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...than 100 woman troopers. Since arriving four days after the invasion, they have handled a wide range of chores, from escorting VIPS and guarding the U.S. embassy to flying helicopters and doing intelligence work. Though they theoretically hold "support" positions away from battle areas, the lines can blur on Grenada. "If somebody shoots at me, I think I'm allowed to shoot back," says Lieut. Kathryn Henderson, 24, a helicopter pilot from Winter Springs...
...Grenadians, who graciously held down the score while defeating the invaders 6-2. The postcombat letdown may have spawned one tragedy: at midweek, a G.I. accidentally shot and killed a fellow soldier while cleaning a .45-cal. pistol. Said Major General Jack Farris, commander of the U.S. forces in Grenada: "It's what happens when the war winds down. People get complacent. They get careless...
...their freedom, the islanders were probably more concerned about their economic future. Agriculture, which is the largest source of employment, is relatively intact, but other sectors have been badly disrupted. The Reagan Administration announced that in addition to $3.4 million in disaster relief, the U.S. Government will give Grenada $30 million in long-term economic and military aid. Some of the money is already being spent by the interim government, which has sought to create 1,000 jobs in roadwork, school construction and sanitary maintenance. U.S. Army Engineers have helped with these projects, and are repairing asphalt and rock-crushing...
...biggest worry is tourism, which once represented 40% of Grenada's economy but which has fallen sharply over the past four years. Businessmen, hotelkeepers and restaurateurs are clamoring for funds to complete the airport that the Cubans were building at Point Salines. Grenadians say the airport is necessary to boost tourism, but so far the U.S. has balked at picking up a tab that could go as high as $90 million. The airport presents an uncomfortable irony. When it was being built by the Cubans, the U.S. condemned it as being essentially for military use and ridiculed the notion...
...correspondent? Damn straight. Just as soon as he finds a decent room. He hates dirt, and went through four hotels before finding one with hot water. With his trademark cigarette holder in one hand, gin-and-tonic in the other, Thompson is covering the goings-on in Grenada for Rolling Stone. This time he has no "Great Red Shark," the rented Chevy convertible in his account of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, but a rented fire-red mini Moke, an open-sided vehicle that honeymooners use on Caribbean beach tours. He also has a press pass, plenty of Dunhills...