51.   American troops are responsible for the border area in question, which lies directly south of the town of Vitina where an American battalion is based.

52.   American troops are still busy getting settled in Haiti.

53.   American troops contributed transportation and logistical support, but did not physically take part.

54.   American troops have been stationed in the region since then.

55.   American troops have come home with mysterious maladies from every conflict since the Civil War, historians say.

56.   American troops have rushed to help defend fragile Macedonia, which would disintegrate in violence if the militants get significant support from the large minority of ethnic Albanians there.

57.   American troops in Central America today are social workers in fatigues, clearing highways, providing shelter and immunizing children.

58.   American troops in Germany are advised not to wear clothing with sports club logos, cowboy hats or other fashions associated with the United States.

59.   American troops may have been delayed in getting to this northwestern Bosnian city by bad weather, but no matter.

60.   American troops stay on base when not on patrol in Bosnia.