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Bragg Briefs is published in the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and the

United States Constitution.
stationed at Fort Bragg,
alternatives to the current milit

Vol. NOe August 1970

ARVN

Desertions

Desertions from ARVN show a
drastic increase over last year's
monthly rate.

According to informed South
Vietnamese sources, the desertion
rate from ARVN averages 50%
higher than last year*s rate.
Although actual figures are class
ified, estimates are that 12,000
deserted last months; at this rate
12% of the army will have deserted
by this time next year. And it*s
not the brass who are leaving, it
is the troops, the fighting men.

American military spokesmen in
the. past. discussed the..problem
openly, especially when the rate
declined. They have refused to
comment recently.

The official explanation of the
high rate is that the men cannot
survive on their tiny paycheck.
On his basic monthly salary, a
private in ARVN makes enough for
13 packs of cigarettes each month
if he has no dependentse A pri-
vate with 7 dependents makes
about $22 at the black market
rate, the rate at which most
transactions are handled.

The inflation which brought

about this sorry state of affairs

is the direct result of the war,

the corruption of government, and

an incredible group of American
economic policies, which have
totally disrupted the fragile
South Vietnamese economy.

And it is indeed stramge that
none of the official explanations ~"

even memtions the possibility .
that the South Vietnamese Soldier
is begining to realize that Thieu
and Ky run a miserable* government
which does not earn the support
of the people and which does not

deserve to survive this present
revolution.

AR 381-135

All Gls have the right to
any written matter they desire in
the mail , and have the right to keep

any books, newspapers, or pamphlets
they want.

the place ready, éven with th

It is a free press published by active duty GIs

North Carolina dedicated to establishing responsible

and economic systems.
2 Donation

free to servic

GRAND OPENING

July 31st, August Ist & 2nd

On the weekend starting Friday July 31st and ending the 2nd of
August, Fayetteville will play host to the Grand Opening of the oHay-
market Square� coffeehouse downtown. The coffeehouse is located on
the corner of Bragg Boulevard and Hay Street.

After at least six months of constant searching, the building was
found and the business deal worked out. The building needed a tremen-
dous amount of work which began almost immediately. There was paint-
ing,..carpentry work and lots of cleaning to be done before the place
Gould be opened. It took about two months of intensive work to get

ar oor
wer

On the 19th of July, Gary
Horvitz (spelled Horowitz by
the police) was arrested and .
charged with disturbing the
peace. The warrent was issued
by WeA, oavis of the Fayett«
wille Police Dept. Horvitz
was charged that he did...

Sw Yisturb the peace and

tranquillity of other persons
in the area by allow loud
music, both from a band and a
music machine( juke box) to be
played that can be heard from
@ distance of two,(2) city
blocks". : :

This charge shows the
absurdity of itself im several
different ways. Obviously the
police dept. of Fayetnam cannot
type very well. then theres
the fact that the coffee house

has no juke box. Witnesses at
the coffee house swear that

the music was barly audible
ougsside the building, let alone
two city blocks.

GI*S finally have a place
in town free from money hungry
merchants and should stand up
against this repression.

help of more than eager GI's.

Then came the final
asséls, inspections:
stirst the plumbing,
Fthen the electrical
ystem, and finally
he health inspection.
» There had been hope
fot preparing and sel-
ing food prepared at
he coffeehouse, but
der a city health
egulation a full
eliling would have to
é�,� put in the build-
pnge Food is now go-
ming to be prepared
and packaged elsewhere
ad brought to the

a offeehouse for sale.

A really great selection of
books and literature is offered
at the coffeehouse bookstore. Of
course they are reasonably priced!

The typical schedule of events
for any given week include music..
(rock-country, bluegrass, folk-
rock) about once a week, movies
every Thursday night = free, and
always good an And GI*s United
Against the War meets.in the meet-
ing room every Tuesday at 7:30 Phie

Haynarket Square is open from
5 PM until 11 PM on weekdays and
from 1 PM until midnight on the
weekends. It is closed all day on
Monday «

There aré numerous other simi-
lar projects at posts across the
nation. The oOleo Strut� at Fort
Hood has been in existence for
almost two yearss The Shelter-
Half at Fort Lewis has had some
trouble with the brass but has
managed to keep things going well.
The only real problem arose re-
cently at Columbia, South Caro-
lina. The "UFO" serving Fort
Jackson was bustedin January and
three of the staff members are
now facing 6 years in prison for
ocreating a public nuisance.�

editoiat Allowing the obscene to be seen

JULY 17, 1970

For several years the U.SemassTl: ®. NO. 3

media has done an inadequate job
in covering UeS. intervention in
IndoChinae

Major stories have gone unre-
ported either through negligence
or to make the facts fit into a

defense of UeS- foreign policy. ~

One amazing omission has been
the press'Ts failure to report
that a former Commandant of the
U.S.-Marine Corps, Gene David
Shoup, is utterly opposed to U.S.
involvement in IndoChina.

Four years ago Shoup told a
college audience in California
that this country should okeep
its bloody, dollar-crooked fin-
gers" out of countries like Viet-
name

You would think that when a
man who recently sat on the Joint

Chiefs of Staff condemns UeSe.pol�

icy in such harsh terms that the
American press would report it.
But no. So for a long time
much information was only avail-
able to people who were reading
underground and antiwar papers.
Thus it was hardly surprising

that it took 18 months after sev~f

eral hundred civilians were mas-

sacred in My Lai before that news!

was reported in the UeSe press
and then only after the story

appeared in the underground press)
Lately, however, the press has#

been doing a better job.

