European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday june 6,1994 at a glance sen Bob Dole plans to meet with a Republican who is considering an Independent Challenge of Oliver North above in the Virginia race for the . Senate. Sec Story on Page 13. Pupils suspended fourteen eighth graders from Ohio have been suspended for stealing several Hundred dollars Worth of jewelry and souvenirs during a Field  Page 13 cubans fire on boat cuban gunboats fired for More than four hours saturday on a cuban freighter loaded with Florida bound refugees who reportedly hijacked the  Page 14 autos recycled . Automakers Are conducting a major recycling drive of their own transforming parts of old vehicles into new materials for their latest  Page 18 travel bargains the Cost of travelling by car air or ship is a bargain in the United states the american automobile association says. A Page 22 Woodstock uncut fans of the 60s can rejoice a Warner Bros will soon release the original directors Cut of its 1970 documentary on the Woodstock Rock  Page 23 r Index Abby Ann Landers 26 automotive. 18 classifieds27-30 comics .24-26 commentary .21 crossword .26 faces no places. 23 horoscope.29 jumble29 letters.20 Money matters.22 sports. 32-40 to listings .39 weather. 19 . Would defend s. Korea in Case of attack Perry says Washington a defense Secretary William Perry vowed sunday that the United states would defend South Korea if North Korea invaded and warned the Noah that such a confrontation would bring Quot devastating  Perry said he did not believe a military showdown was imminent Over the communist North a refusal to allow inspection of its nuclear facilities. But he said the United states if necessary would strengthen the 38,000 . Troops already in South Korea and use them if fighting broke out. Perry said it preemptive military strike against Pyongyang s nuclear installations Quot is an option which is open a a reversal of a position he publicly took two months ago. But tie added that he would not presently recommend such an action. Quot we do not see the danger of a War at this time and we re not going to take actions to provoke a War a he said on no cd a meet the press. Nonetheless he said the United states would not hesitate to defend the South if its hard line Northern neighbors attacked. Quot we will defend South Korea a Perry said. Quot we have a commitment to defend South Korea. We Are prepared to defend South Korea. We Are capable of defending South Korea. And any War that would be started would have devastating Conse came to quenches on North  North Korea is suspected of making nuclear weapons. It has refused to let International inspectors examine its stocks of plutonium As required under the nuclear nonproliferation treaty that Pyongyang signed five years ago. Plutonium is an ingredient of nuclear arms. The North says its nuclear program is peaceful and has refused to Back Down against burgeoning International pressure. On sunday the North said it will abandon the nonproliferation pact unless the United states agrees to direct talks and continued to show no taste for full nuclear inspections. Caen France apr As a Day crowds remember fallen soldiers bitter survivors gather at the 14,000 scattered and forgotten Graves of civilians sacrificed in the name of the liberation most of them were victims of the transportation plan an essentially fruitless Allied Effort to slow German reinforcements by bombing Norman cities and Crossroads into heaps of rubble. People expecting deliverance watched in Shock As explosives levelled Urban centers that resistance agents had reported were free of enemy concentrations. Quot they aimed not to kill germans but to Cut the roads which the French knew was impossible a said Jean Quellie a historian who studied civilian casualties. Quot everyone wondered a Why a a because inaccurate bombing was worsened by Biol weather and anti aircraft fire far More people died from the attacks than from the Cross fire of Battle he added. Direct air attacks of German troop columns did slow some movement to the front but the attempt to Block roads and blow Bridges did Little More than devastate towns and kill civilians. At the time anger blunted the Joy of a Day. Franz Gockel a Young German Soldier fleeing Omaha Beach with a wounded hand recalled his Surprise when he was cornered by French civilians. Quot i expected them to tear me apart a he said. A one Man pulled out a Dagger but he pointed it to the sky. A this is for the americans a he told  few dared to criticize the allies amidst the euphoria of gratitude of people who did not directly suffer. Later As France rebuilt at a furious Pace the past was pushed aside. Only now 50 years later Are the French