European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14letters to the editor wednesday june a 1994 the St Ampf filpes european edition col Steven 5. Hoffman Usan. Common Dor a Mishor Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Deborah Aba her nows editor Blit Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George Manes City editor to write us unit �9430 Apo a 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37. A. 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-gq1 plus Extension or Dan 34b-8 plus Extension As Fallows news ext. 237, 255, 282, 220,326. Sports ext 225, 269, 263,332,321,221. Features ext. 230.245, 341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business news ext 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen room 117, Fri Norstr 1d4, 69126 Heidelberg cml 419, to 1318, Apo a 09102 Oto phone Dan 370-7010 or civilian 0622123421 t�1ofaxo0221-z7z39. Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty. John Bomor building 2699, Pulaski Barracks. 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In crud Tig Mareita or does nut constitute Ert Dorse Merit by the department of a Tensa or the Star and St pea of vhf products of Soic Ces advertised Awag a Queen bees it is shocking to read that an army wives group has taken upon thums Clef s to begin the task of censorship. American women a activities Germany is nothing More than a group of would be Queen bees who Are still trying to figure out just How to pin on their husbands rank and coordinate with their summer outfits. I Only wish that they were As concerned about our children s education Cham pus civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services or Safe Day care. It is time that we Stop allowing ourselves to be intimidated by dependents of an Active duty service member. I do not have a need to read adult magazines but fail to Sec the harm in allowing the army and air Force Exchange service to sell i hem perhaps jealousy or envy prevails Here. 1 think everyone who reads this letter should visit a stars and stripes Bookstore and evaluate just How discreet the Bookstore is. In fact the Only clue to what materials that Are contained in the rack Are the words a adult All members of the wives clubs arc to blame but it is time they clean some House and elect Board members who Are not As conceited and vindictive with self agendas. How would they feel if men banded together and put a Stop to the feminist periodicals that plague the Bookstore a Dave Mann Hanau Germany. A v unfair report the stars and stripes Lack of professionalism in the reporting on the Ameri womb no a activities Germany can Lawag conference. Is appalling. I am not a member of Awag but was assisting in the conduct of the conference and was Able to observe it firsthand. I am As objective a source As you can get. You failed totally to represent the accomplishments of the event and the dedicated efforts of the organizers and participants. The report that a feathers Are flying. A implying deep controversy and divisiveness was wrong and is unconscionable. The report indicated a rift Between the wives of enlisted soldiers and officers. From that report one would believe that the participants were a group of angry women whose focus was on divisive issues of a personal nature. How untrue and unfair. It was a conference of High standards with significant issues presented and discussed it was one of the Best organized and run operations that i have witnessed. And it was a lot of fun. You captured none of that. No angry groups disgruntled attendees nor divisiveness was apparent to this observer. In fact i have never seen More group cohesive Ness and outright _ enjoyment expressed by a group As i did during the final ceremony. Does that mean that there is no truth to the Story i think that there always has been and always Wilt be a division Between officers and enlisted Blue Collar and White Collar management and labor no Surprise or news Here. Honest attempts to heal those divisions Are being made. You should be thoroughly ashamed of your a Hatchet i have to admit that i do not expect better from the stars and stripes but Hope does Spring eternal. A Robert l. Wyatt Frankfurt Germany a phenomenal error i am an avid stars and stripes Reader and compliment you on your Fine publication. However i recently noticed what could Only have been a misprint and would like to bring it to your attention. The sports Page of your May 25 edition carried a Story on the recent Sale of the Minnesota Timber wolves to a Louisiana group that plans to move the team to new Orleans. The group paid the former owners Marv Wolfenson and Harvey Ratner a record $152.5 million or $120 million More than the two paid for the expansion franchise just five years ago the Story went on to quote or. Wolf Enson As saying a a it a a devastating Day.�?T1 it appears that the word a a devastating was somehow mistakenly substituted for the word a Don Daly Ramstein a Germany editors note we encourage our readers a especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us. Letters expressing readers viewpoints Are published Dally on this Page. All letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. Preference is Given to Shorter 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. Commentary a Day crusaders changed the world by Scripps Howard news sender Dwight d. Eisenhower was Given neither to bombast nor to ideological Fervour. But the Allied commander who could discern evil called the invasion of hitlers Europe a a great monday marked the 50th anniversary of Day one of that crusade the All out assault on the beaches of Normandy popularly known As a Day. One would expect a Day Mankind a greatest logistical undertaking to change the world. It did. Had German troops thrown the ., British Canadian Ana other Allied invaders Back into the sea Hitler could have held on for Many extra months. He could have concentrated his de Fenics against the soviets in the East and against the Western troops moving up from Italy perhaps achieving a stalemate. Or had the soviets broken through Stalin would have swallowed even More of Europe. But the historical significance of a Day though great May be its lesser part. What is forever memorable about june 6, 1944, is what it revealed in human bravery. To keep 300 million europeans under their Boot the nazis had positioned 60 divisions along the French coast and erected the lethal Atlantic Wall. In the water half a million jagged steel obstacles rigged with explosives waited to Greet Allied Landing Craft. The germans sowed the beaches with 5 million mines and carved barbed wire girded pillboxes and machine gun nests into the Cliffs. Remote control bombs and automatic flamethrowers strewed the Sands like deaths toys. Into this meat grinder stepped 160 pounds of so of unshielded flesh and Bone the Allied infantryman. A Days vignettes of valor Are countless american rangers scaling the 100-foot-Hjgh Pointe do hoc with ropes and Grannel Hooks As germans poured Rifle lire onto them from the Clifftop 1st div troops clawing their Way off Omaha Beach remnants of the British 9th in their heavy equipment lost attacking the a impregnable a Merville Battery with rifles knives and fists. Brave deeds famous and Unsung won All five Normandy beaches by the Dawn of june 7, but pon7mdrry about it. The Church teaches forgiveness even though homosexuality is of course a a to Fenious sin before Bop. The Success of the a great crusade was now assured. The american soldiers who survived a Day and the string of a pluses to follow came Home to work in factories and offices to buy Homes and Send their children to College and to produce unthinkable Prosperity. Yet this very affluence helped spawn a cynicism about the values a patriotism self sacrifice a that the liberators held dear. A spoiled few no doubt sneered at this weeks commemoration. But most recognized that the men who splashed ashore 50 junes ago vanquished a singular evil and that we Are the heirs of their heroism. As the first wave of British troops approached sword Beach a commander read from Shakespeare a Henry v/1 re that outlives this Day and comes Sale Home will stand a tiptoe when this Day is named Quot the survivors of a Day have every right to stand the proper posture for the rest of us is a head bowed in gratitude. Of ecu Siree Cathouse 7tey have a we amp a for Eki la a
