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BRAGG BRIEFS
GITS UNITED
AGAINST THE WAR IN INDOCHINA
Bragg BriefTs is published in the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and
the United States Constitution. /t is a free press, published by active duty GI's
stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Bragg Briefs is dedicated to realizing
the vision of the American Revolution of liberty and justice for all peoples.
VOL.3 NO.12 FEBRUARY 1971 |/\ / p 4 AAP DG Tp, Liaf..h. Hers (feed, J
roll over bob hope
Counter USO here in March
with dick gregory, elliot gould, jane fonda, donald sutherland
barbara dane, peter boyle, jules feiffer, mike nichols, and more, more
WE EXIST THROUGH YOUR DONATIONS
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
The United States ServicemanTs Fund, a non-profit organization, which is concerned with
the welfare of persons who have served or are serving in the military, wishes to sponsor a free
show for GI's :omMarch 13 and 14 at Fort Bragg, N.C. The cast at the show includes: Dick
Gregory, Elliot Gould, Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Barbara Dane, and Pete Boyle (JOE). The
show will be written by Jules Fieffer, and directed by Mike Nichols.
In order for this show to be performed on post, General John J. Tolson himself must
grant permission to U.S.S.F.
WE THE UNDERSIGNED GITS feel that if Bob Hope is allowed to perform on military
bases then General Tolson should grant U.S.S.F. permission to perform the above show at
Ft. Bragg.
We also feel that if the Army is really modernizing that EMTs should have a voice in deter-
mining the type of entertainment on post.
AND WE THE UNDERSIGNED GITS WANT THIS SHOWT
We hope the Congress of the United States will intercede in our behalf.
Name Unit
Home State
~please send petition to Bragg Briefs, P.O. Box 437, Spring Lake, N.C.
or bring it in to the Haymarket Square Coffeehouse
pushers
Haymarket Square is the only GI coffeehouse in
downtown Fayetteville. It serves the GI in many ways.
It offers us a place to go and relax; to speak freely
without fear of harassment. It offers the type of
entertainment that you won't find in Fayette,
ville.
If it were to be closed down for some reason, the
GI movement would suffer a severe setback. Unfor-
tunately, it is now in that very predicament due toa
few selfish people who feel that Haymarket is also
a place to deal dope ranging frém grass to heroin.
The first two coffeehouses in Fayetteville, The
Other Side and The Apple House, were closed with
dope as an excuse. LetTs not give the man (author-
ities the Opportunity to close us down again.
If you care about Haymarket, you wonTt hold,
score or contact in or around the place. If you donTt
care about Haymarket, we donTt want you to bother
coming down.
Spread the word. Haymarket belongs to the people,
and the people have to police themselves or the
police will do it for us and close us down.
Military Triples
Lettuce Buying
For years the lettuce workers in the valleys of Cal-
ifornia have busted their backs long hours picking
juicy profits for chiseling corporate growers. The
sweat of the workersT labor, rung dry by the racist
~freeT enterprise, continually undercut their income.
earnings and left the workers with a pocketbook of
diminishing returns, scratchy wages, and no workers
rights.
In past years with the grape workers, Cesar Chavez
and the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
used a strike and a national consumer boycott to
gain recognition for the plight of the grape workers.
The Pentagon was up to its usual tactics and threaten-
ed to smash the strike. Pentagon buyers went into the
market and tripled their purchase of grapes.
The lettuce workers arenTt sweating off profits
nor pulling up lettuce heads nowadays. Existing off of
an average income of $1900 and suffering the built
in kickbacks from a system of greed and competition,
the response of the lettuce workers was unanimous
and determined-to follow in the spirit of the grape
workersT struggle-to fight, to strike, and to fanshen
for a contract! The response of Chavez was to call for
a lettuce boycott against those growers unsympathe-
tic to the workersT demands. The response of the
Pentagon was to side with the rich lettuce growers
and assume the role of arch-scab against the most
honest union in the country.
Last year it was grapes, this year the commidity
is lettuce, and the jack of all scabs, the DoD, is at it
again, muscling down on a new set of victims and
channeling their smash tactics through a new villian-
cont on page 2
BLACK AND
_ PROUD
Brothers, sisters, let's do it now! Let us ex-
press the pride in ourselves and in one another that is
distinctly ours. We must become more aware of each
other as Black People if we are ever to reach the
goals for which we are desparately fighting. Whether
we are part of Uncle Sam~s ~slave machine* or not,
we must all say it loud and let it be heard throughout
this racist land.
We must face the imposing oppressor and be
independent, regardless of the penalty which is so
often illegally forced upon us.
So let~s do it up brothers and sisters and let us
show the lifers, grits, pigs, pimps, hustlers and whores
what it really means to be black. Power to the People.
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particularly excellent and will open the eyes of many
of our readers.
Gl Ripped Off For the past six months I have been personally in-
volved in fighting for justice in the military.
~ This is not a story about police brutality.
It is a story about how the system of justice in
this country works for the rich but not for the poor.
It is a story about how Fayetteville exploits GI~s.
One day in January a cook for the 28th Civil Af-
fairs Company was arrested in downtown Fayetteville
and kept in jail for a week before he had been con-
victed of any crime.
ItTs the kind of thing that could happen to anyone
in Fayetteville. It could happen to you.
HereTs what happened.
On January 28th PFC Mike Fraser went downtown
drinking. Halfway into the evening the police stopped
him, frisked him, and found a knife and a piece of
hash. And so Mike was arrested on the dope sharge
and a charge of carrying a concealed weapon.
The magistrate said he would have to post a $400
bond before he could be released. Not many PFCTs
can put $400 together and so Mike was stuck in the
~drunk tank.T
This room was about 12 feet by 12 feet. There
was one bench stretching across one end, one com-
mode and one water fountain. He was kept in this
room for four days (How long does it take to so-
ber up?). Finally on the fifth day he was put in a cell.
Mike tried for four davs to make a call.
Finally a bondsman came and offered to bail him
out. He notified MikeTs company which did not know
where he has and which had him down as AWOL.
The bondsmanTs fee - $60.
Mike will be tried early in February.
