European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday december 10,1994 Santa fall asleep. Dear Santa ,. "  "  ,. My name is Steve and i love Christmas. I la be you do too i like getting presents from you mom dad and grandma. Now it s time to get to the business of what i want for Christmas. I wan some i Joes a men a Mountain Bike and some new games for my Nintendo. I Hope you have a Safe flight and Don t drink any Beer. It s not Safe to drink and drive your Sleigh. You might fall asleep and forget All about Christmas., love. \.  Steve Lillard a v.,.,Dear Santa   Are you i am Fine i have been a pretty Good boy this year. I do All my Homework go to Church say my prayers do my cub scout work and help my mom around the House i am Only asking for a few things this year so you May have extra toys for the poor children. Could you please bring me the new mighty Max a new Lego set and my very own stereo with a tape Anda cd player. I Hope to see you but if i fall asleep i Hope you enjoy the cookies and milk i leave on the table for you. Love. \ a  Dillon Santa received some Nice letters from Robbi Tyler Shelby Osborne and Taylor Osborne but unfortunately there was no return address so Santa could not write Back. Santa also received Nice letters and lists fro the following Trenton Dorr Obenberger Rachel Berger " l Sandra Kissler Sandra Hearse Cha Socha Jamie Scott Laura Sayer Kristyna Hernandez Jesse Howard Shauntal person Alexis Shull Carmen Morales Bradley Pope Ashley Smith. Kristin Quon Samurl Jackson Heather Minnich auror Pettit Emily Smith Allison Calhoun Jeremy Rodriguez tramline Clark. Erica fix come Kristina Burzynski Tabitha Barnhouse Ashley Phillips Joshua Laporta Caitlin Cadieux _ Chris Morton Lindsey Chambers Hannah Roj Felicia Drozd Emily Sykes Nicholas Ramirez Francis Ward Nick Matson Jessica Peetz Rebecca Bingham Sarah Williams Kelse Waild Bryson Merrill Jason Waisner Barbara Zopp Andrew Hawkins Christopher Hakanson Katie Browning Keith Shea Michiya Burns Michael Schnibben Mel Niedorf Jak Berger Phillip Clitton Anthony Ermi i -. Ser Devor Jennifer Zielinsky Dustin Gibbs Sidney Wrazin Erica Howard Kelsha Montgomery Daniel Mcdiffitt Christian Shull " Sarah Morales Amanda Anderson Michael Savage ton Quon Nicole Minnich Sarah Whitehead Christian Pettit Quandre Williams Kelle Calhoun Bethany Laroche Sean Martin --_.,Julia Watson Katrine Barnhouse -. Amanda Phillips Alexandria Cameron Joseph Laporte or. Lauren Cadieux / Jefferey Morton Chris Martin Ryan Mcallister Ricky Drozd Amber Sykes Justin Ramirez Andrew Jackson Melissa Ridge. John Winn Joshua Usry Nicole Shea Jennifer Stough Cody Williams Andy Zopp Julie Hawkins Andrew Rose Stephen Hakanson Brandon Browning Chelsea Samson Savanna Shepherd questions about letters to Santa and the Art contest Call Michelle at Dan 348-8361. On Soldier at  Italy Bureau. Army pvt. 2 Wyatt Kilmartin was More than a Little surprised when amid a Pentagon reception hosted by defense Secretary William Perry he was promoted to private first class by Gen. Gordon r. Sullivan the army chief of staff. The 19-year-old Kilmartin a military police assigned to the 13th my co at Vicenza Italy had been summoned to Washington on dec. 2 along with 13 other military personnel to receive awards for their roles in operation support Hope. More tha n 2,350 . Service members had served with the humanitarian Relief operation in Central Afri Ca at the height of the crisis caused by the ethnic based civil War in Rwanda. Two Hundred people were on hand for the Ceredo Nyki Martin was the lowest ranking person there. The Young Soldier said he began to feel that some thing was up when . Army Gen. John m. Shalik Ash Vili chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and army Gen. George a. Joulwan the supreme Allied com Mander Europe separately approached him before the ceremony and kidded him about still being a private after receiving the army commendation medal atthe ceremony Kilmartin put aside any thoughts he had about his encounters with the two generals and Wenton to enjoy the reception that immediately followed. Then out of the Blue attention to orders was called out and Sullivan spot promoted Kilmartin to Pri vate first class. A. Sullivan and sergeant major of the army Richard  jointly pinned new insignia on Kilmartin s uni form. Of a. It the spot promotion was More than a Surprise Kilmartin said in a Friday Telephone interview from Vicenza. Kilmartin a native of Sacramento calif., was deployed to Goma Zaire for 35 Days in late summer. He said he received his medal just for hard work not for any specific  we his military police unit escorted water and food convoys to refugee Camps provided Camp Security and acted As a response Force Kilmartin explained. This is hot the first time Sullivan has done something like this for Junior enlisted soldiers said it. Col. Doug Coffey a staff officer in Sullivan s office. When he travels general Sullivan will from time to time take the Opportunity to recognize Sharp Young soldiers who have done something significant by promoting then on the spot Coffey said. That s his pre   " a / also attending the ceremony was Tipper Gore wife of vice president Al Gore representing the White house.,. Of  the awards ceremony Perry told the recipients that with raw Talent True grit,.great heart Anda lot of sweat you responded to a desperate Call for Helmand saved thousands of  in the entire world Only the . Military had the capability to jump Start the Effort and begin saving lives he said. The following is the breakdown of awards during the Pentagon ceremony army commendation medal sgt. Lisa a. Sokolowski 574th Supply co 51st malt in. Mannheim Germany spec. Todd l Arledge. C co 3rd in. 325th i of regt Vicenza Italy spec. Bobby j. York 94th engr combat in Hanau Germany and re. Wyatt j. Kilmartin 13th military police co. Vicenza Italy.