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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tenure was the quickness with which I could be located in the event of a national emergency. This could have been accomplished by a semiannual questionnaire. I studied outdated manuals, and trained with obsolete weapons. For at least a year I was assigned to a detail assembling wall lockers. Upon completion of my six-year obligation, I felt I would have been as well prepared to defend my country not having attended a single weekday drill...
Suddenly the silent wake erupted in pandemonium. Helicopters whirled in upon the village. Out poured 36 South Vietnamese in camouflage tiger suits, feet bare and guns blazing. Accompanied by U.S. Navy Lieut. Bernard F. McMahon Jr. and yelling at the top of their lungs, the raiders charged into the gathering and kidnaped ten of the Viet Cong brass. Then they fought their way out past the remaining Viet Cong and, with the aid of hovering helicopter gunships, reached waiting river boats over a mile away. The attacking force's casualties: none...
...soothe the students who obstructed the Dow recruiter. Few professors would ever accept restrictions on the work they do for the government, classified or not. Research expenses are high these days and the government is the richest benefactor. This factor, of course, pales before the spectre of possible incursions upon academic freedom. For University policy dictates only that a professor meet his commitments to the Faculty and students. The rest of his time is virtually...
...original proposal came at Tuesday's Faculty meeting, when Stanley H. Hoffmann, professor of Government, introduced a motion for such a committee to deal specifically with campus recruitment, the relation of Harvard to the Vietnam war, and agreed-upon forms of protest...
...consider a proposal condemning student deferments--a decision still remembered with bitterness by many students. Stanley Hoffmann, professor of Government, has proposed that the University set up a student-Faculty-Administration committee to consider the issues of campus recruitment, the University's relation to the Vietnam war, and agreed-upon forms of dissent. This proposal, which will be taken up at the next Faculty meeting, could provide a refreshing first step toward the kind of dialogue over vital issues the University says it cherishes...