Some reflections on justice in Fayetteville and jus-
tice in America.
With your permission I'll continue to~steal Tmaterial
from your paper. Most of my readers are middle-
income, white, suburbanites who are concemed but
not very involved. This educational process is tuming
some of them around and getting a few more into the
Brother E. Medley
Movement.
The real PATRIOTS of America, I salute you! Keep
up the all-important but thankless job. Many families
of the future will owe their very existence to your
efforts--and not just American families.
V laine endorsed V
All Power To the People
Sincerely , Vt0 The Editor of Bragg Briefs: J
Roy E. Fries
~Lone CrusaderT
Your statement, oGITs United Platform,� Jan.
1971, is outstanding and has my hearty endorsement.
If you can ever substantially achieve these goals, you
will have set a standard for all Americans to achieve and
try to live by.
Also please extend my congratulations to Charles
P. Amold on his letter, oSpirit of Revolution.� If peo-
ple are unwilling to make a revolution when they are
enslaved, then they will become and remain slaves.
The issues which I have seen of Bragg Briefs have 4
established a very high standard. I wish the mass com-
munications could and would set such a high one. f
Keep this up and you are certain to have a useful im-
pact upon our society.
Best wishes and success in the cause of justice
and peace.
1) IsnTt pretrial confinement a way of assuming
that a person is guilty? Did you know that 50% of all
prisoners in non-Federal prisons have not been con-
victed of any crime but are in circumstances similar to
MikeTs?
2) IsnTt bail just a way of punishing the poor and
not the rich? The son of some businessman would
have no trouble paying $400. It isnTt so easy if youTre
a poor GI or any poor person for that matter. One
justice for the rich and a different one for the poor.
3) ArenTt bondsmen running a racket? For an in-
vestment of $400 they get back $60 in profits. Be-
sides a bondsman can revoke bond anytime he wants
to and back in jail you go.
4) How much does Fayetteville collect from GITs
Sincerely
ge B. Hester
Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Ret.)
Brother Jack Alive
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every year in fines? Why does Fayetteville look on ev- at ee POLE MIE IS og, PARA Comins
ery GI as a goldmine? EVEN IN THE NEW ARMY WELL STICK WITH THE OLD SALUTE, LIEUTENANT� And Well
Some day after the American people realize that
no politician and no rich businessman is much inter-
ested in justice for a poor GI, they will join us and to-
gether we will build a country with one justice for all. PLANE CRASHES
CONTRACT SOARS
Hi Everyone,
Well how is every thing going at the coffee house?
Wow, Viet Namis really a bummer; if I had it to do all
over again I would have stayed at Fort Bragg. The lif-
ers around here are really down on the men, they took
and locked all our rifles up because they were afraid
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Washington (LNS)"" The U.S. Government is giving
the General Dynamics Corp., a major defense con-
tractor, an additional $17.1 million. The reasqn? The
Air Force still hasn~t figured out why its new F-111
fighter-bombers keep crashing. The new contract is
tagged for ~minor, miscellaneous engineering changes~
in the jinxed jet.
any brother or sister who can get into TYPING
and is interested in this machine, has got to be
we would use them on them. All the EMTs are having
a meeting tonight at 7:30 to decide what we are going
to do about the lifers. The lifers are starting to hassle
us about our hair and tapered fatigues and even up at
the main PX they have lifers picking men up and giv-
ing them DRTs because they donTt look like soldiers
and most of them are grunts who just came out of th-
field. We could really use a hell of a lot of your news-
papers so we know whatTs going on back in the world.
It would also hassle the lifers when they see the men
reading them so here is my address:
Pfc. Jack Flanagan
HHB 3116 Arty
23rd Inf. Div.
Well people, I hope everything is going good for
all of you, be good and take care.
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lhom(usar) thanx: tonlainceslerpeo Keep your heads,
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onehasastar
dropped on Indochina since 1965. (1% million tons
were dropped on all of Europe during World War II)
The month of January saw over 1000 B-52 sorties
~over Indochina. The average daily bombing from B-52
runs is about 250tons per plane. :
B-52~s alone account for some 5 million craters, 30
feet deep and 45 feet in diameter.
. There has been an average of 27,000-United States
air Missions a month over Loas---the most intensive
bombing suffered by any nation in history.
Between two and three million people are being
moved from the northernmost regions of South Viet-
nam to the southern section of the country in, othe
largest organized movement of peasants in the history
of Vietnam�. Vietnamese claim that it is a move by
the government to gain control of the people of the
northernmost provinces who have consistently resisted
control by Saigon.
Along with the people move, to back up the rumor
that there exists tactical plans, able to be implimented
at any time, to make the northern area of South Viet-
nam along the DMZ a nuclear contanimated, ohot
zone�. There is also word of tactical nuclear weapons
being shipped from the West coast.
United StatesT bombing is responsible for dropping
the population of the Plain of Jars in Loas from 200,
000 to 0, with zero productivi and completely des-
troyed ecosystems. � . aon
PROTECTIVE REACTION
There are, since American involvement, 300,000 to
1.5 million refugees in Laos, a country that has a to-
tal population of 3 million.
With these facts, available to the American people
and the President still talking about ode-escalation�,
the question arises as to just what is the President
trying to do? ;
Surely the news coming from Indochina, news of
massed, American trained , equiped, and advised armies
at the Loatian border, with American transportation
and massive American air support is not a sign of any
kind of o~de-escalation�T.
The United States has overthrown a neutralist gov-
emment in Cambodia, an act which gave birth to what
is now a highly sucessful revolt which seems destined
in the near future to restore Cambodian rule in Cam-
bodia. This despite massive ficancial, tactical, and arms
support by the United States for the government of
Lon Nol in Cambodia and the South Vietnamese for-
ces that weTve shipped in to help him.
ItTs time that the people of this country took it
upon themselves to question the functions of their gov-
emment. ItTs time that the 73% of the population that
the Gallup poll reports wanting complete withdrawel
of all U.S. troops from Indochina by the end of 1971
makes the government listen to it.
