European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 11, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3former foes recall fight off . Coast Morehead City . A Kurt Kruger remembers floating in the Atlantic Ocean and a . Coast guardsman who shouted to him a i wish you a Good night with the  the German world War ii Veteran lived to savor the memory of that warm afternoon 50 years ago saturday because 45 minutes after the coast guard Cutter icarus Sank his u-352 submarine it returned to Rescue the survivors. It was the first coast guard vessel to sink an enemy submarine in the War. A we Are now All links in one Chain a for everlasting Mutual understanding right and Freedom a Kruger 77, of bad Oey Hausen Germany said at a reunion dinner Friday of Crew members involved in the encounter off North Carolina on May 9, 1942. A the men of the u-352 Are Here for this purpose. Let us be friends and let us stay  with that Kruger asked 200 people to join hands at the National guard armory. The two week gathering culminated saturday with a Wreath laying ceremony at sea at the spot where the a boat Sank in 110-foot Waters 26 Miles South of Beaufort. Fourteen of its 44-member Crew were lost including 10 who went Down with the vessel. The survivors saved by wearing life vests were taken prisoner. Kruger was a 27-Ycar-old sonar operator and medic aboard the u-352 As it searched for a target off the . Coast. The Captain saw what he thought was a freighter and fired two torpedoes. One misfired and the other exploded on the Ocean floor alerting the icarus Crew. The Cutter with 75 men aboard replied with depth charges that damaged the sub. When the sub and its sailors surfaced the Cutter sprayed them with machine gun fire. Adm. W. Ted Leland commander of the coast guards 5th District said a one of the things in a very proud of is that As soon As the Battle was Over the coast guard slipped into its traditional lifesaving  the reunion was attended by nine German War veterans a eight of them survivors of the sunken sub a and about five former icarus Crew members. But Only one John Ostensen was aboard the vessel the Day it Sank the German sub. From another Cutter near Cape Lookout on saturday Heinrich Ruhe of Peine Germany and former icarus crewman Walter Doyle tossed a Wreath in memory of those who died. Ruhe s brother Hermann perished in the sub. Ostensen now of port St. Lucie ida., was an 18-Vear-old Seaman first class on the icarus that Day 50 Vears ago. As the Wreath drifted in the shimmering water he wept. But the reunion was a Happy occasion for 60-year-old Wilhelm Linke of Dah Brueh Germany and �?~70-year-old Frank Westfield of Otsego Mich. They celebrated a Friendship that began a half Century ago when Westfield guarded Linke at a prisoner of War Camp in Tucson Ariz. A the was the Best fellow. In the whole world Quot Linke said saturday a after the War he sent me. Packages gifts. I used it i needed it because Germany was very poor. I never forgot  i could not betray myself Gorbachev explains Stanford Calif. A Mikhail s. Gorbachev on saturday defended his actions in the Days before last years attempted coup saying he could not crack Down on opponents and remain True to his goal of peaceful and lawful change. A was president of a country i had Many Powers including emergency ones. And More than once people tried to make me use them tried to push me into an extremist position a the former soviet president said. Some of those people were members of the group that briefly seized control of the soviet government in August he said through a translator before nearly 10,000 people at Stanford University. A but 1 simply could not betray myself a Gorbachev said. Gorbachev who stepped Down As head of the soviet Union As it disintegrated last december addressed students and faculty at Stanford As part of his 13-Day . Tour. He and his wife Raisa Are promoting Gorbachev a fledgling foundation which is aimed at working for peaceful political change. In his half hour speech Gorbachev reviewed the tumultuous process that began in 1985 with perestroika his process of reforms and the restructuring of soviet society and ended with the abortive coup and the country a breakup in 1991. Gorbachev said his critics and even some supporters described his conduct at the time of the coup As  some of those critics liked to depict themselves As decisive leaders he said. A but put to the test such decisiveness is Only a flouting of the realities and violence against the people. And this is no longer politics at All a said Gorbachev who earlier described politics As a the practice of the  he said he had wanted to do something that had never been done in his country a history effect important changes without bloodshed. The former soviet Leader Drew chuckles when he twice plugged his soon to be released memoirs. His talk was briefly inter former soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev and his wife Raisa tour Stanford University s Hoover institution which c0�?�1� one of the worlds largest collections of 20th-Century russian Art and research material. She recited from memory some poetry published in a 1917 Book that her husband is holding. Erupted by two protesters who walked through the audience carrying a red Banner and wearing White to shirts bearing the words a Mao More than  they were escorted out of the Amphitheater by Security officials questioned and released. They were not arrested. Gorbachev a speech was an attempt to put himself and the changes in his country in perspective said condole Ezza Rice a soviet specialist at Stanford. A i think he was saying a i did something that Alexander i  do Nicholas ii  do Lenin  do a transform Russia and the soviet Union without bloodshed a a she said referring to two czars and the founder of the soviet Union. Although Gorbachev no longer plays a political role in Russia he remains an effective spokesman to the world about the changes in his country Rice said. After his speech Gorbachev spent sever Al hours at the Campus which is located 25 Miles South of san Francisco. Cuban troops learning How to repel invaders Mexico City up the cuban army trained to counter a possible invasion As it held Maneu vers saturday on the Eastern part of the Island the official cuban news Agency Prensa Latina said. A officers and soldiers bearing arms Are engaged in a training Mission that also will evaluate the training of those in whose hands Are the decisions to blockade and systematically Wear us Down a the Agency quoted cuban officials As saying in a dispatch monitored in Mexico City. The statement referred to a 30-year-old economic blockade of Cuba that the United states has shown no inclination of lifting plus the ongoing . Military Maneu vers known As Ocean venture �?T92. Troops of the Eastern army were engaged in offensive Maneu vers and practising measures a against weapons of mass extermination a near the cuban City of Holguin about 480 Miles Southeast of Havana the Agency said. Prensa Latina said that the official cuban communist party newspaper grandma complained last week about Ocean venture 92 Maneu vers off the cuban coast which it said were a bleaching its participants How to invade the Island. A the Ocean venture 92 exercises at Guantanamo Bay a . Naval base also on the Eastern end of the Island involve a practice evacuation which Prensa said is heightening tension Between the two countries. The Agency quoted cuban officials As saying that More than 300 transport aircraft of different types have arrived at the base. The cuban government Lias alleged that the United slates is using its opposition to a military takeover in nearby Haiti As an excuse to prepare for an invasion of Cuba