European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 who died in 1943 buried in California a a world War ii flier who died with eight other men when their bomber was shot Down in the South Pacific was buried thanks to the Only survivor of the who has spent More than tracing the remains of his dead Bud we Are brought up to have things that Are its difficult sometimes to have just a said 43year old John Henry who was a year old when his staff Henry was killed in about 100 family friends and military both old and attended the ceremonies at Rose Hills memorial Park in a los Angeles it shows the children and great grandchildren a sense of said John the burial included a 21gun Salute for the fallen who was 29 when he Garcias b17 the naughty but was attacked by japanese fighter planes on june and crashed into the Jungle on the Island of new Brit of 10 men aboard the Only one survived Jose he escaped by made his Way to the burning wreckage and spotted the bodies of three dead Crew members slumped Holguin said a prayer by the vowed to return then ran into the Jungle in an unsuccessful attempt to escape capture by japanese he was captured and spent 26 months As a prisoner of now 64 and a High school vice principal in los an Holguin began in 1981 to act on his vow to bring the dead men Back to their he has spent More than of his own Money and made three trips to the South Pacific to Trace the remains of the each of us was depending on the other for his Surv Holguin said a Bond grew Between us that was a lot stronger than if we were even Holguin found the wreckage of the naughty but Nice in but the remains were he then found records that took him to where the remains of five crewmen were taken after the in Graves marked he found 1st Francis Peattie of 2nd Herman Knott of staff Robert Gric bal of staff Pace Payne of and the army exhumed the bodies and conducted a six month analysis of dental charts and Bone structures to make positive All the others have been buried Garcia was the the whereabouts of the remains of the other four crewmen is but Holguin said Friday he has not Given up on i am going to do but i dont want to raise any i am going to search a wider and follow the trajectory of the he smoke Billows from scene of train truck collision in a photo chemical spill and fire Force to flee Texas a a train carrying hazardous chemicals with a truck injuring at least 15 causing a fire that destroyed two Homes and forced about including 17 jail to officials contained the fire about two hours after the collision and brought in bulldozers to dam a nearby Creek and prevent acid from the train from reaching Lake Leon and contaminating the local water at least two Homes were destroyed by residents within a mile of the explosion in the Western Texas town were evac and 17 jail prisoners were held under guard in City officials i was sitting Here on the phone and every thing began to shake and rattle Boom the whole sky turned said la Verne who runs a store seven blocks from the downtown Railroad i looked out and thought the whole town was Maynard Twentyfive cars of the Missouri Pacific Railroad train derailed after the truck entered a crossing and struck the second of four Loco motives pulling 99 cars from Elpaso to fort said general manager of the Missouri Pacific in who travelled to the scene of the said the Impact ruptured the fuel tank of the causing an explosion that derailed the third fourth locomotives and other Charlie a spokesman for the state department of Public safety in said 10 train cars had and four cars carrying hydrochloric hydrofluoric sul uric acid and pro pane Gas either caught fire or a Tanker of propane Gas was still burning at 7 but chances of a further explosion were Rees we think were going to have to let it he Rees said the Hydro fluoride leak was contained and workers were plugging the pen cil thin crack in the but an estimated residents of the towns Resi dents would spend the night away from their 3 killed when plane crashes into Tanker truck a a Light plane crashed into an empty Tanker truck Friday afternoon at a used truck killing All three people on police firefighters and paramedics were still working to extricate the bodies two hours after the Beechraft Bonanza crashed about one mile from the end of the runway at Felts Field municipal neither the Federal aviation adminis traion nor the National transportation safety Board would comment on the cause of the crash but Airport Man Ager Dennis Locke said it appeared that the plane lost Power and was trying to return to the a Man who was driving near the crash site about 1 said he saw the plane about 100 feet in front of him As it came Down at a Steep Angle and rolled up into the i thought i was said Dave Bas Den of i never took my eyes off it until it he said it appeared the propeller had stopped turning and the Landing gear was not photographer rescues Man after plunge new York a a Man who jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge was rescued by a newspaper photographer who commandeered a jumped into the water and pulled the jumper to police Herman jumped from the Center Span of the Bridge 135 feet above the East said police spokesman officer John Hal an of duty new York Post photographer carrying no saw Gonzalez asked a boat owner to take him to the Man and kept him afloat until Harbor police could pull them both aboard their Clifford Gonzalez was taken to Beekman Hospi where he was listed in critical but stable condition in intensive Gonzalez was conscious and moaning in pain when Goldenberg swam to the photographer Goldenberg said he put a life ring around the Man and began pull ing him toward a police launch that had appeared on the the two reached the launch near a Dock on the he the Guy didst say anything until we got to the Goldenberg and then he started complaining to me that its i in Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago May 1945 three american Divi Sions split the Island of Mindanao from North to South and reduced the Campaign on that southernmost philippine Island to a Popup Douglas Macar thur 30 years ago today May 1955 surgeon general Leon Ard Scheele vouched for the safety of Salk polio vaccine already used in mass inoculation of school children with the exception of two lots made by Cutter 20 years ago today May 1965 the United states disclosed that it would Send another combat troops to South Vietnam in the next two 70 years ago today May 1975 Bobby Unser won the Indianapolis Unser was Given the Check ered Flag in the 175th Lap when the race ended 25 laps ahead of schedule be cause of heavy