European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 271991 the stars and stripes Page 7drugs killed airman Captain says Tampa a. Up an airman involved in operation desert storm who the. Military says died of a heart attack really was killed by a drug overdose says an air Force Captain facing a court martial. Senior airman Arnono Poole 21, based at Macdill fab near Tampa died Jan. 20 in Riyadh saudi Arabia. His parents were told by his commanding officer. That their son an operating room technician died of a heart attack. But tape. Roger Mansfield who1 served As a chief pharmacist with the air forces 56th medical group in Riyadh from mid August to late january disputes that  Dies trying to save 2 Yosemite National Park Calif apr a car carrying five relatives plunged into an icy River saturday and one of them a 44-year-old woman drowned when she tried to save two Young great nephews who were swept downstream. The boys were missing and presumed dead a Park spokeswoman said. The five crawled onto the top of the car and onlookers tossed them a rope and were pulling the 3 and 5-year-old boys and their 7-year-old sister to safety when the swollen Merced River a currents. Ripped the boys away Park spokeswoman Kim Tucker said. The children a great aunt jumped off the car roof and tried to reach the boys but was swept away and drowned. She was pulled from the River by rangers and pronounced dead at Yosemite medical clinic Tucker said. The 7-year-old girl was rescued along with the children a grandmother age 62. Both were treated at the medical clinic for mild hypothermia and released. Air River and ground Crews searched for the boys until saturday night with plans to resume sunday though Tucker said the youngsters were presumed dead. The Merced was swollen by Snow just a week a ago. A a a a a. A there Are big boiling cauldrons that can hold you Down a lot of snags a John George Tragos. Mansfield a attorney said military reports show a bottle of what was believed to be Iso Lurane a liquid aesthetic that is inhaled was found next to Poole s body. In an account published in saturday s Tampa Tribune Tragos said it was the investigation into Poole a death that led to the charges against Mansfield but that the air Force found no connection Between Mansfield and the fatality. Mansfield is scheduled to face four drug related charges at the court martial set for june 12 at Macdill. He is accused of using Iso Lurane in front of enlisted personnel during his off hours in saudi Arabia and providing it for their recreational use. In a letter to rep. . Bill Yting. R-1-la., Mansfield called for a congressional investigation into what lie claimed was widespread drug use among operation desert storm soldiers in saudi Arabia w Here alcohol is outlawed Poole a parents were horrified by the allegations that their son used drugs.1- to offended that his memory is being tainted a said his Mother Louise Poole of muscle Shoals Ala. A the was never in any trouble and he did no a do drugs Here. I believe someone is saying these things Only to throw blame on my  Benny Poole said a a he a gone. I la set tie for a heart  in his letter to a Oung. Mansfield said he Quot filled numerous prescriptions Tor senior officers for Large amounts of Tranquili of  a we were not allowed to consume alcohol and there was no Way for us to release the tension built up by being in that atmosphere a lie said a consequently Low Grade drugs began missing from the supplies  particular  maj. Olin Saunders a spokesman for the  come at Macdill. Said reports of drug use during desert storm were  Low and absolutely do not support capt. Mansfield a assertions of widespread substance  a 62-year-old woman is rescued after her family a car plunged into californians Merced River killing at least one. Dill head of search and Rescue said of the River. A you get bashed against rocks. Cold water saps your strength even if you Are a Good  the car plunged in the River near Bri Dalzeil Falls off Highway 140 after an Accident about 6 30 . Saturday Tucker said. It Wasny to immediately known How the car ended up in the River. Bill Perry 44, of Arlington va., raced to the scene when a passer by asked him to help. Hie Back of the car was lodged on a tree trunk m the River Anil the nose was in the current a Perry said. A a j lie car was about 20 Leet trom Shore and the Back window was broken  a the water was about at the Middle of the Trout Windshield so i told them to stay Calm and i would try to get help Quot said Perry who did no to have any rope in ins car and raced to a phone to Call Lor help. A was i headed Back i saw tie rangers on their  in he identities of the cards occupants who were trom Southern California. Were being  Start to West Point . A James Anderson is an army colonel Battlefield Veteran and master of the sword at the school that turns out renowned military leaders. He s not afraid to say it combat is scary. \ Quot a i was All by myself the Only american with about 680 vietnamese out in the Jungles up in the mountains and i was afraid a Anderson said. A a in a seen All the John Wayne movies and John Wayne was never  fear is something every Soldier in Battle has to fight but the . Military Academy where Anderson is head of physical education never really focused on fear until this year when he began teaching a mandatory course for seniors. Aanderson graduated from West Point in 1956 with Gen. H. Borman Schwarzkopf . Commander during the persian Gulf War and considers a Lack of preparation to Deal with fear a weakness of his own training. A a in be made it kind of a crusade that in a going to Tell every Young person i meet that a going into it this is the Way its going to be Quot he said. Quot be prepared to accept it a you re going to be afraid. What you need to do is Deal with  a drawing on his two Tours of duty in Vietnam Anderson began speaking about fear last july at fort Hood Texas. He gave six lectures a Day to thousands of troops on what he Calls a War fighting  intrigued by the intense interest at fort Hood Anderson assembled 36 instructors. In october he began planning a presentation for seniors at West Point. Coincidentally the presentation came on the eve of the Allied attack on Iraq but the cadets initially were uninterested Quot a from what id heard pretty much everyone thought it was something we had heard before a said Cadet John Elkin of Iowa Falls Iowa. It Wasny to. Quot when i was talking to the cadets it became very quiet a Anderson said of the presentation Given at the Start of a two week break Between semesters in january. A you could hear a pin drop. I could have facts of War said that at any other time two years ago and it  have gotten nearly As much attention a but now every one of them knows cadets who last year were sitting in the seats they were sitting in find this year suddenly found themselves overseas in combat. It was much More real to  after the speech the seniors were split into groups of three or  a Quot a they were required to put in two hours a Day Over a 10-Day period Reading history books and novels dealing with War to develop a creative image of what Battle would be like. The object was to develop a training program to prepare soldiers for the War each Cadet created in his mind. They also devoted an additional four hours a Day working on papers 10 to 12 pages Long. Individual presentations were Given at the end of the course. A we really never thought about that before the class Quot said Cadet Todd rumbles of Alpena Mich. A it really opened my eyes. Before you just wondered. Its very appropriate for the senior class. Now we Realie it could be us who re getting shot