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A window on war
A window on war
(EXCERPT) November 10, 2003 Excerpts from Jim Dyer's letters to his parents when he was a Navy adviser in Vietnam. • Sept. 3, 1963 My head is shaven again! I am pretty sure I will get the job I want - junks! The last four days I have been on a tour of three of the six bases I'll be responsible for. Slept in a grass hut one night and old French planters' chateaus the other nights. • Sept. 21, 1963 Mom, after eating some nameless meat dipped in fermented fish oil, I'll never never comment on your fry-cooking again . . . I'm gaining weight again anyway. I'm healthy, happy and homesick. • Nov. 13, 1963 The Viet Cong have stepped up their activity considerably last week. Division 33 is the last government-held post in Go Kong District. They occupy the town only 300 yards from the post. The people have left their town, so we are blasting it with air strikes. I was over there Monday in a helo. It was a little hot. • Nov. 23, 1963 Heard the news about Pres. Kennedy 6:30 this morning. We are all shocked. Please send me the Newsweek issue covering the event. We get Time very quickly. It seems almost personal. Even the Vietnamese were taken back. The V.C. have stepped up their pace, but so have we.... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 10 Nov 2003, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/st...416156,00.html --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com |
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