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Day bring peace to the hearts of people
everywhere. Our sincere wishes to you and
yours for the Merriest Christmas ever.
Grateful thanks for your loyalty and confidence.
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Griffin, Ga.
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‘Pull out 150,000 men now.’
By TOM TIEDE
NEA Staff Correspondent
FIREBASE KIEN, South
Vietnam—(NEA)—Al m o s t
everybody in the United
States these days seems to
think the solution to the war
in Vietnam is either (1) fight
it, or (2) forget it.
But almost nobody in Viet
nam does.
This is the conclusion I’ve
reached after polling and in
terviewing 100 soldiers of the
Ist Infantry Division.
My poll was unprofes
sional. Haphazard, you
might say. That’s the way it
In Tiedes
Battlefront Poll
is when you’re talking to
men who are dressing for
patrol or feeding shells into
a 105 mm howitzer.
Still, the statistics were
carefully recorded, the an
swers refreshingly candid.
And so I think it is a realistic
summation of what the fight
ing man himself thinks about
the war.
The results:
The 100 men were asked,
“What should we do about
Vietnam?” Thirteen said we
should stay here, come hell
or Ho Chi Minh, 10 said we
should pull out so fast the
nation will need ballast—and
77 said that both extremes
were distasteful and unwise.
The 77 were a mixed bag.
Hawks, doves—even one fel
low who said he was a
Georgia chicken. They ad
mitted to many doubts about
the war, also some patriot
ism concerning U.S. aims
here. Some of them aligned
themselves with Eugene Mc-
Carthy’s war sentiment,
others sided with President
Nixon’s view.
But they did agree on the
one principle: The Vietnam
war is too involved and im
portant to be handled im
prudently.
“In the first place,” said
Spec. 4 Mike Kenney of Sac
rament o, Calif., “I don’t
think we should just be so
eager to run around fighting
everybody else’s wars. But
we’re here—and since we
are I don’t think this talk of
immediate withdrawal is
very responsible. Personally,
I don’t know what we should
do. Just continue as we are
right now, I guess. Protect
ing ourselves, but doing
everything we can to get
peace.”
Kenney’s phrase “protect
ing ourselves,” by the way,
was in one form or another
the chief concern among all
GIs —even those advocating
pullout. All the men ques
tioned have seen combat
and have healthy regard for
the capabilities and intent of
the enemy.
QUICK QUIZ
Q —Which was the first
synthetic plastic?
A—Celluloid, invented in
1869 by John W. Hyatt, a
printer of Albany, N.Y.
Q —What was the first liv
ing thing known to travel in
outer space?
A—The Russian space dog
Laika, sent into orbit around
the earth aboard Sputnik II
in 1957.
Q —Do stars seem to
twinkle when seen from
outer space as they do in he
atmosphere?
A—No.
Q — Who is the only for
eigner to win the Augusta
Masters Golf Tournament?
A—Gary Player of South
Africa in 1961.
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Spec. 4 Scott Mason
(Hawkinsville, Ga.) said it
thus:
“One thing is for sure. If
we leave too quick, I think
Charley (the Viet Cong) is
going to be wide open to plink
us off one by one. And I
damn well don’t want to be
one.”
Here’s a sampling of other
comments (going up in
rank):
• “I think we should just
get the hell out. I mean, it
ain’t our war, man. What are
we doing here? And where
we gonna go next time?”—
Pfc. Charles Hair, 21, Balti
more, Md.
• “My opinion is we
should take the fight to North
Vietnam. That’s where it’s
all coming from. Why not go
up there and whop ’em
good?”—Spec. 4 Johnny
Richter, 20, Port St. Joe,
Fla.
• “Maybe we should pull
out 150,000 men right now.
And then see what happens.
Wait a couple of months and
hope the enemy responds in
kind.”—Sgt. Jim Cole, 20,
Conneaut, Ohio.
• “One thing we could do
would be to try to explain
the situation here better to
the people back home. We
haven’t done much but con
fuse them so far.”—Lt. Mark
Clark, 25, Chicago.
• “Personally, I think we
should put our troops in de
fensive positions on the bor
ders—and then let Vietnam’s
army fight the interior war
themselves.” Capt. Gordon
Dyson, 30, Lockwood, Md.
This latter opinion, espe
cially the part about letting
Vietnam fight its own war,
was perhaps the most em
phatic and enthusiastic re
sponse of the Ist Division
opinion poll.
Almost to a man, the sol
diers resented the fact that
the Vietnamese military,
outnumbering U.S. forces
two to one, have in the past
carried the light end of the
conflict load.
And almost to a man, the
QUICK QUIZ
Q —What new decree was
issued by Pope Paul VI re
garding the attire of car
dinals?
A—The decree abolishes
the symbolic red hats worn
by the church’s cardinals
and orders a simpler style of
dress for all prelates.
Q—Which is the shortest
book of the Old Testament
of the Bible?
A —The Book of Obadiah,
with only 21 verses.
Q —By whom is the Na;
tional Cherry Blossom Festi
val officially opened?
A —The Japanese ambas
sador, who lights a stone
lantern more than 300 years
old, originally brought from
Japan. . ,
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Pfc. Charles Hair
‘lt ain’t our war, man.’
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Spec. 4 Johnny Richter
‘Take the fight to
North Vietnam.’
Gls felt Vietnamization of
the conflict was, if not the
best, perhaps the only way
out of the war.
A colonel (who declined
identification) summed up:
“If the United States just
withdraws, this nation may
go to hell. And if the United
States just stays on as is,
our own nation may go to
hell. So it’s up to the Viet
namese now. They have a
chance to save both us and
them. And I hope to God
they can.”
(Newspaper Enterprise Assn.)
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It's Christmas! At this most joyous time of year
we pause to give thought to our blessings ... numbered
among them, your favors and friendly good
will. Please accept our sincere thanks along with
our best wishes for holiday joy in full measure.
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Bobby Dunn
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Wednesday, December 24, 1969
Department’s Growth
Thomas Jefferson, when
he was the first U.S. secre
tary of state, needed only
five assistants to handle all
U.S. foreign affairs, in addi
tion to patents, official docu
ments and activities of the
mint; today, the State De
partment employs more than
28,000 people.
Transplanting Evergreens
Evergreens are always
transplanted by the ball-and
burlap method. They are
much more likely to dry out
than deciduous trees be
cause their foliage is always
active and needs a cor
respondingly larger and
steady amount of moisture.
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we relive the miracle of that
first Christmas, we send our
sincerest greetings to everyone.
For your kind patronage, our thanks.
HOBBS’ PHARMACY
Accuracy
The statistical analysis
made by the weather bureau
itself as well as numerous
informal groups reveals a
national average accuracy
of close to 85 per cent in its
weather forecasts.
Lilliputians
Lilliput is an imaginary
country of Swift’s “Gulliver’s
Travels,” whose tiny inhab
itants, the Lilliputians, have
given their name to anything
diminutive.
Greeting Cards
Greeting cards are ex
changed in the United States
on a scale far beyond that of
any other country in the
world, according to the
Encyclopaedia Britannica.