European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes july Navy team hit hard by members slaying a at Little Creek naval amphibious 49 Seabeck have kept their grief Over the 17day hos Tage crisis behind the Metal Walls of the compound housing underwater construction team we have been going through a lot of said George Buzz the commander of six members of Seltzer Navy diving group were aboard Twa flight 847 when it was hijacked june Petty officer Robert Dean was killed by his shiite moslem the other Seabeck among the 39 hos tages freed sunday were Petty officers Ken Neth Clinton Stewart Jeffrey Ingalls and Tony the Virginia Pilot and Ledger Star of Norfolk said in a copyright we Are a Small Seltzer we have 55 a lot of the members have been together nine or 10 were very people actually feel their teammates Are to lose even though Petty officer Stethem had Only been Here eight to nine came As a big in the first Days after the Selt Zer called in his teams from assignments overseas and in the United the six Man team that had been hijacked was the Only one in he were scattered along the East coast and in the in an interview 10 Days after the Hijack Seltzer agreed to discuss the Impact it Petty officer Clinton a Navy Waves As he arrives monday at main at left is another Petty officer Kenneth a photo Rhein has had on his provided his comments we rent published until the Navy gave its that permission has been the Leader of the uct1 said in an interview broadcast saturday that the servicemen had been fearful when they were singled out and spirited away from the Jet after it landed for the second time in but once off the he they were treated at Little Dahl com Mander and comrades were still in the dark about the Navy hostages on june five of the airline hostages held a news conference during which one of the Allyn Conwell of said he had talked with 37 of the captives and that All were that encouraged me for about a Seltzer he said he had his doubts whether he saw All of especially be cause reports were that the five were being held by the amal in another one of just two such groups in the is the Only Atlantic Fleet unit of Seabee the navys name for construction battalions trained for diving on underwater Seltzer had sent the six Man team to Nea 10 Days before the hijacking to repair a Navy communications stations underwater sewer the divers were on their Way Back to Norfolk when flight 847 was seven military members among released hostages by the stars and stripes Here arc Brief sketches of military members who were among the hostages of hijacked Twa flight according to Navy reports by the associated press and United press internal and information provided by an air Force spoke woman Petty officer Kenneth of an underwater inducted at Miami in december assigned since july 1983 to underwater construction team naval amphibious Little Creek Hes Petty officer Stuart of thief River an Engi Neering inducted in october 1974 at assigned since August 1976 to underwater construction team he is a diver and advanced under water construction wife children Maria and mar both 9 Stuart 6 Petty officer Jeffrey of North an equipment inducted october 1977 at assigned to underwater construction team one since Petty officer Clinton of a construction elec inducted september 1980 in assigned to underwater construction team one since december wife Marie son Petty officer Tony of an underwater construction inducted february 1978 at assigned to under water construction team one since april wife children Bradley 9 Claude late of stationed at hell Nikon the Abc affiliate in Washington identified whitmoyer As an air Force technical an air Force could not con firm the wife children 11 Kurt of a member of the army presi Dent of Carlson roofing a fam ily business in loves wife daughter 5 Board member of the Rockford boys club and sponsor of several Little league baseball says change their kind words a hostages need time to says slain sailors father Washington a the father of the Only passenger on Twa flight 847 who didst get out alive says the freed hostages who have kind words for their captors will change their minds when they have time to think about Richard father of murdered Navy Seaman Robert Dean said he watched with emotion sunday As the final 39 hostages were released from Beirut and held a televised news conference upon their arrival in before heading on to St them a Navy diver who was returning from a construction project at a air Force base in was severely beaten and then shot in the head on june a Day after the hijacking his killers dumped his body from the Jet onto the Beirut Airport the hostages were still scared at that and there going to say anything to get out of the father when asked about the uncritical things the survivors Suid of their some of the hostages said they were Well treated and expressed sympathy for the cause of their two of the Twa John Testrake and one of Robert Stethem Fel Low Jeffrey described their ordeal As a learning the elder Stethem said i think when they have time to think about it not in a Day i think need time to really look at everything see it in a different Stethem said our prayers have been answered by the release of the remaining we Are As Happy to see them As free men As they must now he said in a Telephone interview from his Home in Wai outside he said he believed the like his is heartbroken about Roberts we must not forget who took him from said himself a retired career Navy in the Damascus news ing a Navy Seaman from Virginia said he was a Friend of Stethem but didst know he had died for several until the captors gave them copies of news week and time through the pictures i gathered that it was one of my but i didst let on to them it was one of my he Ingalls added that he was treated and its definitely been a learning experience for in the United states you Only see from the Media and you kind of see the other Side of the Story being Over Richard Stethem said he was somewhat puzzled by the sailors but said he suspected the captors didst know Ingalls was a dont know everything right Stethem Why did Ingalls say that Ingalls had a reason for saying what is that i dont personnel for Freedom flight listed the following Crew members were aboard the c141 that flew the former hostages of Twa fight 847 from Damas Cus to Rhei main Germany Leroy Edwards Pilot Richard Copilot 1st Daryl Copilot Shelton Load master staff Dennis flight Engineer staff John flight and Leroy the aircraft is assigned to the 438th Mili tary Airlift Mcguire members of the medical team inboard the aircraft who Are assigned to the 2nd aeromedical evacuation so at Rhein main a Linda medical Crew director Janice Jack r Simpson Brian saudi Cheryl Molinard and senior airman Al medical team member from the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden Mathew flight team members from the army Hospital in Frankfurt Robert 7th medical and Calvin Neptune social 7th medical source Public affairs Rhel Maln Ger Many
