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Bergdahl’s Idaho hometown finds itself blindsided by hatred BY MARTIN KUZ Stars and Stripes
HAILEY, Idaho he news cascaded through this verdant valley town of 8,000 people on a summer day a few years ago. Within hours, dozens of residents had gathered at Zaney’s River Street Coffee House, offering solace for a family in crisis. They placed bouquets on the black iron benches beside the shop’s entrance and wrote sympathy
T A shop along Main Street in Hailey, Idaho, displays a sign of support for native son Bowe Bergdahl.
messages on a handmade yellow poster taped to a front window. Their words eddied around a photo of a Hailey native son who had been taken away. In 2006, the young man in the portrait was Zane Martin. Three years later, it was Bowe Bergdahl. The first name is little known outside Hailey. The second needs little explanation. Yet in reaction to both calamities, those who live here wanted only to aid their own in a time of adversity, a theme largely absent from news reports about the city since the Bergdahl story erupted in May. SEE PAGE 2
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“Our motivation with Bowe has always been personal. It’s never been political,” said Sue Martin, who owns Zaney’s, and who found comfort in the town’s collective embrace after tragedy blew apart her life eight years ago. On July 3, 2006, her youngest son, Zane, with whom she opened the shop, died in a motorcycle accident on a twisty mountain road outside of town. He was 22. The compassion of her fellow residents sustained Martin’s spirit. She carried on the business, and later hired Bergdahl as a barista before he joined the Army. “This community showed nothing but concern and kindness to my family,” she said, talking over a coffee grinder’s high whine as she prepared an Americano. “That’s what we’ve shown since everything began with Bowe.” For bothering to care, the town was turned into a media piñata. Before the Bergdahl saga, Hailey played the quiet, sensible sibling to Ketchum, a posh enclave 12 miles north, where the likes of Tom Hanks, Sen. John Kerry and Arnold Schwarzenegger own seven-figure vacation nests and carve turns at Sun Valley ski resort. The past month has disfigured that inviting image. Hailey residents have seen their city branded as the birthplace of a soldier widely vilified as a deserter, a traitor and various unprintable words, and their support of him denounced as treasonous. As they worry about Bergdahl’s well-being and await his return to Hailey, their warmth toward outsiders has chilled. They wonder if, in the coming weeks, there will be more ugliness.
‘He’s one of ours’ No narrative from the longest war in U.S. history may be more familiar to Americans than that of Bergdahl. He deployed to Afghanistan in February 2009; insurgents captured him that June. He was 23. They held him until in May, when the Obama administration negotiated his release in exchange for five Taliban detainees imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay. He received medical care in Germany for several days before flying to Texas to continue his recovery at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. Doctors have since begun treating him on an outpatient basis. A Pentagon investigation in 2009 concluded that Bergdahl, promoted from private to sergeant during his five years in captivity, walked away from his unit’s outpost in eastern Afghanistan’s Paktika province. The reasons remain unclear, and he has admitted no wrongdoing in debriefings
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“Our motivation with Bowe has always been personal. It’s never been political,” said Sue Martin, who owns Zaney’s River Street Coffee House, which has served as rallying point and refuge for supporters of Bowe Bergdahl in his hometown of Hailey, Idaho. Martin said residents were “blindsided” by the criticism they received for supporting Bergdahl. But, she added, “We’ll be all right. We’re hardy mountain folk.”
