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Thursday, September 13, 1990/ University Daily Kansan
Army retirees called to help in gulf crisis
The Army will recall several hundred regular Army and reserve retires to support the Pentagon, the Pentagon said yesterday.
They are needed to fill critical requirements for doctors, nurses, linguists, aviators and water purification specialists.
The recall is expected to affect fewer than 500 retirees and last 180 days, the Army said.
Of the number of people recalled, about half will perform medically related duties, and 150 provide family support services.
Most will stay in the United States, although a few may be sent to the Middle East, the Army said.
The secretary of the Army has authority to recall retirees who have completed at least 20 years of active duty and are receiving retired pay.
Two units deployed from Fort Riley
Two additional units were deployed yesterday from Fort Riley to assist in the Persian Gulf, officials said.
"Both units left Fort Riley this morning for Fort Knox, Ky., where they will subsequently be airlifted to the Middle East," said Capt. Bill McCormick, public affairs officer at the fort.
The units were the 57th Transportation Detachment from the South Dakota National Guard and the 593rd Transportation Detachment, which was assigned to Fort Riley but was not part of the detachment. Mr. McCormick said. The detachments might include up to 20 people.
Other units at Fort Riley have been alerted to prepare for deployment, McCormick said.
Iraqis searching for Americans in Kuwait
Iraqi authorities are intensifying their search for U.S. citizens in Kuwait in an apparent effort to find more human shields to deter a U.S. military strike, the State Department said yesterday.
Deputy spokesperson Richard Boucher said U.S. officials have been told that the approximately 80 U.S. citizens who have been rounded up by the Iraqis were being moved continually.
"In Kuwait there has been increased harassment of U.S. citizens, and more systematic house-to-house searches for American men are now being conducted." Boucher said.
Iraqi officials have acknowledged that some U.S. citizens have been taken to potential bombing sites to dissuade the United States from taking military action against Iraq.
President Bush has said the U.S. military presence in the Persian Gulf is defensive.
From The Associated Press
Soldier's letter gets attention
Bush calls message a symbol of patriotism in national speech
The Associated Press
KNOVILLE, Tenn. — The letter from a soldier cited by President Bush as a symbol of patriotism included some notes the president didn't mention in his nationally televised address.
"As much as I love my job," wrote Army Pte. Wade Merritt, "I don't believe in war or the unnecessary killings of the living human beings, but it is my job."
The 26-year old soldier, now in Saudi Arabia, told his parents in the Aug 5 letter that, "When I made a decision to make the Army my career, I knew this day would come, but I was hoping it would not."
"It is not inconsistent with the president's message," Alize Glen, a White House spokesperson, said yesterday of the letter.
Merritt's mother, Ann, of Knoxville, sent the letter to the White House at the prompting of a neighbor. Bush quoted part of it in his speech to Congress and the nation Tuesday night on the Persian Gulf crisis.
"My mom, I talked to her several weeks ago before I came over here, and she said some of her friends had read it," Merritt said in a television interview yesterday from the Middlebury Journal. "I told her and it to the president, I was shocked."
In his speech, Bush cited Merritt as a symbol of patriotism. "In the face of danger, they are brave, well trained and dedicated," Bush said.
Then the president read a passage from Merritt's 2½-page missive;
"I am proud of my country and
my firm stand against inhumane aggression.
I am proud of my army and
I am proud to serve my
country."
The president continued, "Let me just say, Wade. America is proud of you And grateful to every soldier, sailor, marine and airman serving the cause of peace in the Persian Gulf."
Merritt's sister, Kim Inklebear, said the family had "always felt that he was very special. He's always had him in his bed," she says. So we are glad that it has been
recognized and we are pleased for him."
Ann Merritt said she told her son she sent the letter to Bush was "because it was beautiful and every body loved it."
"As Americans we often take our freedom for granted," wrote Merritt, a member of the 24th Military Intelligence Battalion, which shipped out from Fort Stewart, Ga., for Saudi Arabia on Aug. 19.
"Now the freedom of peaceful nations is being jeopardized and it is the just duty of myself and my fellow citizens to defend freedom and rights to our fellow men.
He wrote of how children take their parents for granted, how his parents shouldn't wry about him and how hard he and his fellow soldiers have been working 'so hard, in fact, that occurring hardy pass a thought.'
"I ask you to think about and pray for the safety and well-being of all our men and women in our armed forces and friends and friendly nations," he wrote.
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