European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 c the stars and stripes Friday february 14, 1992radio Days Over for an Munich Munich a amps a the oldest american forces network Europe affiliate radio station in Germany will cease local broadcasting today after a three hour Farewell show to be carried by the an radio network. Americans living in an Munich a listening area will continue to receive an broadcasts but starting at 2 . Today the signal and the local portion of the broadcasts will originate in Niernberg. Army sets. Jeffrey Reilly and Kelly Rowe will Host the the last radio show which begins at 11 a.m., live from Munich. The show is a retrospective of music popular during the stations five decades of operation and taped interviews with people associated with the station Over the years. The hosts also plan to take a few Calls from listeners according to the Sta Tion manager sgt. Melissa Stup. An Munich first hit the airwaves on june 8, 1945, in an artists mansion Down the Street from its current offices in Munich a sch Abing District. The staff grew to several dozen by 1948, and included 10 announcers five music librarians two bands and five military musicians. The current staff consists of 11 enlisted seeks Man in alleged fake Mia photo Washington a the Pentagon said wednesday it is searching for the Man in a photograph which it believes was misrepresented As a picture of a . Soldier missing from the Vietnam War. Capt. Susan St Mednansky said the defense department has been told by a reliable sources that the photograph was not of maj. Donald g. Carr As asserted by self described Mia Hunter Jack Bailey. To confirm this the Pentagon wants to personally interview the Man it believes is depicted in the photo she said. She declined to describe the individual other than to say he a not american and not thai Quot we can to talk about it because its an Active investigation a the spokeswoman said. Abc news reported tuesday it had discovered the photo was not of Carr in a laotian prison Camp As purported by Bailey but of another Man. The report also said the Man who resembles Carr is believed to be living in Germany. The photograph was taken at an exotic Bird Export company outside Bangkok Thailand the owner of the company told Abc. Carr has been missing since 1971, when his plane crashed in Laos. The Bailey photo surfaced last summer. Sen. John Mccain r-ariz., a former pow during the Vietnam War sent a letter wednesday to attorney general William Barr urging an investigation of the Case. Mccain said it Wasny to yet certain that Bailey committed a fraud in the Carr Case but he said the Abc report raised questions that required an immediate investigation. Quot to what extent Are the families of american pow mias being preyed upon by foreign and Domestic criminals who exploit their misery by Selling bogus information about the Fate of their missing loved ones a Mccain wrote. The Senate select committee on pow Mia affairs also issued a statement saying the main victims of fraudulent pow Mia photographs Are the families of the missing. A we Are determined to see this trafficking in pow Mia families emotions Stop a sen. John Kerry d-mass., the panel chairman and sen. Bob Smith r-n.h., the vice chairman said in the statement. More than 2,000 american service members Are listing As missing in action in Southeast Asia. The alleged photo of maj. Donald g. Carr which is believed to be a Driver Hurt in attack by 3 German men Stuttgart Germany a amps a a Driver delivering newspapers for the stars and stripes was beaten Early thursday morning in Augsburg by three German men. The Driver Joe Dank i Sampong 37, of Lud Wissburg was beaten after he stopped at an Esso station for cigarettes at about 3 40 a.m., said Robert Reismann a sales assistant in Stuttgart and Dank i Sampong a supervisor. Reismann Saia the Driver a Ghana native suffered bruises to his face following the fight and was taken to a doctor thursday. The German police took three men into custody on a Street parallel to the Gas station at 4 05 a.m., said Augsburg police spokesman Peter Schwarzwalde. The men have not yet been formally charged but Schwarzwalde cited aggravated assault and property damage As the reasons for their arrest. Reismann said Dank i Sampong told him that after he bought the cigarettes he was approached by three men who made racist remarks and blocked his path toward his Van. The Driver pushed through them climbed into his Van and started the engine Reismann said. A they went after him and pulled him out of the truck and beat him up a he said. The Van rolled backward after Dank i Sampong was pulled out striking a Gas pump. Dank i Sampong who has worked for the newspaper for five years Cut the jacket of one of his assailants with a knife he uses to Cut newspaper bundles Reismann said. He then went into the station where employees locked the door and called police. Schwarzwalde said the men taken into custody All live in Augsburg. Road to Equality for Blacks paved with blood general says by Gary Pomeroy staff writer Frankfurt Germany a throughout history Black americans have often viewed military service a was the key to Freedom citizenship or acceptance a the 1st dives assistant division commander for support said thursday. Today a whether the scene is the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo the streets of Panama or the hot Sands of Southwest Asia our forces Are composed of soldiers from All segments of society a said Brig. Gen. Larry r. Jordan during a keynote address at the Frankfurt regional medical Center Chapel. A no longer Are certain jobs reserved for Blacks and advancement dependent on anything other than Talent and potential a Jordan told the gathering of about 150 people. Jordan a speech entitled the historical perspective of african american contributions in the military was the focal Point of an afternoon program sponsored by the medical Center in Observance of Black history month. A the revolutionary War witnessed the first instances of Black americans pushing to Volunteer their services for a nation that at the time did not Grant them full citizenship a said Jordan who graduated from the United states military Academy in 1968. A much of the fighting was reserved for others viewed As intelligent As courageous and As deserving enough to be soldiers a said the former history teacher at West Point. A the estimated eight to 10-thousand Blacks who served during the revolution paid a Down payment in blood for the Liberty that would be bought on yet other battlefields a he said. Although isolated instances of Black military service occurred for the 80 years after the revolution the military was a a closed and exclusive Domain of White americans a he said. Even during the civil War when Blacks eagerly enlisted to fight for the Union a the Union debated the Wisdom ethics and propriety of allowing Black soldiers to fight Quot he said. Jordan pointed out that the civil War marked the first recorded roles of Black women who served As american military nurses. Harriet Tubman and sojourner truth better known for their abolitionist activities and the underground Railroad a a system to help fugitive slaves escape to the North a also served As Battlefield nurses he said. A these and Many others whose names Are Tost in history served in this vital Way a he said. And although Blacks earned 16 medals of Honor during the civil War a the Promise of Equality again paid for in blood failed to be realized a he said. Flanked by a framed lithograph of 2nd it. Henry o. Flipper who in 1877, became the first Black West Point graduate Jordan said that the Blacks who served in the civil War a fostered the growth of Jordan a tradition of military service that continues to the present and although Blacks were granted a permanent place in the american military by the late 1800s, it took a presidential executive order after world War ii to officially end segregation in the armed forces he said. A it took the emergency of the korean conflict to bring about full and final integration a he said. A the record of Black soldiers. Is one of Honor amp ble service motivated by love of country and the equally Strong desire to once again prove themselves Ana claim the benefits of equal citizenship Quot he said. In Many respects the history of Blacks in America is a history of the nation he said. A the struggles that Black americans have pursued were in search of the same principles of Liberty Justice and Well being that form the basis of our nation. The Success of Black americans or any other specific group is Success for us
