European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday january 29,1991war in the Gulf i doctors told to Brace for 10% casualty rate doonesbury repeats while artist recovers Fairway Kan. Apr do once Bury strips will be repeats this week because cartoonist Garry Trudeau had the Ilu not because of complaints Over the comic s depiction of soldiers in the persian Gulf War its Syndicate says. Lee Salem editorial director of Universal press said a a doonesbury strips from 18 months ago Are being used through saturday because Trudeau was ill with the flu about a week ago. Trudeau usually draws the strips about 10 Days in  to make appointments at the Frankfurt adult health clinic which is temporarily located at the dental clinic on Edwards Cavern Call ets 325-6319. The ets number was incorrect in fridays newspaper. By Douglas Jehl the los Angeles times with the 1st army div saudi Arabia a american commanders have warned army doctors to expect 10 percent casualties from some front line units in the first 30 Days of a ground attack. However predictions of Battle losses remain Uncertain said officers familiar with the estimates. And the estimates apply Only to the front line soldiers who would have to break through iraqi Border defences or drive to the farthest parts of enemy held territory Luik facing the Brunt of iraqi resistance. Casualty numbers take in both people who Are killed and those who Are wounded. Doctors at a Forward based Hospital say they spent much of last week unloading emergency supplies including morphine and casualty blankets in preparation for what most believe will be a bloody Battle. A a we la have some jumping to do when it All starts a said maj. Paul Whittaker commander of a medical support company attached to the 1st army div. He was chief of ambulatory care at the army Hospital in Wurzburg Germany. If ground fighting begins his company will operate within Range of iraqi artillery to provide Early treatment to soldiers from a 1st army div brigade. A we get a lot of classes on trauma trauma trauma a said spec. Russell Page 21, a medic from Greenwood miss a they say a expect a lot of  a a War a not pretty a said chief warrant officer William Gleason a physicians assistant who would ride an armoured ambulance onto the Battlefield. A but i really think Well be up to  indeed the stockpile of medical supplies has become so vast that some unit members wonder if they Are Over prepared. But after a moments thought sgt Dan Penkoff of Irvine calif., said a a guess in War you can never have too  the Hospital remained at a Lazy afternoon Pace saturday with the division still readying for Battle a comfortable distance from the front. Once the Battle starts however officers expect to see their compound in a frenzy they said. The few technicians hard at work saturday were analysing vials of urine for pregnancy tests. They said they a received quite a number of submissions from women soldiers who a recently arrived in saudi Arabia and doctors noted pointedly that a Well advertised policy excuses pregnant Servic members from duty in combat zones. During combat the units seven doctors could be asked to handle As Many As 60 patients in two hours. Moving Forward As the armoured brigade advances medical company personnel would seek to stabilize the conditions of the most severely wounded before sending them by helicopter to Field hospitals farther to the rear. Soldiers with slight wounds would be patched up and a a so Long As a Soldier tells me he still knows How to shoot a gun a be dispatched Back the front one doctor said. As caretakers to an armoured unit they expect to treat a lot of Burns caused by fires inside tanks. And with injuries from Modem weapons Likely to be severe they be recently been reminded a to save a life instead of a limb a medic Page said. A the doctors have to make the transition to War said chief warrant officer Jim Daley 48, of Medford mass., who served in Vietnam. A a it a really hard. Physicians Are people who have devoted their lives to taking care of each and every patient and in War you just can to do that. The first time they have to write one off a that a going to be pretty upsetting to some of  some doctors said they May Well encounter ambulances loaded with both iraqi and american wounded. A my personal feeling a said capt. Steve Blaha a is that a All things being equal �?1 t would have a tendency to want to see the american soldiers treated  when the ground attack begins Blaha a 28-year-old army dentist from Lincoln neb., will take Over the Job of triage the system of prioritizing treatment of patients. A personal feelings aside a he added a i will do whatever the army policy  Douglas Jehl is a reporter with a Pentagon combat Pool covering the 1st army div at a glance a Soldier reinforces an air base Bunker. On the Moonlight express during the Day lines of trucks sit parked and silent like bats awaiting dusk. At night they Roll into the darkness convoys heading North along a Road with Many names. A Page 4nasa�?Ts War efforts the astronauts awaiting Nasa s first wartime shuttle flight take satisfaction that their Mission could eventually Lead to better air defense missiles. A a Page 5 no Boom for defense firms for most defense companies the persian Gulf War has not produced booming business or  Page 6 Saddam a death or War the death of iraqi president Saddam Hussein May be the Only Way around the looming land War . Military planners say. A Page 7life on scud Row fear gives Rise to some terrible jokes about the missile whose very name is a four letter word a Page 8 makeshift masks a because proper Gas masks Are riot for Sale on the open Market in Bahrain students at a research Center in the capital of Manama have experimented with homemade Gas masks. The masks Are made from Pepsi cans and plastic sheets. The students think the crude device would give them enough time to get indoors to safety in the event of a Gas  says Iraq saving top planes by flying to Iran Washington apr an estimated 80 iraqi aircraft have reached Iran thus far in the persian Gulf War a top general said monday adding that if they attempt to re enter the War a we would Deal with  it. Gen. Thomas Kelly said at least 60 of the planes Are fighters or bombers a the top of the line aircraft that they the iraqis Are trying to save from the massive Allied air bombardment. Iran said to protect its neutrality it would confiscate any warplanes Landing within its Borders and hold them until the end of the conflict. But iraqi radio said Baghdad had contacted Iran about the return of the aircraft leaving the implication that the fliers had bolted on their own and not followed a prearranged plan. A we have to take the iranians at face value that the planes will be impounded until the end of the War said Pete Williams the Pentagon spokesman. Williams also said officials had made a a formality change and had classified seven of 14 americans As prisoners of War a the first such designation in the War. The other seven Are still counted As missing he said. Kelly said the Allied air Campaign had flown 2,500 sorties in the past 24 hours for a total of Over 25,000 in the War. In contrast he said Only three iraqi airfields have been Active in the past 24 hours and two of them have been used by pilots flying their Craft to Iran. Iraq flew 30 sorties in the past Day he added 25 of them planes leaving the country. Relly said the Aane rican military deployment in operation desert storm totals More than 492,000 troops. Kelly and Navy capt. David Herrington said they believed the air bombardment had probably eliminated Iraq s fixed launcher Sites for scud missiles As a military threat. Iraq continues to fire its scud missiles into Israel and saudi Arabia but from Mobile launchers