European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday August t5, 1994 the stars and stripes Page,5 no sane Safe in Goma death zone Sysu Palumbo staff writer Goma Zaire none of the approximately 300 . Soldiers and airmen who deployed to Goma last month knew what to expect other than a lot of dead  when we first came out Here there were piles of dead people on the sides of the Road staff sgt. To. Chandler of cob 94th engr in said with a shudder. Now you Only see a few. This morning i Only saw two children and an  coming to grips with the face of death in so Many people especially the children has taken its toll on . Military personnel in Goma according to army chaplain Gary Williams also from Vilseck Germany. The soft spoken chaplain visits each Mili tary tent at the Goma base Camp every Day. He often spends his nights trying to help soldiers and airmen Cope with the helpless Ness of death. For safety s Sake All military personnel have been told not to touch the rwandan refugees or the local zairian. Cholera dysentery malaria and meningitis Are a few of the diseases that still kill hundreds of Refu gees a Day. For some the torment of not being Able to reach out and help is not As Strong As the anger that they Are millions of Miles from Home where american children also suffer. My wife taught me i should be Happy to be helping said spec. Bobby York also of of Rich rules help prevent illnesses officer says by sue Palumbo Mediterranean Bureau Goma Zaire Relief agencies re port that rwandan refugees Are still dying at a rate of 500 a Day from Var ious diseases but the strict health Stan Dards set by . Military officials in the Goma base Camp have kept . Personnel healthy according to the top medical officer. We have had no critical illnesses Here said air Force maj. Steve Bercsi referred to As the Camp  we have really stressed sanitation such As washing your hands often keeping nails trimmed etc., and it s  the . High commissioner for refugees reported that cholera is still the no. 1 killer of refugees with dysentery pneumonia and meningitis follow ing close behind. Many of the diseases can be passed through casual Contact or by eating and drinking contaminated food or water. Military personnel rarely come in direct Contact with refugees and Are warned against touching them. Those who choose to have Contact with the refugees Are told to Wash their hands thoroughly As soon As possible. All food and water Are provided bythe military. Service members have been living on one hot meal a Day cold prepackaged foods known As meals ready to eat and any snack foods individual brought with them. Dining out however in t an option. Said staff sgt. . Chandler a me chanic from Vilseck Germany they be told us to not eat the local food at All and i think everybody is so worried about getting sick they Don twant to  ithe Vilseck based unit. And i am but it makes me mad. There Are children in our own country who need help and i think we should be there  military personnel Are also strictly for Bidden to give refugees food or water. Those things officials say Are rationed out by the Relief agencies. Soldiers and airmen who have passed out their meals ready to eat or Candy Learned. Quickly that they had to do it from a moving vehicle or risk getting mobbed by the4 crowds. Only a few dare give anything to Small children for fear the youngsters would be Hurt in the scuffle. You want to reach out and help them but because of the diseases they Cany you can to spec. Jason Krueger said. To seethed reaching out to you and asking for food. It Breaks your  Williams said morale has seemed to Rise the last week or so As living conditions improve for the refugees who have moved away from the Airport and into nearby Camps. Only those service members who de liver the water visit the Camps and they rarely stray from their trucks. But while the strict regulations keep them from passing out gifts of food Many soldiers can t resist talking and playing wit the children. Members of cob 94th engr in joked with the More than 30 children and adults who spent the Day participating in their favorite sport watching foreign ers. Latest Airdrop deliver food to Bosnia outpost to v by Jimi Jones staff writer Allied cargo planes have dropped nearly 34 tons of food Over Bosnia and Herzegovina since thursday night when Airdrop missions resumed Over War torn Bosnia. Before that the last Airdrop occurred june 10. In the first Ever Allied humanitarian Airdrop Over the bosnian town of Bihac one . C-130 Hercules and one French c-160 Ransall dropped 12.9 tons of food thursday night according to air Force master sgt. Dale Warman with the joint information Bureau at Rhein main a Germany. _ the same lineup and number of aircraft participated in More flights to Bihac on Friday however another american plane was added on saturday Warman said. The stepped up Airdrop missions come after three . Planes were struck by bullets thursday on the ground at Sarajevo Airport although Warman indicated the events Are not necessarily related. They Airdrop were never stopped but we Fly them on an As needed basis in conjunction with the .," Warman said from Rhein main a on sunday. There just was t a Call or need for them. We work with the . High commissioner for refugee who tells the european command where food should be dropped and they work out the de tails Warman said. In May . C-141 Star lifters larger cargo planes joined the provide Promise Effort and began Landing supplies almost daily at the Airport in the bosnian Capi Tal of Sarajevo for Overland delivery. Although less in demand the air dropped delivery of supplies continued from the smaller aircraft to areas that could not be reached by Convoy. The humanitarian Aid flights have been suspended periodically at the request of the Unher the organization that oversees the Airlift and air land operation. Operations were suspended in late july after a . Aircraft was hit by machine gun fire shortly after take off from Sarajevo. British and russian aircraft were also hit. Currently the Airlift is suspended As a result of the three planes being hit thursday. Americans attempts at speaking the native language were greeted with boots of laughter. One Soldier taught the children his rendition of James Brown s / feel Good. Others danced in the rain an played tag. Kevin Ghiloni of Orlando fla., keeps out of the water sunday at the Woodstock festival in Saugerties . Survivors oozing out of Woodstock Early Saugerties . A rain food Short Ages and a sea of mud began to take its toll sunday at the Woodstock festival As hundreds of people streamed for the exits. From where i am i can see a Long column of survivors walking out said new York state police spokesman James Atkins. That s Good for us. The More people who leave Early the less of a crush there la be to get everybody out later  authorities said it could take a full Day to Clear everyone off the 850-acre concert site 90 Miles North of new York after the final performer Peter Gabriel closes the three Day festival Early today. While Many of the 250,000 concertgoers said they would stick it out to the end others packed up their tents and Knapsacks and stood ankle deep in water waiting for shuttle buses off the site. Others hiked out -. Heavy rain transformed the site into something resembling Max Yasgur s Muddy farm in Bethel 55 Miles Southwest where the first Woodstock festival took place in rain 25 years ago. The original Woodstock became a defining event for a generation and came to symbolize the free love anti War and anti establishment sentiments of the Era. But this time the weather and the mud were not so magical for Many. They compounded the Festi Val s other problems overcrowded campsites food shortages drug use and frenzied dancing that has kept medical personnel scrambling to tend to the sick and injured. Hundreds of people sustained minor injuries such As broken Bones and cuts and two people have died. A 44-year-old West Babylon ., Man died Fri Day night of complications from diabetes and a 20 year old Man from Grove City Ohio died saturday night of a ruptured spleen authorities said. Still the music has gone off Well though a bit be Hind schedule. Performances have been Slick and exciting prompting wild dancing in front of the stages