SFOR COMMANDER CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS IN TUZLA

TUZLA, Dec 25 (Hina) - Commander of the Stabilization Force (SFOR) in Bosnia-Herzegovina and of NATO ground troops in Europe General William W. Crouch, and U.S. Amy headquarters chief-of-staff General Denis J. Reimer, celebrated Christmas at the SFOR Sector North Headquarters in Tuzla together with American soldiers in the northeastern Bosnian city, SFOR Sector North public relations office reported on Wednesday. Generals Crouch and Reimer visited American soldiers who have remained in Bosnia-Herzegovina in a new NATO mission being deployed at the U.S. base outside Tuzla. They also paid a visit to wounded SFOR soldiers treated in a SFOR hospital in Tuzla. SFOR troops in Tuzla marked Christmas by many sports and cultural events. A Christmas mass was celebrated in the army chapel. (hina) mš 251815 MET dec 96