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...superficially injured by a mortar shell fragment in fighting near Cassino in 1943. Applying for a fresh Band-Aid, he was handed a Purple Heart to go with it-and turned the incident into an incisive cartoon. "Just gimme a coupla aspirin," says Willie to the Medical Corpsman offering him a medal. "I already got a Purple Heart...
...countryside, Shriver was struck by the fact that Indian farmers huddle together in villages rather than living in houses on their own land; again, it was explained that tillable land is too precious in India to clutter up with buildings. As he made his rounds of the villages, Peace Corpsman Shriver seemed suspicious that things might have been fancied up in preparation for his arrival; he tested with his forefinger the whitewash on walls to make certain it was not still damp, turned to escorting Indian officials for assurance that there had been no abnormal cleanups. "But," protested one village...
Their disagreements, which were relatively few, revolved around one central question: the relationship between the Peace Corpsman and the United States Government. Phillips advocated an orientation program sponsored by the government, but Hornblow called it unnecessary; Hornblow called for eventual United Nations control, but Phillips said it would endanger American interests...
...youngsters pressed for specifics, Shriver warned that the Peace Corpsman is not to propagandize in the land where he is sent or get involved in political crosscurrents. He should answer political questions "rationally, as an intelligent adult-but that doesn't mean you should get into fist fights with local Communists or get up on a soapbox." The volunteer who doesn't live as the native lives will be bounced. "The last thing we want is for Johnny to get money from home, buy himself an air-conditioned Cadillac and drive around Cambodia." Corps members will serve...
Last week in the Warwick fire station. the counter on Dr. Anderson's gun clicked off the 500,00cth shot that he and his corpsmen have given in the past six years. Soon after, Dr. Anderson had to quit and let a corpsman relieve him; the trigger ringer on his right hand, despite a golfer's glove, was too painfully blistered for him to carry...