European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and stripes wednesday april 4 2007 e doctor is Back in 73yearold surgeon accepts assignment to land stunt 30 years after retiring from army by Steve Baz stars and stripes Lan Stuhl s hard for army or col Everett Spees to say no because Bis whole me has been military Medicine he has been treating War wounded since Vietnam and was mobilized for desert storm in 1991 at 73 and currently on Active duty Spees int fading away Hes sticking around instead of living out Bis Golden years at his Homes in Boulder Colo and marthas Vineyard mass Spees is performing car Dio thoracic surgery at Lan Stuhl regional medical Center about two weeks ago the sur Geon with a razor Sharp mind and Rock steady hands began a 120day assignment at Lan Stuhl where hell employ his specialized skills treating War wounded and regular Hospital patients i find it very hard to be out of the military watching the news see All that s going on and not try to do something about it Spees said you just feel that you should be in there helping when asked army or col Stephen Flaherty director of land stubs trauma program agreed Spees is the elder states Man among the hospitals surgeons since his arrival Spees has integrated seamlessly at Lan Stuhl Flaherty said or Spees has been a great asset to our team Flaherty said Hes bringing in new thoughts and a wealth of experience in Tho Racic surgery before delving into what makes Spees Likely the oldest person serving in the army today tick consider the following Hes held the rank of colonel for 36 years after 20 years in the army he retired from Active duty in 1977 the year Star wars was released in Heaters the worked As an associate professor of transplantation surgery at Johns Hopkins University from 1977 to 1985 h he was voluntarily re called and served at Brooke army medical Center for 11 months in 2004 and 2005 Hes an ordained priest in the polish National Catho Lic Church and does Chap lain work so How does the army get Spees to serve after a life time of service Spees received a Call from human resources command ask ing him if he would like to Volunteer for a specific assignment when in not on Active duty i dream about it Spees said i dream about being in an operating room in an army Hospital seeing casualties if s sort of a Way of life whenever they Call me and say they need me that All i need to trigger saying yes since arriving at Lan Stuhl Spees has worked in the surgical intensive care unit and per Ben Blokel stars and stripes army or col Everett Spees a cardio thoracic surgeon checks on Elizabeth Lyle on monday at Lan Stuhl regional medical Center in Germany Spees 73 just began a 120day deployed at Lumc formed two thoracic Chest sur Geries actually Spees would prefer to be performing his duties in Iraq i when in not on Active duty i dream about it i dream about being in an operating room in an army Hospital seeing casualties its sort of a Way of life whenever they Call me and say they need me that All i need to trigger saying yes 99 or col Everett Spees cardio thoracic surgeon or Afghanistan but the army does not allow those with cardiac pacemakers to serve downrange its easy for me to say that since i cant go of yeah sure id be a hero if i had the Chance said Spees jokingly my wife would probably loll me a husband and father of six children Spees was ordained in 199s As a priest in the polish National Catholic Church which does not re quire its priests to be Celi Bate or refrain from being married eighteen years ago Doc tors told Spees he had cancer and had Only six months to live at the time he said to himself that if he had not been diagnosed with cancer he would like to become a priest after More medical tests specs was told he Actu ally did not have cancer with his me Back Spees Pur sued becoming a priest and Hopes to say mass while at Lan Stuhl even after his stint at Lan Stuhl ends Spees who turns 74 in july wont hang up his boots for Good unlike other old soldiers Spees wont fade away til go Back to what i was doing and wait for them to Call me again he said email Steve Mraz at More suspect pet foods yanked off deca shelves by Matt Mel Ham stars and stripes this information should be checked on the Bottom of the can or the top or Side of Alpo prime the defense commissary cuts variety packs according to Agency has directed More pet deca foods be pulled from store the three Del Monte products shelves following voluntary re withdrawn from commissary Calls from two manufacturers shelves include 75and 1125 Del Monte and Nestle Purina ounce sizes of Jerky dog treats pet care issued separate eight different test by noun cements late last week to recall products mat May contain melamine which the food and drug administration identified As the cause of some recent pet deaths and ill Nesses in the United states deca had stocked a dozen Nestle Purina products and three of the 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