European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a the Star band strides sunday March 3,1991in the Gulf at a glance ambassador Edward Krichm looks on during Flag raising ceremonies Friday at the . Embassy in Kuwait City. A a v a a history making move the 1st army div destroyed 630 tanks and killed perhaps 10,000 iraqis in its March against the Republican guard. / a a a a a a a a a a a / a a -. Quot a a /. A a Page 4 unprecedented popularity a poll says president Bush has the approval of 91 percent of Ameri. v. A a a a a a a a Page 5 High Praise from Bush president Bush tells . Troops their sacrifices in the persian Gulf War will never be forgotten. A a page6 just a few obstacles _ new York City plans a ticker tape Parade to Honor returning troops. The Only questions Are when How and who will for it. V a a Page 6 a . A a a bomb explodes in sri Lanka a car bomb in sri Lanka explodes on a Busy Street killing at least 19. Quot -. A Page 7. Blood breakthrough a blood substitute derived from cows has been tested Success fully in humans and could be used in blood transfusions. A / a a a a a a a a a Page 8 Navy launches probe the Navy has opened an investigation into who was responsible for failing to oversee Stanford University now under fire for allegedly overfilling the government $200 million for research. A a a Page 9 c Index Abby Ann Landers. 13 commentary.____15 letters. 14 Money matters. 20 Mutual. 19-20 sports. 21-28 to listings. .,22 weather. 11. By the stars and stripes King fahd military City saudi Arabia a pfc. Anthony Drees survived the scud attack that killed 28 fellow soldiers monday night. But he left part of his body and part of his future in the burned out building. A one More Day and that damned War would have been Over a said Drees from his Hospital bed. It and i had a Nice life Drees 23, of grand Forks n.d., is not sure what will become of him. His right leg is shattered and his left leg is a part of my butt is missing a he said. And he has a chunk of shrapnel in his left forearm. His face and Heck Are splattered with shrapnel wounds and Burns. After four years of Active duty Drees joined the reserves at the University of North Dakota at grand Forks. He was inv Roth was treasurer of the Black student onion and was working part time at a liquor store when the Call up notice reached him. I a i jumped up and he said with some bitterness. A when 1 got my letter i just up and Drees was Ori his cot reaching for his helmet when the missile hit. A i knew id been hit. I caught my breath for a second and looked a and building was gone a he said. A my bunk was against the Wall and it was gone. I reached Back and pieces of my leg were missing. My right shoe Wasoff. I tried to Chase it around and i move a Drees Wasny to the Only one my Friend next to me had both legs blown off a Drees said sobbing. A i put my arms across his Chest and tried to crawl i got him at least to the Wall the fire was after we were together since Day one. Of this a Drees said. A i Don t know where he is. 1 can t find and others injured in the attack were interviewed at the King valid military medical Complex near Dhahran during a visit by kuwaiti Crown Prince Sand Abdullah Al Sabah. X most of the dead were in Dreesm 477th trans co or the i4t.li quartermaster det subunits of the 475th quartermaster group a Reserve unit from Farrell a. The units were housed in a Metal warehouse near Al Khobiar saudi Arabia. Spec. Bryan Thompson 24, of Lake Providence la., watched the scud War.-, head tear through the roof and explode. A i remember All of it just like now a a said Thompson who is with the 475th. L in and a few others were trying to get a football game going when the air raid Siren Quot went off someone yelled for the troops to put on their helmets. A everyone stood up to go Back to their. Blinks to get their helmets and when every one stood up it just a you could see it when it came in and then All Ofa sudden it hit the floor and then it just went Kaboosh a i Felt the blood gush Back my Side and then my Chest a said Thompson who was hit by shrapnel. A and when i fell i panicked. I admit it he said it Felt As if a the shrapnel and debris was just like. Passing through my whole body a. A a wok we re still alive a he told himself. A Calm Down. Everyone Caim Down a he. Told the others. A collect yourselves. Be Able to Tell them where you Hurt i a and the kids were screaming scream ing Yelling screaming. A the devastation wrought by the scud was heightened by the explosion of Small Quot arms ammunition