European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse In the Gulf at a glance polish president Lech Walesa puts Flowers on president. Kennedy a grave at Arlington National come try on thursday. War deaths by race Blacks and other minority troops did not die in greater proportions than their White counterparts during the persian Gulf War As some had predicted. A Page 4 american slain in Turkey a turkish terrorist group claimed responsibility for Friday s slaying of a second american employed by a company that provides administrative and support services for the . Military in a Page 9 show Biz football a night out in Europe with the world league of american football will include a laser Light show fireworks Pep bands cheerleaders costumed mascots and not to be overlooked a football game. A Page 17index Abby Ann Landers. 19 action line. 16 comics. 19-21commentary13 crossword. 19 letters. >12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings .22 weather. 11 wounded go heading Home to face Long painful by Deedee Arrington Doke. Kaiserslautern Bureau. Lan Stuhl Germany a army sgt. Dave Phillips remembers seeing a red flare hit the ground a like a White then his right leg went Limp and the 2nd axed div fwd Soldier joined the Battlefield brotherhood of those wounded in action. I y a a it was feb. 27, Day four of the ground War in the persian Gulf. In the Days since then the cob 1st in 41st inf Soldier has undergone five surgeries and has been hospitalized at Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center since March 3. He a scheduled to leave the Hospital sat a urday. Y y a a a the assistant gunner now has a Rod in his leg to help him walk and bits of shrapnel remain embedded in his leg. But like other members of his brotherhood the 27-year-old father of two is still facing a Long and painful recovery from his War wounds. His most serious injury was a broken femur which extends from the hip to the knee and is the largest longest and heaviest Bone in the body. The wound left the Bone exposed to dirt and shrapnel. Phillips still does not know what hit his Bradley fighting vehicle wounding him and killing the Soldier sitting next to him. A i really would like to know a Phillips said from his Hospital bed which is surrounded by pictures of his family stuffed toys Candy and a Silver balloon emblazoned with the words a i love Phillips lives in Bremen with his German wife Anja 24 and their sons Patrick 4v5, and Kevin 2vi. He deployed to saudi Arabia with his Karlstedt based unit in Early january. A i was sure he would have to go a Anja said during a recent visit to her husband. A i was talking every Day with god and i prayed that if something had to happen that he would Only break a leg. All i wan correction because of a reporting error an article wednesday stated that the Swiss town of Gri Ningen donated several Hundred pounds of chocolates and other gifts to . A service members. The gifts came front across Switzerland and from Many Swiss companies. By Luke Britt Middle East Bureau Al Khobiar saudi Arabia a dozens of copies of the comic Book a the haunt of fear Flap listlessly in the desert Breeze part of the debris where .28 . Soldiers died. The title is too close to reality for those who survived the scud missile attack on feb. 25 that also wounded 100 soldiers. For those who remain the haunting goes on. A it just wont go away a said spec. Scott Pewo of the 475th quartermaster group. A we relive it every Day and every soldiers from the group a Reserve unit from Farrell pa., live in a compound on the Edge of a1 Khobiar on the persian Gulf near the Dan Mam Dhahran area. Quot sirens from a passing fire truck scare the hell out of me Quot said sgt. Queen Raines also with the 475th group. She recalls that warning sirens sounded far too late to prepare anyone for the attack. A some people can to even stand to hear a door slam a she said. Soldiers who helped pull the dead and injured from the. Burning wreckage of the Metal building said that horror affected members of the group in different ways. It hardened some they said. It crushed others. Sgt. Gerald Smith was in a Small builds amps Lynda Davidson sgt. Dave Phillips and wife Anja is that he a her first knowledge of her husbands injury came when he telephoned her from Lan Stuhl several Days after he had been Hurt. A the was medicated a she recalled. A i said a where Are you i can to understand a Quot he said a in a Safe. In a in Germany a a Anja added a i was so close to she found Phillips in considerable agony from pain unlike he had Ever Felt before. But to her Relief she also realized that her prayers for an injury no greater than a broken leg had generally been answered. W ,. Along with the Bone break the native of Warren mich., sustained a what we think is a temporary injury to the nerve in the right leg a said or. Jeffrey m. Hrut Kay an army major and orthopaedic surgeon at Lan Stuhl who operated on Phillips. The nerve injury has left the soldiers right foot and ankle less than fully functional. During one of two operations in saudi Arabia doctors temporarily stabilized his leg in surgery with an external Fiator a device resembling a Large Black Wall plug that allowed him to be transported. They also Cut away dead and contaminated tissue from his shrapnel wounds with the process known As debridement. His first surgery at Lan Stuhl involved the further cleaning of his wounds and stitching them closed. The second was to fully close them and remove the external Fiator. In the third Hrutkay a put a Metal Rod Down Phillips femur to stabilize the break v a maybe two years Down the line the Rod can be taken out a Hrutkay said. Since the Rod was inserted Phillips can move around on crutches although he still uses a wheelchair to move from his bed to physical therapy sessions a few hallways away. Its an improvement from the period Between his second and third surgeries when he was confined to his bed whith his leg suspended above his bed in traction to keep the Bone aligned physical therapy will be necessary for some time to come to strengthen his right leg / a. A a a a a a. A. Hrutkay said he foresees an untroubled recovery for Phillips a assuming the nerve injury recovers and assuming the Bone heals without complications such As recently received a heart but he said he did no to go to the Gulf with the idea of returning with any medals. A when you re walking around feeling Fine you done to want a purple heart. But if you get Hurt Quot he said a you deserve t ing about 100 feet from the warehouse hit by the warhead. He said his service in Vietnam enabled him to handle the scud attack better than most of the younger troops a except in the first few minutes after the explosion knocked him Down a it took me Back to the mortar attacks of Vietnam a Smith said a i kept ducking at sounds and looking up expecting More a rounds.�?�. A a. Several soldiers have come to Smith for advice on controlling their fear. A i Tell them not to try a he said. A right now they should be thankful they re alive and drive on. Their peace will come in Raines is not so sure. The 23-year-old sergeant said she still has trouble going into warehouses like the one hit by the scud. The beams like those easily shattered and twisted by the scud frighten her. A when we were pulling people out of there i thought a i can handle this a Quot she said. A a bit of All places they took us to another warehouse to sleep that night. A lot of us had to go outside because we stand the sight of All those the 14th quartermaster det and the 477th trans co took the heaviest losses and were sent Back to the United states two weeks ago Smith said. Those soldiers Are the Lucky ones though Raines said. She and others still in the compound must pass daily by the piles of fibreglass broken Brick and twisted Metal that civilian Crews Are gradually Clearing away. On a piece of Wall that remains More or less upright someone has scribbled a macabre testament to the wreckage. It says a Home Sweet army identifies Soldier killed in truck crash Washington a amps army officials have released the name of a Soldier killed tuesday in a vehicle Accident in saudi Arabia. Pvt. 2 Dorothy Lee fail 25, of show Low ariz., was killed when the 10-ton truck she was driving collided with a bus carrying egyptian soldiers. Fail was assigned to the 1404th trans co 702nd trans in an Arizona National guard unit attached to Vii corps said capt. Barbara Goodno an army spokeswoman in the Pentagon. Another Soldier from the same unit who was Riding with fail was injured but Goodno had no information on the sol Dierks name or the severity of in juries. Five egyptian soldiers were killed in the Accident and 19 others were injured according to a statement released by the . Central come in saudi Arabia.,
