European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                 58th Engineer recall deadly explosion  i age i anybody was or How bad i was  i Gal to Ine  Deisher said things wore under control As much As could to expected Given the circumstances most people say in was total chaos bul it was  leis her said there were like Theo or Lour Guys to every person the ones that lost limbs they were Tourni quoting the Mol trying to Cut the blood flow  Hill was speeding Loward the Sile of the Accident when he passed some medics. As i was heading out there t drove past the regimental Aid Slation. There just happened to be three of our medics there shining Iho headlights on then trucks. As i went by i said emergency go1 they Lollo Wod me out there " the training site was Tusl like a Wai movie Hill said their were bodies All Over but anyplace there was a Guy Down there we e iwo of three soldiers if Erc helping " a Christopher Cardine 3rd so executive officer was in Iho held Region lat Headquarters set up at Hohenfels when the radios Slart cd buzzing with Iho news i was two Miles away and i grabbed some medics and they followed me out  Cardine said. Soldiers Cut there did things that when you sit Back and Ihrk about in. You say my god How awful thai was i watched one Soldier try to give Mouth to Mouth resuscitation to a victim who did l have a Mouth. I watched people put tourniquets on people. I watched medics put a breathing lube Down a Guy who was Semi conscious and they could t Force his Mouth open. They talked him into opening his Mouth so they could get thai tube in " a Soldier stood watching Over the warhead portion of the Cal eng device. It had t exploded by the time i got there Cardine said there was a 40-Pound charge lying there that nobody knew whether or nol it was going to blow up. The Bollom had blown up but the top was still there. Ii would have killed everybody on that Sile. There was one Guy standing there within two feel of it keeping everybody for tripping Over  there were pieces of clothing All Over the place there was a piece of the demo Nons Sliff laying  Hill said Cap Charlesj Mckeever. The hot he. He troop commander called me Over and said. Check this thing out and Tell me if in s Sale " meanwhile medics at the site wore checking first Aid work the soldiers had Cone on the casual lies Hill was getting impatient a natural reaction of a commander seeing his soldiers injured it Well As Quick As it could have Hill said but it got to the Point where i was even wondering Why Aren t we getting them out it Here Doc Thompson chief warrant Olicer Clarence Thompso the a physician s assistant Down Here said. Calm Down it s belter if we take our Lime double Check every Lomg. Make sure everyone is stabilized before we go grabbing people and Laking off in the helicopters " the 11 the army Cav regt also had ils air assets Iraq neg Al Hohenfels. Which helped get me soldiers to the Hohenfels clinic for stabilizing treatment and Ihen on to Nurnberg Oroa hospitals quickly. Hill flew to he clinic and on to the Niernberg Hospital with spec. 4 Kevin j. Campbell 20, of Craig. Alaska. Campbell suffered a collapsed lung fractured log and head and abdominal injuries. He remains in Walter Reed Ahe Accident and has been Iri and on of Walior Rood Hospital since the c i Losion of Pilot Iho  do i a i and Wynn Vanl to stay combat to Nyi fio a s i Gucci thai i it on of the Dan apis a took Hon  signed up  Oei Sci a to is  his Litile Entill Mcnol ii a i just a croak Accident t m trying to decide now who the a i  to re up. But in i do it ii to or this was military  specially " i came in As a combat Engineer Wynn who has been in the aim e