in the fires. The units had just been issued m-t6s the Day before. A there was one Guy who went in to Rescue people and he was hit right in the forehead by a Bullet and killed said sgt. Robert Lessamae 24, from mount pleas ant pa., of the 14lb quartermaster det. Quot there were 69 people in my unit. Thirteen died including two women a he said. Most of those dead had been in a a _ group on the floor Pursuit Lessamae suffered thigh shoulder and Eye wounds. He was writing a letter to his grandmother when the scud hit. A / a we were Here a week and beget blown up. It seems so ironic because everyone. Started to take scuds lightly a he said. nobody in a thousand years thought a warhead would come right at _ this report was compiled by George Manes Middle East Bureau chief from Pentagon Media Pool reports some by the stars and stripes Southern Iraq the cease fire has most gis thinking of going Home but Many other combat troops Are burdened by thoughts of Battles that passed them by. V. Vav v. A a Quot a Quot a train train train and All i did was see prisoners of War a said capt. Burl Thomson 29, an infantry company commander with the 82nd airborne div. A there is frustration because we expended a lot of sweat in preparation i would have liked to contribute a said the 29-Ycar-old from Little River , the Speed of the assault and the. Utter collapse of the iraqi army left Many . Units with no combat activity. It. Hasni to set Well with Many of the troops. A a in a tired of the tension a said. Knox 34, of Minneapolis a member of the army a 1st Cav div Quot you keep moving you keep preparing you keep hearing about the Battles going on. But nothing happens a the 1st Cav spent live months in the desert. It sped 60 Miles into. Iraq. But it never engaged the enemy. A a we re going to go Home with combat patches a added done to deserve them Quot said spec. Edward Hawkins of Detroit. A the Mother of All Battles turned out to be a figment of Saddam Hussein a imagination. A the Mother ran away the kids gave up and the allies played baby Sitter a said spec. John Tosch 21, of Rogers City mich., a Soldier with the 82nd some soldiers who were in pm Bat were struck by the strange reality it can create. A a death by distal cd is the Way spec. Larry Oker 20, front it Minneapolis described it. L ies a rocket jittery crewman. A a it a real impersonal. There is not a Jot of Honor in it but that is How it is done in modern times a he said. A but if we Hadnot been Over Here a lot More people would have been killed a _ this report was compile it by George Manes Middle East Bureau chief from Pentagon Media Pool reports ins by Joseph Owen Middle East Bureau Kuwait City a kuwaiti government medical officials say at least 2,000 people were killed during the iraqi occupation of the country. Quot this Isnit documented but i have Quot a feeling that its a lot bigger figure than that a said Jehad Al Gharab ally assistant manager of Kuwait s medical services department. About 70 percent of those slain were kuwaitis and Many were tortured he said. The remaining 30 percent were iraqi soldiers killed by kuwaiti resistance fighters. Women constituted Only a few dozen of the slaving victims he said. The Mubarak Hospital alone handled 90. Homicide victims and 420 people wounded because of the iraqi occupation. Hospital workers displayed two refrigerated corpses of Young kuwaiti men who they said had been tortured to death. One 27-year-old Man had been burned with acid Over much of the lower part of his body and shot in the head. The other Quot Man about 25, had died from blows that smashed Quot his Skull. Elsewhere in the morgue the loosely wrapped corpses of eight iraqi soldiers including a colonel attracted Many Hies. The difficulty of determining the total number of deaths stems from the danger of trying to assemble statistics during the occupation he said. _ Quot a a it was a very scary business to collect data very dangerous a Al a Jarab said. _. A said his information was ii Mitch Kuwait City and did not extend to the Sert areas. A we believe most of the 1 Tims were there. It was very Dant Ous very risky to be around Quot Al Gharab ally and Many other Kun tis said most of. The deaths occurred the first few weeks after the aug. 2 in invasion and then in the past two wee it was not uncommon to find 200 Bod in the streets on a Day after the iraqi Vasion Al Gharab ally said. As the . Coalition ground att Drew near the killings started again. Facials collected 2d bodies in 24 hoi about three or four Days before the co Tion drive
