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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday october 15, 1991 Gulf pos face new dilemma burnout from All the limelight Pensacola Fla. A beneath maj. Joe a a a Small a yellow iraqi prison uniform on display in an aviation museum is his reflection a everybody Calls me a hero a i done to feel like a hero just a Guy who had a bad  the american Public a support for prisoners of War repatriated after the persian Gulf War was immense. But while it helped to lift their morale it also bordered on too much of a Good thing say Navy psychiatrists studying How the 21 men and women Are adjusting. A Many of them Are so overcome with Public support that they Are kind of in a burnout syndrome so Many appearances and talks people wanting part of their time a said capt. James c. Baggett chief of psychiatry at the naval aerospace medical Institute. On the other hand knowing they could rely on sympathy at Home made it less traumatic for those pos who were pressed into denouncing their government on iraqi television. A Many of the Guys in desert storm who were forced to do things said they did so knowing the american Public was supporting them a Baggett said a probably that Factor in itself is going to have a lot of continued assistance Down the  five marines and underwent five Days logical tests last month Pensacola. The other 13, from the  and air Force will arrive in about six months. Annual visits Are planned. The former pos some of whom were beaten Dur shape but they have had some inner doubts Baggett said. A their biggest fear was a How did i do a and a did 1 do the Best i could a and How did others perceive them a he said. The Navy a repatriated prisoner of War study is intended to help allay those fears. The program begun in 1972 in san Diego during the Vietnam War has been expanded to include prisoners from the january february Gulf War. A the major therapeutic thing was first of All they came Quot to participate in the study said cmdr. George Atwell head of the institutes special studies department. A second of All they came As a  being evaluated As a group is therapy in itself a they were Able to share common concerns being Able to resolve a lot of their fears a Baggett said. The former pos found out if their personal thoughts were far from the Norm he said. They could discuss issues in a Neutral atmosphere instead of being questioned by intelligence officers the Media and the Public. Small a Marine appears in a pow exhibit at the National museum of naval aviation in Pensacola. The ov-10 observation plane he piloted was shot Down in Kuwait by iraqi anti aircraft fire feb. 25. He was freed in Early March. His air controller capt. David Spellacy 28, of Columbus Ohio was killed. The display also honors retired Navy capt. Robert e. Mitchell a flight surgeon who began the pow study in san Diego with 766 Vietnam pos from All services. He kept it going even though the government stopped paying for it after five years. Survivors liberators break bread and share memories of Dachau san Francisco apr survivors of a German concentration Camp and the japanese american soldiers who liberated them shared sushi bagels and tears sunday in their first reunion since 1945. About 100 people gathered to hear stories from survivors soldiers and their relatives of the Day two soldiers shot off the locks of the Gates of Dachau Camp freeing 35,000 prisoners. George Oiye of the 522nd Field arty unit remembered stumbling on Dachau and finding prisoners a lumped in the  a we Learned to love the jews As our Brothers a he said. A a it a really hard to express the feeling in our  the survivors and their liberators met As part of the holocaust Oral history project. The project is documenting the stories of the survivors freed on april 29, 1945, and of their rescuers men who fought prejudice along with their other Battles. A How ironic can it be you have people with families in concentration Camps in the . And they find Dachau a said Rudy Tokiwa spokesman for the 442nd regimental combat team to which the 522nd was attached. Many japanese americans volunteered for the . Military to prove their loyalty to the country even though the american government put japanese Ameri cans into concentration Camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor Tokiwa said. The 442nd was an All Volunteer japanese american regiment and one of the  a most decorated in world War ii. On the Day of liberation survivor Rene Moho said prisoners a were in a Daze when the 522nd stormed the Camp. But after being rescued from Camp no. 11 at Dachau Moho said the 522nd soldiers gave him blankets and food. A it was the first time in 2 / years that i Felt any compassion a he said. Dachau survivor Yanina Cywinska a Catholic who was accused of being a a dirty jew Lover a recalled the Rescue As the Day she almost died. Cywinska then 16 and weighing less than 50 pounds was standing blindfolded against a blood stained Wall. She was about to be shot by nazi soldiers. When a japanese american Soldier pulled off her Blindfold she said she was confused and thought japanese forces had invaded the Camp. She remembered thinking a a a of no now the japanese Are going to kill us a i just wanted to be shot. It took some convincing but when she saw the american Flag she realized she was finally free. Another survivor Ernest Hollander whose brother and father were killed in the Camp said he and 22,000 other prisoners had marched for five Days from another Camp to