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with Army officials. Several former members of his platoon have gone public to accuse him of desertion, with some claiming that as many as six soldiers died during missions to search for him in the weeks after he vanished. (The Army has assigned Maj. Gen. Kenneth Dahl to review the circumstances of Bergdahl’s disappearance and capture. His report is expected in August.) In the days following his release, criticism of Bergdahl’s alleged actions and President Barack Obama’s decision to free the Taliban prisoners simmered on cable news and online. Pages named “Bowe Bergdahl is NOT a Hero!” and “Bowe Bergdahl is a Traitor” sprouted on Facebook and drew thousands of profanely supportive comments. Bursts of fury were sprayed across Twitter: “#BoweBergdahl should be hanged and Obama should be impeached,” wrote a woman who described herself as an Army veteran’s wife. The vitriol soon boiled over and scalded Hailey. Nestled in the Wood River Valley of southern Idaho, a region of jagged geography that could double for Paktika, the town is at once tightknit and laid-back. A liberal pocket in a conservative state, it is a place where the affluent and less so mingle without much friction, united in their craving for nature. A milelong stretch of Main Street serves as the city’s commercial artery, accented with outdoor gear stores and craft shops, burger joints and brew pubs. Along with yellow ribbons that ring trees and lampposts in Bergdahl’s honor, posters in storefronts bear his photo and exclaim “Bowe Is Free At Last!” Organizers of the city’s annual “Bring Bowe Back” rally, learning of his imminent return to U.S. soil, announced plans in early June to recast the gathering as a celebration, switching to the upbeat slogan “Bowe Is Back.” A deluge of anger arrived in the form of phone calls and emails from across the country. Many seethed over what they regarded as a “hero’s welcome” for a servicemember they believed deserved to face a firing squad. Some threatened to crash the event, scheduled for last weekend, and bring along a few thousand cohorts. An inflamed national debate related to Afghanistan, a rare occurrence during the 13-year war, had been unleashed on a town as unassuming as it was unsuspecting. The organizers blinked. They scrubbed the rally and, reeling from the outrage, they and most of the area’s public officials withdrew from the media fray. Weary of the scrutiny, Martin, who has acted as a liaison for Bergdahl’s parents, Bob and Jani, closed Zaney’s for two weeks and stopped giving interviews. SEE PAGE 3
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The silence has failed to appease detractors, most of whom appear unaware that residents here refrained from referring to Bergdahl, now 28, as a hero throughout his ordeal and after his release. Larry Schoen, a friend of Martin’s, belongs to the Blaine County Board of Commissioners. He stands alone among local officials in his willingness to talk with reporters about Bergdahl. A former TV news producer, he held a press conference two weeks ago to lament the “misguided rage” toward the soldier and his hometown, and he urged critics to “be patient and allow the military process to work.” In an interview at his home on a 300acre farm in nearby Picabo, where he lives with his wife and two children, Schoen explained that, as much as elsewhere, questions persist in Hailey about how Bergdahl wound up a prisoner of war. But along with the skepticism there exists empathy for him and his parents. “The event itself as originally planned was to remind the world that he was a captive of the Taliban and not to forget him,” said Schoen, who moved to Idaho from New York 15 years ago. “When he was released, that message of hope became a message of celebration. That seemed like a really logical transition. But it was misinterpreted to mean that we were somehow worshipping him as a hero. We’ve not labeled him a hero. What we’ve said is, ‘He’s one of ours, we care about him, we care about his family, we want him brought home safely.’” Seeking to better understand his son’s circumstance, Bob Bergdahl grew a long beard common to Afghan tribal leaders, studied books on Afghanistan and learned Pashto, one of the country’s two primary languages. The derision aimed at him for his efforts has baffled Schoen. “The idea that people would threaten the Bergdahls for doing what any parents would do — which is anything in their power to bring their son home safely — is unfathomable to us. And I suspect it’s unfathomable to most people,” he said. Schoen frets that Bergdahl’s presumptive return to Hailey could again subject residents to what has felt like a nation’s wrath. Looking out a kitchen window at his fields and the mountains beyond, a tableau of serenity, he appealed for peace. “Enough with the attacks and threats — these are good people, America. Try to be just as compassionate as they are.”