The Peoples Peace Treaty in this issue is the first
concrete step in that direction. ItTs a document that
has to be taken up byevery individual concerned about
his future and the future of his country, and taken to
everyone he knows. It has to be organized around, and
the government of this country has to be forced to
abide by the will of the people itTs supposed to rep-
resent. -
come visit the
QUAKER HOUSE
sometime
Three days after the huge May 16 Counter
Armed Forces Day Rally in Rowan Park last
year, the old Quaker House on Ray Street
was gutted by a fire - suspected arson.
Just after the fire some anonymous caller
told J.C. Honeycutt, who along with Bill Ca-
rothers takes care of the new Quaker House,
that it was too bad she hadnTt died in it.
As J.C. and Bill sat around working a jigsaw
puzzle and talking about what they are doing
at the Quaker House, J.C. said, oI canTt be-
lieve that those people think ITm going to
J.C. Honeycutt
planning trip to Cuba
leave because they burn my house down.�
After the fire the staff and their friends be-
gan to rebuild, but were stopped and threate
ened with arrest for violating building codes
if they tried to make repairs. The building Was
condemned and the staff were homeless for 3
months while they tried unsuccessfully to rent
another house. Finally Bill Carothers used his
savings for a down payment for the new
house.
So today the Quaker House is located at
223 Hillside (485-3213) - about two blocks
up the hill from the Haymarket Square Coffee
house.
The Quaker House is supported by several
(Quaker Meetings in North Carolina and every
Sunday there is a local meeting at 1 p.m. ;
Most of the rest of the week the House is
open between 2 and 10 p.m. to GITs and just
about anyone who needs a little help.
This place is a favorite for members of GITs
United to relax.
There is a fireplace where old October is-
sues of Bragg Briefs are used to kindle the fire
on occasion ). ~
There is a beautiful but skittish-young Shet-
land Sheep dog named Gurynedd
When she was a puppy, a man kept her ina
crate all the time, and even today she shows
the scars of that trauma. She is continuously ¥
pacing the floor in nervous circles as if she was
still in her crate.
According to J.C., Gurynedd is a feminist
who doesnTt like men or male dogs. ~~Some-
times,T J.C. concedes, oGuryhedd likes Bill
except when he throws sticks at hier.� -
Sparkle, the cat, is much wbre ap proach-
able, but the cat has no qualms~about farting
in your face or doing worse things in your lap.
Fayetteville is hardship duty for.qny move-
ment radical. But a womanTs position ts par-
ticularly, difficult (three women have left the
coffeehouse staff already ).
J.C. recalls once when one of her friends
was physically molested while passing out
Bragg Briefs on Hay Street and bitterly com-
mented on a GI who kept insulting her as she
walked downtown one day.
She says she stays in Fayetteville because
oItTs important to be where you're needed.�
She wants to go to Baltimore sometime or
maybe to Atlanta to work on THE GREAT
SPECKLED BIRD, an outasight underground
paper. But her immediate plans are to go to
Cuba with the Venceremos Brigade to help
harvest this yearTs sugar cane.
J.C. is thinking about getting a job because
as she observes, oItTs a real disadvantage if
you're a professional movement person. You
can only do real organizing if you share lives
with people and share their problems.�
Bill Carothers is an ex-member of GITs Uni-
ted who served with 612th Quartermaster Co.
He is available to give advice to GITs who
want to apply for discharges as conscientious
objectors.
Lately he has been trying to visit COTs in-
side of military stockades though he hasnTt
been too successful.
(E.C. Crawford of Durham is authorized to
visit any CO in any military stockade and is
more than willing to come to Bragg,
Inspite of the fact that he was turned away
from the Bragg Stockade, he did attend the tri-
Bill Carothers helping
conscientious objectors
al of Ronald Schmidt who has refused to wear
a uniform.
Billlaughingly recollects that Schmidt came
to his trial still not wearing his uniform and
the enraged officer had him forcibly dressed.
Bill says he ended up staying in Fayette-
ville by accident. He had a few legal run-ins
before he ETSTed, and he decided that the
best place to use his knowledge of Army legal
practices was by staying in Fayetteville and
helping Ft. Bragg GIs.
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AR 635-20 FOR $ALE
IF YOU'RE A GI YOU CAN APPLY IF YOUTRE A WHITE GI AND WEALTHY--YOU CAN WIN!
A G.I. can apply for conscientious objector af-
ter being drafted or after enlisting in the Armed Forc-
es. The military, like the Selective Service, makes
provisions for its members to apply for C.O. status
while odoing their duty.�
C.O. as a white, middle class tool
Even though oon paper� all G.I.Ts share the same
right to apply for C.O. it tums out that in practice
that right is monopolized and serves mainly the inter-
ests of white middle class G.I.Ts and college students.
After all, lawyers cost money and a G.I. or college stu-
dent whose folks got that kind of money power can
use the federal courts in the event that their sonTs C.O.
is disapproved by Uncle Sam. The large majority of
G.1.Ts, however, who donTt have that power and whose
C.O.Ts get disapproved, run the risk of going AWOL
and getting court-martialled because they canTt pay for
their sincerity.
Another built-in legal Catch-22 which makes
C.O. a rich manTs scheme involves G.I.Ts organizing
their thoughts on paper and then being able to verbal-
ize them during an interview with an officer. In most
cases, a white G.I. who has been to college and done a
little philosophy or sociology can express his ideas bet-
ter than aG_.I. who didnTt get the chance to attend col-
lege for the same reason he didnTt get a lawyer.
Since G.1.Ts have no constitutional rights, it is im-
portant that G.I.Ts know about their right to apply for
C.O. in the Armed Forces.
What is a C.O.
In the past, the military recognized as a C.O.
only those G.I.Ts whose beliefs stemmed from church
religion. That has changed. A new regulation (AR 635
-20) has come down, effective August 1970, It has
given G.I.Ts broader grounds on which to apply, de-
fining as a C.O. any given person who by reason of
deeply held moral, ethical, or religious beliefs claims
C.O. to participation to war in any form. This means
your own moral or ethical beliefs are just as legitimate
as those of a person whoTs beliefs are derived from the
teaching of an orthodox church.
