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To: Elsewhere who wrote (89267)	4/2/2003 5:06:08 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

The German medical treatment of our armed forces does get attention in the US media. There have been press conferences of wounded military broadcast from the hospital (Darmstadt? phonetically) and they say they have been well treated.

To: Elsewhere who wrote (89267)	4/2/2003 10:47:17 PM
From: BigBull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I guess that at least a quarter of US soldiers and equipment for Iraq passed through US bases in Germany. Roger that. People should read this article. One American to Germany - thanks. Getting it to the fight BY TERRY JOYCE Of The Post and Courier Staff charleston.net In the language of the Air Force, C-17 aircrews from Charleston are beginning to "max out." Local crews have been flying around-the-clock between the United States, Germany, Afghanistan and northern Iraq since last week's airdrop of nearly 1,000 U.S. paratroopers into the war zone, and the hectic schedule is pushing pilots up against the limits of allowable flight time, a senior officer said Tuesday. Earlier this week, "we had 110 (total) arrivals and departures in just one day," said Lt. Col. Steve Groenheim, commander of the 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at Rhein-Main Air Base, near Frankfurt.