European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 28, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 7war in the Gulf Media pod hundreds of captured iraqi soldiers Mill about tuesday in a desert prisoner Camp guarded by the 1st Marine expeditionary Force in Northern saudi Arabia. Iraqi bunkers had All the comforts of Home by the stars and stripes Middle East Bureau american troops have been shocked to find some iraqi troops lived in relative luxury in underground bunkers Complete with television and showers. A a they be been living pretty Well a said it. Curtis a Palmer with the army a 1st inf div pushing through Southern Iraq toward the euphrates River. While coalition bombing has destroyed much of the Armor and equipment above ground some enemy units appeared to Nave sup eyed quite nicely. Palmer said he found one command Bunker with a Shower stall Concrete floor overstuffed chairs fresh eggs and fruit and a Var with the taped movie  pvt. Rueben Perez of la Puente Calif., cleared a a a a Bunker with a Large velour sofa a Generator powered television a Small refrigerator and Large amounts of food and weaponry. At a site where engineers were destroying iraqi bunkers one Soldier found a Large Cache of new unopened Olive Green uniform shirts. Large numbers of packs canteens and helmets littered the desert most in Good condition. 0 All of the bunkers in this sector of Iraq had dumps littered with empty food cans mostly fruits and vegetables along with packs of cigarettes. Most of these bunkers often linked by elaborate Tunnel systems were cleared without incident the troops said. Most were empty and when they weren to the occupants usually surrendered peacefully. Casualty list the department of defense has listed the following As Khaled in action missing in action or taken prisoner in the persian Gulf War a killed in action a Marine Lance Chi. Frank c. Alien. 22, Waianae has Marine Chi. Stephen e. Bentzlin 23, Wood Lak Minn., a a. A air Force capt. Douglas Uteralt. 29, Houston. A army master sgt. Otto f. Clerk no Hometown Given Quot a a a Marine Chi. Ismael Cotto,�?~2?, new York City. A army spec. Michael d. Daniels 20, no Hometown Given. A a a Aii Force capt. Paul r. Eichenlaub ii 29, Bent Onvile. Ark a 1 1 a a army spec. Steven p. Farnen 22, Salisbury to. A Marine Lance Chi. Eliseo Felix 19, Avondale. Ariz a a a a Marine Lance Chi. Thomas x Jenkins 20, Mariposa Calif., -. A Marine Cpl. A Hitaj. Jones 21, Atlanta. A Marine Lance Chi. Michael e. Underman jr., 19, Roseburg Ore. Palmer from Douglasville a was stunned by the condition of some of the bunkers a a rive bombing did no to do As much As i expected. Trucks arty anything above ground it got that but the bunkers Are unharmed a he said. A that was not necessarily the ease elsewhere on the Battlefield where tens of thousands of iraqi soldiers were surrendering often from simple open trenches it a the prisoners Are broken in spirit a said 2nd it David Ciesinski 24, of los Angeles who also is with the 1st inf div. A we be been gobbling them up. My company already has taken 150 of them. \ a a it son of the Saddest sights in be Ever seen a a Ciesinski said. A some of them Only had a few Rotten dates in their pockets. You  help but feel Good for them because their War is  a injured prisoners of War Are being treated at coalition Field hospitals and in some cases Are flown to the rear for further treatment. At one dirt strip in Northern. A saudi Arabia 51 prisoners were being loaded onto a c-130 transport plane. Eleven who could walk hobbled Barefoot in the rain. Forty others were carried aboard on stretchers. ? staff sgt. Rosemarie Wright with a voice that put right through the whine of the engines directed medics to hang the Green Canvas stretchers in rows five High fitting one Side of the Stretcher into brackets of a sup port pillar and snapping straps and clamps onto the other Side. A fall the Way up a the woman from Pittsburgh yelled again and again. A go go go. Lets Rock and  the ambulatory iraqis who were sitting on both sides of the plane stared at her with open Mouths. Later in the Day one of the iraqis pulled up his Hospital gown and pointed to a Crescent shaped