-. -.-.  medal pfc. Alexanderg Takantzas 377th trans co Germany no City  service commendation medal air Force staff sgt. To w. Ingle 53rd fighter so Span Dahlem a Germany and air Force tech. Sgt. Joseph e. Murphy 86th medical group Lan Stuhl Hospital Germany. Air Force achievement medal staff sgt. Richard s. Lowery. 626th air mobility support so Rhein main a Germany and sgt. Robert o Peil 626th air mobility support so Rhein main a. Joint service achievement medal Navy u. David w. Beauclair . Navy Europe no country or City available. Defense Superior service medal Marine col. Alan h. Davis special opera Tion come Europe and army col. Karl Farris peacekeeping Institute for the . Army War College. Calisle Barracks a. Defense meritorious service medal army maj. Guy t. Shields a a . European come. Stuttgart Germany. Meritorious service medal air Force it col. Ronald e. Peck. 621 St air mobility control so. No location available. Contributing to this report Cindy Willion and Chuck Vinch from Washington Ingi s no say Byj Oconnor. Baum older Germany witnesses to a fight last month Between two Baum older soldiers testified thursday that they did not see the knife that led to the stabbing death of a private. Pfc. Nathan d. Pohey 20, was arrested and charge with murder following a fight with 21-year-old pfc. Michael j. Crawford in a German club in St. Wendel about 12 Miles South of Baum older. Looney and Crawford were both assigned to the 1st army div s Btry 4th in 29th Field arty in Baum Holder. Pfc. William Benton and spec. Darrell Gosnell also both of that unit were among the witnesses thurs Day at an article 32 hearing for Looney. An article 32 proceeding is similar to a civilian grand jury hearing to determine if there is enough evidence for the accused to stand trial. A Hearg officer forwards his recommendations to the article 32 convening authority officer in this Case col. John Gingrich commander of the 1st army div  will decide if a court martial will be held. Looney and Crawford were Field artillerymen an had been roommates for More than a year. They were considered to be Good friends. Gosnell who said he drove Looney Crawford and Benton to the club the night of nov. 12, testified that he had no idea Why the two got into a fight. Earlier that night the four soldiers had a Friendly argument about East coast and West coast music gos Nell said. This was a Normal discussion that we practically have every Day he said. When a fistfight began inside the club Early nov. 13,Gosnell said he got Between Crawford and Looney to break it up. As the four soldiers were leaving the club Crawford collapsed Gosnell said and that s when he noticed that the Soldier had been Cut in the left Chest. Benton Testi fied that he was about 10 feet from the fight and noticed blood All Over Crawford s shirt after he  did t move Benton said. He just stared straight ahead with his Mouth  both Benton and Gosnell said they Only saw Craw Ford and Looney throwing punches to each other s head. They said they did not see Looney pull a knife or Stab Crawford. 1 military authorities investigating the Case found a fold out knife outside the club described As being Black with a Silver coloured Blade about 2 to 3 inches Long. The knife known As a Gerber knife appeared almost Brand new with no signs of damage or previous sharpening said a Soldier assigned to the Baum older criminal investigation come.  _ _ Benton testified that Looney had pulled a Black Han idled knife out of his pants pocket earlier that  that was the last time he saw the knife he said. 7 pfc. Keith Fowler also of the same unit testified that Looney showed him a knife with a Black handle and Silver Blade in Looney s Barracks room hours be fore Crawford s death. Fowler said Looney told him he got the knife to use at work. After collapsing at the club Crawford was taken by German emergency medical personnel to a Hospital inst. Wendel. He died there about an hour later. The doctor who gave emergency treatment at the Hospital testified that Crawford was unconscious and was bleeding continuously and had a weak  Stab wound was about 2 to 2j/2 inches Long and about1/8 Inch wide. The doctor said the instrument used in the stabbing bypassed the left lung and punctured the heart. Medi Cal personnel began operating immediately she added but within minutes Crawford stopped bleeding because of his damaged heart and died. It was a Good. Direct Stab the doctor said. Defense Counselor maj. Meredith Charbula told the hearing officer that sufficient evidence existed for an unpremeditated murder charge adding that a charge of involuntary manslaughter was More appropriate.  also said that there appears to be no motive in the slaying of Crawford and that Crawford also had thumped on Looney during the fight. Looney is being held at the army confinement facility in Mannheim