Word: combative
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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From U.S. warships in the South China Sea to the forward combat zones of South Viet Nam's Central Highlands, the visiting Congressman or news correspondent is asked over and over again: "What's with the people back home?" It is a question that Lyndon Johnson would dearly like to answer, and clearly should. For if the war seems necessary and honorable to most U.S. fighting men in Viet Nam-and, by his say-so, to their Commander in Chief-it continues increasingly to baffle, depress or infuriate millions of voters in America...
...SOLDIER (ABC, 4-5 p.m.). John Secondaries excellent color documentary, which follows U.S. Army company commander Captain Theodore S. Danielsen as he leads his troops in several combat operations in Viet Nam. This program was one of TV's best efforts of the past season. Repeat...
...comes as a welcome relief. "It may sound corny," explains the Los Angeles Times's Jack Foisie, "but it's refreshing to get out where people say what they mean." Viet Nam press-corps veterans have unanimous praise for the cooperation available at every level in the combat areas. "They are terribly frank," says Australian Simmons. "Sometimes, I think, too bloody frank." Combat reporting has its own special problems, of course, not the least of which is the danger. Eight correspondents have died, a dozen have been seriously wounded, and nearly 100 have been nicked. Sheer endurance...
Despite all the correspondents who cover the combat, though, South Viet Nam's shooting war has become the particular province of the news photographers and TV cameramen. Says one wordman ungrudgingly: "A lot of guys take chances in covering this dirty, shifting war, but the camera boys take the biggest chances and take them most often." The living (so far) legend of the TV troops is a tough, wiry Vietnamese named Vo Huynh, 35, a native of Hanoi who came south a dozen years ago. He mans a camera for NBC while his brother handles the sound equipment. Since...
...cadets are learning counter-insurgency, now a standard part of both the military and Marine curricula. In Mil. Sci. 2hf for instance, cadets take a unit on the basic tactics of guerrilla warfare. Their June final has included questions like, "You are an infantry captain directed to command a combat patrol consisting of three rifle squads and two mortars. Your mission is to attack and seize the hamlet in the following sketch. State your plans." The sketch which follows contains areas marked "jungle," and a body of water labelled "Dukong river." The hamlet depicted in the sketch is protected...