scar on his stomach. A Iran Iraq a he said then he pulled Down the Blue Hospital pants and pointed to a fresh Bandage. He said Iraq America. Saddam no  a across the front lines iraqis were surrendering in numbers too great for the invading armies to handle. The beaten soldiers sat in groups As armoured columns roared past. They would Nave to wait patiently for Fiers to a a capture them. Some pos proved to be an asset to american forces. They pointed out nearby minefields. They also divulged the locations of units a cad to surrender As Well As pointing out those Likely to offer resistance. A these Guys Are mostly Farmers regular people who were forced to join the army of have their families killed a said Marine Lance Cpl. Steve Van Waus 20, of fort Myers fla. A a they re real Nice  Many iraqis smiled and laughed As they turned themselves in to coalition forces. One group chanted a George Bush George Bush a As they cheered the american president. A i did not see a Defeated enemy a said col. Bob per Rich of Greeley colo., who is with the 82nd airborne div. A i saw a group of people who did not want to be soldiers who wanted to be doing something  compiled by Bureau chief George Manee from Pentagon Media Pool report a a. A. A a Marine Lance Cpl. James h. Lumpkins 22, new Richmond Ohio. Earmy spec. Jeffrey t. Middleton 26, no Hometown Given. A Marine sgt. Garett a. Mongrella 25, Belvidere . A Manne Cpl. Aaron a. Pack 22, Phoenix. A army sgt. Ronald my Randazzo 24, Glen Burnie my. A army chief warrant officer Hal h. Reichle 27, Marietta a. A a a. A a. A Marine pfc. Scott a. Schrooder 20, Milwaukee. A Marine Lance Cpl. David t. Snyder 21. Kenmore. N y. A. A. A Marine pfc. Dion j. Stephenson. 22, Bountiful Utah. A army pfc. Robert d. Talley 1.8. Newark . A Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel b. Walker 20, Whitehouse. Texas. _. A army spec. Richard v. Wot Erin 22. Lair be. A. Missing in action a Marine capt. Michael a Berryman 28, Yuma Ariz a air Force 1st la Thomas Clifford Bland jr., 26, Gai a thers Burg my. A a air Force staff sgt. John p. Blessinger 33, fort Walton Beach fla. A air Force senior master sgt. Pauig. Buege 43, wary Esther fla. A a air Force sgt. Barry Mclark 26, Hurlburt Field fla. 4 a Navy it. Patrick k. Connor 25. Virginia Beach a. A Navy it. Cmdr. Barry t. Cooke 35, Virginia Beach. A Navy it. William t. Costen 27, St. Louis. A a Navy it. Robert j. Dwyer 32, no Hometown Given. A air Force capt. Arthur Galvan 33, Navarre fla. A air Force capt. William a Grimm 28. Hurlburt fold fla. A a it ,. A air Force staff sgt. Timothy r. Hanson 31, Maxwell Iowa. A air Force tech. Sgt. Robert k. Hodges. 28, Hurlburt Field. A a r Force maj. Donnie r. Holland 42, Bastrop la. A air Force sgt. Damon v. Kanuha. 28, san Diego. A air Force my. Tjomas f. Koritz 37, Rochelle Iii a army pc. David Lockett 23, fort Bliss Texas. A air. Force master sgt James a. May ii. 40fort.wm-�? ton Beach fla. A air Force staff sgt. John l. Wolschlager .28. Nico Villo Flat. A a. A a army pc. Melissa Rathbun Nealy 20, grand. Rapids Mich. A air Force capt Stephen Richard Phillis 30, Rock Island Iii. Quot a Marine capt. Russell a. C. Sanborn 27, a Elock n c. A. A a air Force staff sgt. Mark j. Schmauss 30, Hurlburt a Field. A Navy it. Cmdr. Michael Scott Pelcher 33, Jacksonville fla. A a air Force capt. Richard d. Storr 29. Spokane. Wash. A air Force 1st it. Robert James Sweet 24, Washington . A a a Navy it. Charles j. Turner 29, Richfield Minn. A air Force capt. Dixon l. Walters or. 29, Navarre. A air Force maj. Paul j. Weaver 34, Navarre. A Navy u. Robert Wetzel 30. Virginia Boach. A Manne capt. James n. Wilbourn 29. No Hometown Given. Prisoner of War a Marine corps it. Col. Clivord m. Acres 39. Oceanside Calif. A a air Force cof David a Eberly. 43, Goldsboro. N cd air Force i. Col. Jeffrey d. Fox 39, no Hometown Given. A air Force maj. Thomas e. Griffith 34, Gold Stiro a Marine corps chief warrant officer Guy l Huntor 46, Camp Pendleton Calif a air Force capt. Harry m. Roberts 30, Savannah a. A air Force maj Jeffrey Scott Tice. 35. Sailors vile a. A Navy it. Lawrence Randolph Slade 26, Virginia Boach. A a a nay it. Jotter n Zaun 28, Cherr Hill.