European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Battle of the bulge Friday december 16,1994 does t look i Ike Bastogne years later veterans a different City by Ron Jensen staff writer Bastogne Belgium Mitchell Kaidy surveyed the Busy Square named for an american  was pretty much Laid waste when we saw it he said referring to Decem Ber 1944 when his unit rolled into Bastogne to relieve the battered nearly Bro Ken City from the desperate German counterattack. Thinking about it he added so we re seeing Bastogne for the first time  veterans of the Battle of the bulge have been arriving All week for the 50th vre not Here on vacation. We re Here on a pilgrimage to Honor themen who fell.1 Mitchell Kay anniversary of the world War ii Battle that stopped Adolf Hitler s last gasp for Victory. As they see some for the first time since the War the City that epitomizes the heroic Effort of the Battle they note the Many obvious changes. It does t look like Bastogne said Alroid Jarrett a retired businessman from Charleston . He was with the 3rd in 325th inf regt. Different kind of traffic laughed Krause Ponto Kenneth Krause. Around the Square it has t changed too much said Herb Ponto other than Glass in the  a signboard near a bust of then Brig. Gen. Anthony Mcauliffe the com Mander of the . Troops during the siege of Bastogne bears Black and White photographs of the City following the Battle. The refuse of War litters the Street. Roofs Are gone. Bodies Are Cov ered with blankets. The contrast today is great. The ceremony today has filled the quiet belgian town to near capacity. A simple drive around the Square can take 20 minutes. Parking is impossible. No one is complaining. We re not Here on vacation said Kaidy. We re Here on a pilgrimage to Honor the men who  Kaidy was with the 1st in 325th inf regt and is a freelance journalist from. To 6&&  Alroid Jarrett and Mitchell Kaidy stand before the tank on a Square. They re turned to Bastogne for the 50th anniversary celebrations. Rochester . His was a common sentiment. Ponto a manufacturer s representative from near Tulsa okla., explained his reason for returning to Belgium i just Felt it was something i needed to do to Settle old memories and visit some  \ Ponto was a member of the 696th army Field arty that helped relieve Bastogne around Christmas 1944. Krause of Johnson Creek wis., will look for a familiar building near Bastogne this week. More than 100 of his comrades sought shelter from the cold there 50 years ago. When Daylight came there were Ger mans All around us he  fired everything we  when ammunition ran out 111 Ameri cans surrendered. On the eve of today s ceremony the weather was More Friendly than it was in 1944. Wednesday s weather was slightly above freezing and partly sunny following a heavy morning fog. Y in 1944, Snow was knee deep and the cold was bitter. We were i t worried about the Ger mans Ponto said it was the Snow and  ". A  respect a to.  " .5"l. By de reams staff writer Bastogne Belgium Mary Mous seau was struck by mixed emotions when she found her father s grave in the me Morial cemetery at Henri Chapple on wednesday. It was a moment of sadness and Joy All mixed she said. Her father Joseph Kitto a Santee Sioux was killed sept. 7,1944, during the liberation of the City of li6ge. He was a Tanker with the 9tharmd div she said. Mousseau is a Legal researcher with the National Indian Law Library and native american rights fund in Boulder Colo. She and four Wii Veteran american indians invited to the Indian commemoration ceremonies in Bastogne scheduled from today through sunday found her father s grave. The four visiting veterans of the 1st inf div were in the thick of the world War ii Battle 50 years ago but served in different units and did not know Mousseau s father. Steve Bull Bear with the 13th inf regt and Woodrow respects nothing of the 28th inf regt fought in Aachen Germany. The allies first thought that the Ger Man assault was designed to push . Troops out of Aachen. Few figured on the Lith hour attack into Belgium that be came known As the Battle of the bulge. Also attending the commemoration were Delmar Richards who served with the 26th regt and Garfield Brown who was assigned to the 18th regt. Richards was on the crucial else born Ridge which had Cut the German Supply route. Brown was in the belgian town of. ,. Is Ken Georgemary Mousseau an american Indian whose father was killed during world War ii signs an autograph for a belgian boy during an see respect on Page 5 american Indian exhibit at a school in Bastogne on thursday. Kif