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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, August 21, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                ?clw9 v a Quot Jit mint amp pm amp a special year by Jimi Jones education writer f he persian Gulf War seriously cramped the style of 1991 graduates generally bringing the year to a halt for them. They were disappointed and Felt cheated that a special time of their lives had been diminished. But they weren t the Only ones who Felt the influence of the War. Quot i think the whole school was disappointed Quot said Debbie Moseley a Fife senior at Gen. . Arnold High school in Wiesbaden Germany. With about 200 fathers of children at her school in the Gulf Quot the school pulled together in a different and special sense a Moseley said. A shoulder always was available if Quot someone needed to cry in the hallway or if somebody needed a hug. I Don t think we could feel that  the school received daily bomb threats for a week she said. Quot not Only were they worried about their fathers but worried about their own lives Quot Moseley said. Quot nobody joked around about it. Everybody was on Edge. Quot it was really Creepy. There was absolutely nothing to do. We weren to allowed to go anywhere. We were  Moseley s classmate Ryan Brockett described the atmosphere As if everyone was Quot walking on eggs and trying not to break  the War touched students throughout department of defense dependents continued on Page 2 fee ill wednesday August 21, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 1  
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