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imagine the anguish that the Bergdahls endured, waiting five years for word of their son’s return. “Every day, every night, you would be thinking of him,” she said. “Every breath.” Martin’s untiring advocacy on behalf of the family has elevated her to the status of unofficial mayor, with Zaney’s serving as rallying point and refuge for supporters. She never considered removing the signs hanging on the rust-red facade — “Standing With Bowe,” “Our Prayers Have Been Answered!” and “Welcome Home Bowe!” — while her shop was closed. She reopened in mid-June after cleaning out spoiled milk, eggs and cheese from a pair of refrigerators that died during her absence. The Wi-Fi signal crashed, too, so she called a technician to fix the problem. He worked on his laptop as customers drifted into the cafe. There was a sense of fragile calm amid a lingering bewilderment. Residents were perplexed that, reflected in the media looking glass, their altruism had been portrayed as abetting the enemy. “As a mother, I would get behind anyone who had a son in danger, no matter what the reason was,” said Robbin Warner, an administrative assistant with Hailey’s fire department. “That’s what we’ve done as a community. How is that so hard to understand?” Stephen Poklemba walked in and greeted Martin with a smile. “Nice to have you back,” he said. A middle school teacher, he hopes that, in time, the Bergdahl family might find peace. “Think about what all of them have gone through the last five years,” he said. “Isn’t that cruel enough?” He has a similar wish that the town will be allowed to recapture its tranquility. “The whole thing has been blown out of proportion. This is a good place.” Ted and Emily Morrison, a couple visiting from Tucson, Ariz., dropped by Zaney’s in a show of solidarity. “The easiest thing to do is to tear someone down,” said Ted Morrison, who served in the Navy for three years in the early 1960s. “Right now, in this country, everyone wants to see things in black and white, and Bowe Bergdahl is caught in the middle of all that.” In a box stashed in a corner, Martin collects letters of encouragement from across the country. Some are addressed to Bergdahl. The warm sentiments provide a bulwark against the bile. “We were blindsided,” she said. “But we’re pretty resilient. We’ll be all right. We’re hardy mountain folk.” She smiled. Then she offered no apologies for caring about Hailey’s long-lost native son. “We’re just glad he’s coming home. Period.” kuz.martin@stripes.com Twitter: @MartinKuz
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KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — A fledgling program bringing together U.S. airmen from Europe and the United States with their counterparts in western Africa has been revived after a lull related to budget constraints. Last month, about 150 people from nine countries participated in the African Partnership Flight in Dakar, Senegal, a program funded by U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa. The inaugural event was held in Ghana in March 2012, but budget constraints brought on by sequestration stalled further such events until this past spring, said Maj. James Renfro, a USAFE-AFAFRICA international affairs specialist who serves as the African Partnership Flight mission commander. In March, Angolan, U.S. and Zambian air forces met for a week in Luanda, Angola. The training last month, held mostly inside tents on a dirt soccer pitch at a military base next to Dakar’s international airport, involved Senegal, Togo, Ghana, Benin, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and the U.S. The U.S. contingent included loadmasters, maintainers, a pilot, planners, cultural advisers, public affairs specialists, USAFE-AFAFRICA band members, and two Air Force French linguists to assist with translation. The contingent included active-duty, Air National Guard and reserve members. “The concept now is we will do three of these per year,” Renfro said. “A lot of these countries are requesting us to come in and provide some kind of assistance.” Though much of the instruction is led by the Air Force, the program’s goal is to strengthen relationships among countries with air forces of varying capabilities operating on a continent more than three times the size of the U.S. “It’s to bring regional partners together to build regional cooperation and interoperability,” Renfro said in a phone interview from Senegal. “We want to facilitate them discussing among themselves. “Sometimes you find people that have known other people from neighboring countries for many years; then you find those who have never talked to anybody from a neighboring country.” The hope is that those open lines of
