European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 02, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes crisis in Rwanda tuesday August 2,1994. Tric Jde of Hope begins to gush in Goma  writer Goma Zaire the sound of life returning to Goma is the steady Roar of fire engines pumping tens of thousands of Gallons of water at the Edge of Lake Kiva. We be been pumping water since 10 49 tuesday morning army maj. Eric Hanson said late last week As Crews filled a tank truck bound for the cholera plagued Babumba refugee Camp. The word s got out and the people  Hanson said he s heard differing opinions on How much water is really needed by the estimated 1.2 Mil lion rwandan refugees near Goma. I just keep increasing my production As fast As i can with the equipment i keep getting in said Hanson executive officer of the 51st Maint in Mannheim Germany. Working alongside six civilians from the san Francis co Mountain fire and Rescue team Hanson s task Force of 37 soldiers pumps water put of Lake Kiva purifies it and sends the precious liquid Inland aboard a Motley caravan of water tankers and pickup trucks. Beginning with 10,500 Gallons on the first Day water production had roared to 160,000 Gallons per Day by Friday and doubled Over the weekend. Purification inspectors discovered that water in Lake Kiva is less contaminated than originally feared. So they were expected to begin speeding the Purifi cation process by pumping water directly into Tanker trucks then adding the Correct amount of chlorine. The sloshing drive to the Camps would stir the chlorine into the Lake water. Measuring 55 Miles by 30 Miles the1,558-foot-Deeplake Kiva lies among Lush Hills in an area that before the refugee Nightmare was a regional tourist attraction. We got big water in the making. It s for a Good cause saving lives spec. Eric Walker of Mannheim said As the water roared through fire hoses beneath his feet. We re making a big difference said Walker 26, from Greensburg ind. His enlistment contract ends in 90 Days but Walker said he does t mind spending his final Days in the army Here in Goma. Pushing water every Day he said like a football player talking about yardage. Only instead he was talking about  Day More and  sgt. 1st class Carlos Diaz was packing for a weekend family camping trip when his unit called him at 11 . Friday and told him to report to work saturday morning because he was going to bring water to Goma. I had to explain it to my kids at Midnight said Diaz who is based in Heidelberg Germany his wife he said was sad at first. But they both watch television. They had both seen the pictures from Goma. She knows i need to do this he said. Is Vince crawl Yarmy sgt Manuel Johnson left part of a task Force based in Mannheim Germany and Derek Nihn of the san Francisco Mountain fire and Rescue team fill a water truck bound for refugee Camps near Goma Zaire. Some troops in Mannheim were out Friday night and did t find out about the deployment until saturday morning when there was a Knock on the Barracks doors 20 minutes before formation they arrived sunday night at Goma s Airport an began looking for a place to set up. A when we got Here there were people  � Al w it " of i said sgt. Lisa Sokolowski of the water site on the other Side of town from the Airport. Human waste Lay scattered everywhere. A body was floating in the Lake. An air Force cargo handler capt. Dave Burgess fished the body out. And that s not in my Job description Burgess said of the gruesome task. Staff sgt. Dennis Terk said he does t expect to go Home any time soon. It s not going to be a Short Quick thing and we re going to be Here awhile. We re prepared for that said Terk part of a six member military police squad guard ing the water site. The squad is from the 230th my co based in Kaiserslautern Germany. When you see what these people Are going through. I be been around a few years and i be never seen any thing like it Terk said. But he added things Are looking up a Little bit  and he remembers the Day last week when Freshwater began flowing in Goma. We got a few smiles out of the people. Got a few handshakes thanking the americans Terk said. Even with the language Barrier they could communicate that much barrage of Needles fails to Dull no s eagerness by Dave Didio . Bureau Raf Lakenheath England unlike some people on the business end of a hypodermic Needle staff sgt. David Trudel wore an ear to ear Grin when a medical technician airman 1st  Rose gave him a Battery of shots at Raf Lakenheath s Hospital. Trudel 31, a Security policeman with Lakenheath s 48th Security police so actually looked Forward to the jabs among them vaccinations against Menin gitis and typhoid an immune serum glob Ulin shot and a to skin test because they might mean a Chance to participate in the humanitarian Relief Effort i Rwanda. I did t go to desert storm or Croatia or any of that so i m looking Forward to it Trudel said it s one of the few times there s something you really feelgood about doing. We re All geared for it he continued referring to other members of the Security police unit who want to deploy to Africa. T s one of the few time there s something you really feel Good about doing. Staff sgt. David Trudel stuff sgt. David Trudel of Raf Lakenheath England grins As airman 1st class Danielle Rose Given aim a shot in preparation fur possible deployment to Africa. _ there Isa possibility her husband will be deployed. She is supportive Trudel said despite facing the Prospect of being alone for a while with their daughters Stepha Nie 4, and Heather 8. Stephanie is oblivious to All of this he said but Heather fully understands and knows that i would be going there to take care of starving people although Trudel volunteered for the Mission he does t know when or even if he will ship out. But if his unit should get word to deploy he wants to be ready. L i be heard a lot and i be seen a lot on the news he said. You talk to yourself about it and get yourself revved up about it make a few visits to the Library and Check out the Atlas look at the Deogra ind try to get yourself prepared for coming up. What to  Trudel was t quite ready however for to happened when Rose finished with injections in his arms. She brought in a fresh Batch of hypodermic Needles closed the privacy cur Tain and ordered him to unbuckle his Belt. The Grin slowly disappeared from his face