European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 4, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse The or amp and filpes vol. 53, no. 201 am 500 Friday november 4,1994 d 8693 marines Ponder instructor s suicide Parris Island . A dozens of marines sought counselling wednesday trying to understand Why one of their Drill instructors shot himself to death in front of dozens of recruits. A the single biggest question is Why a Why did it happen and Why did he have to do it in front of us a said Marine chaplain Charles Quarles who consoled the recruits Many of them teen agers at Parris Island Marine corps training depot. Sgt. Richard e. Stumpf jr., an m16 Rifle in hand climbed a 5-foot diving platform at a base Pool monday. As stunned spectators shouted for him to get Down he put the gun to his Chin and pulled the trigger. V. A w about 200 people were at the Pool for water survival instruction when Stumpf of Sarasota fla., killed himself. About 30 said they saw the suicide but twice that Many requested counselling. A the was. A very Good Drill instructor a Well thought of by recruits Well thought of by his Peers and extremely Well liked a Quarles said. So far this year 19 marines have killed themselves and four other deaths Are being investigated As apparent suicides a Marine spokesman told the Washington Post. There were 37 suicides last year. The annual average during the past seven years was 25. The 24-year-old Stumpf who taught water skills at the base had joined the military out of High school and served in the persian Gulf War. His 25-year-old. Wife Carla is expecting their first child this week. There were indications that Stumpf was having marital problems but that had not been confirmed said Clayton Jones a naval investigative service see marines on Page 2 _ now you see it now you done to this multiple exposure photo shows the progression of watching the rare total blackout phenomenon had the a full solar eclipse that briefly plunged parts or South experience of seeing the Sun set and Rise twice within a America into darkness thursday. Thousands of people Short time. See Story on Page 4.plane bellied up before plunge recorders show ailing veterans from Gulf War gain . Aid Washington a president Clinton declaring that a Lack of diagnosis should not Block efforts to help on wednesday signed legislation allowing compensation payments to persian Gulf veterans suffering from mystery new Law gives the department of Veteran affairs the authority to compensate any persian Gulf Veteran suffering from a chronic disability that became evident during service in the Region or a specified time thereafter. Since the 1991, War some veterans have complained of fatigue joint pain hair loss memory loss and heart and respiratory problems. Among suggested causes have been fumes from Oil fires pesticides chemical or biological warfare toxins or untested vaccines. A some of our persian Gulf veterans Are suffering from illnesses that cannot be diagnosed based on current available scientific and medical data a Clinton said in a statement. / a your nation is keenly aware of its responsibility to the Brave men and women who so capably served our country during the persian Gulf conflict. This legislation is designed to meet their the Law requires Jesse Brown the Secretary of Veter see ailing on Page 2 Bamberg no among 68 killed in crash by Mark Kinkade staff writer. A Cook from the 630th military police co in Bamberg Germany was one of 68 people killed when american Eagle flight 4184 crashed monday in Rose Lawn ind. The army will hold a memorial service for sgt. Jason a. Mcgee 28, today at 11 . In the Post Chapel on Warner Barracks. Mcgee who was assigned to Bamberg in 1990, had been in the United states for a Basic noncommissioned officers course. She was returning to Germany to visit her husband before going on to her next duty assignment at fort Bliss Texas said it. Col. Paul Oskvarek commander of the Bamberg military Community. The woman a husband staff sgt. Russel Mcgee an Engineer with co a 82nd engr in in Bamberg notified the Community of his wife a death Oskvarek said. She also is survived by three children but their Ages were unavailable Bamberg officials said. The children were staying with relatives in the states while Jason Mcgee completed the. Course. Roselawn ind. A pilots fought to level a commuter plane after its right Wing dipped but the plane then rolled to the right flipped upside Down and plummeted officials said. Using information from the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder investigators reconstructed the final minutes of american Eagle flight 4184. The twin engine Turboprop was descending from 10,000 feet to 8,000 feet in a driving rainstorm when pilots were warned that the plane was moving too fast to have its flaps extended said Greg Feith Lead investigator for the National transportation safety Board. A with the plane flying 213 Mph at 9,400 feet As the flaps began to retract and the ailerons moved rapidly the planets right Wing dipped Nosb chairman Jim Hall said at a news conference wednesday. Ailerons Are devices Seo plane on Page 2 1 amp r 64 a _ a Ltd amp t. Or a Frankfurt flush with English language theater a see pages 20-21
