European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes letters to the editor sunday january 24,1993thesylpes. European edition. Col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher 1 Bernard a. Zovistoski. Refit of. Quot news and editorial Bill Wald Ltd european editor Tabor i Abarr now editor Bob Tebar sport editor Paul Coz bar. City editor. Go re manat special s action editor to write us unit 29480 apoae09211 Orost Facell 14 37 6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany news Tel fax 06155-601410 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 346-8 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237,255,282,226,328. Sports ext. 225,269,263,332,321,221. Features ext 230,245,341. Letters to editor ext. 200. Education Jim Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. ,. 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Including inserts or supplement Dew rut constitute endorse men by the department of defense or the stars and by pea of the product or services advertised. Everything advertised in this publication shall be mad available Lor Purchase use or patronage without regard to race color religion sax. National origin age marital Slat us physical Handicap political affiliation or any other Nonman i act or of the Pul Chaser user or  by Dachau i read with some amazement the letter questioning the existence of Gas Chambers at Dachau it was possibly written Tongue in Cheek. At any rate it brought Back Many memories. In 1945, i was a Young lieutenant with the 47th regt 9th inf dry located at Dachau. My regimental commander was col. Peter o. Ward we had just moved South from near the mute River and my battalions area of responsibility included the concentration Camp. One of my first jobs there was to Quot clean up the crematorium,1 to carry out this assignment i was Able to select a detail of 20 German is prisoners of War who bad been recently transferred to the Dachau Camp from the town of Firsten Feld Bruck. There were approximately 7,000 of these pos and they were housed within the Camp itself. In reference to Quot nazi atrocities real Jan. 11i could add there were hundreds if not thousands of urns in the basement of the crematorium containing ashes of the deceased. And on the aluminium Cap of each urn was inscribed the name of the deceased and purported cause of death a always some innocent Quot disease or other. If any cleaning up had been done by the townspeople it was not evident at the crematorium there were piles of Quot human debris outside. A i Var Lihr by is i s re a Jolt feet f�6 a 7th army Soldier examines the Gas chamber at Dachau at the end of world Warll. Finally i shall add Only the fact that sights in and around that crematorium haunt me to this Day. To claim these a psf a Robert w. Gleason 7 things did not happen is absurd. Robert w. Gleason Worms Germany gassings in Germany a letter appeared on this Page titled Quot Gas chamber error Jan. 5. Since i was quoted in this letter i find it necessary to state the following it is True that there were no extermination Camps on German soil and thus no mass gassings such As those that took place at Auschwitz Treblinka and other Camps. A Gas chamber was in the process of being built at Dachau but it was never completed. Gassings did however take place at Mau Hausen which at that time belonged to Germany. The nazi euthanasia program included four institutions Harzheim by Linz a Damar Sonnenstein by Pirna and Grafe Eggin which mentally and physically handicapped people were killed a very often with the help of Gas. All four of those institutions were located on German soil. They were closed following protests but before that served As a sort of school for mass murders from 1942 the is members who had been Active there were assigned to the Large extermination Camps such As Treblinka sob ibor and Bezec in Poland. A Simon Wiesenthal Vienna Austria Somalia non Security pm writing with a complaint about your coverage of the deployment of troops to Somalia. My main question is a what happened to Ovsec operations Security ? As a Soldier in the armed forces. In a told not to talk with friends about military operations . Going to Grafen Wuhr for three or four weeks from the Middle of december to the Middle of january. This is considered confidential in forma lion and  be discussed except with those involved. So How can an and the stars and stripes get away with reports of troop deployments before they happen i think the Media should be required to practice Good Ovsec. I believe the Media Are More concerned about a Good Story than they Are with the safety of soldiers. A. American soldiers Are not the Only people with Access to an and the stars and stripes a terrorist can get All the information he needs from television or the newspaper. Think about it. A spec. John w. Norman Mainz Germany a a thinking at Warp Speed when i was in the infantry the Armor Guys always used to accuse us of thinking at 2xh Miles an hour. 1 Felt bad about that which is Why i was so impressed with it. Col. Virginia Piibe Vlad a answer to the action line question Jan u about Why Steffi Graf got to ride in an f-16. I certainly can to think that fast. As i understand it the purpose of the ride was to motivate miss Graf to wander from Tennis court to Tennis court a claiming not Only the extra care in engineering that goes into each and every one of our f-16s, but also the sagacity of the courteous uniformed staff at Ramstein to. It. Col. Pribyla assures us that because of her f-16 ride miss Graf is now in a much better position to discuss the need for maintaining a Strong . Military presence in Europe. To say i am relieved would be a serious understatement. Some germans Are not fond of americans and Between the social democrats and the greens i sometimes feel unloved. If we re really Lucky this could Lead to an expression of support from the ultimate arbiter of taste and values in Ger Many the Bud Zeitung. I think the air Force is even faster than those Armor Guys. A Ralph Lohmann Wiesbaden Germany a a students deserve Praise Chrissy Mcmanness outstanding Quot be our guest column . 13 shows that there Are also conscientious and mature students on our bases and posts. I always knew there were a i see and work with More than 300 of them every Day and have worked with them for More than 12 years. Is. Mcmannes is to be commended for her extremely Well written article. It is obvious that she has done her Quot Homework and knows what she is writing about. She and  students at Hei Delborg Are also to be commended for their willingness and ability to tackle a controversial and Complex subject such As aids education. A Michel Schadt Fulda Germany. ,. A. First things first i have in the course of my career read the stars and stripes nearly every Day during three overseas Tours on two continents. I have held my Tongue while the merits and demerits of such important issues As race relations Gays in the military presidential elections Iran Contra the Gulf War and the Correct name spelling of president Clinton s Secretary of defense have been debated. I feel that i can remain silent no Longs i was shocked sir shocked and saddened to find Calvin St Hobbes reduced to strip format its formerly honoured big Box format replaced by family circus. Pjs eating Cereal without a spoon again a hilarious Calvin amp Hobbes Are now relegated to the lowly format shared with such pathetically lame comics As Andy Capp better or worse and Cathy. Even quibble a a cartoon i thought would die a Quick and humane death soon after its inception gets better space. If i remember correctly the recent Reader s poll taken by the stars and stripes listed Calvin amp Hobbes As the favorite comic of your readers. Is this the Way you Reward your readership is this improvement is this Why 1 pay a dime More for the daily stars and stripes than i did for my daily Washington Post this injustice must not be allowed to stand. Return Calvin is Hobbes to its previous  William Jeffrey Morris Karlsruhe Germany editor s note Calvin amp Hobbes our readers favorite comes in strip format As opposed to panel format which is How family circus comes. We had been cutting it to fit the panel space now it can run As it should As a strip a at the top of the Page. And because it is so popular Calvin amp Hobbes has been moved to the front Page of our color Section on sunday beginning today. Enjoy Joe Bob out of step i was revolted by Joe Bob Briggs column Jan. 10. It shows a total disrespect to females in general and a tolerance for sexual harassment. I Tell acquaintances that the military a Zero tolerance of this kind of behaviour is a plus on its Side. Or. Briggs managed to show his total ignorance for physical conditioning by awarding four stars to Cindy Crawford s video while every major fitness Magazine has dubbed it the Quot a love me video Quot is. Crawford a video received an a of a in shape january 1993 Issue along with a warning that it was so badly done it could be harmful and dangerous. I know this letter will not change or. Briggs maybe hell just laugh but thank god i am blessed to live Ana work where this Barbaric behaviour is not tolerated and where women Are respected and not seen just for their a it shies and bods Quot a it. 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