European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                T / monday May 27 1991a the stars and stripes Page 7drugs killed airman Captain says Tampa la. Up a 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 Ramono Poole 21, based at Macdill fab near Tampa died Jan. 20 in Riyadh saudi Arabia. His Par cents were told by his commanding officer that their son an operating room technician died of a heart attack. But capt. Roger Mansfield who served As a chief pharmacist wit it the air. Forces 56th medical group in Riyadh from mid August to later a 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 nip Hows who were swept downstream. The boys were missing and presumed dead a Park spokeswoman  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-Ycar-old sister to safety when the swollen Merced a 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. 1the 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 ago a there Are big boiling  can hold you Down a lot of snags a Johngeorge Tragos Mansfield s 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. A in an account published in saturdays Tampa Tribune Tragos said it was the investigation into Poole a de eth that led to the charges against Mansfield but that the air Force Tould no connection Between Mansfield and the fatality. A 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 Young  Mansfield called for a congressional investigation into what he claimed was widespread drug use among operation desert storm soldiers in saudi Arabia where alcohol is outlawed. Poole a parents were horrified by the allegations that their son tired drugs. A  that his memory is being tainted a said his Mother Louise Poole of muscle Shoals Alio a the was never in any trouble and  he re. I believe someone is saying these things Only to throw blame on my  Benny Poole said Quot he a gone. Ill set tie for a heart . In jus letter to Young Mansfield said he Quot filled numerous prescriptions for senior officers for Large amounts of Tranquili Zersk a a we were not allowed to consume Al cohort 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 a in particular Iso Lurane Quot -. Maj. Lin Saunders a spokesman for the us Central come at Macdill said reports of drug use during desert storm were Quot exceptionally Low and absolutely do not. Support capt. Mansfield a assertions of widespread sub strike abuse a 62-year-old woman is rescued after her family a car plunged into californians Merced River killing at least one Dill head of barehand Rescue said of the , 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 a a., raced to the  a passer by asked him to help. A a t a the Back of the car was lodged on a tree trunk in the River and the nose was in the current a Perry said. A the car was about 20 feet from Shore and the Back window  out.�?T�?T, 1 Quot the water was about at the Middle of the front Windshield so i told them to stay Calm and i would try to get help said Perry who did no to have any rope in his car and raced to a phone to Call for help. A was i headed Back i saw the rang. Cars on their Waythe identities of the cards occupants. Who were from Southern California were being  Start to study frightening facts of War West Point by. A James Anderson is an army colonel Battlefield Veteran and master of the sword at the school that turns out renowned military leaders. He a not afraid to say it combat is scary. �?o1 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 seep All the John Wayne movies and John Wayne was never  it a 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. Anderson graduated from West Point in 1956 with Gen. H. Norman 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 a in be made it kind of a crusade that in a going to Tell every Young person 1 meet that s going into it. This is the Way its going to be a he said. A be prepared to accept it a you re going to be afraid. What you need to do is Deal with that. A. _ _. Drawing on his two hours 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 fitness intrigued by the intense interest at fort Hood Anderson assembled 36 instructors. In october he began planning a presentation for seniors at West  the presentation came on the eve of the Allied attack on Iraq but the cadets initially were uninterested. A from what id heard pretty much everyone thought it was something we had. Heard before,�?T.�?T said Cadet John Elkin of Iowa fails Iowa. Quot a a it Wasny  a 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 said that at any other time two years ago and it  have gotten nearly As much attention. A Bui now every one of them knows cadets who list year were silting in the seats they were sitting in and this year suddenly found themselves overseas i combat. It was much More real to  after the speech the seniors were split into groups of three or four. It they were required to Pul 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  a _ 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 it to 1.2 pages Long. Individual presentations were Given at the end of the course. A a we really never thought about that before the r class said Cadet Todd rumbles of Alpena Mich. A it really opened my eyes. Before you just wondered. Is very appropriate for the senior Dass. Now we realize it could be us a lion re getting shot