European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2the stars and stripes saturday March 16,1991in the Gulf at a  w w Marine Lance Cpl. Michael sch runs of Casper wyo., wipes the Windshield of a harrier jul the Squadron of harriers is returning to its Home base in Cherry Point . Khanji residents regroup two grocery stores a Barbershop filling station and pharmacy Are the Only businesses open in Khanji As the saudi Border town struggles to rebuild. Page 4 Welkus Hometown singing Federal Money will not be spent on Lawrence Welkus Birthplace but that wont keep his Hometown of Strasburg n.d., from getting a $500,000 Federal Grant. A pages Swenson wins id Tarod while other mushers turned Back in a blizzard Rick Swenson slowed ahead through thigh High snowdrifts to win the id Tarod sled race. A Page 7 Dodds spelling Bee students from three regions of Dodds will compete saturday in the ninth annual spelling Bee Competition. A Page 9 any buyers the company entrusted with Selling holdings of the former East German state is finding its task harder slower and less popular than anyone expected. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers ______19 action line. 16 connies  a 19-20-21 commentary. 13 crossword. .19 letters. 12 Money matters. .17 sports. 22-28 to listings. .22 weather. .11 on after vehicle hit mine by John Millar Middle East Bureau it just Wasny to spec. Darren Moore a Day or maybe it was. A Moore assigned to he co 3rd army div got lost while making a Supply run through the iraqi desert in an eight wheeled tactical truck. A a it a real easy getting lost out Here a the 25-year-old Supply specialist said. Without any reference Points or signs to guide soldiers Moore said Many get disoriented. A a it san everyday  but As if getting lost weren to bad enough a i took a wrong turn and went through a minefield a Moore said. Luckily he was slowing Down when his vehicle hit an anti personnel mine. Though Only one of the four front wheels actually hit the mine shrapnel from the explosion blew the other three Moore said he did no to even realize he had hit a mine until he Felt a Jolt and his passenger smelled Gunpowder. A i did no to want to get out a he said a so i climbed up on  realizing what had happened and where he was Moore drove out the Way he came a five Miles in All a with four out of eight tires Flat. He never did get the supplies that Day. Damage to the truck was the last thing on his mind and he did no to mind driving it to safety in its condition. A the army can replace those tires and rims a he said a but they can to replace  a the incident Hasni to fazed the easy speaking Houston native. But then Moore was prepared for the worst before he went anywhere. Anticipating just such a situation he had lined the floor of the trucks cab with  a you have to have sandbags a he said a you never know what a out  Moore still makes Supply runs through the desert but his explosive experience has caused him to do one thing different. A a in be put a couple More sandbags in my truck now a he said. Michael . Stone has Silver stars for spec. Jonathan Ray Alston pvt. Craig Burton and pvt. Stephen Schaeffer. A. A 3 Kuwait City up three daring Young american soldiers became the first recipients of the Silver Star medal for acts of a extraordinary heroism during the persian Gulf War. Army Secretary Michael . Stone pinned the medals on the three enlisted men at an open air ceremony Friday at the . Central Comdr scamp Freedom in Kuwait City. The three spec. Jonathan Alston 27, of Chapel Hill . Pvt. Craig Burton 20, of Pascagoula miss. And pvt. Stephen Schaeffer 21, of Claymont Del belong to the 1st Quot Tiger brigade of the 2nd army div. The three played key roles in their divisions punch through iraqi front lines in Southern Kuwait during the ground offensive that began feb. 24, and then sealed enemy escape routes in Western Kuwait. Their citations said Alston Burton and Schaeffer displayed Quot extraordinary heroism Quot during the assault. A what these three soldiers have done has contributed immeasurably to the. Luster and distinction of their unit Quot said Stone in an address at the ceremony. The medals Are the first Silver stars during the 43-Day War in which .-led coalition troops forced iraqi president Saddam Hussein to withdraw his occupation forces from Kuwait. The Silver Star is the third highest . Medal for bravery and is Only awarded during wartime. Quot it is hard to see myself As a hero because other people lost their lives out there a Alston said after the ceremony. A i see getting this medal As if 1 did my Job to the Best of my  the citations said Alston and Schaeffer volunteered to destroy an enemy Bunker that was hampering their brigades Advance on the second aay of the ground assault. Schaeffer provided covering fire while Alston lobbed grenades at the position and sprayed it with bullets. His second grenade destroyed the Bun Ker and showered him with shrapnel and debris. The citation said both then re established Contact with their squad and continued their Mission under fire. Schaeffer said he was a a Little stunned when told he would receive the Silver Star. A i did t really expect this a he said. He joined the army Only seven months ago and said he was among 104 volunteers from his unit in Germany who were sent to saudi Arabia. Burton advanced through an enemy minefield to breach obstacles of concertina and barbed wire. A what scared me was the sniper fire a Burton said. A but someone had to breach that minefield. Now i feel like in be accomplished  military officials said two soldiers of the 2nd army div were killed and five wounded during the units Advance through Kuwait. By said it destroyed More than 200 enemy tanks and captured More than 4,000 prisoners