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Above: Staff Sgt. Mo Gadiaga, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa cultural adviser, greets the team leads from each attending country during African Partnership Flight in Dakar, Senegal, on June 16. Left: Staff Sgt. Jessica Ancheta, protocol specialist, prepares the U.S. flag for the opening ceremony of the training exercise. PHOTOS
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Developed in 2012 AFAFRICA developed the African Partnership Flight concept in 2012 as a way to support U.S. Africa Command and its security cooperation program, Renfro said. While many countries in Africa have their own air force, “the real challenge is their capabilities vary from nation to nation,” said Capt. Frank Hartnett, a USAFE-AFAFRICA spokesman. Chief Master Sgt. Bill Wunderlin, a loadmaster instructor from the California Air National Guard, was teaching loadmaster procedures with a colleague last month. Their lessons were initially focused on C-130 aircraft — until they
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Other workshops included mission planning, aeromedical evacuation, base defense and ground and flight safety. Capt. Brandon Schrader, a C-130 pilot from the 934th Airlift Wing out of Minneapolis, Minn., took about 30 students on a familiarization flight last month, showing “them how we conduct a flight from start to finish.” The training goes both ways, he said. Schrader found out that, in Africa, country borders don’t always match “what we have in our charts.” “Speaking to local pilots, we had to adjust our flight plan due to border disputes with some of the countries,” he said. Networking during the exercise could pay dividends down the road, Hartnett said. “You never know which nation you see out there at the training site will be the nation we’ll be asked to deliver supplies (to) or assist in some way,” he said. The hope, he said, is “that person you’re sitting across the table from today could be the voice on the end of the line” when a mission needs to be accomplished sometime in the future. svan.jennifer@stripes.com
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Nearly half of a group of infantry soldiers who saw combat in Afghanistan have reported experiencing chronic pain, and 15 percent said they recently used opioid pain relievers, according to a study released Monday. Of 2,597 active-duty Army troops surveyed three months after their redeployment, 44 percent said they experienced recurring or unceasing pain after returning from Afghanistan, according to the study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine. The number of soldiers affected by chronic pain was a surprise to researchers, said Robin L. Toblin, the lead author of the study, one of the first to quantify the impact of recent wars on the prevalence of pain and narcotic use among soldiers. “War is really hard on the body,” said Toblin, who is affiliated with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. “I think that’s the take-home message.” She said researchers didn’t expect that nearly half of young, otherwise healthy men who were not seeking medical treatment would suffer from chronic pain. The percentage was far higher than an estimated 26 percent of chronic pain sufferers in a Kansas study of civilians ages 18 to 65. In that study, which looked at a group comparable to the soldiers — men ages 18 to 34 — only 15 percent reported chronic pain, Tobin said. Chronic pain is defined as pain that continues beyond the normal time expected for healing or that accompanying
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Alaska’s # 1 Tourist Attraction - Glaciers Glaciers are Alaska’s main tourist attraction and one of the most breathtaking sights in the world. These massive sheets of ice cover five percent of our land mass, and the 60 most-accessible glaciers are all located in Southcentral Alaska. Many of our glaciers are near our road system, allowing the opportunity to reach the face with only a short hike. Our tidewater glaciers (those that terminate in a large body of water) are viewed by passengers on the many cruises available. Those cruises also pass by sea bird rookeries and often sight marine mammals including whales. Numerous tour operators in the various locations offer ice climbing, hiking and helicopter tours, and there are several flightseeing trips that offer glacier landings. Each trip has its own unique flavor. Hiking allows you to actually walk up to the glacier – or actually onto the glacier. The hiker can stand on a glacier field and understand its immense majesty. There are several tours that go right up to the glacier and explore ice caves and crevasses with a professional guide, and some include ice climbing instruction. Glacier cruises offer a bit of distance that allows the photographer a better opportunity to catch the ever-changing face of the tidewater glacier, and perhaps even witness a ‘calving’. This occurs in tidewater glaciers, where a chuck of ice that can be the size of an apartment