disease because they done to live a amoral . In tact the Federal centers Lor disease control in. Atlanta reported that die number of 11v-Infccicd americans is close to 2 million. About 1 million Are heterosexuals and a i percent of them Are thought to lie unaware of their infection this Means that those people despite their morals Are capable of infecting millions of others. People can contract aids in Many ways a through sexual Contact both heterosexual and homosexual trave letters to the editor nexus drug use or exchanges of blot. O r body flu i d s. 11 Shou 1 d n of m a 11 e r i ova a an individual contracts the disease but a How we can cure it. A Quot. A the general accounting office predicts that 485,000 americans will he diagnosed with aids by 1992. Worldwide the disease has already spread to 160 countries. The number of people infected worldwide is now somewhere Between 5 million to 10 million. By 2000, the world health organization predicts. There will be 6 million people with aids and 40 million infected with  figures  deadly exponential growth of this fatal disease that is Why we need to get Bur govern Merit a to a support aids research and people who have the disease. No support could mean the end of millions of innocent lives. A David m. Dittmer Stuttgart Germany Lei s be Colo Blind. Our family also joined the military to escape the economic depression that took Texas by storm in 1986. We too were looking for a Way to survive we chose the army not. Because we were losers but because life a not always fair this is a Volunteer army made of. Men and women who for whatever reason wanted a Job or maybe a Way out. Signing the contract opened a door for each and every one of us. We All. Agreed to Lay our lives on the line and to do the Best Job possible with , manpower and equipment provided. No there is not an even  Whites mexicans puerto Picans Blacks indians tews baptists and catholics in the military but we Are All . Citizens. A. We arc proud to be Brothers in arms. Maybe we would be better off if we All became Colo Blind. ,. A Janet de filters. Schwabish Hall Germany Mideast sign language the associated press article lined checkpoint Charley Iraq Date enlivened our Day Here in Istanbul. The reporter no eds to read some books on International hand language. The Quot hang Loose Quot or the thumbs up sign is actually a Strong insult sign in Kurdistan the  the american a Middle digit sign. So the kurdish kids in the Story really got their comeuppance with the a hang Loose dude Quot Marine. Quot ? the thumbs up sign in the Middle fast especially in Iran is far worse than the Occidental thumbs Down sign. A Abdul v. Rahmann Istanbul Turkey a Iri pcs Rohel on leaders this is a response to those who Hae been talking about troops complaints Over. Serving in operations desert shield and storm. -. Some of us complain because of unfair treatment from our leaders. We Are not rewarded for our hard work and performance. Some Only get the work and details while others gel promotions and r a r trips. A our leaders done to do anything Tor us. And then we see them do it for someone else. They seem to think they can Tell us anything and Well accept it. A sgt. Wiley j. Dawsey or. Operation desert storm