European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday january 12,1994 air Force rescuers grateful for survival by Nancy  . Bureau in his first 20 years As an air Force helicopter Pilot it. Col. Jim Sills said he d Only kissed the ground once upon Landing. After monday s flight you can make that twice. Two Jiel copter Crews from the . Air Force s 56th Rescue so commanded by Sills flew from Nas Kef la Vik Iceland for 3vi hours through outrageous weather to Rescue six icelandic sailors trapped off the Island nation s Eastern coast. It was so rough that if we had not been strapped in we would have been jerked around the air Craft Sills said. Conditions were equally difficult at the Rescue site about 290 Miles Atlantic of Eaffrom Kef Lavik where two Para rescuers were lowered onto the sailors tugboat to assist them Sills said. Battling a 30-foot surf crashing Over the tugboat the rescuers transported the sailors to land two at a time. The sailors trapped for 10 hours were trying to re cover an unmanned fishing vessel when the weather turned sour said a spokesman from the icelandic de sense Force. Before Rescue teams arrived a seventh Sailor died when he was washed overboard monday by the 30-foot surf that swamped the boat Sills said. The Sailor s body was recovered on Shore. The six other sailors were found clinging to a rail at the top of the boat s wheelhouse and were taken to area hospitals Sills said. An icelandic Rescue team took four of them to a Hospital where they were later is last of marines Flag photo Dies Antigo wis. A John Bradley the last survivor among the marines shown raising the . Flag on iwo Jima in a famous world War ii photograph has died his family said tuesday. Bradley s son Steve declined tuesday morn ing to provide his father s age the Day he died or the cause of death. He said the family would re lease More information later in the Day. I just jumped in and gave them a hand the elder Bradley said in a 1985 Public broadcasting service documentary. I just came along. I was in a certain place at a certain  associated press photographer Joe Rosenthal took the pulitzer prize winning picture of the Flag raising on the Summit of mount Suribachi on feb. 23, 1945. It became the Model for the iwo Jima memorial near Arlington National Ceme Tery in Virginia. The photo actually shows the second raising of the Flag on Suribachi that Day. The first Flag had been deemed too Small. The Flag raisings four Days after the marines invaded iwo Jima marked the first time that the american Flag had flown Over japanese territory. Robert Aquilina assistant head of the refer ence Section at the Marine corps historical Cen Ter in Washington d.c., said Bradley was the last survivor of the six marines in the famous photograph. Three died in Battle. Ira Hayes of Sacaton ariz., died in 1955, and Rene Gagnon of Man Chester n.h., died in 1979, Aquilina said. Rosenthal said the marines who raised the second Flag dispersed after he shot the picture and he was not Able to get their names. Gagnon identified the other five marines in the picture in 1945. More than 21,000 japanese and 6,821 Ameri cans died during fighting on the Island. Arrangements for Bradley s funeral Are Pend ing with a funeral Home operated by his family. Released according to the associated press. Two others one who is suffering from exhaustion and one who is diabetic remained hospitalized in stable Condi Tion. They the sailors were scared and weak and one could t walk Sills said. It the weather was Horri ble. We actually scared ourselves pretty  Sills was interviewed by Telephone monday night at hotel in the City of Neskaug Stadurs. After the Rescue Mission dangerous weather conditions forced the two helicopter Crews to land in the parking lot of a hard Ware store. The mayor of Neskaug Stadurs honoured the . Crew members for their Rescue efforts during a dinner according to a hotel employee. Helgi Hallvardson commander of the Iceland coast guard said the tugboat became trapped on some rocks Early monday about 200 Yards off the Eastern coast near Neskaug Stadurs. The tugboat Crew was attempting to retrieve a fishing vessel that had become stranded on rocks in december. A storm swamped the tugboat and sailors managed to hang onto a rail in gusting winds and giant Waves for about 10 hours Hallvardson said. It was an outstanding Job in Adverse conditions Hallvardson said of the Rescue. The Iceland coast guard requested Rescue Aid Fromke Flavin about 11 . Monday. Two Hh-60g pave Hawk helicopters with a total of 10 Crew members left Kef Lavik about 11 20 . And reached the tugboat about 3 ., Sills said. The actual Rescue took about a half hour he said. At Best helicopter pilots could see Only about a Quarter mile in front of them during their flight up the Eastern coastline to the tugboat Sills said arid vertical visibility was no More than the height of three Tele phone poles. At worst visibility dropped to Zero forcing the Heli copters to Fly As Low As 50 feet above the ground he said. The weather was horrible. We actually scared ourselves pretty Good it col. Jim Sills the helicopters flew