European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20j letters to the editor monday june 6,1994 the so Lpes. European edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a Zovistoski a a editor a news and editorial Bill Walker european editor Deborah Absher Bob Wicker nows editor sports editor to write us unit 29480 Apoate 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601415 to Call ust dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 349-q plus Extension As follows news ext. 237, 255, 282, 226, 326. Sports ext. 225, 269,263,332,321,221. Features ext. 230,245, 341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education a cml Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen room 117,. Fri Merlr. 104, 691z6 Heidelberg car 419, Box 1318, Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian .06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-27239. 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Dele eaten newspaper operations director Fred Shelne new York operations director George mane cry editor meet a big brother i have been in the Wiesbaden area for 10 years and like the lady who was a Delegate for american women a activities Germany who also is from Wiesbaden i have been very concerned about the availability of adult magazines in stars and stripes bookstores. My main concern is that As obviously has happened to her child one of my children would have a growth spurt Between the Ages of 8 and 9 to the height of 6 feet or so allowing them to read shudder the titles of the adult magazines available for Sale. Since the sales clerk is Only four or five feet from the area where these offensive magazines Are sold and i a perhaps unlike this lady a supervise my minor children while we Are shopping i have not had too Many fears that one of the obvious perverts who continually hang out close to the adult books would lift one of my children up High enough so they could View the shudder titles. Now thanks to big brother cafes army and air Force Exchange services will not have to worry even if one of my children does achieve the height of 6 feet before being old enough to understand that some people do enjoy the right to read adult material. Maybe we should t just refuse to sell these books perhaps we should just Burn them All. After All we do have the example set by Adolf Hitler. A Jodie Pool Wiesbaden Germany a. A t quit closing Early i am concerned with the Lack of consideration that is being Given to soldiers and their families in the . Army. I work in the entire Giessen military Community. The majority of the soldiers in the area have been in the Field now Between one and three Days. My concern is that All of the facilities and activities army and air Force Exchange service and such Are now closing As much As three hours Early. I sometimes find it hard to make it to the commissary and now most of the time i can to even make it to the shop Petty before it closes. My entire unit the rear detachment and the families of the deployed units Are still in the area. I realize that in a Normal civilian business it would make Good business sense to close a shop Early if they know they will be receiving fewer customers for the rest of the evening but my impression was that these facilities were Here and operated for the soldiers and the soldiers families. Maybe in a wrong but that a what i was led to believe. All of the families Are left with such Little support they May As Well make . Army Europe a hardship tour. The army keeps talking about wanting the soldiers morale to be at the highest possible but personally in be been left with a bad taste in my Mouth. A spec. Troy a. Scott Friedburg Germany review Field manual the letter a More sweat less blood May 22 is a prime example of the biggest problem the . Army faces today. This problem is total ignorance of current doctrine and failure to implement the changes that Are required by modern technology and research. This letter was screaming to be made an example of. Here this noncommissioned officer states that ability groups a enforce mediocrity and that leaders everywhere owe it to their soldiers to a push them As hard As they can  the current edition of Field manual 21-20 was printed in 1992 two years ago. I was taught from this edition in both Ploc primary leadership development course and inc of Basic noncommissioned officers course. A lot of time Money and research was put into this edition in order to bring it up to Date with current training techniques used throughout the athletic Community. In this manual ability groups Are praised and recommended for All soldiers and units. The Book specifically states that unit runs should a Seldom if Ever be used a and then Only for building cohesion and Esprit de corps. It  4l.4 i a. _ v j v w v a a a o 4 l further explains that requiring soldiers to perform at Levels beyond their fitness level and ability is a sure fire Road to in jury i strongly suggest that this staff sergeant and All leaders review the current editions of the manuals that govern their Day to Day business. Injuries detract from unit readiness and Over training affects fitness in Adverse ways. Both Are things that we can live without in today s army. Kinder and gentler no just smarter. A sgt. Jonathan Chandler Lluc Shim Germany editor s note we encourage our readers a especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us. Letters expressing readers viewpoints or opinions Are published Dally on this Page. All letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. Preference is Given to starter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Or fax 06155-601-463, Dan 348-8463. A commentary German dead lie quietly in Normandy too close ranked and numbered in the thousands 1 found the German defenders of hitlers Atlantic Wall precisely where my fathers generation had found them a waiting silently waiting behind the dense hedgerows of Normandy. What once concealed their guns now shrouds their Graves and not unlike the Allied soldiers who confronted them in june of 1944, today a casual visitor often does not know he is almost atop 20,000 of their number until it is too late. Maier and Muller Hubner and Behr. In the province of Normandy alone there Are buried As Many germans As the american dead from All the years of fighting in Vietnam 58,172. At la Cambe France not far from the a Day Landing beaches Are Square markers of rust coloured Granite. Most of the markers Bear names though it is difficult to walk past More than a dozen without finding one or two in a Row engraved pm ecu Tacher so hint one German Soldier or Owci Deutsche Soldatek two German soldiers. Spaced evenly among the rows of Flat markers clusters of crosses Rise above the close cropped grass on the morning i visited la Cambe the rain from an Early deluge was still dripping from Shade Trees onto a Small charter group of american tourists. Several of them were veterans of world War ii. A few were part of the Normandy invasion Force. None voiced any bitterness toward the enemy soldiers they had outlived by a half Century. A a they Veall sort of forgotten that a said Bill Sindelar of Cleveland Ohio nodding toward the other world War ii veterans in his group. Sindelar was on a Liberty ship off the invasion beaches when the first wave of american infantrymen battled their Way ashore. After his visit to la Cambe his tour whisked him to the american cemetery at Coleville sur mar where he and a handful of other . Veterans Laid a Spray of Flowers at a memorial dedicated to american youth adjacent to the sprawling Field where More than 9,000 of them Are buried. Al Arnold a Syracuse n.y., Veteran of the 9th engineers was part of the Mike Harden Brief ceremonies. After the playing of taps was finished and Arnold had dropped his Salute he was asked How he Felt when he had earlier visited la Cambe. A i think i feel As much pity for those Fellows As these a he mused. A it was no fault of their  it is quite Likely that the German dead believed that behind the Atlantic Wall of hitlers a fortress Europe they could repel any attack. No doubt they believed it every bit As much As the invasion troops were convinced that no German defenders could have survived the fierce naval and Aerial bombardment the allies poured onto the Normandy defences before the Landing. Both were wrong. Strolling upon the Beach at Normandy six weeks before a Day Field marshal Erwin Rommel told his chief aide a the War will be won or lost on the beaches. Believe me. The first 24 hours will be decisive. The Fate of Germany depends on the outcome. For the allies As Well As Germany it will be the longest  a Mika Harden is a co Tunisi at the Columbus Ohio dispatch. A a c Scripps Howard news service us a i do 0vc�, t buturm amp Nunder up a loto St amp is Valety amp amp a amp mar Poilu in old i cafe \ to Kjtny \ 8jppy