European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday december 22, 1985 crash victims Given final Salute fort Campbell by. A More than 17,000 soldiers stood at Atten Tion and relatives and friends huddled under blankets on a snowy Parade Field Friday to Salute the 248 troops killed in a jetliner crash last week. Our Comfort our Security arc pills of time and sacrifice by triage we often do not know army Secretary John o. Marsh or. Said at the memorial service. They Are nol thanked then tragedy strikes and shocks us into the 245 men and three women killed when a chartered Arrow air Jet crashed in Gander Newfoundland on dec. 12 were part of a multinational peacekeeping Force in Egypt s Sinai Peninsula. Eight Crew members also were killed. The ceremony started after a Battery of artillery fired 248 rounds one a min Ute a coining Friday morning. As the troops of the 101st airborne div stood at attention about 5,000 rela Tives and friends waited in heated tents before moving onto the Parade ground. A Lone bugler. Spec. 4 Jerry Bowers sounded taps As four jets flew the miss ing Man formation in which one Jet broke away from the others in a Low pass Over the Field. Large Floral arrangements of roses chrysanthemums and tropical Flowers gathered a Light dusting of Snow. Divisions from across the country sent Flowers and the Community of san matco. Calif., which adopted the Divi Sion during the Vietnam War sent red roses. One arrangement of Pink Flowers was signed this Way god bless you 101st. Love some of the speeches by army dignitaries referred to Christmas. Let us thank them and those they left with us for what they did for their coun try for what they did for peace on Earth for what they did for Good will to men said Marsh. Gen. John a. Wickham army chief of staff did nol try to diminish the anger that Many families have expressed. Why were these Young people in the Flower of their youth Tal a from us in such a tragic Way he said words can never answer our he told the assembled soldiers some wearing the Tan fatigues and Burnt Orange Caps of the peacekeeping forces that they should consider their Safe trip Home in the Way of a gift. To glorify those who have benefits boosted for victims families by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau ton the families of the 248 military tit Nin a Lonc Arrow air dc-8 crash in new four 12 will receive an increase in the scr iceman s group life insurance and other survivor benefits that were not scheduled to take effect until Jan. I. Congress passed a Bill late thursday making the insurance increase retroactive to dec. 11 for the families of Active duty Servic members. The increase raises the limit of the coverage front $35,000 to $50.000. At the same time the Bill also1 Autho Rizes a hike in the death gratuity of $3,000 for families of who die while on Active duty
