Banner Graphic, Volume 21, Number 159, Greencastle, Putnam County, 11 March 1991 — Page 2

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ing duty in Operation Desert Storm. Yates served aboard a B-52 bomber based at Loring, Maine. (AP Wirephoto).

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Coming home 21 former POW’s return to a flag-waving celebration

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (AP) Twenty-one former American prisoners of war, described as recuperating from “a rough course in survival” at the hands of Iraq, are in the care of military doctors after tearful family reunions and a flag-bedecked homecoming. “Our children are home without too much damage to them,” Calvin Zaun told reporters at Bethesda Naval Medical Center shortly after his son, Lt. Jeffrey N. Zaun, 28, and the 20 others arrived Sunday at this base just outside Washington. COL. WYNN MABRY, an Air Force surgeon who accompanied the former prisoners home on a flight that included a meal of pizza, said, “I am amazed at the amount of recuperation done already.” “God saved us,” Air Force Col. David M. Eberly told thousands of cheering well-wishers and family members gathered to welcome the former POWs home from the Persian Gulf War. “Our families’ love and your prayers sustained us ....” President Bush said later that he had been moved by televised scenes of the return of the exPOWs and other troops. “It is very, very exciting. And as they come home, I expect every family is like Barbara’s and mine with tears coming down our faces today and almost every day since

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they started back,” Bush told a patriotic country music concert at Ford’s Theater. “WE’RE GOING TO take all the pride and the excitement that this country feels and give them the biggest welcome home party that this country has ever seen,” he promised. The returning POWs entered the Walter Reed Army, Bethesda Naval and Malcolm Grow Air Force medical centers in the Washington area after private reunions with their families. Officials said they would undergo evaluation for several days. Army Staff Sgt Daniel J. Stamaris Jr., 31, of Boise, Idaho, was flown home apart from the others on a C-141 medical evacuation plane because of a broken leg and other injuries. In full uniform, he joined the arrival ceremony propped up on a hospital gurney, touching a American flag on his lap as his right hand snapped to his forehead in salute. Stamaris’ helicopter was shot down as he tried to rescue Air Force Capt. William Andrews. Andrews, 32, of Syracuse, N.Y., was also taken prisoner. He walked on crutches from the blue and white plane, part of the presidential fleet, that carried all but Stamaris home. AIR FORCE LT. Col. Jeffrey D. Fox, 39, of Fall River, Mass.,

Troops mobilized via Indianapolis expected to be over there a while

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Hoosiers might have to wait a while before they can welcome home troops from the Middle East that were mobilized through Fort Benjamin Harrison. Twenty-one air personnel from Grissom Air Force Base were among thousands of troops that have already returned stateside after the successful conclusion of Operation Desert Storm. But John Randt, a fort spokesman, said the units mobilized through Harrison are likely to remain on duty in the Persian Gulf for some time yet. “WE FEEL THE BULK of all troops will be home by July Fourth, given the president’s announcement,” he said. President Bush said last week that the holiday would serve as a national celebration to welcome home the troops who fought against Iraq. The Army Reserve and National Guard units, as well as one activeduty unit from the fort, were deployed to the Gulf much later than the combat troops returning home now and are likely to remain over there for additional weeks, if not months, said Randt. FORT OFFICIALS, HE said arc unsure when those troops would return. “The collective thought here is some of these units will be released earlier and some will be released later.”

