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...late, able to sample the flavor of life in the Communist capital for themselves. Among them: Novelist Mary McCarthy, Harry Ashmore of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, Miami News Editor William Baggs and CBS Television Correspondent Charles Collingwood. Collingwood's cameraman was French Pho tographer Roger Pic, who took the pictures on the preceding three pages after the bombing pause was announced...
...thousands--hundreds of thousands of refugees pouring out of the area. We watched the whole of the area just south of the Ton Son Nhut Airport being burned out segment after segment for four and five days running. When we left they were still bombing out sections of the Pho To around the race track. Read for that the area around Fenway Park and the density of the population around...
...with great interest that I read your article concerning Captain Ronald Rod and his efforts to help the people of Due Pho [Dec. 24]. As his replacement, I have become all too painfully aware that a program such as the one he started is desperately .needed. It is my hope that civic organizations everywhere will take an interest in helping people in places like Due Pho. They can use all the help they can get. JAMES V. KIMSEY Captain, U.S.A. Senior Adviser Due Pho District Viet...
...October, Captain Ronald F. Rod of New Orleans was ordered to South Viet Nam and one of the loneliest, most hazardous forms of duty a soldier can draw. As head of a six-man U.S. advisory team, he was sent to the northern coastal town of Due Pho, which is surrounded by Viet Cong territory and accessible only by air. There, Captain Rod, 31, shared responsibility for the welfare of some 10,000 civilians, mostly refugees from Communist held villages...
...letter was delivered, Captain Rod was going to the relief of a government outpost that was under attack and overrun, when he was killed. Back in New Orleans, he leaves a wife and his own five children, ranging in age from 18 months to eight years. In Due Pho, he also leaves a legacy of love. Six and a half tons of soap and clothes go from New Orleans this week to Rod's wards. The Clarion Herald plans to continue the fund drive for his orphanage. Said the paper's executive editor, Father Elmo Romagosa: "Captain...