European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 02, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes saturday february 2,1991 War in the Gulf the wait a then the dreaded reality a a a / a a a by is i Mydan the new York times Oceanside Calif. A for military families around the nation the worst fears of months of waiting came True thursday with the first reports of casualties in Tajc ground War in the persian Gulf. A wives and mothers children and parents who had been searching the television news for the faces of their loved ones now waited at Home hoping they would not hear that their men were among the 11 marines killed in fighting near Kha Fth saudi Arabia. A o wherever they came j rom All the marines reported killed were local boys Fibre in Oceanside Home to la Marin Ratic nip Pendle to the luge mar inc base dominates this san Diego suburb of 128,000 people a a City decorated with yellow ribbons Flag Sand placards supporting the troops. Quot a it hits you in the heart Quot Chi. Lynda Mactavish a base spokeswoman said. She confirmed that the 11 marines killed in the first sustained ground Battle of the War were based in Oceanside. A these Are our comrades Quot she said. A a a up a a a Linda  husband is a Marine sergeant and who founded a support group for military families Here said the Best the wives could do now was a just kind of wait for that Telephone not to ring or for that military car not to appear in front of their  but for a number of wives and families around the country the first unwanted Calls telling of War casualties did come. List on Page 10 one of those killed was Lance Chi. David t. Snyder 21. In Kenmore n.y., a suburb of Buffalo his Mother Teresa Snyder said a the knew what he was there for. He was there to do a Job. I feel we arc there for a reason and i done to Fec my son die for  in Wood Lake min Barbara Anderson the Mother of Stephen Bentzlin a 23-year-old Marine Corporal said a the was fighting for peace and he found  at Bentzlin a Home in san Clemente Calif., where he lived with his wife and three children the message on the answering machine is a reminder of the lives that Are affected by each death. A Young boys voice says a we can to come to the phone fight now. We might be playing Nintendo or at school or sleeping or taking a  at the end three Young children say one after another a Bye. Bye.  Ball express a a a a. A a. A it a v. A. A reborn As part of desert storm by Vince Crawley Middle East Bureau do Lliran saudi Arabia a soldiers hauling truckload after truckload of supplies to the troops of opera Toiv desert storm have Given new life to a storied army operations the red Ball express. The original. Red Ball express lasted about one month in1944. It took place when Gen. George s. Pat ton began using More than 90 percent of his non combat trucks to ferry gasoline from ports in Normandy France to his overextended tank units near the German Border. The express was cancelled when priority for Tuel was Given to another operation. The saudi version promises to haul More supplies for a much longer time. I began Jan 17 when the allies started massing their ground forces for an offensive. It w ill not Likely end until Allied flags wave Over Kuwait. Maj. Gen. William. A a Gus Pagonis in charge of deployment logistics said his strategy is to use Forward logistics depots a a Biog bases a to keep supplies As close As possible to the troops. A a Quot in world War ii when the germans were advancing in the desert they had to go Back for their resupplied a Pagonis said. A the British Defeated Rommel by building log bases and not having to go . Referring to Saddam Hussein s military Pagonis said a i Lis first w weakness is he had a tremendous line of communication which is How far he  deliver his goods from his factory to w Here he is going. My line of communication is a ship. His is by truck which can carry 20. Tons. A ship can carry 10,000 tons of  so far Pagonis said . Forces have unloaded 390 ships and More than 6,000 air planes served 88 million meals and pumped 104 million Gallons of fuel. Every Day they move 400 tons of mail. In Germany traces of the red Ball express Are on Marine funeral a Marine Honor guard carries the casket bearing the remains of Marine capt. Manual Rivera or. Outside St. Anselmus roman Catholic Church in the Bronx bor1 100 people in the tonal Park the in Coulterville qilif., a town of Sierra Foothills just Tyest of Yosemite National fire stations Flag was lowered to half staff at the news of the death of a native son Lance Chi. Thomas Allen Jenkins. A a a a a a a a. Thursday Cathy Tolano 25, the wife of a Marine at the front sat in an empty chair at the Barber shop where she works watching television and writing him a letter. A every night every night every Chance we get we watch the news a she said. A every Marine i see i look Ough of new York on thursday. Rivera the first new yorker to die in operation desert storm was killed when a Jet he was flying crashed son a training Mission. Into his face to see if i know him. Its really scary. Its not Good knowing a lot of military people in times of  -. A a r -. A a a. Jim Stephenson a former Marine Learned thursday that his son Lance Chi. Dion James Stephenson of Boun Tiftik Utah had been  my son did not die in vain a he told the Deseret news of Salt Lake City. A people who voted for this War do hot need to feel guilty. They did the right thing. We totally support them. My son did too.�?�. A amps Peggy Davidson spec. Wendt ii Whitt 70th trans co prepares to haul a Load of rockets. The 70th is part of the red Ball express. The Road again As Well a a Quot. #. Today truckers assigned to the 37th trans group Are shuttling multiple launch rocket systems from Germany to the port in eem shaven Netherlands. From there the weapons will be shipped to operation desert storm. The weapons were gathered from various storage depots  assembled at the trailer Transfer Point at Kopperl North of Frankfurt. From there 16 pods Are loaded onto each trailer and 10 to 15-vehicle convoys make the four to five hour Jaunt to Wolfen. At Wolfen the Drivers Swap their loaded trailers for empty ones that have been returned from the port a shuttle these to a Barracks in Kopperl near the traps i Point. Another group of Drivers picks up the Load trailers and finishes the trip to the port. Since Jan. 4, More than 70 convoys have moved to weapons said 1st it. John Blair the officer in charge i the Transfer Point. At the end of the operation to than 6,700 rocket launch systems will have been Shippy to desert storm. A Tarn report Talt writer pe99y Davidson in Kalser Sli combat ,�crma., 0.n or Thi article also came from Pentax combat Pool reporters in saudi Arabia