through winds that reached 72 Mph. What started As heavy rain turned into Snow Sills said. Weather conditions were the worst at Hon a town on the Southern coast of Iceland where the Heli copters stopped to refuel at a Small Airport on their Wayto the Rescue scene Sills said. After the Rescue the two sailors who remain hospitalized were to be transported by helicopter to a medi Cal facility about 25 minutes to the North of Neskaug Stadurs but the Snow was so thick that Rescue Crews decided to turn around and eventually landed in the parking lot Sills said. It was snowing so bad we had to put on our Gog Gles Sills said. Night vision goggles amplify available Light about 1,000 times so that a cigarette would look like a Torch about three football Fields away Sills said. But in the heavy Snow pilots lost All sense of depth perception and at one Point Sills said he had the illusion that the helicopter in front of him had gone into a barrel role. That was when he decided they should land in Neskaug Stadurs. They the two sailors were probably the Only ones who weren t scared Sills said. All they knew was that they had been  the Rescue Crews spent the night in Neskaug Stadurs and were on their Way Home tuesday afternoon a base spokesman said. Over the counter painkiller of d Washington a for the first time in a Ade the food and drug administration has approved marketing of an Over the counter pain reliever con Taining a new analgesic ingredient. The Fra on tuesday approved Nap Roxen sodium for nonprescription Sale As a pain reliever. The drug previously had been available Only As a prescription arthritis drug and has been marketed since 1976 under the Trade name Nap Rosyn. Nap Roxen s Long record of use clearly indicated that the drug could be sold Over the counter provided the manufacturer modified its dosage and Labelling said Fra commissioner David a. Kessler. Nap Roxen sodium in its nonprescription form will be manufactured by syntax laboratories of Palo Alto calif., and marketed by Procter & Gamble co of Cincinnati under the Trade name aleve. The last nonprescription pain reliever based on a new analgesic ingredient was ibuprofen which was approved by the Fra for Over the counter sales in 1984. In its nonprescription form Nap Roxen sodium is approved for the Relief of minor pain associated with headache Toothache muscle ache backache the com Mon cold arthritis menstrual cramps and fever. Fra advisory committees meeting jointly decided last june that Nap Roxen sodium could be sold without prescription if the daily dosage was reduced the time Between doses increased and with the addition of warning labels for children and for the elderly. Labelling for the new Over the counter drug Calls for the pills to be taken eight to 12 hours apart for people aged 12 to 65, and with no More than three pills to be taken daily. People older than 65 Are limited to two tablets daily 12 hours apart and children Are not to take the drug except under a doctor s supervision. Aviano airman s death ruled asphyxiation Aviano a Italy is airman Jeff t. Terry whose body was found in an Aviano hotel room Friday died of asphyxiation a preliminary autopsy by italian officials has ruled. What caused the suffocation or whether the death was suicide was t disclosed. More tests Are required before a final report is available said staff sgt. Sandy Elijah an Aviano spokeswoman. However the preliminary report shows no evidence of foul play the spokeswoman said. The italian authorities will probably release the body to american officials today she said. Currently italian police have jurisdiction in the Case. Terry of Oakland calif., was found in his room at the Oliva hotel in Aviano about 9 . Friday by a co worker who reported the discovery to police. Terry was pronounced dead at 9 30 . By . And italian medical authorities. They estimated Terry died about 10  Thursday. The aircraft maintenance technician was newly As signed to Aviano Elijah said and was assigned to the transient Alert Section of Aviano s 401st Maint so. Terry joined the air Force in May of 1991. Memorial services Are to be at 3 30  Today at the Aviano base Chapel Elijah said. Air Force identifies airman hit by train Ramstein a Germany is air Force investigators have identified airman 1st class Mark a. Delong As the Man who was struck and killed by a train monday West of Kaiserslautern Germany. The investigation into Delong s death is continuing with an autopsy scheduled for this morning said senior airman Phillip Ulmer a base spokesman. A memorial service is planned for 2  Friday at Ramstein Chapel 2, Ulmer said. Delong was struck by a train about 6 . Monday along train tracks just East of Lan Stuhl. The airman s car was found nearby and there is no indication of foul play Ulmer said. Air Force investigators were not prepared tuesday to Rule Delong s death a suicide because the Case is still under investigation. However a source familiar with the incident said it appears the airman killed himself. Delong 32, worked As a Small computer technician assigned to the 86th communications group. Delong s Home of record was Stow Ohio