European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse A stars and stripes Niaga me a 22, im94 the 1991 Gulf War committed . Soldiers Here awaiting the touchdown of a Black Hawk helicopter in saudi Arabia. War and pain the a Gulf War syndrome hits Home by Effie Bathen staff writer Stanley Holecek believes he is paying today for the time he spent pounding his 20-ton army tractor trailer Rig across 10,000 Miles of dirt roads and Rocky terrain in Northern Iraq. In the aftermath of the persian Gulf War in 1991, the army specialist spent More than two months delivering supplies and heavy equipment from Zaku Iraq to kurdish refugee Camps. That june when he returned to Darmstadt Germany with the 94th engr in Holecek thought he and the truck were none the worse for Wear. But now he a wondering. Within a year of returning from Iraq he began having dizzy spells teary eyes and a tendency to stutter. He a not alone. Some 20,000 veterans have reported suffering Sianily Holecek from headaches rashes mood swings memory loss continued on Page 4