Dachau. They happened to arrive the same Day As the 522nd. Teary eyed Hollander kept his message Short a a in a like to say thank you for giving us a second  sex convict admits Friday the 13th murders Houston up1 a a former convict arrested for burglary confessed to police that he stabbed two Brothers to death on Friday the 13th last month a a Day after his release from prison authorities said. Police filed capital murder Char go s nut Mirdas Agam. I Rick Allan Rhoades 27, after his arrest in the Ollous ton area City of Pasadena in a burglary at a school lie was being held without Bond sunday in the Harris county jail. Following the arrest Friday Rhoades told Pasadena police that he walled to talk with Houston detectives about the sept. 13 stabbing deaths of Charles and Bradley Allen. Houston homicide investigators said Rhoades told them that he had been drinking the night of the killings and saw Charles 31. In the doorway of the Brothers Home As he walked by. They exchanged words an argument followed and Rhoades chased Allen inside. They began lighting and the suspect beat and stabbed Allen. The Light apparently awoke Bradley Allen 33, who was stabbed to death when he tried to intervene. Police said Rhoades confessed because a the was tired of  the Allens were celebrating their move into a new Home and the opening of a recording studio when they were killed family members said. A a in a just madder than  said their Mother. Emma. A it just seems to be the same old thing Guys getting out of prison who should have been in jail Tor  Rhoades told officers the Texas department of corrections treed him sept. 12. Police on sunday were unable to say what crime he had been serving time for but Harris county documents showed Rhoades arrest record includes felony theft Possession of a weapon retaliation and evading arrest. Investigators said details Rhoades provided about the Allens House and the crime scene made him the Only suspect. Record seeking pizzeria creates 22-ton monster from wire reports Havana Fla. A it took a bit longer than 30 minutes but the owner of a pizza restaurant delivered in his attempt to make the world s largest Lorenzo Amato helped by 150 created a pie sunday that measured 140 feet across and weighed More than 22 tons. The guinness Book of records lists a pizza of 112 feet made by a pizza hut in Singapore last year. A we were More motivated because we were patriotic a Amato said. A this pizza is a Community pizza a state of Florida pizza a United states  measurements were taken by the state and will be forwarded to guinness for approval. The work took almost seven hours. A food company donated 18,174 pounds of flour 6,445 pounds of sauce and More than a ton of Pepper oni. The whopper pizza was cooked outdoors on a 10,000-Square-foot tray heated by Gas. Tens of thousands of people paid $2 apiece for some of the 120,000-slice pizza. Not everyone was thrilled with the results however. A a it a the worlds largest pizza a Ron Villella said. A but its not the world s  twins Fine Aberdeen . Premature twins born to the first american woman to Bear her own grandchildren As a surrogate for her daughter were doing Well sunday a Hospital spokeswoman said. Chad Daniel and Chelsea Arlette Uchytil were delivered saturday by Arlette Schweitzer 42. Her daughter 22-year-old Christa Uchytil was bom without a uterus. The babies bom five weeks premature Likely will remain hospitalized for another two weeks said Patty Kirkpatrick spokeswoman at St. Luke a Midland Hospital. Both were doing Well she said. Chad was born first and weighed 6 pounds 3 ounces. Chelsea weighed 4 pounds 7 ounces. Eggs were taken from Uchytil a ovaries fertilized with her husbands sperm and implanted in Schweitzer a womb. Train crushes . Man new York a Man who resisted a mugger Early sunday was thrown off a subway platform under the wheels of an oncoming train police said. Leandro Rosebro 59, of Manhattan was standing on a a form in the Harlem Section when he was attacked by a mugger about 6 30 a.m., said sgt. Bob Valentino a transit police spokesman. Rosebro resisted and was shoved into the path of an oncoming train which struck and killed him Valentino  admits 3 killings Charleston 111. A a Man admitted killing his parents and 93-year-old grandmother whose bodies were found in the trunk of an abandoned car last year. Ronald Janes 39, pleaded guilty to first degree murder Friday during a pretrial hearing. Prosecutors will seek the death penalty when Janes is sentenced Jan. 20, said attorney general Roland Burris. Janes confessed to killing Forest Janes 76 Una Janes 72 and her Mother Ivy Welch in May 1990 at their family farm in Bradbury 111., about 100 Miles West of Indianapolis. Their bodies were discovered in the trunk of a car abandoned in downtown Indianapolis. Police said they had been beaten with a pipe or wrench and stabbed with scissors. Ronald Janes was arrested in Boise Idaho 10 Days after the bodies were found. Gas prices Down slightly los Angeles a the recession continues to crimp americans driving habits with Gas reserves up and pump prices slipping slightly an Oil Industry analyst said sunday. A nationwide Survey of pump prices conducted oct. 11 found the average Price of a gallon of gasoline was 122.33 cents or Down 1.59 cents Over the previous Survey conducted sept. 20. Lundgerg s Survey of More than 13,000 service stations nationwide found slight decreases in All grades of gasoline at full and self service pumps  
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