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University Daily Kansan / Thursday, January 16, 1992
KU veterans recall war experience
Students adjusting after desert service
By Svala Jonsdottir
Kansan staff writer
While most KU students were preparing for the spring semester last year, some were busy preparing for war.
Oneyear later, the Persian Gulf War veterans who returned to the University seem to be adjusting, said Steven Johnson, assistant professor of military science.
"I have talked to a number of veterans, and the ones that I have spoken to seem to be doing very well in dealing with some difficult and intense emotions," Johnson said. "There seems to be more support for them, and people talk more about their experiences."
James Player, Olathe sophomore, served in the deck department on the USS Midway in the Persian Gulf for four months. He said he disliked being called a hero when he returned home from the war.
"I was just doing my job," he said. "The people that were waiting at home were the ones who should be called heroes."
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The work was hard and the "deckdogs," as they used themselves, got only four hours of sleep every night.
After serving four months in the Persian Gulf, James Player, Olathe sophomore, is back at KU.
Although he said he felt proud to have served his country, he said he realized the impact of the war on Iraq and its people.
"We were running around all the time, but I lived through it," he said. "It was fun. Well, maybe not really fun, but it was all right."
"We devastated their country," he said. "I know we did. It was sad that many people were killed, but they were going to kill us."
Most of the time, however, Player said he concentrated on the positive.
back being back. He said, 10:47:36.
Eli Nitz, Olathe freshman and guar war veteran,
said he hated it when people asked him what year he was college.
"I have to explain that I am a 20-year-old freshman because I had to go to Saudi Arabia last year," he
said. "I would like to get a degree some day. I will be at KU for 10 years if we keep having wars."
He joined the Marine Corps reserves to get money for college, Nitz said.
"I never thought I would be in a war, but I took that chance when I signed up for the military," he said. "You know what you are getting into when you join the army, and if there is a war you go there. It is your job."
He was a cook in the 24th Marine Headquarters Company. In spite of some protests at hostes, Nitz
said he never doubted that the United States was right to declare a war against Iraqi.
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"The Iraq" were the aggressors invading a small country, he said. "That isn't how the world is run today. It isn't like we went into Iraq and took it over for ourselves."
Nitz said he still thought about his wartime experience.
"I thought about it a lot on New Year's Eve," he said. "That is when we left for Saudi Arabia last year. I made sure I had a new Year's this time."
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