European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 50, no. 279 sunday january 19,1992 d 8693 Friendly fire list in error army won t disclose names of Gulf War victims by Barton Gellman the Washington Post Washington five months after the army acknowledged that Friendly fire killed 21 of its soldiers in the persian Gulf War it continues to refuse to disclose their names despite repeated errors in published accounts of the War. The result according to authors and journalists is a false first draft of the history of the War. The army has not attempted to Correct the errors in which soldiers killed accidentally by their . Comrades Are described As dying at the hands of iraqi forces. Spokesmen said the army a policy which they described As an Effort to protect the privacy of those involved is to Tell no one but the dead soldiers nearest relative of the circumstances of his or her death. The Marine corps has released the names of its 14 Friendly fire deaths. As recently As last week a vivid reconstruction of a Battle by . News amp world report reported that sgt. Edwin Kutz and sgt. Kenneth Gentry perished when iraqi t-72 tanks destroyed their Bradley fighting vehicles. A similar account broadcast Jan. 10 on abcs night line prepared with the assistance of . News reporters also left the impression see victims on Page 2gas blasts kill 2 people in Chicago Chicago apr at least two people were killed Friday when natural Gas explosions rocked a 16-Block area Northwest of the City a business District sparking fires that destroyed or damaged 18 buildings. Five other people were injured. Just before the blasts a surge in Gas pressure Shook furnaces and sent stoves Pilot lights shooting several feet into the air. A Gas company spokesman blamed the incident on a malfunctioning regulator designed to lower the pressure of Gas As it moves from main lines to local lines. One explosion reduced a two Story building to smoking rubble. Several blocks away another blast blew parts of the roof off a two Story House and dropped fragments across the Street and Halfway Down an Alley. It took More than 200 firefighters nearly three hours to bring the blazes under control. Gas to 640 residences in the area remained off overnight As temperatures fell to near Zero. Service was expected to be restored sometime saturday. The body of one Man was pulled from the basement of a demolished building Friday night. A second body was discovered Early saturday in the rubble of another building. Three firefighters were among the injured. Two were treated at local hospitals and released. The third who was hit by a firetruck was hospitalized with a possible broken leg. An elderly woman and her husband also were hospitalized. Firefighters Man Euver a ladder at one of the fires that broke out Friday at various Sites in a 16-Block area in Chicago. Squadron Marks its anniversary As airmen remember Start of War by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau Span Dahlem a Germany sgt. Troney d. Johnson recalls watching the first wave of f-4g phantom is return safely Early Jan. 17,1991. He sort of Felt like he was witnessing the filming of a War movie probably featuring John Wayne. It All seemed so Well choreographed and so grand that for a few fleeting moments it appeared staged. A i Felt proud a Johnson said. A you work this Iob Day after Day after Day and you never think this a War could happen.�?�. A year ago Johnson was stationed with the 81st fighter so at an air base in Bahrain. The agm-88a harm missiles he helped Load onto f-4gs during the persian Gulf War contributed to the squadrons knocking out 113 iraqi missile and artillery anti aircraft Sites. While Friday marked the one year anniversary of the beginning of the War this past week by coincidence was also the 50th anniversary of the 81st fighter so. An estimated 150 people including former Squadron members attended an open House at Span Dahlem on Friday and a Golden anniversary Ball on saturday. The open House featured an array of armaments including an f-4g and an f-16. Also featured was an iraqi Sa-2 radar dish. The radar dish was recovered by advancing Allied forces just South of Kuwait City. The 113 kills and the 29 recorded by the 23rd fighter so that was based at in Ciurlik a Turkey during the War a a component of the 52nd tac fighter Wing a were made Public Friday by the . Air forces in Europe said Michael j. Rein Public affairs officer at Span Dahlem. The Wing flew 2,061 sorties Over Iraq and logged 3,901 combat hours. Each Squadron had 24 planes involved in the War rein said. The 81st used 24 f-4g see War on Page 2blood shortage creating crisis in some cities Dallas apr health officials blame the weather flu Economy and the persian Gulf War for a National blood shortage that has some hospitals rationing supplies by postponing nonemergency operations. During the past two weeks hospitals in Dallas Atlanta new Orleans and Chicago have postponed such procedures some up to five Days said the american association of blood Banks in Arlington a. The american red Cross said at least 16 cities were in a blood shortage crisis. Its Normal for see shortage on Page 2