European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse To. 53, no. 48. 50$ saturday june 4,1994 d 8693 Italy vets have their Day a. A a. A Clinton hails americans who helped liberate country by j. King or Tiger Northern Italy Bureau Nettuno Italy a fifty years ago the june 6 invasion of Normandy Over shadowed the june 4 liberation of Rome soon the world s attention again will be entered on Normandy. But for Friday at least the spotlight was on the sic ily Rome american cemetery in Nett no where nearly 8,000 americans Are buried. President Clinton together with the leaders of Italy gathered at Nettuno to Honor those fallen and to thank others who fought in the bloody Battles of the italian Campaign. Quot we stand today in Fields forever scarred by sacrifice Clinton told thousands attending the ceremony at Nettuno to Mark the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Rome Quot this is now a place of peace Lush with Pines and cypresses a the president noted. A but 50 years ago when Freedom was in peril this Field ran with the blood of those who fought to save the world a Clinton whose father served in Italy during world War ii said the Battle for Italy pulled German troops away from other fronts yielded vital lessons that helped win the Day at Normandy inspired the italian resistance and led to the eventual fall of Adolf Hitler a generation of americans went Back Home to Cany on their work after fighting a a id a there was a Quot platoon Leader from in the italian Campaign Clinton Sak As a Pla _ Kansas savagely wounded in combat an anti aircraft commander from South Carolina who fought in Corsica a hawaiian who lost his Arm while in the wars Only american fighting Force of japanese ancestry coast guardsman from Rhode Island who served in Sicily. A today we know them As Robert Dole Kansas Ernest Hollings South Caroli see Italy on Page 6 president Clinton pauses before placing a Flag at a soldiers grave Friday at the american military cemetery in Nettuno lights cameras action War s fallen still lie in peace a by Kevin Dougherty Normandy Bureau Omaha Beach France a a War Buff sped into the Normandy american cemetery on Friday afternoon in a Vintage world War ii jeep. A norwegian Flag affixed to a Roll bar flapped in the wind. Sporting military fatigues a Mohawk haircut and a smiling face accentuated by War paint and dark shades he looked for All the world like a collegian heading for a wild parly. And he was t the Only reveler. Three Days before the 50th anniversary of a Day the atmosphere around the Normandy american cemetery can Best be described As chaotic. Military and cemetery officials say they Are trying their Best to maintain the Sanctity of the site while accommodating the hordes of visitors and journalists gravitating to the hallowed burial ground. A the integrity of this place will be maintained Quot said . Army Brig. Gen. See fallen on Page 2 views of France 1944 and 1994 pages 4 and 5 expanded coverage pages 4-11� awed by tales of Italy Page 6� this journey Calm shores Page 7� belgians a do it for the men of american Page 8-j souvenir shops armed ready Page 9 coming sunday original stripes front pages from world War ii no on 3 guilty counts of adultery by Jon Connor staff writer bad Kreuz Nach Germany a sgt. 1st class Glenn Henson a womanizing has Cost him his military career. The married Soldier was convicted at a special court martial Friday of three counts of adultery and one of making a false statement. In one instance the evidence showed that when Henson moved to a new duty station last year he took with him the wife of a Soldier in his battalion who was in the Field at the time. The cuckolded husband was in court for Henson a conviction and greeted it with satisfaction. A i was Happy with the verdict said sgt. David Curtis and overwhelmed by the sentence. Quot i told him to stay away from my wife Quot Curtis said. The conviction he asserted shows that sol see no on Page 2