building falls into the water. These bergs can ‘bob’ in the water for over 24 hours, eventually floating out to open waters. When the boat motor is quiet, listeners can hear the “Rice Krispies” sound – snap, crackle and pop – as tiny bubbles from the berg float to the surface. The other advantage of a cruise is the opportunity to spot more diverse wildlife. While bears can often be found on or near land glaciers, viewing on water can include playful sea otters, harbor seals, and puffins. The best way to gain a true perspective of the entirety of a glacier is by air. Ice fields are often many miles long, winding around between mountains, spilling into valleys to create the glaciers. Immense sheets of ice cover all but the highest peaks and ridges. Piedmont glaciers occur where several different glaciers join at the foot of a mountain range to create a fan-like pattern of ice and rock. One thing the viewer will notice at any glacier is the differing color that results from the avail-
able light. Overcast days are actually the best viewing times, as the color of the glacier will be a more spectacular shade of aqua than seen on a clear, sunny day. Following are some of the main Southcentral glacier visit opportunities. Girdwood/Alyeska Girdwood is a beautiful 45-minute drive south from Anchorage. With a permanent population of about 2,000, Girdwood lies in a small valley in the Chugach Mountains near the end of Turnagain Arm. Girdwood was originally named Glacier City, as it is surrounded by seven permanent glaciers. Mount Alyeska is at the top of the valley and is the home of Alyeska Resort. The original Girdwood townsite was wiped out by the tsunami that resulted from the Great ’64 Earthquake. Remnants of the original buildings are easily visible from the highway. The town was rebuilt on higher ground. Ascending Path Alpine Hikes offer hikers the opportunity to explore the mountain. From their yurt at the base of the Alyeska tram, they offer clients a tram ride up the mountain and a 3 to 4 hour hike that offers the opportunity to view all seven glaciers. The first hike is a mile with an 800’ elevation gain, and then the client gets into climbing harnesses, ropes and crampons, and NEOS overboots to travel onto the glacier itself. Clients are reminded to wear layers, including
a fleece jacket, rain jacket and pants, gloves, a wool or fleece hat, and sunglasses, and bring a daypack, camera and binoculars. There is also opportunity to see the glaciers from the air. Alpine Air in Girdwood offers helicopter flightseeing tours through the Chugach Range, even landing on a glacier. They also offer a summer glacier dog sledding tour, where a 10 minute scenic flight lands at Punchbowl Glacier. At the top, the visitor can spend time mushing on the glacier with Iditarod champion Mitch Seavey’s Alaska huskies. Portage Middle and Explorer Glaciers are easily visible along the road to Portage, located south of the Girdwood turnoff. Both are small hanging glaciers dangling from the mountains of the Chugach National Forest. There are multiple pullouts that allow viewing, and their nearby streams are preferred by several species of salmon and trout and interpretive exhibits. With nearby parking areas and campgrounds, day hikers and campers can easily reach the base of these glaciers. At the top of the valley are Twentymile Glacier and Explorer Glacier. The visitor can hike or join a guided “iceworm safari” to the face of these glaciers or the Bryon Glacier snowfields. The ability to go from your vehicle to a glacier in a few minutes is one of the highlights of Alaska.
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glaciers, cont. Portage Glacier is one of the most visited attractions in Alaska. Located just 50 miles south of downtown Anchorage, visitors enjoy learning the area history and geology at the Begich, Boggs Visitors Center. This is a receding glacier, losing an average of one foot a day. The result is multiple icebergs in Portage Lake which often beach near shore or run aground in the middle of Portage River, offering easy, bright blue backgrounds for photographs taken next to the parking area. From there a visitor can ride the MV Ptarmigan on an hour-long cruise to the face of Portage Glacier. Portage Glacier Cruises offers the tour, with the ship cruising to within 300 yards of Portage Glacier, allowing visitors an outstanding photo opportunity. With a U.S. Forest Service naturalist aboard, there is also opportunity to learn about glaciers, glacial lakes, moraines, and area wildlife. An interesting note is that the 80-foot vessel was built on site at Portage Lake to U.S. Coast Guard specifications. Byron Glacier is a place where ice worms are easy to find, and ice caves and multiple rivulets to explore. This is a tempting place for a walk, but be cautious if hiking without a guide. The trailhead begins near Portage Lake, and is a one-mile scenic