Word: indochina
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...time President Nixon ordered the resumption of bombing over Hanoi and Haiphong on Dec. 18, B-52 Pilot Michael Heck, 30, had racked up more than 150 bombing missions during a number of stints in Indochina, a Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with eleven oakleaf clusters-and an impressive list of reservations about the Viet Nam War. With each new bombing run over the populated cities of the North, those doubts grew. Finally, on the day after Christmas, Heck announced to his wing commander that he could no longer in good conscience participate in the intensified bombing campaign...
According to the Pentagon's records, four other American pilots have refused to go on combat flights since the U.S. began regular bombing missions over Indochina eight years ago; but Heck's case was the first to come to public attention, and it took on special significance because of the moral issue raised by the raids...
...debt we owe the people of Indochina is so enormous that such actions as attending demonstrations are only a beginning. But since the peace that is made in the next weeks will be stamped on Indochina. Perhaps for generations, we must call on our Congress to insist upon a peace settlement that does not set a precedent for terror bombing as a legitimate and successful negotiating lactic: and we call upon the nations of the world--who today exert more influence on the United States government than its own citizens--to deny victory to the new Germans...
...DEATH which these peasants describe has been inflicted entirely by a government acting in the name of the American people. The peasants of Xieng Khouang, whether we like it or not, tell us that everyone of us long ago became involved in the lives of the people of Indochina Since we are already involved, the only decisions that remain to us are who we will support--the victims or the criminals...
...feel that our sympathies lie with the people of Indochina rather than the people of the White House and the Pentagon, then we must do whatever we can to see that the peace settlement that is reached meets with their needs and wishes. rather than the lusts and vanities of President Nixon or President Thieu...