Word: noncombatant
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Race as a Crutch. Though Harry Truman ordered the military services desegregated in 1948, the Korean War found Negroes still serving in all-black outfits, or else in behind-the-lines noncombat roles. White officers-particularly in the Navy and Marine Corps-stubbornly kept Negroes out of top command positions...
...Witnesses, deems it a sin to have anything to do with conscription on grounds that each of its members is a minister and would be barred by national service from preaching; approximately 5,000 Witnesses went to prison rather than be inducted. Most peace churches, however, permit noncombat service, though some C.O.s refuse to wear uniforms...
Nonetheless, Schriever had his frustrations. Although he was a young bomber-flying colonel in World War II, subsequent noncombat assignments took him out of the running to be Air Force Chief of Staff. And like many other senior officers, particularly in the Air Force, Schriever had his differences with Defense Secretary Robert McNamara. Schriever believes that if the U.S. is to maintain its military superiority, it must sometimes gamble large sums on chancy projects. McNamara's philosophy is that the need for expensive new weapons and other equipment must first be objectively proved to his satisfaction. "I have tried...
...lives because grades are a factor in draft deferments [March 25]. Draft boards must decide which men to take. Army classification people must decide which men to train for combat, which for jobs behind the lines. The Pentagon must decide which units to send to Viet Nam, which to noncombat areas. Leaders in Viet Nam must decide which units to send into combat. The platoon leader must decide which squad to send on patrol. I don't think it too much to ask the educator to do his job and grade his students according to their ability...
...nevertheless, went ahead with plans to bring home 1,000 troops from Viet Nam by New Year's-chiefly noncombat technicians, many of whose duties are being assumed by Vietnamese. At Saigon airport last week, the initial 294 U.S.-bound servicemen, many happily bearing lipstick smears from Saigon sweeties, clambered aboard four C-135 jets. Present to see the first men off were U.S. General Paul D. Harkins and South Viet Nam's Defense Minister Lieut. General Tran Van Don. Said Don of the departing Americans: "They have shared our hardships and sorrows, and nothing can repay them...