European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 6, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 combat pilots Accident prone years later other military fliers hospitalized less often by Norman  a military writer Washington pilots who Fly in combat arc More Likely than Oiler military pilots to be hospitalized years later for injuries and the problem May Stem from boredom thai leads Ihm 10 engage in High risk activities. Navy researchers say. In a recently published paper inc naval health re search Center in san Diego found thai combat pilots on the whole enjoy remarkably Low rates of disease injury and Hospi Lali action during the first five Yea s after combat. But. Once 10 to 14 years have elapsed inc pilots Are hospitalized at fat higher rates As a result of accidents and violence than arc their colleagues who never faced enemy tire the study found. The injuries reported among combat pilots Primar ily occurred As a result of such non aviation a child accidents As falling slipping participating in an athletic activity or using a machine or tool wrote research ers Anne hoi Burgand Ralph g. Burr. Perhaps the higher rates among combat pilots were a reflection of their having the time and Opportunity to engage in activities that entailed a certain element of physical risk. Another explanation was thai combat pilots were More  seek High risk activities out of frustration for having to adjust to a duty assignment involving administrative work or one providing few opportunities to perform highly demanding flight  most of the work for the 14-Page study was per formed by the two researchers in 1985, but inc results were published Only this summer. One Goat of the research was to determine if combat pilots experienced High Rales of heart and circulatory system disorders As a result of their wartime work but evidence of that did not show up. Hoiberg said. "1 think the most interesting thing was the Way the Accident rate for combat pilots went up she said in a Telephone interview tuesday. The study was based on a review of medical records of More than 10.000 pilots who flew for the  dating Back to 1968 3.043 with More than 275 combat hours in the air 2,792 with less than 275 com Hal hours 79 former pos who were pilots and control Sample of 4,475  pilots who never flew in combat. As might be expected the fraternity of pilots Overall proved to be quite healthy compared with the general population. But differences Between the Pilot categories showed up at every stage. During the first five year interval combat pilots had very Low Hostila Bizalion Rales compared with the control Sample the study found. These findings indicated that inc Short lorm health effects potentially associated with combat were not evidenced in these pilots. But 10 to 14 years after combat the two combat Pilot groups had significantly higher hospitalization Rales than  at that Point the two combat Pilot groups were hospitalized for accidental injuries at a Rale of at least 64 per 10,000, compared with 42 per 10,000 for the control group. Another finding was thai combat pilots were More Likely than the control group to be hospitalized in Laler years particularly for hernias and appendicitis. The researchers said they could offer no explanation for that. Pungent protest by environmentalists members of Greenpeace the Environ mental organization place a Banner aboard � garbage Barge from Islip n.v., As it sit ii in new York Harbor. The Barge gained notoriety As it encountered repealed rejections of its Load during weeks of wandering la . Coaxial Eil ies and to foreign ports. 2 keep Olive memory of lost vessel lost in Wii Norwich. Conn. Api the sink ing of inc submarine i Uhl Sead with All hands was overshadowed by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima the same Day but Chester Fiu Jarrald and Martin Sheridan Are keeping us memory alive. The last . Ship lost in world War ii was sent to the Bottom of the Java sea with its 84-Man Crew on aug. 6. 1945. When a japanese plane surprised it on the surface and dropped a 500-Pound bomb. It a Sony the sub s third patrol. Fil Jarrald 69, of Norwich figures Providence is the Only reason he transferred off the Bullhead before that last voyage. "1 made the first iwo runs and it was lost on the third he a s. "1 think a oui that often. It s Almi iss like somebody a looking a tier  the Bullhead was built at the a Kolni boat shipyard in i Solon. Launched july 16. 1944. And cumm Isiom d dec. 4. 1944, before sailing through inc Panama canal and out 10 Guam for its first assignment of the War on March 21, 1945, it was boarded by Sheridan then an eager Young War correspondent for the Boston Globe who badgered the  into letting him he come the first civilian reporter to go along on a submarine patrol. We called him scoops Sheridan lie was very Well liked by the Crew. He fit in Well i Jarrald recalls. Sheridan also in his ids. Lives in nearby oilman and. The two men have kept in touch since the War. Sheridan travelled on the Bullhead fur 38 a s in the South China sea during the sub s first patrol. I went out there As a fatalist. If Juu were gang id get hit. You were going to gel  Sheridan lays. Fit Jarrald. Who volunteered for sub Marine duty in i93h by Juu he could gel an Mira Jiu a month was chief of boat in charge of All the ciliated men aboard. The Bullhead s chief excitement Dur ing is first patrol was plucking downed bomber pilots out of the China sea. In mid april the sub returned to Subic Hay in the Philippines so some of us Crew could be transferred to other duly. Sheridan left the ship and returned 10 the United states. Fiu Jarrald remained aboard the Bull head Tor is second patrol cruising the Gulf of Siam and Java sea until return ing to Freemantle Australia on july 2. There in Jarrald left the Bullhead. He said he requested leave from the Bull head because he had already served nine War patrols and wanted to open a spot for anther Sailor to become thief i pc Doman. Most of Ilie Resl of the Crew under i. Cmdr. . Holt set sail again on july ,11. In aug. 13, the  a til nut a communication for All submarines to re port in to Letise the end of the w in was imminent and inc Bullhead was Nen r raised on radio Sheridan recalls. They came out on aug. 23 with the usual one paragraph announcement the  Bullhead is overdue and presumed lost " it was the 52nd submarine lost in the War. Law an t until Long Alicr that the Bullhead s Fate was Learned from Japa Nese records. They were All Good men. 1 was with that Boal when it was put into commis Sion. As chief. 1 was in charge of All the enlisted men so i became close to All of them said Fil Jarratt. Who lives in Norwich. Sheridan described Llie Bullhead in his a 47 Hook overdue and resumed Losi Sheridan who i Lii writes travel Fea Tures. A s he has been Back to the Are where the Bullhead was inst eight or nine limes since then. He will return again skin. He sad ill probably toss a Scalli or Hizik i hint nun the sea he said