talking out loud about repressed emotions. So Long after the fact anger has settled into a gnawing bitterness a frustration that no one mows or cares. Quot we were forgotten left to our own devices Quot said Frederique Legrand an infant when Allied bombers missed the Bridge at Caen but killed her parents. Thousands died As the City was levelled. Orphanages were so jammed and other costs were so pressing that France did not get around to recognizing be Rand As a Ward of the state until she was Quot relatives helped raise me and my sister and brother. But we were different from other kids a she said. A no one seemed to know what Normandy  Pierre Poupard who watched his Hometown of  crumble around him has located 1,100 survivors of the firestorm for a solemn weekend reunion in the rebuilt City. A we done to blame the allies a he said. A they freed us from the tyranny of  but he added it was at a terrible Cost and he wished More people realized the Price paid. A no one Ever taught this in school a said Christophe Bau Duffe a journalist whose Book the sacrifice of the Ivor mans details countless scenes of human misery. A now it is coming  the transportation plan was debated hotly before a Day. British prime minister Winston Churchill opposed it fear Ful of killing civilians and devastating old monuments. Senior air commanders wanted to keep bombing Germany. Others insisted that since bombing had disrupted rail traffic it could do the same with roads by collapsing cities and villages onto crucial highways. Genf Dwight d. Eisenhower the supreme Allied commander agreed. The medieval City of Caen was destroyed during the first two Days of the invasion mostly by Waves of bombers trying without Success to hit the main Orne River Bridge he  Page 1 who lost their lives in the area in 1944. A your comrades speak to us from their continuing existence a he said. A if you have a timeless memory you can hear them speaking now because we never forget  this town has always welcomed american veterans. And the veterans Are Happy to return some coming time and again. A if we did no to feel Welcome we  come Back a Sullivan said. Maurice Glen Audi a father was mayor of  on a Day and his parents were responsible for opening the town to the veterans years ago. Rinaud helped plan sundays activities but refused to take credit for the wonderful weather. "1 would do better than this a he said laughing. Asked if this might be the last time veterans would come Back in targe numbers he said a it is up to them. They Are always  that a the feeling Robert Piper has. He visits every year and is practically a member of the Renaud family he said. The expressions of gratitude Here Are real he said. Quot they Are genuinely appreciative. They Are genuinely thankful a he said. Quot they Are so pleased they Are not speaking  the veterans mixed easily with their hosts. They signed autographs with a hint of embarrassment always insisting that what they did was nothing special. Someone pinned a a screaming Eagle Lapel pin of the 101st airborne div on 9-year-old a Isselman Constanse. Another patted her head and said a be a Sweet  she knows Why the town is so crowded said her father Joel. Quot its an important Day for All French people especially in this area a he said. A its a very important pan of our history the Day was a Happy one. The sadness and the tears came Only at the memorial ceremony and at an earlier service on the ground of a former cemetery that once cradled the bodies of 3,000 liberators. But this was not a Day for tears. This was a Day to celebrate the Joy of peace and to Honor those who brought it. Wood said in a prayer Quot lord make us builders of peace. Lord make us builders of  at a ceremony in the Early evening sunlight the children and the townspeople of  paid a Heartfelt thank you to the veterans who Are Here and to those who Are not including those buried in the French soil. Quot you gave us Back our land and our country a mayor Mark Lefevre said. A thank you for being at the right place at the right  the ceremony on the town Square was attended by thousands who stood in a Large Circle around what probably has become the most famous Rural Church in France. Children held a sign of Welcome while Silver haired veterans smiled and accepted the thanks. A nobody Here can forget what is most important the thousands of Young men from across the Ocean who lost their lives on French soil a the mayor said. As the ceremony continued the parachutists who jumped sunday entered the town Square the Young ones and the veterans. Together a few hours earlier they had re created those first few moments of a Day that led to this towns liberation the first French town during the w a to again know Freedom