Show Life sty e fake Ztibunt -- N'k'ffo''''''''''"010- ' "a' p' "1 47r W'tr64 4 --3 Returning soldiers need understanding ' ' 4 ""‘4' '" ' ' 17' " ' ' ''' ( 4 t a'ile ' '' ' '''''-i- l - 4 ' '' 11f 4 ' I 4 - itiba - - 4" 4 4 '' 'I'''' ''' ' ' 'et ' 1 t 4 va 01 ' 1 ''' ''''''''''''4'0i - - g - ' i '''''' ) 7 '1 57It ' '' it 4P''' ' ' I 41 mii th 11 ' ' '' ' i ' - ''' ' CD ' 1 43‘ 047 —7 '' I e4ex - SI' 'ter t iilig '411441:04' f - I i'''' - I0 1) 4 i': 5 '4- -- r4-''- " ' !0 - v4A &' Happy to be back with her family Army Capt Sue Keller re calls Operation Desert Storm days as good times bad times : Dietitian's war career 'put Christmas on hold of Utah Jeffrey and I were so excited about having the whole family to- By Donna Lou Morgan Tribune Staff Writer gether" PINEBROOK — From early December until late March US Army Capt Sue Keller had little concern about what to wear "Fatigues Boots These were the Mr Keller's birthday Dec 9 was the day 600 members of the 328th including physicians nurses physical therapists cooks dietitians left for Fort Carson Colo Their mission: to set up a hospital Five days later they began receiving orders "Some were picked to go to Saudi" she recalled "One optometrist and one nurse went The rest waited for the bomb to drop" Word came Frankfurt Germany Report for further orders The unit was divided into 25 sections Most personnel stayed in Germany "They asked me what I was I said order each day" Capt Keller smiled She is back relaxing in her com- fortable new mountain home near Park City wearing anything she wants as she reflects on events leading to her wartime career Capt Keller a Berkeley Calif native received a degree in dietetics from the University of California Berkeley where she met husband Jeffrey T Great Falls Mont an optometrist They married 27 years ago The Kellers moved to Utah in "We loved skiing hiking and the outdoors" she said "We decided Utah was about halfway between our parents' homes This is a great place" She worked in the Family Health Program (FHP) then at Holy Cross Hospital before going to the Utah Department of Health and Human Services "When I completed college I wanted to join the military" Capt Keller said "I got married instead While working at the Department of Health my boss Dr Tom Well was in the 328th General Hospital unit He often talked about it Next thing I knew I was raising my right hand That was nine years ago" Members of the 328th were alert- ed Dec 3 to report for Operation Desert Storm duty : "The appointed day was Dec 6" Capt Keller said "As reserves of a Priority 1 Unit we were told if anything happened we would be called up We feared it would happen but denied it" :: The timing was poor The Kellers were close to moving into their newly built home "And everyone was coming for Christmas including our daughter Christine Hart (a graduate of the US Naval Academy Annapolis Md in the active US Navy) who lives in Newport RI with her husband Duncan (also active US Navy) and their children Ashley 3 and Brooke 1 our son Michael a senior at University of Nevada Las Vegas and my parents from Berkeley Our son John a senior at the University As chief of Nutrition Care SerSee A-- Column 1 7 C" ' ‘ iSs1 ow - 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k'l 4 ''4' 04'1'47 ' e ° ' - ' k"'S (ow- ''' t ' ''' ''' I 1 By Nancy Hobbs Tribune Staff Writer 1 ' k ' 0' - ' Monday Morning—April 22 1991 Section A Page 6 Ardh i- 1 c3 f r I CP 4 et"1"4" :1 0 - 4i 711 1?' - EFt 4- - a4-- k- l't Ar- ivpie 1 04 f tt |