walk to the glacier face. Remember that a glacier is an ice field, and anywhere near a glacier will be cold. For those preferring a more adventurous experience, Chugach Adventures offers an all-day, all-ages tour that includes a scenic river float and a salmon bake. The tour begins at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, where exhibits include moose, bear, eagles, caribou and musk ox in natural settings. From there the tour heads to the Portage River Valley, for a rafting trip down the glacier-fed river. The day ends with a salmon bake, with fresh-caught wild Alaska Salmon. Whittier/Prince William Sound Prince William Sound is a maze that includes massive glaciers, majestic waterfalls, dense spruce forests, tropical eco-systems, and abundant wildlife. Whittier is a small community located at the head of the Sound accessible through the tunnel, by rail, air or water. Phillips Cruises and Tours offer their 26-Glacier and Glacier Quest Cruises from Whittier. Their ships are stable catamarans that travel 140 miles in 5 hours. The 26 Glacier Cruise explores Esther Passage, the majestic alpine and tidewater glaciers in College and Harriman Fjords, and passes a Stellar sea lion rookery. The Glacier Quest Cruise sails into the magnificent Blackstone Bay, home to seven glaciers and Yosemite-scale waterfalls. These cruises usually offer wildlife sightings, including sea otters, harbor seals, kittiwakes, bears, whales and mountain goats. Major Marine Tours offers several options inside Prince William Sound including fo-
cused tours of Surprise Glacier or Blackstone, Northland and Beloit Glaciers. The company stops at each glacier, floating amidst the icebergs, and allowing the passenger to enjoy the magnificent surroundings including a working salmon hatchery. Chugach Forest Rangers on board narrate the cruise, which includes a wild Alaska salmon and prime rib meal. Spencer Glacier and its lake are only available to those traveling by Alaska Railroad. The popular Glacier Discovery Train runs from Anchorage or Girdwood into the remote Placer River Valley. The “whistle stop” train lets the rider get on or off the train from either direction, and one of the stops is Spencer Glacier. The professional guide service Chugach Adventures offers several options including float trips through the icebergs of Spencer Lake and down the Placer River. The float trip among icebergs provide a surreal landscape, then winds down the Placer River with mellow Class I or II water, ideal for passengers of all ages and abilities. Chugach Adventures also offers the Spencer Glacier Canoe and Hike for the more adventurous. This trek paddles to the toe of Spencer Glacier, followed by a short hike on the Spencer glacial moraine to get a close-up view of the ever-changing glacier.
combined with kayaking tours and stays at Fox Island’s Kenai Fjords Wilderness Lodge. Palmer At the Glenn Highway National Scenic Byway mile 102, about 90 miles north of Anchorage, Matanuska Glacier State Recreation Site offers excellent views of the 27-mile-long Matanuska Glacier. This is the largest glacier accessible by vehicle in the United States. Its terminus feeds the Matanuska River, and it flows about a foot a day. The “Mat” Glacier has a four-mile wide towering face that the hiker can walk right up to, and experienced ice climbers enjoy tackling. There is a recreation site and 12 campsites at the Matanuska Glacier State Recreation Site. The Edge Nature Trail begins at the rest area and provides a 20 minute walk through the forest to glacier viewing platforms. Matanuska Glacier Adventures, in Sutton, offers glacier climbing and guided glacier tours. Their professional guides teach the adventurous and provide ice climbing and hiking gear. However you choose to enjoy Alaska’s magnificent glaciers, always be prepared for changing weather conditions and dress appropriately. Remember to bring your camera to provide a lifetime of incredible memories.
Seward Located at the head of Resurrection Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, about 120 miles from Anchorage, Seward is one of Alaska’s oldest and most scenic communities. Its historic downtown is filled with quaint shops and art galleries and is bordered by the amazing small boat harbor. Like Girdwood, Seward was devastated by the Great ’64 Earthquake, but the historic downtown survived.
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Exit Glacier, located just north of Seward, is another glacier that requires just a short half-mile trail to the toe of the glacier from the parking lot. Park Rangers lead interpretive walks both morning and afternoon. There are multiple opportunities to explore and camping for the backpacker. Adventurous hikers can enjoy the 7.4 mile roundtrip to the massive Harding Icefield, 300 square miles of solid ice and a 3,500 foot summit, and one of the only icefields easily accessible by foot.
