European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 02, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 2. 1991 the stars and stripes Page 7war in the Gulf i ,. A a. A _. A a a a a a a a. A. A a m a. A a. Quot. Medics can handle 15,000 daily by Phi up j. Hilts the new York times Washington a the front line american medical system in the persian Gulf is set up to handle 15,000 wounded service members a Day even if 3,000 of them need emergency surgery officials say the officials would not disclose estimates of possible casualties in an extensive ground War. But analysts who have studied casualty rates in other wars including israeli ground combat in 1967, 1973 and 1982, say that this capacity should be adequate for even the High Cas a Salty scenarios for the War a a a a with american ground forces suffering casualties Oft wednesday in the first sustained ground combat of the War the military is Likely to focus new attention on the strength and preparedness of the medical system. Brig. Gen. Ronald r. Blanck director of professional services in the army surgeon general a office said that a Well Over 20,000�?T�?T doctors nurses technicians and other medical personnel Are in the Gulf area. -. Peacekeepers to keep patrolling iraqi Iraq Border by Chuck Al null Washington Bureau Washington a the . Security Council voted late thursday to maintain a peacekeeping Force along the Iran Iraq Border Lor at least one More month even though the observers on the iraqi Side have been vac Quot a cd because of the persian Gulf War. _ the Force was established in August 1988 at the end of the cd cig i year War Between the two Middle East nations and assigned the Mission of patrolling the 1,400-mile Border . Spokesman Matt Nerzig said. The peacekeeping Force once numbered 400 military arid 200 civilian personnel from 25 nations Nerzig said. It has dwindled to 120 military personnel from a a handful of nations he said. He could not provide figures for How Many civilians remain in the Force but said the number is Small there Are no . Personnel in the Force. V the 60 military personnel assigned to the iraqi Side of the Border were relocated by Jan. 15 in anticipation of the outbreak of hostilities Nerzig said. Most of them were moved to Tehran the iranian capital and the Eastern Mediterranean Island of Cyprus. A a they be been temporarily relocated until we have a clearer picture of what s going to happen with the War he said. A a a a the. Peacekeeping Force originally operated under six month renewable mandates but that was reduced to two month mandates in september when the Security Council Cut the size of the Force Nerzig said. The most recent Ftp month mandate expired thursday casualty list he said he could not give a More precise estimate but he remarked recently that there were three times As Many medical personnel in the Gulf As there were in Vietnam at the Peak of the fighting there when the medical staff numbered about 9,000. Beyond first Aid on the Battlefield there Are More than 30 Mobile Hospital units near the front lines in the Gulf. Backing them up Are several larger hospitals ranging Iri size from 500 Beds to the two Hospital ships with 1,000 Beds each at Anchor in the Gulf. By c i it h is War get to n g Thi Woun ded to Hospi t Al so could life a major problem. In Vietnam the wounded could often be flown straight from the Battlefield to the surgical units by helicopter. A Quot but planners who designed the medical installations for the Gulf War assume that if hundreds of thousands of military fight in the great expanses of the desert where enemy infantry May carry weapons to Knock Down Heli copters they will have to Rev on stretchers and Field ambulances to nun the wounded. Military otticini>rm4-uie first american to receive a purple heart tour a Utterm wounds in the Gult War took 21�?T to reach a Hospital from the Battlefield because of transportation problems. Possible delays in evacuation Are particularly worrisome because Nuht Arv a Perls attribute some of the increase. In the survival rate among wounded soldiers in recent wars to speedier treatment. In world War i an average of 18 to 24 hours passed be weely Quot to he-1 inc Man was Wilcik Lectrid i is is Grgica i a treatment in a Hospital. In world War ii it was 6 to 16 hours. In the Vietnam War with its close quarters and heavy use of helicopters the time Between Hurt and help averaged two hours but could be As Little As 30 minutes. With the improved Speed came a reduction in deaths among the wounded Ironi. 8.5 percent in world War i to 1.7 percent in Vietnam. A proud Mother capt Joann Conley of Cavalier n.d., wears a Button on her helmet with a photo of her 2/2year-old daughter Stephanie. Conley admits wearing the Button is against regulations but she challenges anyone to make her take it Oft. Conley is deployed in saudi Arabia As part of operation desert storm the department of defense has listed the following As killed missing in action or prisoners. Killed in action a a a Marine Lance Chi. Frank c. Allen 22, Waianae. Hawaii. A a a. A Marine Chi Stephen e Bentzlin 23. Wood Lake Minn. A Marine Chi. , 27, new York City a Marine Lance Chi. Thomas. A Jenkins 20, Mariposa Calif. A a Marine Lance Chi Michael e. Linderman jr., ,Orer? y ,. V a Marine Lance Chi. Jaws h. Lumpkins 22, new Richmond. Ohio a a Marine sgt. Garett a. , 25. Belvidere. N j a. A Marine Pic Scotia Schroeder. 20, Milwaukee a Marine Lance Chi David t. Snyder 21, Ken More ny.1. A Manne pfc Den j Stephenson 22, Bountiful Utah. A. Quot. A a Marine Lance Chi Daniel 8 Walker. 20, while House. Texas. Y a missing  _ a Marine Cap Michael c Berryman. 28. Yuma Ariz a a a a Navy it. William t. Costen 27, St. Louis. A air Force maj. Donnie r. Holland 42, Bastrop la. A a1.a a air Force maj. Thomas f Rofritz 37, Rochelle Iii. A. _ a Navy it. Cmdr. Michael Scott Speicher .33, Jacksonville Fla. A Navy it Charles j. Turner,-29,, Minn a Navy it. Robert Wetzel 30, Virginia Beach a prisoner of War. A Marine it col. Clifford m. Acree 39. Oceanside Calif a Quot a ,. A air Force col. David w. Eberly 43, Goldsboro. . _ a a Quot Quot Quot a air Force maj. Thomas a Griffith 34. Goldsboro . A. A Marine chief warrant officer Guy l Hunter 46, Camp Pendleton calf. A air Force Cash Harry m. Roberts 30, Savannah. A. A. A air Force maj. Jeffrey Scott Tice 35. . A. A a Navy it Lawrence Randolph Siade. 26. Virginia Beach a. A Navy it Jeffrey n. Zaun 28, Cherry Hill. N j. The family of air Force Cap. Dixon Lee wallers 30, Pensacola. Fla said it was notified he was missing m action. By Bob Dart Cox news service Washington if an american woman Soldier has been captured by Iraq she is Likely to be treated less harshly than her male pow co Prades Mideast experts said thursday. Dealing roughly with women prisoners would violate ancient islamic strictures As Well As spawn global outrage in a War watched worldwide on to they explained. Leniency on the other hand could be used for propaganda by iraqi president Saddam Hussein they predicted. A women Are Likely to end up with a a softer treatment than men particularly officers would face a said Andrew Whitley of Middle East watch an International organization that monitors human rights violations in the Region a the Issue arose thursday after Baghdad radio claimed Iraq had captured a a number of male and female .  while not confirming the report . Military spokesmen said a woman was among two in snort group soldiers. Missing in action near combat in saudi Arabia. Their vehicle was found but their weapons were gone and there was no sign that they had been injured. Baghdad radio said the alleged women prisoners a will be Given Good treatment in accordance with the spirit of lofty islamic  there Are centuries old written rules for conducting an islamic holy War said Peter Heath of the Center for the study of islamic societies and civilization at the Washington University of St. Louis. These include kind treatment for women