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had “a little bit of a limp” but “sounded like he was in good spirits and good shape,” said Audrey Murawski of Alexandria, Va., a friend who joined Fox and his family at the arrival. “I think he is ready to get back to work,” she said. “He is a brave soul.” Calvin Zaun, of Cherry Hill, NJ., said his bombardier son and Lt. Robert Wetzel, 30. the pilot of their A-6 intruder, “had a rough course in survival” after their plane was shot down within the first 36 hours of the war. They were held in Baghdad. William Wetzel of Vcro Beach, Fla., said his son was able to “keep himself mentally alive by thinking about his friends” in his hometown of Metuchen, N.J. MENTALLY VISITING each street, “he said a ‘Hail, Mary’ and an ‘Our Father’ in front of every house in Metuchen,” said Wetzel’s mother, Kathleen. Wetzel, his right arm broken, saluted the flag with his left hand at the air base. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney told the returning prisoners, “Your country is opening its arms to greet you.” EBERLY, A NATIVE of Brazil, Ind., and the highest ranking of the former POWs aboard the flight he dubbed “Freedom Zero-One” from

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Randt said 24 National Guard and Army reserve units from Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Michigan, as well as the active-duty 64th Explosive Ordnance Detachment have been mobilized through Fort Harrison. The units include about 3,000 soldiers. An additional 40 or 50 soldiers who have been deployed have remained on base, he said. Most of the units arc made of specialists, such as military police or water purification experts, whose duties will make it necessary they remain in the Gulf longer than other troops, Randt said. The 64th detachment, for example, is responsible for clearing mine fields and uncxplodcd shells. RANDI SAID THE 1244th Transportation Company, an Illinois National Guard unit, took with it 60 new, 5-ton trucks that will be valuable in loading and unloading cargo ships. “They’re serving a very important job.”

Bahrain, told Cheney that “the conduct during captivity of the ladies and gentlemen beside me has been without question. Their sense of honor and duty to country was beyond reproach.” EBERLY, 43, WAS held by the Iraqis for 44 days after his Fls-E disappeared during a night mission Jan. 20. He was freed with most of the others last Tuesday and spent the intervening time on the hospital ship Mercy in Bahrain. An announcer called the POWs’ names one-by-one and by rank as they emerged from the plane. The rest are: Air Force —Maj. Thomas E. Griffith, 34, Goldsboro, N.C.; Capt. Harry M. Roberts, 30, Savannah, Ga.; Capt. Richard D. Storr, 29, Spokane, Wash.; Ist Lt. Robert J. Sweet, 24, Philadelphia; and Maj. Jeffrey S. Tice, 35, Sellersville, Pa. Navy Lt. Randolph Slade, 26, of Virginia Beach, Va.. Army Spec. Troy L. Dunlap, 20, of Massac, 111., and Spec. David Lockett, 23, Fort Bliss, Texas. Marines Lt. Col. Clifford M. Acree, 39, Seattle; Capt. Michael C. Berryman, 28, Cleveland, Okla.; Chief Warrant Officer Guy L. Hunter, Jr., 46, Moultrie, Ga.; Capt. Russell A.C. Sanborn, 27, DcLand, Fla.; and Maj. Joseph J. Small 111, 39, Racine, Wis.

Troops mobilized through Fort Harrison from October through January, while the troops returning home now arrived in the Gulf in August and September, Randt said. When troops return to Fort Harrison, they’ll remain on base about five days while they’re processed through financial, medical and oilier stations, Randt said. “We’ll have the same celebrations here that you’re seeing on the television now,” he said. A SPOKESMAN FOR the American Legion, which is based in Indianapolis, said the wartime veterans organization was involved in planning for a national celebration. Plans arc under way for the nation’s largest veterans organization to participate in “a massive nationwide celebration” on July 4, said Lew Wood, the Legion’s national spokesman. Retail gas prices have fallen below pre-invasion level LOS ANGELES (AP) U.S. gasoline prices have dropped 30.2 cents since October and are now lower than before Iraq invaded Kuwait, according to a new survey. The average price for all grades of gasoline, including all taxes, at full- and self-service stations was 116.88 cents on Friday, down 3.46 cents since Feb. 22, according to the Lundberg Survey of 13,600 gasoline stations nationwide. Prices at self-serve stations peaked at 147.09 cents on Oct. 19. The July 1990 level, the last one tracked before the Aug. 2 invasion was 117.71 cents.

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