European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 27, 1966 the stars and stripes Page 3 disappointed gis prepare to return Home by Mike Huron mus stuff writer of a Ken woe or Germany a Lii he anti Lank battalion was Itic first unit to Roll into the joint Assembly area after the Early end or curtain Sentinel bul most of the soldiers weren t Happy Bogl it the members of inc Wisconsin National guard said icy and been training Loo Long to come across the Ocean and not Man Euver in the Field. The soldiers of inc 2nd Fin 2hlh inf had come to Germany to practice Maneu vers in  Range new Field but the weather Dunn l Emir crate. Most lire going Home disappointed Hinl they weren t challenged  la. Cal Harold Degraw. 2nd in commander said sat urday. Certain Sentinel ended Friday about one week ahead of schedule. It. Gen. Andrew a Chambers Vii corps commander and exercise dire eur. Called the Early hah 10 prevent further damage to civil inn land and property from military vehicles traversing soggy ground. But from a logistics Iii endpoint reformer return of forces to Germany was n hip Success according to he battalion s logistics officer Anil several noncommissioned officers in the companies. The Success came in learning How in prepare for coming overseas packing getting the stuff Here Fielt Inu it off the ship and preparing it for moving All the Way across  Viii c Apt. Larry Rakke 2nd in Logis tics officer. One officer with the 1st inf of Jim from i Ort Riley kan., said inc real exercise always has been reformer. Lie said certain Sentinel was Jusi the Reward to inc soldiers who were pawns of the logisticians during the explosion rips arms factory in North Chile Iquique. Chile a a massive blast lore through an arms and explosives factory saturday and it was feared thai As Many As 28 workers were killed. The Cardon explosives co. Issued a statement in Santiago the chilean capital saying that Foar workers were killed 24 were missing and 11 were injured but Only two required Hospi Lali action. A police officer in this Northern City told the associated press hat the missing Are almost certainly  he had reported earlier thai four bodies were recovered and 23 workers were missing while 15 were injured. Irene Rojas a reporter for the Iquique newspaper la Estrella said the missing work ers were killed. The explosion disintegrated their bodies there is nothing left  the police spokesman said the mid morn ing Cip Losion destroyed one Section of the sprawling four Section Cardon Plant in Alto Hospicio an ind Astrini suburb of this porn City 1,1 50 Miles North of Santiago. He said an investigation was under Way 10 determine the cause of the explosion bul it appeared to be accidental. The Cardon communique said the blast occurred in Lite Section where ammunition was assembled for the 500-Pound Cluster bombs that Are one of the firm s main products. Among the countries known to buy the bombs is Iraq which has been Ai War with Iran since september 1980. Rescue teams were careful in their search far the missing victims because of the possibility of secondary explosions and Gas leaks said a police spokesman. Deployment. I wish we could have gone across country More said spec. 4 Joe Swanson a former Marine from he nil wis. Who now serves As a Tow tube la bitched optically tracked wire guided Ami tank rocket gun Ner. Instead co l resorted to running squad and Crew drills that we could have Dune in Ilie Stales he said. Pfc. Steven Ross from Janesville wis. Is a former Active duty Soldier who has been with co n. 2nd in. 113th inf about four months. We did the Best we could with he weather but i would have liked o have done some actual Maneu vers he said. Ross a radio operator did gel to learn about that part of Field  he said. It s Good training even if we did t move said pfc. Jeffrey a Olson a co t ammunition bearer from Dela no wis. We Learned How to survive in the could and the rain. I would have liked to slay another  but spec. 4 Robert wis Schrieder from Madison wis., was ready to go Home saturday. We did t do anything Here i could t have done it fort Mccoy he said. The 2ml in i 2tiih inf conducts training at fort Mccoy. Staff sgt. James  from Wale Novin a i.s., disagreed. We were actually cockeyed around quite a bit be chum we have wheeled vehicles the Seoul Section ser Geant said. So we pot a kit of Era Clicc in map Reading. When you re at porn Mccoy All the time you be got the Post  Jswanson a Tow gunner said co c did a lol of moving around for nothing. The commander was never around. All you did was lie Here and get  co c was attached to a 32nd separate inf brigade Madalion to provide anti tank support. Degraw said. When the exercise was downgraded to a command Field exercise lie commanders of co c and co d were pulled out of their units to take part he said. Thai left the company executive officer with the unit a inc lactic us Sile. I think the commanders May have gotten a lot out of certain Sentinel Verfuerth said but for the troops there was not much  several co c soldiers complained thai hot meals in the Field were scarce. We went Lii first two Days without hot meals Swanson sail. We bought most of our own  i came with �100 and i have Only Sjo left said spec. 4 Roland Schneider of co c. I spent All of it on  much Soldier was issued meals ready to enl Moresi said , so they had food. He said co c was attached to a battalion thai had some logistical problems providing hot meals bul inc co c soldiers got just As Many hoi meals us the Resl of the battalion in was sup porting. Sikh soldiers of an Indian army regiment March by the reviewing stand in new saluting a special Day Delhi to Mark the annual Republic Day. Meanwhile Mili unt sikhs damaged the Akita Tiehl shrine Silun i a in inc Golden Temple of Amritsar. Rebels claim control of Uganda government Nairobi Kenya