Two types of C.O.
According to ARTs their are two types of C.O.
If a G.I. finds that he canTt oserve� within the Armed
Forces, he can apply for a 1-0 discharge (AR 635-20)
This type of C.O. carries with it an Honorable dis-
charge. The other type of C.O. is a 1-A-O and means
that you will stay in the Armed Froces provided you
are not ordered to bear arms to kill another person.
AG.1. who is classified as 1-A-O0 (660 -20) will be as-
aigned a noncombatant MOS, usually a medic. A G.I.
should not be lead to believe that mere classification
as a 1-A-0 keeps him out of a combat zorie. It doesnTt!
See a C.O. counsellor if youTre having a rough time
deciding your own position.
When Can A G.I. Apply
The rule of thumb is that a G.I. can apply
for C.O. anytime, anywhere, whether it be in a
combat zone like Vietnam or stateside duty. How-
ever, once a G/ is put on orders for overseas duty
he has 7 days from the day he receives those orders in
which to hand in the entire C.O. application, includ-
ing letters of support. That's not much time to get
all the info together. Tactically it would be better for
a G.l. to start working on his C.O. when he comes
down on levy or sooner. However, regulations state
that any additional information can be added to the
Original application even after it has been filed.
The Initial Step
In order to inform your Company Commander
of your intention to apply for C.O., you should sub-
mit a typewritten request. This request doesnTt have
to be typed on a DF, plain paper will do. Make sure
to retain a copy for a personal file along with any cop-
ies of correspondence ~ with the Unit Command.
This way if the Company Commander doesnTt act on
the request you can lodge a formal complaint under
Article 138 of the UCMJ to the Secretary of the Army
or else complain to the IG about a particular officer
who was oderelict in the performance of his duty.�
C.O. as a political tool
The political implication of a G.I. applying for
a C.O. in the military is dynamite. Whatever a G.I.~s
moral or ethical position against war, by refusing to
align himself with the politics of the war machine and
and by refusing to support their business-product-war
a G.I. automatically becomes labeled a trouble-maker
and a security risk to Uncle Sam. It is probably the
only recognized right of dissent that a politicized G.I.
has within the military. A G.I. who uses this power
can ORDER Westmoreland and the other links in the
chain of command to cancel his trip to Vietnam and
get away with it. For a G.I. to be able to control his
life in this way is to have political power. No wonder
the lifers refer to most C.O.~s as ~those commiesT.
They ~re paranoid!
The 3 Interviews
Before a G.I.Ts application is forwarded to the
DA in Washington D.C., where the actual decision is
made, he will be interviewed by a military chaplain. a
psychiatrist, and an officer in the grade of O-3 who is
knowledgeable with C.O. in the military. In all of
these interviews a G.I. has the express right to have a
_ lawyer or witness present for counsel. The lawyer can
be either military or civilian. If this isn't possible.
bring a tape recorder along-itTs a good defender of jus-
tice and threatens the interviewerTs power to goof on
your mind and mix up your words.
This action is completely legal and looks bad when
that particular officer comes up for a promotion.
Your Company Commander is then obligated.
under AR635-20, to follow up on the request and
place a C.O. applicant in a job that ominimally con-
flicts with his beliefs.� What this means in practice is
that a G1. is not to handle weapons, ammo, or be as-
signed guard duty. A good pressure tactic for a G.I.
here to bring out this point is to inform his Command-
er about AR635-20 at the same time he submits the
C.O. request.
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Military Chaplains - Hypocritical in War.
DonTt be shocked during the chaplainTs interview
if you become aware of his antagonism towards your
position, especially if you are requesting C.O. dis-
charge. The plain fact of the matter is that most mili-
tary chaplains are hypocrites first, officers second, and
human beings at some other time. They sold out their
human rights fora position and a shiny piece of metal.
Naturally, when a chaplain interviews a G.I. it gives
his ochristian conscience� negative waves and distorts
those patriotic defense mechanisms.
The psychiatristTs interview, on the other hand,
isnTt really an interview, just a preliminary psychia-
tric evaluation to determine whether a G.I. is sane.
The psychiatrist doesn~t throw those notorious what-
if questions at a G.l., just asks a little personal his-
tory about the family.
The last interview is the O-3 interview where z
a G.I. should have his head together. The O-3 officer
decides whether a G.I.~s beliefs are legal enough to
meet the criteria for C.O. His decision weighs heavily
upon the outcome. If the O-3 officer approves it,
DA. usually follows suit. G.I.~s have the right to wai-
ver their O-3, but its not a cool tactic, since the re-
view board in Washington regards it as a cop out
move. A lawyer here isn~t necessary but can help
tremendously.
Miscellaneous
Once a G.l. has Completed the interviews his
paper work will be sent to DA and within 6-10 weeks
he should have a decision. In the event that a G.I.'s
C.O. is disapproved and he can~t afford the cost ofa
civilian lawyer, he has the right to re-submit a second
application or as many as he wants, as long as their
exists a substantial change. A G.1. also has the right to
rebutt any statement naade by an interviewer.
Women as C.0.Ts
The same military regulation making provisions
for men to apply for C.O. in the Armed Forces, also
extends to Women in the Armed Forces. A women
can use C.O. as a political tool and express her oppres-
sion and be given an Honorable discharge in the event
that she applies for] -0 status.
The regulation requires DA to state reasons in
writing for denying any C.O. application. In practice,
the Army uses such vagary as ~lacks required sincer-
ityT or ~lacks necessary depth of conviction~. If the
C.O. goes to federal court, the Army will be required
to defend their reasons. The chances of winning in
court vary with the particular judge who hears the
case.
Can you win?
Barely. The Army quotes figures of 75% approv-
al of 1-A-0 applications, and 25% approval of 1-0 dis-
charges. in reality, the figures are much lower because
these numbers include people who went to federal
court and were successful in getting the Army to re-
verse its decision. Even if the chaplains report and O-
3 interview are favorable, a disapproval can be expec-
ted, but this should not deter the potential C.O. This
is only the first step.
If you win?
