Local Serviceman Involved In
in \t \RSII \l i It. \\ II KINS
U.S. Army I'vl. Francis W.
I )i I worth III warn* Americans u?
know he's one ol nian\ U.S. ser
vicemen called overseas to support
another country's citizens.
Tins is the third consecutive year
American trtvps have provided such
support during the holu!.i> season
In IVccmlvi l4>Sl> American
t loops were 111 Panama lor Ojvra
non Just Cause. Last December,
l .S. forces helped Kuwaitis gel
their country back This year.
Haitian migrants are the benclicia
t ies ol American gtxxlw ill.
l)i! worth. I4'. is the son of Pamela
Galloway ol Carolina Shores
\ >11 i>!t* (E' ll ihash and a PWO i:rad
uate ol West Brunswick High
School in S ha I kmc.
He is one ol more than 1 ..MX)
American iroops sent to Guantan
anio Bay Naval Base in Cuba since
Nov. 21 for Operation Guantanamo.
They're providing food. clothing,
sheltci security and medical aid lor
more than 7 (Km Haitian migrants at
this base almost -MM) air miles south
east of Miami.
A joint task force of Marines, sol
AJi
diers. saiiors, airmen and coast
guardsmen is expecting to house
10,(100 Haitians in humamuirian
centers. The naval base, at the south
east comer ol Cuba, is the only U.S.
military installation located in a
communist country. U.S. forces will
remai" here, according to a task
force sjx>kesman, until the late of
the Haitians is decided in court.
"The lirst time I saw the migrants
I wondered why they left their home
country." said Dilworth. "I also
wondered what they thought about
us as a military force here to keep
law and order and if they would co
operate with us in assisting them."
The migrants began fleeing their
imperiled island home in crudely
built boats after a Sept. M) military
coup in which control of the govcr
ment was wrested from President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide. A trade em
bargo imposed on the new regime
by the Organization of American
Suites after the ouster dealt the weak
Haitian economy a crippling blow.
Islanders risking dieir lives at sea
to cover the 200 miles between Haiti
and Cuba are t>cing pickcd up at sea
by Navy and Coast Guard personnel.
PVT. I K.WCIS 1)1 I.I. WOR TH makes a radio call from inside his
vehicle at (iuanianamo Hay, Cuba.
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"When we first got here wc set up
camp lor ourselves in live in." said
Dilworth. who was sent here Nov.
27 from the lOXth Miliuiry Police
Company based at Fort Bragg.
"The Navy provided us with a
Thanksgiving Day dinner, but u
wasn't like home," he continued.
"Since then, we've been working as
gate guards, manning the guard tow -
ers. and I've been a member of sev
eral roving palrois."
Alter Haitians are brought to the
4.^ square -in ile (land and water)
naval base, they're taken by bus to
the center built by the trcx>ps. In ad
dition to lood and shelter, they re
ceive clothing donated by Cuban -
Aiueiicaii KsuKiiis vm Miaiiii and
people from other cities.
"I fed tins mission couldn't be
avoided." Dilworth said. "It's not
nice being away from friends and
loved ones during the holiday sea
son. but now I can say 1 was at
(iuanianamo Bay. Cuba, the only
L'.S. military installation in a com
munist country."
Haitian Mia,rant Effor
U S AHMY PHOTOS BY JOHN A BOHMl R
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