European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday november 3,1990shipboard service honors 10 dead u .-., it Manama Bahrain it apr an Honor guard fired a 21-gun Salute and a Lone bugler sounded taps at a memorial service thursday honouring 10 sailors killed in a steam burst aboard the assault ship two Jima. About 1,000 servicemen including marines in Battle dress and sailors in dungarees snapped to attention during the tribute. They stood motionless on  moving Only to wipe away a tear or Bow their Heads during the 40-minute ceremony a table set up on  served As an altar with a Cross flanked by two candles in front was an officer s Cap a Seaman s round hat and a folded . Flag. Quot the Price of Freedom is High a said vice adm. Henry h. Mauz jr., commander of the . Naval forces Central command. A the standards we live by have never been More Clear and have been defined by our fallen shipmates. May god bless them and keep  the sailors died following an Accident tuesday in a boiler room aboard the iwo Jima an assault ship that is a helicopter launching pad for a . Marine Force. The ship was leaving port at Bahrain when steam heated to 850 degrees burst through a pipe Navy officials said. The cause of the Accident is under investigation. Six of the crewmen died instantly the four others died later of injuries. Reporters and photographers were not allowed aboard ship for the memorial service but they were briefed later and shown Navy videotapes. A we lost 10 very Good friends a said Petty officer Robert Jones. A it does no to seem like any period of time can heal the wounds that were inflicted on us. I know for myself when they died a part of me died with  capt. Michael of Hearn a Vietnam Veteran and the ships commanding officer delivered a Eulogy and urged the Crew to join in singing of the Navy hymn.1 victims flown to Delaware Dover Del. Up the bodies of 10 sailors and one Marine killed in operation desert shield accidents returned to the United states on thursday. Navy and Marine corps officials at Dover fab received the bodies of the 10 sailors killed tuesday in a boiler room Accident aboard the assault ship iwo Jima and that of a Marine killed in a vehicle Accident in saudi Arabia. An Honor guard of sailors and marines carried the Metal coffins from the aircraft and loaded them onto hearses which took the remains to the base mortuary. Military personnel saluted As each coffin was brought out of the c-141 Star lifter. No families were present at the hour Long ceremony. The bodies were formally received by adm. Jerome Johnson vice adm. Joseph s. Donnell Iii and Marine corps. Brig. Gen. Russel h. Sutton. Capt. Bill Perry chaplain of the Navy District Washington d.c., said a Brief prayer. A base spokesman said the families of the 11 will be officially notified of the arrivals and arrangements will be made for funerals according to their wishes. Riflemen fire a Salute aboard the iwo Jima during a ceremony honouring the 10 crewmen killed in a boiler room Accident. The Accident brought to 43 the number in August aboard the Cruiser  Antie of american deaths in operation desert Tam. Shield. The iwo Jima whose Home port is nor before tuesdays Accident the Navy Folk va., has a Crew of 685 and a comple had lost one Sailor who was electrocuted ment of 1,100 marines. A psychiatric team was sent to the iwo Jima to help the Crew Deal with the emotional scars of the Accident. The Navy has More than 50 ships deployed in the Middle East Region. Navy Honor guard members carry a Flag dropped coffin. Apr amp a from Page 1 Cheney said that As Many As 100,000 More troops a beyond the roughly 240,000 soldiers sailors airmen and marines already there a might be sent to the Gulf area. He did not say when they would go. The biggest psychological lift for the troops some of whom have been in the saudi desert for two months will come when the Bush administration announces a timetable for a rotation of fresh forces Sullivan said. The general said the army already has set in motion the arrangements for mobilizing the first fresh units from the United states and Europe although no individual units have been alerted to begin moving to the Gulf. Sullivan acknowledged that some soldiers Are grousing about not knowing How Long  be on duty in saudi Arabia where living conditions on the front lines Are harsh but he said he was satisfied that morale is not suffering unduly. A the troops Are in pretty Good shape and they Are not experiencing what i consider to be inordinate morale problems a he said. A i done to see  recent reports based on interviews with servicemen in the Gulf area have portrayed the troops As losing patience with the uncertainty of when they might go Home and whether  be required to fight