A person who obtains a 1-A-O almost invariably
becomes a medic. A person who obtains a discharge
receives an honorable discharge but waives his veterans
administration benefits. If a person has served less than
six months before being discharged, he will be assig-
ned to the Civilian Alternative Service program thru
his draft board for a period of 2 years. this can mean
time in the Public Health Service, a job as a librarian
Or a hospital administrator.
/f you lose?
You can reapply, go to court, or quit. The letter
of disapproval reminds authorities that you are to be
returned to full regular status and that all pending
personnel action may be taken. On occasion, a denial
of a C.O. application has been successfully used as a
court defense at any subsequent court-martial for not
being a good soldier.
PEOPLES PEACE
On September 17, 1970, Madame Nguyen Thi Binh of the
Provisional Revolutionary Government put forward in Paris a JOINT TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE PEOPLE OF
comprehensive eight point proposal for peace in Vietnam. As this df . SOUTH VIETNAM AND NORTH VIETNAM
ee. : it k ; . Th ied
peace initiative was being reduced to a wine and bottle joke by | Be it known that the American and Vietnamese people are not Snernien e war is carrie
il US o Hevid & ; tal 1 h , T out in the names of the people of the United States and South Vietnam without our consent It des-
Sy. RO. tn ruce, it was celebrated by other nations as H, troys the land and people of South Vietnam. It drains America of its resources, its youth and its honor.
ee a face saving device for Nixon and a document whose content /,
We hereby agree to end the war on the following terms so that both peoples can live under
probably had majority support in the United States. the joy of independence and can devote themselves to building a society based on human equality and
Following Madame BinhTs proposal, on September 27, the / respect for the earth. PRs 4 poe
, : ; ; F ; e Americans agree to immediate and total with-
editor of SaigonTs largest daily newspaper and a prominent mem- satan,
drawal from Vietnam and publicly to set the date by
ber of the South Vietnamese National Assembly, Ngo Cong Duc, which all American forces will be removed.
Statewide conference announced in Paris the demand for total, immediate withdrawal Ih The Vietnamese pledge that as soon as the
: . United States government sets a date for total
of all U.S. troops, an end to U.S. support of the Thieu-Ky-Khiem ENG
around Peoples Peace Treaty regime and the creation of a provisional coalition government /} 2. They will enter discussions to secure the re-
which could organize free elections in South Vietnam. The sig- | aise oie tecwing North vet
. nificance of the Duc statement was that these treasonous words y/ .
work,use, emphasis, etc., , Ther
were immediately endorsed by powerful personalities and organi- f 3. There will be an immediate cease fire be-
. Seek ; sie ; / tween US forces and those led by the Provi-
zations inside South Vietnam's cities that President Thieu has oA sional Revolutionary slant of South
Vietnam.
! The Duc statement has been followed by the creation of a if 4. They will enter discussions of the procedures
~ : to guarantee the safety of all withdrawing
e e - popular front, MSVN, representing over 1000 national and region-
troops.
al organizations not affiliated with the N.L.F. who are now in q 5. The Americans pledge to end the imposition of
5 : : : y Thieu-Ky-Khi t | Vi i
open political struggle against the Thieu-Ky-Khiem government. ieu-Ky-Khiem on the people of South Vietnam in
order to insure their right to self-determination and
A delegation of 16 students, acting on a mandate from its 23rd so that all political prisoners can be released.
Haymarket Square National Congress, organized by the U.S. National Students y: 6. The Vietnamese pledge to form a provisional
ap ~ / coalition government to organize democratic
Association recently traveled to Vietnam to investigate the feasi- ta
until now needed to survive.
] elections. All parties agree to respect the
bility of framing a treaty of peace between American and Viet- 4 results of elections in which all South Viet-
namese students. Because of the peace initiative of the P_R.G. and y aes Pt apeghy: tne te
presence of any foreign troops.
7. The South Vietnamese pledge to enter a dis-
coordination around Armed Forces Day. the Vietnamese said that a separate peace treaty was necessary q cussion of procedures to guarantee the safety
not only with American students but with all people in this iy) and political freedom of those South Viet-
5 epee oe? ; j / namese who have collaborated with the
country. They strongly welcomed this initiative, coming at this |
United States or with the US supported re-
dynamic moment in their own history, when American and Viet- U gime.,
namese coordination has the potential of ending the war. eS 1 ey Sarees ante Yistompes ogres te ¥9-
° . : § 4 spect the independence, peace and neutrality
housing available Despite efforts by the Thieu-Ky-Khiem government to stop j
of Laos and Cambodia in accord with the
the student delegation from making contacts in South Vietnam, y 1964 ind 1962 Renova Conventions Sad. nat
: : : . interf in the int | affai
one delegate member was able to slip through Saigon s security é bata tei tiv, (rip Winerecl aires Or eee ee
countries.
net and engage representatives of non-NLF student organizations 9. Upon these points of agreement we pledge
in the drafting of the treaty. At the same time, student leaders ; to end the war and resolve all other ques-
. from the DRV and NLF developed a treaty draft with the US i 2 a ee
now is the time to get if together! a : p y Yy/ mutual respect for the independence and
student delegation in Hanoi. The two documents were formally yi political freedom of the people of Vietnam
joined into one statement in Paris. The final document represents 4 and the United States.
. By ratifying the agreement, we pledge to take whatever actions are appropriate to imple-
the hopes and demands of every respected Vietnamese leader in ment the terms of this joint treaty and to insure its acceptance by the government of the United States.
North and South Vietnam.
Signed. . .
the new mass anti-war movement inside South Vietnam cities,
United States National Students Association North Vietnam National Union of Students
South Vietnam National Union of Students South Vietnam Liberation Student Union
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WANTED
FOR AWOL |
(Ins)}--ooUp Against the Bulkhead�, a G.I. paper
in the Oakland area, picked up the following item from
the San Francisco Chronicle of Sept. 15. It was dis-
tributed by the UPI:
The Pentagon said yesterday it will start using
computers and cash rewards in dealing with deserters
and servicemen who go AWOL.
New regulations, signed August 24 by Deputy
Defense Secretary David Packard, for the first time
brought all branches of the Armed Forces under a uni-
fied system for handling deserters and those absent
without official leave (AWOL), a Pentagon spokesman
said.
