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GRAPEVINE, Page 15HERE COMES OPERATION DESERT STORK
By JANICE CASTRO/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
Talk about faith in the future. Remember the baby boom?
That started when America's fighting men returned from World
War II. Now, eight months after the first soldiers, sailors and
airmen returned victorious from OpDesert Storm, military bases
from San Diego to North Carolina are bracing for their own baby
boomlet. Since the troops got home, positive pregtests have
tripled at Fort Hood, Texas, and Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The
expectant mothers include Desert Storm vets -- five of the six
women in one unit. In San Diego 318 Marine wives have been sent
to community hospitals for prenatal care because the docs at
Camp Pendleton are swamped. Doctors at Fort Stewart, Georgia,
expect to deliver 40 babies on Christmas -- three times the
busiest day in memory. No more silent nights for those folks.