European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 2 the stars and stripes thursday june 2,1994 a at a glance German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has reason to raise his hands in Triumph for the first time since world War ii German troops soon will Anarch Down the champs Elys rfcs in Paris. Sec Story on Page 13. A v. A health care push rep. Sam Gibbons says political corruption charges against rep. Ban Rostenkowski won t slow the Pace of health care Reform. A Page 7 missile targets the United states and Russia the world s two nuclear superpowers Are no longer in each others atomic sights. A Page 8 interns reduced the House trying to save Money has suspended a congressional in Temshiv program for Young people a pages Aid for beggars Boston has become the latest . City where people can give beggars coupons Good for the Purchase of food and personal care products. A Page 10 gang worries spread dutch police Are worried about the violent potential of american state youth gangs springing up in the Netherlands. ? a Page 14 Japan hits . Japan accused by the United states of unfair Trade practices is saying the same thing about its major critic. A Page 16 Index 1 Abby Ann Landers .23 classifieds. 26-30 comics. 23-25 commentary. .19 crossword. .23 faces a no places ,. .22 Horoscope. .20 Jumble. .28 letters. .18 Money matters. .16 sports. 29-36 to listings. .35 weather. .17 a High tech piece Ranville France a like Blue butterflies British and French commandos parachuted into a Cornfield near this Normandy town wednesday to reenact daring jumps behind German lines ahead of the a Day invasion Allied special operations and French resistance efforts in the Days and hours before the full assault june 6, 1944, played a key role in sabotaging German defences and Clearing the Way for thousands of paratroops to rain on Normandy a c. A a Quot to see those parachutes was something mythical because it represented Liberty to us to said Marcel Fauvil 68, who was a Young resistance member doing reconnaissance for the allies. Between Bright Sun and dark storm Clouds the 10 British and two French parachutists jumped from the Back of a Green c-130 transport plane and pulled open their modern Light Blue arc shaped chutes. Unlike the old fashioned chutes at the mercy of the wind these were steered toward red and White smoke flares at the Landing site about three Miles from Juno Beach about seven minutes after the paratroops jumped their dark camouflage uniforms and backpacks came into focus As the troops began a smooth Landing then pulled off helmet mounted video cameras and radio headsets Quot it was a piece of Enke really a maj. Simon Barry of the British Parachute regt said after touching Down. Quot not like 5fl years ago. These Days we use Black lights and infrared vision Quot with simple parachutes and Lowe Olech trappings about 40 British pathfinders landed at the site at 12 20 . On june 6, 1944, the same time As the glider assault on the famed Pegasus Bridge i i Miles away Barry said. Quot they had heavy backpacks up to 100 pounds and some got torn away a he said. A a lot of kit was lost a still they secured the Quot do november drop zone without a shot. Using flares radar and radios they guided in about 2,500 British troops a half hour later to reinforce those at Pegasus or heading East Barry said. A Quot parachuting into an unknown Quantity _ it takes a lot braver Man than if youth with a Large group a Mai. Jim hey cock said after shedding his Chute. Quot when you re doing it on your own in the dead of flight and you re not sure what son the ground it takes a lot More on sunday Prince Charles is to join British veterans in watching about 1,000 paratroops jump onto the same site then March to a cemetery in Ranville where More than 2,600 British soldiers arc Bur Lump of cake led. Robert Sheppard who watched wednesdays jump was among the special agents who parachuted into France before the Allied we had so much to think about the Mission itself that we did t think or care much about the jump a said Sheppard 72, towering and dignified with a Gray Mustache and Blue Blazer. In contrast to wednesdays 8,500-foot jump Sheppard jumped at 500 feet Over Anse North of Lyon in cast Central France. Thirty seconds later a i did no to hit the ground. 1 landed on a police station but managed to slip away. Sheppard of French and English descent said the special operations executive dropped him into the Lyon area Quot to show people How to use a stun gun How to use explosives How to blow up a train. Street a your main Job was to prepare without knowing when and where but in fact prepare for the Allied Landing getting the people ready to Stop the germans wherever they were a said Sheppard a retired fibreboard company executive. Sheppard was later captured trying to Cross the pyrenees into Spain and sent to German prison Camps his last being Dachau Quot we were Lucky to be alive a he said. A the troops arrived just in Clinton from Page t. With Clinton s aggressive support of abortion rights. The bulk of the trip is symbolic taking him to historic