Under the new rules. a deserter is classified as
anyone who is AWOL for more than 30 days, is ab-
sent for any period after beiqg convicted under the
Uniform Code of Military Justice, or sees asylum in
a foreign country.
A serviceman is considered AWOL under the new
rules when he is absent without authority for fewer
than 30 days.
The regulations set up a $15 cash reward for the
apprehension and detention of absentees, deserters or
escaped prisoners. It also set a reward of $35 for any-
One capturing and returning to the military an absen-
tee or deserter.
But Packard said no one could recieve both a
$15 and a $35 reward.
WHY?
Fort McPherson, Ga. (LNS)--The United States gov-
emment calls the North Vietnamese~barbaric* because
they impose mail restrictions on prisoners of war and,
the U.S. claims, refuse to disclose the names of all the
U.S. war criminals they have captured.
But a captain in the United States Army (who
is now head of a military jury that will try a soldier
charged with murder in the My Lai massacre case)
believes that in an ~unconventional~ war like Vietnam
it is proper to summarily execute enemy prisoners of
war if the order comes down.
~We have to forget propriety~, said Colonel
Robert A. Koob, who also said that news reports
about My Lai were ~incredible. It is hard for me to
believe that any of our troops would go in and murder
people without having a reason~.
KEKKKKKKEKKKEEKKEKER EERE SEE
Earlier, the judge in the trial whose jury Koob
now heads, admitted another Army colonel to the
jury. Colonel Donald M. Laffo@n called the massacre
~a matter of poor judgement rather than a criminal
actionT.
He also commented that ~a soldier must become
a tool in the hands of a leader--an unreasoning agent
forhis commanderT.
The soldier being tried at Fort McPherson is a
non-commissioned officer, Sgt. Charles E. Hutto.
He is charged with responsibility in the deaths of be-
tween 102 and 310 South Vietnamese civilians.
Ed. note: Sgt. Hutto has subsequently been cleared of
all charges.
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I TOLD THEM
TO GET
HAIRCUTS, SI&
SERSEANT, WHY
| HAVE YOU LET
WELL, TELL
THEM AGAINT
YoU HEARD
THE GENERALS
GET GOING
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DID YOU EVER NOTICE THAT
IT'S THE GUYS WHO DON'T
HAVE MUCH HAIR WHO ARE
ALWAYS TELLING OTHER.
GUYS TO GET HAIRCUTS?
|
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oe
Time magazineTs article on the changes in aiti-
tudes within the military establishment was quite en-
lightening. It seems strange | haven't heard too much
ubout things considering that | am an active duty GI.
It shows a picture of barracks at Ft. Carson, they
should show some pictures of the firetraps many of
us here at Ft. Bragg are forced to live in. You can
check with post authorities as to the exact number of
lower grade enlisted men who burned to death in them
in the last 2 years; I think the figure is seven, though
it may_be higher.
The article quotes General Tolson saying that
Ft. Bragg has the most liberal haircut policy of any
post. The regulations say that you cannot be forced
to get your hair cut shorter than one inch, and that
you cannot wear it any longer than three inches on
top and one inch on the sides. The unit commander
has it at his discretion how.long, between these limits
the men in his company can wear their hair. Believe
me, many commanders like hair short. Some have been
known to carry rulers around to measure hair with.
Adm ticdly, these are small points, but these are
the points that both they and the Department of De-
fense choose to deal with.
Of more importance to us are the much larger
inequeties we are forced to live under, sich as being
transferred, sometimes to Vietnam, because a high
ranking officer personally dislikes you or someone in
a high position doesnTt want guys to hear what you
have to say. This has personally happened to me.
Then there is the promotion system whereby
those with the most time in the Army and/or most
time in their rank, and/or ogood� military attidude
(those most likely to reenlist eventually) are promoted
ahead of those who often have a much greater ability
to perform the job.
On top of these daily injustices we are forced
into an environment that can best be judged as hostile
Look at almost any small town near an army base.
What do you find in these towns---high prices, poor
housing, shoddy merchandise, high interest rates, high
pressure sales, and a high crime rate. As one man re-
cently said, othis town exists solely to separate a GI
from his paycheck as quickly, as easily and as cheaply
as possible.�
These might be small matters to many people,
small until they realize that we have to live with them
daily.
Until the military does something to correct the
more important problems how can we believe that
they are honestly trying to help and not just trying
to buy off the growing dissent in the military with
such inane things as selling you two beers in the mess
hall to go with your supper. We must act accordingly,
dissent will grow, until the military treats us as men&
women, and not as numbers, machines or even more
commonly, as criminals.
STRIKES
AGAIN
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n Are IG inspections really necessary or of any val- that are in no way related to how he does his or her Some nights the soldier stays up until] or 2 in
h ue? First of all, let us examine what a soldier must go job or that are in no way related to how good a sol- the morning cleaning the barracks and laying out his or
through in preparing himself for an IG. The soldier dier he or she is. her field gear and then has to get up and ~hour or two
it must spend a lot of extra time doing the work that They must purchase the following items that early so he or she can begin cleaning again. Eating in
y should have been done throughout the vear to keep the. they cannot use until after the inspection because it your own mess hall is not allowed on the day of the
d military machine running the way it is supposed to be might take away from their display if the items are not inspection because we are such animals we would un-
at run. He must stand inspection after inspection to make brand new. A bar of soap (that cannot be taken out of doubtedly dirty up otheir� pretty mess hall.
n sure that he is in order so that the company will pass the wrapper), a toothbrush, razor, shoe brush, shaving The majority of the inspection appears to be a
" the real IG, because letTs face it, it would look pretty cream, toothpaste, and shoe polish. His or her cloth- lotof undue harassment. They tell us about all the bad
ts bad for the brass off the company if they were to fail ing must not even have the tiniest hole in them or thev , things that will happen if we fail the inspection and
e the IG. In fact it would mean that they arenTt doing must be replaced. how it wonTt hurt the CO if we fail but instead it will
- their jobs properly. The soldier then has to make sure Now when you think about it, all those items hurt us. Bull shit, you realize ITm sure what would
that he has every piece of equipment that was issued that must be purchased run into quite a bit of money, happen to the CO of a company if his unit failed to
e to him from the beginning of his military obligation. * and how much money does a private make in a month? put on a good show.
oS If for some unknown reason he is missing anything, No matter what, he has to survive and have a little IG inspections do not seem to have any real pur-
the soldier must then use his or her money to replace money for himself, but he usually spends the month "pose that will benefit the Army in any way. The brass
er the items. The soldier then must purchase some items of the IG broke. gets all the credit and the EMTs do all the work in pre-
paring for the great annual inspection!!
