European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1 a i i v 1 1 1 l f. I h v v v m i. 1 v 1 1 \ a a i. A a i a a. A t ,. A it i a it a a ask Fri a a y a. A. 1 a i a a a it a y. To j.1 a. A. I. A is. A 5-.i it a ,3 t 1 a. Vav. 1 1 my it a Ita a _ m 1 it amp a Oao Vine or Ltd off duty Marine kill time in a Harden checkpoint they have nicknamed Quot the  marines Battle disillusionment in Somalia a country in chaos Fly Joseph Owen stuff writer lie Klimt Imi i m bad As la is Back Home in twon Lynne Patio calif., but the Marine of it Tali task fort e 1/7 will never feel comfortable in the desert of Southern Somalia they net hardly any Mailhot Firmi or showers. They re surrounded by poverty disease and danger. And the culture Gap with the locals is so vast that their Mission Coutil Bonk named Quot Buck Holers meets the Hon Slones Quot Quot you Liy a Helko iter Over and people have Neve seen a helicopter before no they lie Down on the ground Quot in tear said task Foice commander col. My h Medard to. The marines found we Hugo Mien Sliech  contaminated Wells and a la k of Infra Senrt Hue when they of eucled the  ked towns of Maida an a Ihm him in t a Emlyn when they left Myakloa last week they had removed debris mad streets a hit Saler Ami helped set up in Iksuh ill ovum mail Quot be Sliday we pit kid ukr artillery Ioui his still in my Mil we found More last nip i Quot Medard told a Sam fish Diplomat on  loiter of Myakloa Early this month. Marines scan lied somalian Vel it is taking weapons. They seized several Quot technical Quot a pickup trucks with gun mounts. A Toyota in Maida bore symbols claiming 25 victims tvs motto Quot to must kill and loot. Nobody will survive when we  the marines lived tinder Protection of their own guns sweating in full combat gear some worked checkpoints and made vehicle patrols. Most Laboured in guarded Airport compounds surrounded by concertina wire using free Lime for poker games weight lifting or playing softball in clinking Clouds of dust. Ti4u Vitt Marine of. Tunk Bedard the isolation bred disillusionment. Many troops in the compound said they had seen no starving people. A few Black marines said the separation dotted even the Novelty of conducting a Relief Mission among people whose skin is the same color As theirs. Quot you Don t get the full effect when you watch things on to f we could go out into town see the people How they live then possibly maybe we d he More interested in our ancestry where we came from Quot said Lance Chi Stanley i Herivaux 22, of Hulk fuel co 7th engr support Len part of the task hate. Another Black Marine said his primary exposure to african Blacks was meeting members of die Botswana defense Force. The marines Learned that danger is omnipresent even without bandits and  c Ian fighting during the two year somalian civil War left it i bumper rup of mines Quot there Are very few maps very Little do Urne Talion of where the mines were pot in. To Date we have had 2ft Mim a brought in to us mostly anti tank mines Quot Medard said. While wailing for United nations troops to reply e them the marines also helped distribute food arid met daily with somali set drily committees to address problems such As thugs charging fees for water at the Maida town Well.  weapon we collect and every round of food we get out to the people is a step in the right direr lion this of nary is in r has Quot Medard said then Correi Ted himself Quot was in t  out ruminations from a Marine outpost Soma thoughts from Tho marines of task Force 1/7 in Cardora Somalia gunnery 8gt. Charlone Lindsey of Culpeper va., has passed through the Refugio Camps Whilo on patrol Tho sight of Doad children moves some troops deeply to said recalling a fellow Marino s reaction to seeing a child s burial Quot to said to had to write Homo right away to his wife to say How Lucky Hoy wore because his wife is having a baby Quot land soy said another Marine Hospod Bury a 7 your old girl in a shallow grave to said. She had Elar Vod to death it was on Christmas Day Chi. Oscar Lujan 21, of Delta Colo has Takon Many photographs in town and is son Dong Iho film to his wife in Tho United states Quot she did t really want to see Tho pm Turos Boca Uso Sho s soon it on to out i think she should see it a Lujan said Quot she thinks wove got it bad sometimes she does t know what bad really is Quot Lance Chi David Jasso 21, of Colton Calif was Tho Only Man in Tho room who had received mail by Tho first week of january it was of no immediate use to him Quot i go some checks from Rny Bank Quot to sold Lanco Chi. David a Curry 26, of Houston said Quot to Don t even have any idea what Day it is Quot Asho stood guard in a pit outs do a Blockhouse Quot i Don t think the somali people know Why we re hero. They got a Little agitated soot Les. Out what we re doing is Good Quot to too has become familiar with Tho death of child Ron Quot you can see Tho starving people if you look for Thorn Tho first Day to were Horo Thoy burled a a Lyllo girl about 10 foot from where we wore camped Quot Lance Chi Michael Rea 21, of Oxnard calif., was surrounded by Barefoot children hawking cigarettes and wrinkled faded somalian currency Asho leaned against a Wall outside his guard Post Tho marines operate four Tardera checkpoints he said. They dubbed two Quot Golden Gate Quot and Quot Bay Bridge Quot because they re at Bridges Over Tho Muddy Bubba River Quot this Side they re pretty Friendly Rea said Quot but past Golden Gate they look at you like Thoy Don t want you to be Here. They throw things at you while you re on  a gunnery tit Harfe tin tiny Weun Oduy it Mutiny 17, iv93 ims stabs and stripes