The Washington Post, September 19th, 1994
Army Lt. Gen. Henry H. Shelton and his aides stepped out briefly this evening onto the moonlit deck of the Whitney, command ship for the planned invasion of Haiti, and were pleased by what they saw. There were few clouds and little wind, fine conditions for a jump by the paratroopers that Shelton knew were already heading his way. "It's tough to beat this," remarked a general. The first set of C-130 transport planes carrying the 82nd Airborne Division had already been launched from Pope Air Force Base, N.C., the airfield that serves the 82nd based at nearby Fort Bragg. But as Shelton, commande...
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