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Last month ~Bragg BriefsT published an article
about an Army dentist whose CO application had
been denied. Shortly after that was published, Dr.
Berk filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in fed-
eral court, whereupon Judge Algernon Butler ordered
the Army to show cause within twenty days why Cpt.
Berk should not be released.
On February 1, a government lawyer from the
United States AttoreyTs office called Mr. BerkTs
lawyer and informed him that the Army was willing
to confess error in evaluating his application.
Although elated at the outcome, there is a strong
stench about the whole proceeding that Cpt. Berk
objects to. It seems as though the Army is not willing
to contest people in court for fear of getting an ad-
verse decision which would then become precedent
for future cases. So their apparent policy, which has
now repeated itself several times, is to wait until the
you : CO files his federal suit before approving his applica-
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tion.
This means that the potential CO must have the
bread to get a lawyer and into court to get his rightful
status. Therefore, this makes CO status unavailable to
most people-people without money-people without
rank-most people in the Army.
A)
RB prome
= POLIO, PRISON
if vou are reading this at Haymarket, why donTt you
get up right now and put some $ in the donation cup
at the coanter or by the door or in the bookstore or
in the back room or mail it to the post office box or
just about anywhere ???
4 _
revolution
page 10
2 , QVERTHROW
Feiffer NCD i BUREACCRACY eH ARE
DECEVTRAUIZE TRE ; 5
MWER STRICTURE!
\
stop acting and
FREE ANGELA DA
Angela Davis today sits in prison in California
awaiting trial for conspiracy as an accessory to murder.
California law provides that conspirators and access-
ories are to be tried for the crime itself.
Angela Davis is accused of providing guns for
the abortive escape try in San Rafael, Califomia, in
which several persons were killed. There is evidence
that the escape attempt was closely connected with
the trial of the Soledad Brothers.
Reports state that at least one of the guns An-
o~gela allegedly provided was purchased over two years
before the incident-well before the Soledad 3 existed.
Yet the state, with another of its thought laws, is
going to try to prove the intent of the act of purchas-
ing the guns. The concept of thought laws is absurd |
but in this case it is completely ridiculous to try to
prove in a court of law Miss DavisT intent in purchas-
ing those guns.
Soledad 3, one can understand the frustrations and
resulting acts of those people seeking freedom for , ON) FOREIGN) LICY
If in fact the escape incident was related to the bass YOU. IN NEXT MONTH S
the Brothers. It seems as though the Brothers were f, I WILL VO MY (M PRESSION
framed for a murder and stand an excellent chance
of getting convicted and given the death penalty. One i \ OF GANDHI.
ws Vite hy can only sympathize with any attempt to gain justice
for the Soledad Brothers.
Lastly, there are many murders and shootings in / IY,
Califomia and it is rare that any of the so-called .. (
accomplices are brought to trial, if ever. But Angela eee AC
Davis is black, a Communist, a Black Panther, Pro- UL
fessor of Philosophy and a threat to the establish- i
ment. That is why she is on trial. She is clearly a C/A!
political prisoner with the conspiracy charge as a P y A p ( : |
pt ee real issue. Justice Douglas of the US. a [7 | A y |
upreme Court has written that regardless of the U
specifics of the charges, when the real issue is political o9 Ch A ? cla p CLAP CL
repression, the whole case becoffes unconstitutional (LAP (/ Ap CIAR C1 A? 67
by virtue of the first amendment. For all of these
reasons, we endorse any and all pleas for freedom for
Angela Davis.
HS
page 11
Sweeping Justice
Three GITs attached to Medical Company Womack
Army Hospital recently attempted to bring court-mar-
tial precedings against their Field First Sargeant, Uncle
Tom Bryant in connection with alleged charges of GI
brutality involving Pfc. Stevd Leuis. Out of theirun-
successful attempt came no GI justice and a blatant cor
tradiction---Gl rights and Military justice donTt exist !
On Jan.Jl Uncle Tom Bryant walked into a second
floor room of Pfc. Leuis, Pfc. Johnson, and Pfc.Ves-
solini and instructed: the three GITs to clean it up Pfc.
Leuis grabbed a broom and after cleaning the floorT
swept the trash into a nearby latine. Leuis quickly re-
turned to his room for a dust pan and caught some bad
mouth harassment from Brvant for leaving the trash in
the latine.. Leuis explained that he was looking for
a dust pan and inquired of Bryant where one might be.
Uncle Tom Bryant broke out in bad mouth attacks
again, and after threatening to use his fist on Leuis or-
dered him into the latine behind closed doors to do
just that!
Leuis started picking up the trash with his hands,
and Bryant started picking up Leuis with his own.
BryantTs bad mouth hostility turned from verbal as-
sult into mad physical force, and grabbing Leuis by
the arms Bryant threw him up against the latine wall,
shaking him with typical caveman finesse.
In response to an IG complaint filed by Pfc. Leuis
against BryantTs uncontrolled behavior, the Command-
ing Officer of the Medical Company, ILt John Morris
conducted a preliminary investigation to decide the
legitimacy of the GI brutality charge.
The investigation turned out to be a sham from
start to finish. The Honorable Morris presided at his
own inquiry, acting as judge and jury in defense ofhis
own Field First Sargeant. The inquiry was stacked a-
gainst the Womack 3, the sworn testimonies of Pfc.
Leuis and two GI brothers were discarded.
