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...terrorism. But Moffett stayed on, providing medical help and living just as the Thais did. Communist propaganda teams twice came to the village to hold meetings, but both times they left Moffett alone. He had become too popular with the villagers to be attacked. At another village, Sergeant Jim Stensgard, 21, was told that a Communist agent was stirring up trouble at night. Forbidden to do anything about it himself, Stensgard merely observed that the villagers outnumbered the agent. Next morning the Thais grabbed the agent and clubbed him senseless with bamboo sticks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand: The Air Commandos: Preventive Medicine | 7/26/1968 | See Source »

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