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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 30, 1994Us the stars and stripes r Page 9 Vernam Veteran who died in 90 f6 get Wall spot Erie a. A Lee  lived for More than two decades carrying a piece of the Vietnam War in his heart a Bullet eventually responsible for his death in 1990.his widow Mary Glass Schaaf wanted his name added to the Vietnam veterans memorial in Washington . But it took he two years to convince Federal officials that her husband s death was the result of his War wounds. Next month 25 years after the enemy Bullet lodged in his heart during a Jungle firefight Schaafs name will be  would be very upset with me Mary Schaff said. He never wanted any recognition arid never Ever asked for any  the wife of the former infantry Man the couple s three children arid about 30 other family menu Bers will visit Washington on nov.11 for a veterans Day ceremony that will Mark the additions of filenames. The actual etching of Schaaf s name is expected to Bedone wednesday. Schaaf was wounded sept. 5, 1969, As he walked at the head of a patrol in the Jungle near Xuan Loc North oho Chi Minh City which then was called Saigon Mary Schaaf said. He received the purple hear arid army commendation medal. After he returned Home lie Learned to walk with crutches and married his High school Sweet heart. He led an Active life but endured repeated Hospital stays. Tail Hook whistle Blower gets $1.7 million in suitmjf.", a r -.-. A. " " v. V ". A. By the new York times Las vegas concluding that the Las vegas Hilton hotel was negligent by failing to set up adequate Security Dur ing the Tail Hook association s Bawdy 1991 convention Here a jury Friday awarded $1.7 million to a former Navy lieutenant who was among several dozen women sexually assaulted at the gathering. AThe Victory by former it. Paula Coughlin seems certain to set the stage for at least a dozen other lawsuits against the Hilton the hotel was the site of the Tail Hook convention where according to Navy and Pentagon investigations 83 women were assaulted or at least harassed by Drunken naval and Marine aviators the decision to award compensatory damages for Coughlin s emotional Dis Tress came on the second Day of deliberations by the four Man four woman. Coughlin dabbed her face gently with a handkerchief As the jury read its ver dict while her Mother sitting in the front Roy of the Federal District court room wept silently. It was Only the fourth time that Coughlin has attended the seven vhf Eek trial. I m very pleased that Justice has finally come to Paula Coughlin and her courage has been vindicated said Dennis Schuville Coughlin s Lead Law yer. It s about tiros the jury is scheduled to return Mon Day to decide Hether Hilton must pay  damages to Coughlin. Hilton s lawyer Eugene wait was told to bring financial statements from Hilton hotels corp. To court for the jury to evaluate. Coughlin a 32-year-old helicopter Pilot and former aide to rear   jr., resigned from the service on May 31, saying she had endured unrelenting pressure because of her complaint. Her suit accused the Las vegas Hil ton of failing to provide proper Security even though Many of the 19 previous Tail Hook conventions held at the hotel had turned into weekends of Drunken debauchery. Coughlin had also sued the Tail Hook association but settled for an undisclosed amount. Coughlin set off an earthquake in sex Ual etiquette in the military when she was the first to say publicly that she had been assaulted at the  there Wasi no dispute during the trial that Coughlin had indeed been groped by Drunken male aviators in a crowded Gauntlet in a third floor hallway. But while Coughlin s lawyers focused on Security and How the incident had changed their client s life defense Law yers suggested that the lieutenant was a willing participant in some of the debauchery. A " ,./.a  a too Derany Book cd or video. 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