Word: marinese
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sir: One could not help noticing the many Negroes among the marines arrivine in Viet Nam. Same old story-good enough to fight but not good enough to vote. Shameful!
Now that riflemen's foxholes were dug and mortar positions neatly sand bagged, the 800 U.S. Marines on Hill 327 overlooking Danang airbase were chafing under guard duty and itching for action. Thus it was with considerable relief that the Marines got word that one company could move out...
However, in one of their first joint patrols with Vietnamese rangers, the marines were slightly unnerved. "The Vietnamese seemed to know their business all right," said Lieut. Donald H. Hering, "but we were a little shook up when they started lighting cigarettes and listening to jazz on their transistors while...
Buzzing with Rumors.With 27,500 Americans already in Viet Nam-a 50% increase since the Tonkin Gulf crisis of August, the U.S. may well expand that force still further. After Army Chief of Staff General Harold K. Johnson wound up an eight-day tour of Viet Nam, Saigon began buzzing...
"Senators would call for some sort of negotiations. But Goldwater, with his lack of restraint, would retort that there is nothing to negotiate and we would only be selling out Southeast Asia if we sat down at a table with the North Vietnamese and Red China. Instead, he would recklessly...