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Major Marine Tours/Kenai Fjords offers fullday and half-day cruises that highlight Alaska’s glaciers and wildlife. There are numerous tidewater glaciers, some that often calve. The onboard Kenai Fjords National Park Ranger narrates the cruises, pointing out large bird rookeries, sea lion colonies, passing whales and sea otters, and there is a Junior Ranger program that is popular with children.
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Japanese line up to pay their respects to the war dead from the Battle of Okinawa, which began on April 1, 1945, during a ceremony June 23 in Itoman.
Okinawa pays tribute to both sides in fight
Above: Kiyola Ohara, 8, prays for Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Elbert Luther Kinser on Monday at Irei no Hi, the annual ceremony to commemorate the dead from the Battle of Okinawa. Left: Lt. Gen. John Wissler, commander of the III Marine Expeditionary Force, and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy pay their respects June 23 to the approximately 12,500 American servicemembers killed during the battle, which lasted for 82 days.
Thousands remember Japanese, Americans who died during pivotal 82-day WWII battle BY M ATTHEW M. BURKE AND CHIYOMI SUMIDA Stars and Stripes
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Kiyola Ohara left the shade of her mother’s umbrella and slowly knelt on the crisp green grass before the sea of black granite. The 8-year-old from Urasoe clasped her hands and prayed silently while her mother, Naomi, sat close by. When she was finished, she gingerly adjusted the American flag in front of the panel bearing Sgt. Elbert Luther Kinser’s name. Kiyola was one of a small group of people in Itoman on June 23 to pay respects to the 12,520 American servicemembers who lost their lives in the Battle of Okinawa, which began April 1, 1945, and lasted for 82 days. The heavy U.S. casualties in the battle, the deadliest of the Pacific War, strongly influenced President Harry S. Truman’s decision to use atomic weapons against
the Japanese mainland six weeks later. Every June 23, thousands of residents — along with visitors and dignitaries — converge on Okinawa Peace Memorial Park to commemorate the Japanese dead from the battle in a ceremony called Irei no Hi. Approximately 110,000 Japanese troops and 140,000 Okinawan civilians died during the battle, although, the total number of civilian deaths may never truly be known. It has been years since any American survivors have attended, veterans groups said, so it is up to today’s veterans, servicemembers and Okinawans like Kiyola to keep the tradition going. For the past two years, Kiyola and her mother have paid their respects for Kinser, after meeting relatives of the American Marine by chance in 2012 while on a trip to Florida. Kinser was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for jumping on a grenade dur-
ing the battle to save his men. A Marine base on Okinawa bears his name. Naomi Ohara’s grandfather also perished in the battle. Her father, then 7 years old, barely escaped with his life. “I was always curious about [the American] part [of the memorial],” Naomi Ohara said. “There are never any flowers here. I always wanted to meet someone from this side.” Kiyola was lost for words when asked what she was feeling while she prayed for Kinser, but Naomi Ohara said that they felt sadness and grief. They were happy to add a visit to Kinser’s panel to
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The American section of the Cornerstone of Peace memorial commemorating the 12,500 US servicemembers who lost their lives in the Battle for Okinawa in 1945. FROM PAGE 11
“We’re no longer divided,” he said. Kennedy kept her remarks short. She spoke softly and read Stephen Spender’s poem “The Truly Great.” “Today, we remember the sacrifices of those brave Americans who gave their lives here 69 years ago so that we, their children and grandchildren, could live in a free and peaceful world,” she said. “And nearby, we also honor the memory of the 240,000 people who lost their lives in this terrible battle which devastated this beautiful island and its communities. “The strength of the U.S.Japan alliance today is a tribute to all of them,” Kennedy said. “Built on the devastation of war by countless acts of courage, reconciliation, perseverance and friendship, our two countries work together to ensure peace and prosperity around the world. Visiting this place, on this day, we renew our commitment to that cause.” The ceremony that followed was somber. Abe spoke of the importance of peace and pledged to reduce the military burden placed on Okinawa, which is home to roughly 30,000 U.S. troops. Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima took it a step further
