THE GULF WAR: The Home Front : “Zorro” Unmasked

The SOLDIER-CARTOONIST who signed himself “Zorro” when he blazed across the country as a guest in “Doonesbury” comic strip has been unmasked. The mother of Tommy Rominger, a 33-year-old Air Force tech sergeant in the Persian Gulf, said it was ROMINGER’S DRAWINGS that were showcased by Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau under the title, “Living in Purgatory.” Rominger adopted the pen name “Zorro” for his lampoon of gulf duty, which enraged some readers and caused at least one newspaper to pull the strip. Rominger, who is married and has three children, is “a patriot, a career military man and he loves the Air Force,” his mother said from Ormond by the Sea, Fla.