Word: iii
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...began talking to people and doing other informal things. Then he had a wonderful Christmas vacation in Florida, playing golf and tennis and, believe it or not, with girls (but not Cliffies). Afterwards, Martin came back to Harvard and aced all his finals, salvaging an almost-Group III average ("You'll do fine next term," said the Dean) and actually enjoying life occasionally. He sailed with full colors into he second term, in good spirits and, according to his lady shrink-trainee, in excellent mental health...
...North Vietnamese told him that the most seriously wounded among the prisoners was Lieut. Commander John S. McCain III, son of the American commander in the Pacific. Despite "many broken bones," Frishman said, McCain "has been in solitary confinement since April of 1968." Frishman denounced the mistreatment of another fellow prisoner, Lieut. Commander Richard A. Stratton, a Navy pilot who "was beaten, had his fingernails removed and was put in solitary." His arms were scarred from cigarette burns. Before Frishman left Hanoi, Stratton told him not to worry about telling the truth. "He said that if he gets tortured some...
...fighters. In fact, U.S. headquarters in Saigon places enemy strength at the same level as it was nine months ago: 205,000 combat troops, plus 45,000 administrative and political cadre (see map following page). Powerful enemy forces remain deployed throughout the country, with the heaviest concentrations in the III Corps area, which contains Saigon. While the enemy maintains strong support forces in its Laotian and Cambodian sanctuaries and north of the Demilitarized Zone, few large units have recently crossed into the South. One of these was the 24th Regiment of the 304th NVA Division, which disappeared into the North...
...always present, local commanders tend to look to the capital for guidance in crises. This Washington reflex is not discouraged by Government officials. They are rightfully concerned with keeping tight rein on the military. As President Kennedy once said: "I don't want some sergeant starting World War III." Yet the Pike report demonstrates that a better balance must be found if local commanders are not to be paralyzed in cases of limited threats. The report urges that the Administration seek -"on an emergency basis"-new methods to get the several echelons of command to talk and listen...
...lack of contact with the Communists, but they readily admit that all their military indicators are down. Since June 29, weekly American fatalities have held below 200. During the last reporting period, July 20 to 26, 110 Americans died, the lowest toll so far this year. Communist attacks in III Corps, the vital area around Saigon, have dropped from a daily average of 30 in May to 25 in June and 15 in July. The other three corps areas report a similar trend. Nightly shellings of allied bases have diminished. Allied reconnaissance patrols find little or nothing. A running fight...