locations in Italy France and England commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Allied landings in Italy and Normandy. The highlight will be mondays visit to Normandy where the Allied forces broke through Adolf Hitler s Wall june 6, 1944, and spelled the end of world War ii. The trip is politically important to Clinton who is trying to reverse perceptions of a muddled foreign policy. His failure to make inroads a or at least Send Clear signals a on conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina Haiti and North Korea has begun to affect the Public a Overall perception of the Clinton presidency. Clinton a political advisers Hope he can bask in the glow from ceremonies marking some of the greatest victories of the Western world. The president has held up world War it As a Model for How America can shape a democratic world today. Borrowing from Franklin d. Roosevelt Clinton said before leaving a your successes will not come with Rushing Speed but we must see our Battles to the the White House selected a poignant site for the trip opening speech putting him in the Shadow of the Monument dedicated to the 1st inf div based at fort Riley Kao. A White column topped by a Gold a winged Victory Angel towered above him. Flowers formed the shape of a no. To nicknamed the a big red one a the division served in France in world War i on Normandy a beaches in world War ii in Vietnam and against iraqi troops in the persian Gulf War. Courage from Page 1 sitting Dow n eating lunch and pm thinking somebody could have died he has climbed the 100-foot Hills that were the High ground held by the germans and he says that what he Learned in school never really emphasized How close the Landing came to failure. At first he said head never agree to Landing at a Beach like Omaha. A i have done then he reconsidered. A if i had to choose Quot he said a to save somebody a life id do it a Quot in school you never hear the negative Side a said set. Jay Smithson 27, from Virginia Beach a All you hear about the Normandy landings is a Avic the allies came in we did this and then we continued on a Cybo added a when you get Here a said Smithson who was with the 1st inf div in the persian Gulf War a and you see the number of people buried and you see All the names on the Wall of the missing. A a. The first time you get Down in Here m the cemetery it kind of brings a shudder to Down at the waterfront of grand jump Mussy Halfway Between Omaha and Utah beaches pfc. William Way Man was sitting on a Park Bench in the tuesday morning Sun writing an entry in his a Day journal. Would Wayman have stormed the Beach with the first wave he thought about the question a moment. A pm pretty sure 1 would have a he decided a especially if i was in the front of the pack because if i did no to make it through somebody would be pushing me Forward with their a Wayman 21, is a combat Engineer out of Hohenfels Germany. He a been building ceremonial platforms up and Down the Normandy coast for next weeks commemoration events. Quot All i am is a Little totem Man on the totem pole a said Wayman who is from Wichita Kan. / he explained that after the morning head count his sergeant had told him to get lost or get put on extra details so Wayman got lost heading to the waterfront to write in his journal. A this is a once in a lifetime event a Wayman said of his a Day duty. Quot How Many people Are actually going to Sav they be been Here a Quot at Pointe do hoc where army rangers suffered 70 percent casualties in knocking out Germany artillery an army military policeman said he might have seriously considered going awol rather than joining the invasion Force. A i m thinking if i was Here then i probably would have been court Martiale a the my said. Another Soldier at Pointe do hoc pfc. \ in com Sivris said he would have landed at Omaha albeit with measured enthusiasm. T i 1 s i v a i suppose if a commander said a go a i would a said Sivris a combat Engineer with the 38th engr co out of Hanau Germany. A i certainly would have volunteered a said Sivris 20, from Belleville Mich. Quot my Grandfather was in the army and he was somewhere in France. My dad was stationed Over Here in Germany. So i guess it kind of runs in the two other soldiers were walking through House size Shell craters that were caused by Allied aircraft and battleships half a Century ago. A a if i had to do it i would have done it a said staff sgt. Timothy Neal 28, with the 94th air defense arty brigade out 01 Kaiserslautern Germany. Quot in be been to desert storm and i would have done it a said Neal from Washington . A i know everybody was scared Quot said sgt. David Johnson 23, from the same unit. But he said he would have done it if his buddies went along. A when you come together for something like this you get tighter and tighter a and that kind of unit teamwork makes invasions possible said Johnson from Jacksonville Fla. A i really Admire those veterans a Johnson added. A a we la probably never fight a War like this again with Alt the to Canelo by we be got now. But to see what they went through you be got to Admire i
