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...between the U.S. and Viet Nam have been virtually frozen since South Viet Nam fell to the North in April 1975. In the United Nations, the U.S. cast five vetoes to prevent Viet Nam from being admitted to membership. Washington also demanded a "full accounting" of American M.I.A.s-the 728 servicemen and 25 civilians still listed as missing in action-before any other issues between the two countries are discussed. For its part, Hanoi has taken the position that any accounting must be a part of an overall settlement that would also include some American gestures of conciliation. Hanoi...
...member of the armed forces of the U.S. and a veteran of Viet Nam, I support President Carter's pardon of the Viet Nam era draft evaders. I urge Mr. Carter to act swiftly to resolve the status of those ex-servicemen with less-than-honorable discharges and those who, as a matter of conscience, deserted...
...tollhouse on the Boston-to-New Bedford road. One day she decided to add chocolate bits cut from a semisweet bar to liven up her mother's cookie recipe. The creation was an instant success. During World War II, millions of tollhouse cookies were shipped to servicemen overseas...
...President-elect has said nothing at all about all those servicemen who received less than honorable discharges for acts of protest short of desertion, but related to their reluctance to wage the war. Some, for example, failed to carry out orders, became chronic malingerers or were insubordinate to superiors. No one knows just how many cases there are, since many of these discharges were made, often capriciously, for a wide array of reasons to get rid of unwanted soldiers. Some of the war-resister groups insist there were about 700,000 veterans with less-than-honorable discharges and that...
DISCHARGES WITH STIGMA. The Ford commission placed the number of servicemen given less-than-honorable discharges solely for desertion or absence from their posts at 83,135. Of these, only 13,589 asked that their cases be reviewed; all but about 1,000 were given clemency discharges. To many of the antiwar veterans, that discharge carries a stigma they still want erased by a blanket amnesty. Lack of an honorable discharge often bars ex-servicemen from jobs, and generally deprives them of military pensions, Government medical aid and educational benefits...