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...hero; perhaps it never will. It lingered long and lovingly when it happened upon Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, but then it moved on?still searching. Yet Nasser came closer to filling the role than any other man since the 12th century warrior Saladin or perhaps the powerful 9th century Caliph of Baghdad Harun al-Rashid. A burly, broad-shouldered army officer, son of a lower-middle-class postal clerk, Nasser overturned a rotting monarchy 18 years ago and brought visions of prosperity to his own country and hope for new unity to a diffuse and frustrated Arab world...
Roving gangs of black 1st Air Cav troopers at Bien Hoa and of 9th Division soldiers at Dong Tam have waylaid unsuspecting whites...
...channels and showing such tolerance. Suggested Petersen: "The only way to reduce tension is to sit commanders at all levels down and give them a course in race relations as part of their military curriculum." "But," injected Capt. Freddie Harris of Tampa, Fla., a black company commander in the 9th Division, "you got to admit there is a problem first...
...blacks today feel differently about the war, life in America and themselves. "The young black soldiers are much more hostile than ever before," said Capt. Alexander Benjamin of Mobile, Ala., a black personnel management officer in the 9th Army Division when I visited him in Dong Tam. "I think we are probably building a recruiting base for militant groups in America. It frightens...
...breed of black over here," said Army Capt. Robert Robbins, a black officer from Wilmington, N.C., serving in the 9th Division. "He has graduated from peaceful demonstrations up to riots. He comes here to put his life on the line for some cause he probably doesn't believe in When he goes home, he'll think the only way he can get what he wants is to take it. He knows that first of all they stopped over in Africa and took...