European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 7, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 names set in Stone somewhere by Ron Jensen Normandy Bureau Coleville sur Mer France Jack Boardman could not remember the name or forget the Man. He might be buried Here Boardman said while standing in the american military cemetery on Bluffs above Omaha Beach. But there Are other cemeteries. Quot in a trying to remember the name of this one Guy who was my Friend a said the Veteran of the 741st tank in and a Chicago resident. A the landed on a Day just after i did. He stepped off the boat and got a Bullet in the  the White crosses and stars of David have been vivid images during these Days of remembering they have graced television screens and the front pages of newspapers serving As symbols for what is being remembered. But to Boardman and others the Stone markers Are More than symbols. A the was our radio specialist. He was from Tennessee a he said. A and he was the smartest Man i Ever  a we sat Down one time figuring out How to do Square roots a the retired electronics Engineer said. And his Friend mastered the technique of i figuring Square roots by hand and proceeded to teach himself How to figure the cube roots. This Man whose name Boardman could not remember and who May lie beneath his feet had a head too Large for his body the vet remembered. One time the men in the outfit were throwing darts. A the said that does no to look very difficult. He had kind of a baseball throw. And he hit the Center ring a Boardman said. A we could never get him to throw  it is easy to forgive the veterans who forget the names of their lost friends. It has been 50 years after All and the men met under confusing circumstances. But they a re men flesh and blood not White polished Stone. Lloyd Shuter could not remember the first name of the lieutenant he particularly liked. The last name was Henshaw. A i Wasny to with him very Long. He was a Good Joe. A truck Driver from Lawrenceburg Indiana head treat you right. He did no to expect you to do a lot More than you could and no More than he  Henshaw was killed one week after a Day. Shuter does no to know where the Man is buried. Perhaps Here. Perhaps not. A i think about him a lot a said Shuter who came ashore at Normandy of june a 1914. Don Schmidt of Saginaw mich., was looking for the grave of a Man named Standrich among the 9,3s6 buried above Omaha. A the and i ran around together a said Schnmidt a Veteran of the 90th inf div a we took commando training  the two were together when Schmidt received word that his Uncle had died. A the was going to give me the Money to go Home a Schmidt said. A but the army would not let me take the leave to go to the  the two friends came ashore at Normandy on june 8, 1944. A when we got on the Landing Craft to come in he said a in a scared a a recalled Schmidt a retired accountant. A i said what Are you scared about Well do All  he got killed right off the  again perhaps Standrich is Here. Perhaps he lies somewhere else beneath a White Stone. A a it a funny a Schmidt said him so  a i can remember the heart of the matter president Clinton holds his hand Over his heart monday during the a Day ceremonies at Omaha Beach. Joining Clinton arc from left representatives of two other world War. Ii allies Queen Elizabeth ii of great Britain French president Francois Mitterrand and his wife Danielle amid Bustle some vets feel slighted Bayeux France apr veterans of smaller Allied contingents complained monday that their nations role in a Day was virtually forgotten and overshadowed in the 50th anniversary ceremonies. More than a dozen Heads of state from across Europe were invited to the ceremonies and flags of their nations flew in Many Normandy towns. But some veterans still Felt snubbed by the big events that highlighted the major allies. A a there a a Lack of recognition of what Belgium did. We re always talking about the americans never about the belgians a said Jean Hoog Wyss 71, of Brussels who was a radio Man. A you never hear much about the polish contribution to the invasion. We had the Navy air Force and army in the Allied Campaign a said Stanislaw Dyszynski 77, a native of Lublin Poland who now lives in South Humberside in Britain. British Commonwealth nations were honoured at military cemeteries dotting the Norman coast. In Bayeux the first Large French City liberated after the Allied onslaught began on june 6, 1944, Queen Elizabeth ii joined French president Francois Mitterrand in a Brief but emotional ceremony attended by More than 6,000 veterans and their families including Many Kilt Clad scots. Also on hand for the ceremonies were King Harald v of Norway grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg and prime minister John major of Britain. Princess Anne presiding Over memorial services at Douvres la do Librande. Farther Down the coast at Cour Eulles Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien recalled the fierce fighting by Canadian  denies wish to join Observance Bonn Germany up a German Ohl said in an inter i Chancellor Helmut kor View published monday that his Palici action in the a Day anniversary Cele ration in France would have been inappropriate. In a newspaper interview with Kohl and French president Francois Mitterrand Kohl said the two leaders had agreed that Kohl would not attend the ceremonies to Mark the 1944 Allied invasion of Europe. Bonne a official response to the a Day celebrations was silence by government officials and opposition parties