European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 26, 1994 inside Africa the stars and stripes Page 3 duty was hardly exciting gis say Byj. Kin Cruger Northern Italy Bureau Vicenza Italy while some . Army soldiers saw hellish scenes in Central Africa others recently brought Back tales of uneventful Days and nights. We sat in Entebbe and trained and trained and trained said staff sgt. Joseph rebar 29, who re turned this week to Vicenza from Uganda where he was part of an army rapid reaction Force. The Force s Mission was to deploy quickly by air to either Goma. Zaire or Kigali Rwanda should . Forces in those areas need military assistance. We were there to perform a Mission. Thankfully we did t have to execute it said sgt. Richard Woodruff 25. Both Woodruff and rebar were assigned to co a 3rd in 325th inf regt airborne combat team. Sgt. Stephen Holbrook 25, another member of the company said duty got monotonous because we knew exactly what we were going to do every  rebar a resident of Erie pa., said playing volleyball and soccer helped pass the time. For barefooted individuals they ugandans sure kicked the soccer Ball hard recalled Holbrook a Resi Dent of Orlando Fla. Darrell Daniels 25, and Christopher Kunert 24, both sergeants with co a arrived in Central Africa Dur ing the last week in july and spent their first 10 Days at Entebbe s Airport before moving on to Goma Airfield. While we were at Entebbe we stayed in a hangar and were pretty much confined to the Airport and the main terminal building said Daniels a resident of Watertown by. Their first task after arriving at Goma was to build their Camp at the Airfield. Afterwards they settled into a routine of guarding supplies and providing Security for Brig. Gen. Jack p. Nix jr., the commander of opera Tion support Hope joint task Force Alpha. Both soldiers agreed that their duties solely con fined to the Airfield were Boring but said Daniels at least when we were in Goma we Felt like we were doing  another co c Soldier sgt. Lloyd Broom 26, ended up at Kigali Airport for about a week. I Only got off the Field once and that was to pull Convoy escort to a nearby water Point said Broom a resident of Warwick . Is Kan Coorg sgt. 1st class Tomas Delgadillo hangs clothes to dry at the Airport in Kigali Rwanda. Delgadillo a Cook with the 4th brigade 3rd inf div in Katte Roach Germany was part of operation support Hope in Central Africa. While about 350 Vicenza based troops deployed to Central Africa in late july and Early August More than 80 of them have already returned to Italy. We expect most of the troops to be Back within 10 Days. More troops should be Corning Back this weekend As . Military operations close Down at Goma and Kigali maj. Bob Mcelroy an army spokesman at Vicenza said thursday. Many of the troops who already have returned to Vicenza came Back Early from Africa so that they could attend military schools or be with their pregnant wives. Lots of Guys had pregnant wives so they army officials at Vicenza made sure we got Back in time rebar said. Prayer helps life go on rwandan Mother finds by sue Palumbo staff writer Goma Zaire if Faith and courage could be measured in coins Esther Kara Paju would be a very Rich woman. The former receptionist in Kigali Rwanda saw her husband die and lost track of six of her seven children on the six Day trek from Rwanda to Zaire. I saw my husband fall but i could t Stop to help Kar Paju said. I ran with the children but there were so Many peo ple i lost  More than 75,000 children were orphaned or were lost when rwandans fled to refugee Camps in neighbouring Zaire. Like Many Kar Paju walked on hoping and praying to find her children. Her eldest son is at a University in Uganda where he is Safe she said. Every Day i prayed and one Day i found one child Kar Paju said with tears in her eyes. I prayed some More and the next Day i found another. I prayed again and the next Day i found another. The Doc tors said he would die but i knew Jesus would t give him Back so i could watch him  the other three children remain missing but not forgotten. Kar Paju prays for them every Day but life goes on she said. She soon found a Job As a guardian in one of the Camp orphanages. She cares for 17 children As Well As the three of her own in return for room and Board. Living conditions at the orphanage in Side a tent Are far from Ideal Kar Paju said but at least some of her family is to Gether and Safe. We accept what they the people who run the orphanage do because they Are kind enough to help. But these children is Ken George Esther Kar Paju saw her husband. Die and lost track of six children. Need vitamins to make them Strong she said. The backbreaking work of looking after 20 children does t seem to affect Kara a jul who looks As if she could return to a corporate office without any hesitation. With her shoulders Back and her head High she patiently wipes noses Straightens clothes and cleans the tent floor on her hands and Knees. She apologized for the condition of her dress. She Only has one so she can t take it off to Wash  really can t Tell what the future is Kar Paju said. If Only i can get a Job so that i can look after my children. Faith is everything. Prayer has gotten us this  pygmies also massacred in Rwanda survivor says the Hague Netherlands a while much attention has focused on the Slaughter of minority Tutsi i Rwanda the country s Fatwa pygmies were nearly wiped out by Hutu death squads a spokesman said wednesday. The 30,000 pygmies in Rwanda were hated by both huts and Tutsi said Charles us Iragyr who fled the Bloodbath in july. I am very sure that maybe More than 75 percent of Fatwa might have disappeared or been killed during the fighting since april said us Iragyr executive Secretary of the association for the promotion of Fatwa. It s very difficult to estimate exactly because we were All running for our lives in different directions he said. Us Iragyr spoke at a news Confer ence called by the unrepresented nations and people s organization. Hutu soldiers and militiamen Are blamed for the Slaughter of up to 500,000 Tutsi and moderate huts before the Hutu regime was ousted by Tutsi forces. Us Iragyr recalled seeing troops from the former Hutu government tear a baby limb by limb and throw the remains to dogs being used to track Down people hiding from the death squads. The pygmies who lived in Rwanda s rain forests until most of the Trees were cleared to make Way for agriculture now survive As agricultural labor ers and pottery makers. Before the rwandan conflict there Charles us Iragyr Rescue was a Miracle were an estimated 250,000 pygmies across Central Africa. Us Iragyr said he has t heard from his wife and eight children since Leav ing them at a refugee Camp near the ugandan Border. He said he hid in an abandoned House for three weeks with his family and other pygmies before being Dis covered by rebels of the Tutsi dominated Rwanda patriotic front. Ref troops escorted the terrified pygmies to safety he said. How i survived i just Don t know. It was a Miracle he said. He is in Europe trying to raise Money for a Survey of surviving Fatwa pygmies when he returns to his hom6 near Kigali Rwanda s capital. I a