Later, the same GITs tried to court martial Bryant
put ran up against the same wall -- the UCMJ. The Catch
22 this time--once an investigation action has been ini--
tiated nolfurther action can be taken. Of course theT
UCJJ doesnTt concern itself with the justice carried
through by thataction. Once more theGITs get fucked
over but this time not by the war machine, but by the
very legal ststem that is supposed to protect them.The
GITs at Womack just happened to be case in point.
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that you donTt pay
within a month.
And a friend won't charge anything at all.
But a pawn shop will charge you 180%,
and if that ainTt stealing,
then | donTt know what is.
We know GI's arenTt getting paid as fairly
as this rich nation could afford to
if it really cared.
But going to a pawn shop will only mean
in the long run
that you have less money to spend.
How can you break the habit?
Send $20 home at the start of the month
and have your parents send it back before
the last weekend.
Get the army to start paying us twice a month.
GO COLD TURKEY
Lettuce
Lettuce Boycott Meeting
Haymarket Sq.
Tuesday, Feb.23, 7:30
hat time shall be eonsidered s Weeie rend on his
sand performance of our servies The sinf anni nt is t
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HOLLER. ARD PAWN SHO shall be liable for toss to said property whieh is
preserve nan property bout that HOCTEV ART PAWN site Sbradl rveet
Meths. the taking of said property by due proces f law rte 1
It is eNpeessiy understood amd sgreed that by the acceptance of this
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contd.
Bud Antle, Inc. The lettuce strike is against Bud
Antle, a major California lettuce grower affiliated with
Dow Chemical. Antle has refused to do business with
Chavez and the lettuce workers, but is only too
glad to dump his boycotted lettuce into the jaws of
scab Pentagon buyers, whose price leverage is more
than welcomed by Antle. In the three months ending
September 30, 1970, the Pentagon paid $750,000 to
Antle. Antle has become the PentagonTs strike break-
ing tool.
Military buyers are out being patriotic scabs too
competing against their own pentagon partner for
above market prices. It is hoped by this Defense Dept.
cyclopse that the GITs will fail to see the connedtion
between the lettuce boycott and their role as strike
breakers and blindly continue stuffing their guts with
scab lettuce.
But if present support is any prediction ofi future
Gl-worker solidarity, then Bud Antle and their Pent-
agon buddies are in for a real screwing! Their profit
making scheme is going to rot away, leaving the Brass
scabs holding a stinking bill---warchouses full of spoil-
ed lettuce. Already GITs on the West Coast are raising
hell in support of Chavezand the lettuce workers: boy-
cotting mess hallsJcafletting, and organizing with local
community workers to picket against food stores that
# sell scab lettuce.
page 12
ESE DECLARATION r ~ !
er NDEPENDENCE GI S United Platform
Realizing that words, even thoughts concerning the many problems that confront this nation are
frankly of little importance, G/Ts United, in an effort to be part of a national solution to these prob-
lems, lists a platform of priorities that must be met if the ideals of men can ever hope to be realized.
b , , : A unilateral withdrawal of military personnel, arms and war materiel that actively, inactively, or
Y thew N eater YW/ on inadvertantly suppresses the struggle for self-determination of the peoples of Indochina remains the
hy VO UvakimMb|lé primary issue. Without an end to the vain hope of military triumph, without an end to corporate
America forcing its markets of overabundance, waste and greed on peoples of other nations, without
VQ; , wong
Mes ave an end to the much too real misuse of Americans by Americans, without the cessation of imperialism,
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the vastly more important question of the survival of the human race cannot be reconciled.
ang US foreign policy that supports cruel and unjust dictatorships only to secure the survival of the
pus UWA of Hap p WAI § American economy and the corporate system must cease, and the US must begin to support peoplesT
i struggles for justice and liberation not only in Vietnam but in nations such as Brazil, Argentina and
Angola as well. US troops must be withdrawn from all foreign countires and an end to the use of GITs
against the struggles of oppressed peoples must be realized. Indochina is the first step.
Then there are the worlds that seem to separate you and me - prejudice and racism: personal, re-
gional and cultural. The glorification of one human being over another must be overcome not only in
the city streets, but in our own backyards. The unethical attitudes of business and government that
exploit individuals and institutions must be ended through a more relevant education of the very basic
human values of equality, justice and the right to pursue happiness for all people.Closer to home,we
want to see an end to the harassment of GITs and a guarantee of constitutional rights through a
democratic army. a
Of great importance is an end to the wanton destruction and pollution of the environment by
indifferent governmental and cerporate policies with a re-ordering of national, state, and city pri-
orities. We must cease to shuffle the responsibility and realize that pollution begins at home...and
ends there. There can be no second thoughts.
We must go beyond our own selfish desires, beyond nationalism, beyond revolution and seek to
bring about an Americ where barriers to love and deep human relationships - assumptions of superior-
ity - are replaced with the principles of equality and fraternity.
WHAT WE ARE AGAINST
1. We oppose the US government's attempt to crush the Vietnamese revolution.
2. We oppose the economic exploitation of GI's by Fayetteville merchants.
3. We oppose the economic exploitation of GiTs by the US government which won't pay GI's a fair
wage, but which ceaselessly gives gravy contracts to war corporations.
4. We oppose the continued use of G!Ts against struggles of Americans fighting for justice - blacks,
women, studerts, workers.
5. We cppose the US governmentTs support for the bruta/ worthless dictatorships in Brazil, Greece,
Spain, South Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Guatemala, Iran...
WHAT WE WANT
eqaulity and fraternity.
4. We want the United States to begin su, } [ justi
pporting the truly heroic revolutionary struggles f
in Brazil, Guatemala, South Vietnam, Angola,.. ij a Se
5. We want @ country where the needs of people for decent wages and fair prices, clean air and water
and a rational use of resources, overrules the profit instincts of US corporations.
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6. We want @ country where everyone has the same educational, recreational, and occupational
opportunities that today are the privileges of the rich and upper middle classes.
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1961 to Jan. 9, 1971. Figures in parentheses are
: for the week Jan. 2 to Jan. 9. Killed: 44,268 (27);
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Square Bookstore. 293,612 (83); Missing, captured: 1534.
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