Army to Send 800 Troops to Sinai for Peace Duties
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WASHINGTON — The Army will send about 800 soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division to peace-keeping duties in the Sinai Peninsula for the first time since 248 others in the 101st died in a plane crash on their way home nearly a year ago, the Army said Friday.
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