Word: vietnam
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Shelton is considered by many to be a solider's solider: he was won several of the military's most distinguished combat honors, served two tours in Vietnam, served as the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Special Operations Command, and earned a Purple Heart...
...pressure is to produce, to show activity, to get the collars," says Blondie today. "It's all about numbers, like the body count in Vietnam. The rest of the system determines if you got the right...
Brent Sadler's report on Iraqi commandos training outside Baghdad told of frenzied recruits disemboweling a dog and pulling apart live rabbits. Such acts of cruelty and torture serve only to dehumanize these soldiers, not turn them into gallant men worthy of a military uniform. I served in Vietnam and saw the best of soldiers, both American and Viet Cong. There were honorable men there, not rabble. How can Iraq countenance such barbarism? RICHARD PAUL CLEMENCEAU New York City...
...policy. He failed to support fully the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba and allowed Fidel Castro to establish a beachhead for communism in the western hemisphere. Kennedy did not act effectively when the Berlin Wall was erected, profoundly affecting the NATO alliance, and he increased U.S. involvement in Vietnam. The consequences of his misguided policies plagued the U.S. long after his brief, disastrous presidency. RICHARD BLAUW South Holland...
...final tape--Aug. 29, 1964. Of course! That was a few weeks before I arrived in Washington. The references to my speeches must be in Volume II. As I envision it, L.B.J. is alone in the Oval Office during one of the darkest days of the war in Vietnam. He is looking for inspiration. Idly, he picks up a manuscript from a pile on his desk. It is titled "The Spirit of St. George." He begins to read aloud...