European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                To the season for Croatia bound gis by Vince Crawley staff writer Wiesbaden Germany a spec. Lee Hicks and his Fiancee Cyndi Locke were among More than 400 soldiers and family members who ate thanksgiving dinner three weeks Early because of a medical task forces deployment to Zagreb Croatia next week. A a in a having Christmas this weekend a Hicks said thursday night As he finished an elaborate thanks iving style meal thrown for members of task Force 12 at the Wiesbaden a military dining Hall. Quot we re getting them All in thanksgiving and the Christmas holidays in three Days a said Hicks 25, from Decatur a. He flies to Zagreb on tuesday. Quot we re Gonna have new years on saturday night a added Locke who lives in Frankfurt Germany. The task forces 300 soldiers will Don Blue  related stories on Page 9 berets and spend six months on peacekeeping duty at the Airport in Zagreb about 35 Miles from the nearest fighting in the Balkan civil War. The 212th Mobile army surgical Hospital commonly called a Mash will provide health care for a . Peacekeeper Force of about 20,000, said or. It. Col Everett Newcomb who took command of the Hospital during a Brief pre Dawn ceremony Friday. About 300 . Peacekeeper troops have been hospitalized in the yearlong civil War be said. Until now wounded peacekeepers have been treated at local hospitals in the War zone but these hospitals Quot have Many Many of their own casualties to treat Newcomb said. Sending the american Hospital will allow local medical centers a to provide health care to their own citizens a he said. Equipment and soldiers were scheduled to begin moving out by rail Friday night with most of the people Raveling by air tuesday and next saturday. The deployment will be a change for Hicks who was in the 82nd airborne div during the persian Gulf War. He recently changed to a Job with the we re getting them All in thanksgiving and the Christmas holidays in three  a spec. Lee Hicks medical corps and is with the 97th general Hospital in Frankfurt. A a it la be different for me a the former infantryman said thursday night. A different in that in a helping patients in a Hospital instead of trying to put. Them  spec. Michael Vernarsky a single Soldier from St. Paul minn., shared his thanksgiving meal with spec. Joel Johnson. Both arc 21. A i came in the army to do my Job and this is the Way i feel i can do it a said Vernarsky a Mechanic and fuel handler who volunteered to extend his tour in Europe by 120 Days in order to deploy with the task Force. Johnson an a Ray technician from Wisconsin volunteered to leave on the first train Friday night Quot to let married people spend a Little More time with their  he described the peacekeeping Mission As an a a awesome experience. Tony and Linda Ott who Are both army sergeants had just put their two children Ages 3 and 5, onto an air plane found for the states on thursday afternoon. A neither of us went to desert storm so now we re getting a taste of what the other dual military families went through a Tony Ott 35, said Over dinner. Linda Ott 31, is the one going to Croatia next week but Tony is with the 502nd Mash in Lan Stuhl Germany which is on standby for a no notice deployment. So they sent their children to live with Linda s sister in Virginia. Such separations arc a something you always anticipated when both parents Are in the military she said. Capt. Elizabeth Bow a nurse from Long Beach calif., called the deployment Quot a period of  she s also been on a medical Mission to Zimbabwe and worked at a Field Hospital near the front lines in the persian Gulf where most of the casualties were iraqi troops. Quot that was very sad a she said. A a in a never seen what weapons do to  sgt. John will Etc said he Felt there was a divine purpose in his being called to Croatia. A i think its gods Providence a said will Etc an army nurse who was sharing an Early thanksgiving dinner with his wife . A nothing happens by Accident. That a the Way we View the deployment As a  Sas go Schuetzer workers with brushes in hand scrub  gravestones at the Luxembourg american military cemetery. American cemeteries plan veterans Day ceremonies witnesses sought in murder of girl in Mannheim Mannheim Germany a amps a German police arc looking for witnesses in connection with the murder tuesday of a 9-year-old girl in Mannheim a spokesman for the police said Friday. The murder took place in the garage under the Market Square in downtown Mannheim and police have pinned Down the time of the crime to Between 5 30 and 6 10 . A the girl was strangled with her own Scarf a the spokesman said. A she was not molested sexually. It could be that the murderer fled the scene after being  the victim had Short Blond hair and was wearing a Lilac Parka red sweater Blue jeans and Brown Cowboy boots. A the girl was left in a downtown doctors office by the Mother who went shopping a the spokesman said. A when the doctor told the girl he would not be Able to treat her she left the office. That was the last time she was seen  the police Are looking for a Man who was seen with the girl the Day of the crime. He is described As being Between 40 and 50 years old roughly 5 feet 8 inches tall and heavyset. He has a round face and was clean shaven. He was believed to be wearing a dark jacket Light coloured Slacks and a tie and he spoke German with a slight accent the police spokesman said. There is an 8,000 Mark or about $5,230, Reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the murderer. Anyone with information can Call Mannheim police at 0621-1740 or 0621-104343 or a local criminal investigation div  Era was t All bad Many germans say in poll Frankfurt Germany a nearly one third of germans surveyed believe that the nazi Era had its Good Points Ard National television reported Friday. Quot the station citing a poll of 3,000 germans by the Bonn based incas Institute split up evenly Between East Germany and West Germany said 32 percent believed there was some Good under the nazis while 64 percent said there was nothing Good about the Hitler regime. Paris a amps a ceremonies at american military cemeteries throughout Europe will Mark veterans Day on wednesday. The ceremonies will include Wreath laying and readings of the presidents annual veterans Day proclamation. The following is a list of locations and times for ceremonies scheduled in Europe France Meuse Argonne american military cemetery 26 Miles Northwest of Verdun 11 . Lorraine american military cemetery 17 Miles Southwest of Saa Brucken Germany 10 . Aisne Marne american military cemetery South of Belleau 10 45 . Oise Aisne american military cemetery 14 Miles Northeast of chateau Thierry 10 30 . Saint Mihiel american military cemetery 23 Miles West of Metz 10 15 . Somme american military cemetery 13 Miles North of St. Quentin 11 . Sur Esnes american military cemetery in Paris 10 45 . Brittany american military cemetery. 14 mile North of fougeres 9 30 . Spinal american military cemetery Dinozo h a  Normandy american military cemetery East of St Laurent sur Mer 11 . Rhone american military cemetery 28 Miles West of Cannes noon. Belgium Flanders Field 46 Miles West of Brussels 11 . Henri Chapelle american military cemetery 18 Miles East of Liege 9 . Ardennes american military cemetery 12 Miles Southwest of Liege 11  Luxembourg Luxembourg american military cemetery in Luxembourg City 11 am the Netherlands Netherlands american military cemetery six Miles East of maastricht 3  England Brookwood american military cemetery. 2s Niles Southwest of London. 11  Cambridge american military cedi Tyter. Three Miles  of Cambridge 11am