European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. August 4, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 2 French villages Paris apr in the summer of 1944, As . Tanks charged across Western France toward Brest 10 americans died in an obscure Battle in two villages in Brittany. On. Monday the villagers plan to dedicate monuments to their dead liberators. The Campaign for the belated honors was Ted by a Frenchman who never forgot the fighting and a . Veteran determined that others . A you can to give much More than they did a said the american retired army col. Robert d. Dwan 71, of Tucson Ariz. A a in a not on a crusade or anything but i think these people should be  Dwan was a platoon Leader during the armoured push from the a Day beachhead in Normandy to capture the. Port of Brest. The honors he helped win Are for the soldiers killed at heu Goat and Poul Jaouen 300 Miles West of Paris. The Battle took place aug. 5,1944, As the Lead tanks or the 6th army div rolled through the wooded Countryside to heu Goat a Village of 2,000 people. The tanks ran into minefields stalled and came under German rocket and artillery attack. Eight men were killed mostly by machine gum and sniper fire As they fled their disabled tanks. A we thought it was just going to be a skirmish a said Mike Pappas a sergeant who survived. A we lost eight Good boys that Day and three tanks  in nearby Poulla Ouen two soldiers rushing1 new maps to the tank commanders came under machine gun fire. Both were killed. Pappas 72, born in new York but new a resident of Richmond. A. Is among nine family members and comrades expected to attend the ceremonies. A r they were contacted by Dwan who spent two years investigating the deaths at the request of retired French schoolteacher Georges Cadiou. Cadiou was 10 when the tanks clanked past his farmhouse at Huel Goat. He never forgot the Battle nor the gis who gave him his first chewing gum. A they also gave me a packet of three Camel cigarettes in k rations a he said. �?o1 still have  after coming across faded pictures of the Battle a few years ago Cadiou decided heu Goat and Poulla Ouen should erect monuments to the americans. But the villagers weren to sure about the dead men s names. Cadiou contacted Dwan who was known to Brittany historians for determining the identity of an american killed in the Village of Treguier. Dwan obtained service records tracked Down members of the tank units and located relatives to piece together the details. A it takes a lot of digging a said Dwan. A on one Guy i  get anything for two  town officials voted funds last Winter to erect simple Granite obelisks with the names of the gis. Why did it All take so Long no one thought of it before Cadiou said simply. A series of recent world War ii anniversaries prompted the French to reflect on the conflict he said. France is dotted with hundreds of monuments in memory of american troops who died during both world wars. As the 50th anniversary of the june 6, 1944, a Day invasion approaches . Officials expect veterans to seek greater acknowledgement of dead comrades. A for Many of these people the 50th anniversary is going to be the grand finale a said it. Col. Merlyn Pugh of the american Battlefield monuments commission. A the heu Goat gis arc pvt. Ewell b. Bennett of la Grange by. 2nd it. James l. Durden of Montgomery county a. 2nd it. John w. Schnepp Hometown unknown of new Jersey 1st it. Herbert Wieder and Cpl. Santo do Nunziato of Brooklyn . Cpl. Fred k. Blaylock of Bulaville . Sgt. John h. Seidenburg of Philadelphia and sgt. Charles Bair of Punxsutawney a. In Poulla Ouen 2nd it. Philip e. Higginbotham of new York and pfc. John d. Gemmill Hometown  acts to halt influx of immigrants breath tests come to Rome a police officer on thursday gives a Motorist a breath Ting Down the number of deaths on the nation s High test near the colosseum in Rome. Italian police began ways Drunken driving and excessive Speed have been using the breath equipment last week in Hopes of Cut cited As causes for the spiralling death  threat suspends rail service Bonn Germany apr Germany unveiled emergency measures Friday to Stem a flood of illegal refugees fleeing economic hard times in Eastern Europe after the collapse of the Iron curtain. Interior minister Wolfgang Schauble said Germany would Post extra Federal police along its Borders with Poland and Czechoslovakia to try to halt illegal  the situation along the Borders with Poland and Czechoslovakia has intensified considerably since the beginning of the year with increasing illegal Border Crossings a he said. Border police units Are using helicopters to locate foreigners crossing into Germany illegally he said. Schauble said Germany has demanded that Poland upgrade its Border controls crack Down on organized gangs arranging illegal Crossings and prevent the gathering near Germany a Border of foreigners planning to illegally trek West. Schauble called for a european conference of government ministers to forge a a comprehensive strategy for dealing with growing numbers of refugees from Eastern Europe since Germany is not the Only West european nation flooded by immigrants. He said Germany would be willing to hold the conference in Berlin and expressed Hope that it could be convened by october. He suggested the soviet Union a source of Many refugees heading for the West also participate. Other nations would include Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary Romania Bulgaria France Italy Austria and Switzerland. Last year about 600,000 Legal refugees from All nations entered Germany and an unknown number of illegal ones. Foreigners have swamped Germany a refugee shelters and Are burdening social services and Job and housing markets. In former East Germany right Wing Militancy has accompanied the refugee influx. Attacks by hoodlums on shelters for people seeking Asylum have revived disturbing memories of xenophobic sentiments during Adolf hitlers Rule. T Schauble said it is believed More than 42,000 illegal refugees have crossed into Germany through Poland and Czechoslovakia since the Start of the year. He said about 8,400 have been caught. In recent months tens of thousands of people a Many of them romanian and bulgarian gypsies a have been massing at Sites near Germany a Borders with czechoslovak and Poland. Under cover of darkness Many Cross into Germany through forests and Fields or by swimming across the Neisse a River that forms part of Poland a Border with Germany. Madrid Spain apr state railway officials suspended most of Spain a Long distance passenger service Early saturday As a Basque separatist threat to bomb major lines during August went into effect. Two bombs exploded several hours after the announcement of the suspension one near the North Central town of Palencia and another on the Madrid Sev Ille line into Southern Andalusia. Officials of Renee Spain a National railway system said both explosions were minor. Both occurred on routes targeted by the armed Basque separatist organization Eta. Renee and Interior ministry officials met saturday to discuss the bomb threat which is in effect until Midnight aug. 25. The Eta threat is the third in three years and is aimed at disrupting Spain a tourism Industry and forcing the government into negotiations Over Independence for the three province Northern Basque Region. The suspension of railway traffic forced thousands of vacationers to seek alternate transport or cancel travel plans. Renee Laid on buses for some of the suspended routes. The threat against the major railway routes that either begin in or pass through Madrid in the Center of the country appeared saturday in the Radical Basque newspaper Egin As a communique from Eta. The group whose initials stand for Homeland and Liberty in the Basque language has claimed responsibility for the deaths of nearly 700 people 30 of them this year since beginning its Campaign of violence in 1968