Word: 82nd
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SENTENCED. WILLIAM KREUTZER, 27, Army sergeant convicted of murdering an officer and wounding 18 other soldiers in a sniper attack last October; to death; at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The shootings occurred as fellow members of the 82nd Airborne Division stood in formation...
...huge Army base adjacent to Fayetteville, decided it was a good night to commit a hate crime. Private Malcolm Wright, 21, Private Burmeister, 20, and Specialist Meadows, 21, had been drinking and nightclubbing when they allegedly drove to Campbell Terrace to harass blacks. The soldiers, members of the 82nd Airborne Division, had reportedly gone on such excursions before. This time, as Meadows waited in the car, Wright and Burmeister allegedly picked their quarry at random, accosted the couple and killed them. Meadows has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder; Wright and Burmeister face first-degree murder charges...
Military and civilian authorities caution that Fort Bragg, with a population of 75,000, is virtually a small city. Says Major Rivers Johnson Jr., a spokesman for the 82nd Airborne Division: "You've got to understand that the 82nd Airborne is a reflection of society." Referring to the suspects, a local police officer says, "These guys are just idiots...
Bill and Sharon Allen of Hingham brought their whole family--children Lura, 8, and Hardy, 11, as well as Bill's mother, Martha, who was celebrating her 82nd birthday. The concert was a special event for the family, Bill says...
...cast, the Marines are sailed in and the 82nd Airborne stands by. Clinton will wait until August, when Congress is out of session, to send in the troops. Maybe we will ask later if this is really necessary later How quickly a nation forgets, though...