THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, October 21, 1994 TAG: 9410210631
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A5 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
LENGTH: Short : 25 lines
The carrier America is scheduled to return to Norfolk from duty off Haiti about noon Saturday, Navy officials said.
The America and the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower left their warplanes behind in mid-September when they sailed with Army forces to the waters off Haiti for a possible invasion.
Violence was averted and U.S. forces went ashore to pave the way for the return of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The Eisenhower returned to Norfolk Oct. 6 and left Thursday for the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf.
Nearly two dozen Fort Eustis soldiers returned from Haiti Thursday; 64 more are scheduled to arrive early today from the Caribbean. More than 1,500 Fort Eustis and Fort Story soldiers were sent to Haiti in mid-September as part of an international peacekeeping force. So far, 763 have returned. by CNB