European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 25. 1994 crisis in Rwanda the stars and stripes Page 3italy troops setting out in quiet resolve by j. King Cruger Northern Italy Bureau Vicenza Italy a what is expected to grow into a torrent of . Army forces flowing out of Italy to Aid rwandan refugees is set to Start today with a trickle of troops the departure of a Security Force from the Southern european task Force in Vicenza. A the flow will Start tomorrow and will grow and grow and grow and grow a cot. James r. Mcdonough commander of set aft a inf brigade said sunday. The initial contingent will Fly out of Aviano a about a two hour drive Northeast of Vicenza and will land at an As yet unannounced destination. Mcdonough expects that 1,300 Vicenza based troops will deploy via Aviano to take part in the . Military a humanitarian Effort operation quiet resolve. The operation is being run by a . European come task Force headed by Brig. Gem Jack p. Nix jr., set aft a command or. A a. Fees your enemy is the grim reaper. You la be saving the lives of children like your children. Fathers like your fathers. Mothers like your mothers. Old folks Tike your old folks a col. James r. Mcdonough setae s inf brigade commander the first group to deploy from Vicenza will include about 80 soldiers according to Mcdonough. The Speed of the deployment of other forces depends on the. Availability of transport aircraft Mcdonough said. A this command setae is going to grow with the arrival of All kinds of specialized forces to help the humanitarian Effort. People Are flowing in Here who weren there 48 hours ago a he said. Earlier sunday Mcdonough told a formation of More than 1,000 men and women that they would be facing the worst humanitarian disaster of. The latter half of this Century. A your enemy is the grim reaper. You la be saving the lives of children like your children. Fathers like your fathers. Mothers like your mothers. Old folks like your old folks a he said. Mcdonough told the troops that their country had turned to them to embark on a an incredible journey. One that you will look Back on for the rest of your  a what you Are about to do is a Noble Mission that defies imagination. People in our country today Ana for generations to come will envy your Mission a How Long will the Mission take a a it a open ended a Mcdonough told the troops. He later told a reporter that he expects it will take More than a month to get to the Point where a the world can expect the children of Rwanda to grow into the adults of  american soldiers in Vicenza have been Busy since Friday getting ready to depart. Most of them expect their deploy. Ment to Central Africa to be a Long one possibly lasting up to six months. Many soldiers already have scrapped plans made for Christmas. As departure neared spirits were High. A the soldiers Are really pumped up for this one a said col. Joseph a. Fucci be tafts acting commander in nixes absence. A we vow to take excellent care of their families while they Are gone and the soldiers know they Are going on a great humanitarian  Goma Zaire apr rwandan refugees started trickling Home after Zaire reopened the Border sunday escaping filthy crowded Camp where the death toll from cholera exhaustion and dehydration has skyrocketed. American food and medical Aid was on the Way but Relief workers say it wont prevent More deaths this week. There were estimates that As Many As 10,000 people have died since wednesday. A everybody is dying Here a Jean de Dieu Kadoo a Farmer said As he led a Small boy across the Border. A a we a rather go  cholera is spreading rapidly the result of shortages of clean drinking water. Other diseases and malnutrition have swept through the Camps. Thousands of refugees had massed at the rwandan Border hoping to return Home after Days in the fetid Camps. But zairian troops stopped them for two Days apparently until the Border area could be cleared of abandoned weapons. The Border opened again sunday afternoon. Aid agencies Hope an exodus Home can ease the catastrophe but there was no indication that the weakened refugees were ready to return in Masse. As Many As i million refugees mostly members of the Hutu ethnic group have crammed into the sprawling Camps fearing reprisals from Tutsi Iea rebels who last week Defeated the government army after three months of War. The United states is launching a round the clock Airlift expected to last months and involve up to 2,000 american Servic members. _ t a one Hopes if the . Puts in All its muscle things will Start to change fairly dramatically by the end of next week a said Rupert Colville a spokesman for the . High commissioner for refugees in Geneva. But no government has offered to provide or maintain the estimated 60,000 latrines needed for adequate sanitation Colville said. Cholera spreads through Contact with contaminated fees. A a it a no Good purifying the water if there a fees lying All Over the place a he said. Help on Way from americans . Servic members above set up Camp saturday at got Nav a Airport in Zaire where they arc helping assess the humanitarian needs of rwandan refugees. At left airmen from Mcguire fab n.j., Board a c-141 transport at Rhein main a Germany on saturday. They Are headed for Entebbe Uganda to Aid in the movement of Relief supplies to the refugees. A photos t