Children cool off near the eternal flame following a ceremony on June 23 at the Okinawa Peace Memorial Park. and urged the suspension of operations at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma within five years. “A drastic reduction is necessary in the burden caused by the presence of military bases,” he said. The importance of the ceremony and honoring the sacrifices made 69 years ago wasn’t lost on the handful of American servicemembers and members of VFW Post 9723 in attendance, many of whom were Vietnam veterans. Out of 16 million Americans who served in World War II, approximately 1 million are alive today, according to The National WWII Museum. They are dying at a rate of 555 per day. It is estimated by 2036, there won’t be any left
alive. “There are just none of them left,” said post commander Dennis Provencher, who has been participating for 40 years. “It’s been a long time since a survivor attended the ceremony.” Today’s veterans looked at the rows of names and vowed to stand vigil after the Vietnam generation passed the torch. “Without those brothers of mine who fought in this campaign, I wouldn’t be here,” said Jackeline Fountain, an Army veteran of the Gulf War and the Balkans. “I am that next generation that feels compelled to continue on.” burke.matt@stripes.com sumida.chiyomi@stripes.com
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Despite official statements to the contrary, care in the military health care system is inferior to that in typical civilian hospitals, according to internal documents obtained by The New York Times. The Times reported in its Sunday editions that an analysis of the military hospital system — which cares for some 1.6 million active-duty servicemembers and their families and is entirely separate from the scandal-plagued veterans system — shows that reviews of practices are sporadic and avoidable errors are chronic. Since 2001, the Defense Department has required military hospitals to conduct safety investigations when patients unexpectedly die or suffer severe injury, the Times reported. Records indicate they often go undone. From 2011 to 2013, 239 unexpected deaths were reported, but only 100 inquiries were forwarded to the Pentagon’s patient-safety center, where analysts recommend how to improve care. Cases involving permanent harm often remained unexamined as well. At the same time, the military system has consistently had higher-than-expected rates of harm and complications in two central parts of its business — maternity care and surgery. The Times wrote that more than 50,000 babies are born at military hospitals each year,
‘ The patient-safety system is broken. It
has no teeth. Reports are submitted, but patient-safety offices have no authority.
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Dr. Mary Lopez former staff officer for health policy and services and they are twice as likely to be injured during delivery as newborns nationwide, statistics show. Also, their mothers were more likely to hemorrhage after childbirth than mothers at civilian hospitals, according to a 2012 analysis conducted for the Pentagon. In surgery, half of the system’s 16 largest hospitals had higher-than-expected rates of complications over a recent 12-month period, the American College of Surgeons found last year. Four of the busiest hospitals have performed poorly on that metric year after year. In late May, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered a review of all military hospitals, saying he wanted to determine if they had the same problems that have shaken the veterans system. Hagel said the review would study not just access to treatment, the focus of investigations at the veterans hospitals, but also quality of care and patient safety. The Times’ examination, based on Pentagon studies, court records, analyses of data and interviews with current and former health officials and workers, indicates that the military lags behind many
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civilian hospital systems in protecting patients from harm. The reasons, military doctors and nurses said, are rooted in a compartmentalized system of leadership, a culture of interservice secrecy and an overall failure to make patient safety a top priority. Experience in civilian hospitals and in the veterans system has shown that stricter procedures and more sophisticated surveillance can limit errors, sometimes markedly, according to the Times. Among some in the military network, concerns about patient safety are longstanding, if rarely acknowledged in public. But calls for change have consistently foundered in the convoluted bureaucracy. “The patient-safety system is broken,” Dr. Mary Lopez, a former staff officer for health policy and services under the Army surgeon general, told the Times. “It has no teeth. Reports are submitted, but patient-safety offices have no authority. “People rarely talk to each other. It’s ‘I have my territory, and nobody is going to encroach on my territory.’ ”
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