Three items:

1) Look, Yuly 28, 1970. A re-
tired major in the U.S..-.Army, a
neurosurgeon, has written a long
public letter to President Nixon.
With the letter he included some

grisly pictures of wounded GI's
he had treated in Japan.

The doctor concluded that
these men ogave too much in that
far-off place and we should not
have sent them there.

2) Time, July 27, 1970. A
good article. But what Time
fails to ask is why the U.S. gow-
ernment has poured a billion dol-

BRAZIL
From the ParrotTs Perch

Only now is information starting to
trickle out about the atrocities: against
political prisoners in our country, We
can assure: evervone that torture does
exist in Brazil. What is more: all that
has been said about the torture is very lit-
tle compared with the true facts.

THE WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE

July 27, 1970

LL
=
=

The U.S. State Department has also
expressed concern, partly because Bra-
zil has received close to $1 billion in
AID funds since the 1964 military take-
over, some of it in the form of tech-
nical advice for Brazilian policemen.

lars into Brazil since 1964 when
a military junta overthrew the
constitutional government of Joao
Goularte Maybe the answer is that
right wing terrorist governments
are much more helpful to UeS-
business men than left leaning
democrats like Goulart.

3) Lire, July 17 1970. ohen Pres-~
ident Nixon's fact-finding com-
mission oent to IndoChina they
toured the prison island of Con
sone There they saw the inhumane
"oticer cages" where many of Sai-
son's political prisoners are
kepte .

hiost of the Congressmen didn®*t

want to make these facts public

~ LOOK BJULY 28 1970

but two men insisted and Life got

the pictures.

All of this upsets many people

thus Spiro Agnew is applauded,
when he attacks the presse

But Life did not paint their
pictures of the prison cages.T

Time did not create torture in
Brazile Nor is Look responsible

for young men who don*t come back

with twe arms, two legs and one
undivided head.

Americans may not like to face
up to these unpleasant factse
The truth about this governments
policies and this governments
choice of friends hurts any Amer-
ican who wants to believe that
this country supports decency and
justice in other parts of the
worlde é

But the ostraight press� is
beginning to report the whole
truth. We commend them.

Bragg Briefs is published by GI's
United Against tne War in Indo-
China. P.O. Box 437, Spring Lake,
N.C. 25390. Meetings are held on
Tuesdays, 7:30 PM, at Haymarket
Square Coffeehouse,

John I. Be Vail II, USATCI; George Viasits,
Haymarket Sq.; Bennie Parker, 12th Support;

* Bich Olson, z2ttn Civil Affairs; Hal Noyes,
JFK; Bili MoDonald, 12th Support, Bill "
Monigold, 2oth arty.; Bill Lynoh, Dennis e
Halliday, USATCI; Kendali Halliday, GI wife;
Pete Gorezynski, 1th ABCAR; David Bunten WAH.

edioriat Allowing the obscene to be seen

LIF

For several years the U.S.massT: % NO. 3

media has done an inadequate job
in covering U.S. intervention in
IndoChinae

Major stories have gone unre- |

ported either through negligence
or to make the facts fit into a
defense of UeS.- foreign policy.

One amazing omission has been
the pressTs failure to report
that a former Commandant of the
U.eS.-Marine Corps, Gene David
Shoup, is utterly opposed to U.S
involvement in IndoChina.

Four years ago Shoup told a
college audience in California
that this country should okeep
its bloody, dollar-crooked fin-
gers" out of countries like Viet-
name

You would think that when a

man who recently sat on the Joint]

JULY 17, 1970

Chiefs of Staff condemns U.S..pol

icy in such harsh terms that the
American press would report it.
But noe So for a long time
much information was only avail-
able to people who were reading
underground and antiwar papers.

Thus it was hardly surprising @
that it took 18 months after sev-

eral hundred civilians were mas-

sacred in My Lai before that news|,

was reported in the UeSe press
and then only after the story

appeared in the underground press}
Lately, however, the press has#

been doing a better job.

Three items:

1) Look, Yuly 28, 1970. 4 re-
tired major in the U.S..Army, a
neurosurgeon, has written a long

public letter to President Nixon.
With the letter he included some

grisly pictures of wounded GI's
he had treated in Japan.

The doctor concluded that
these men ogave too much in that
far-off place and we should not
have sent them there.

2) Time, July 27, 1970. A
good article. But what Time
fails to ask is why the U.S. gov-
ernment has poured a billion dol-

BRAZIL
From the ParrotTs Perch

Only now is information starting to
trickle out about the atrocities against
political prisoners in our country, We
can assure evervone that torture does
exist in Brazil. What is more: all that
has been said about the torture is very lit-
tle compared with the true facts.

TIME

July 27, 1970

The U.S. State Department has also
expressed concern, partly because Bra-
zil has received close to $1 billion in
AID funds since the 1964 military take-
over, some of it in the form of tech-
nical advice for Brazilian policemen.

lars into Brazil since 1964 when
a military junta overthrew the
constitutional government of Joao
Goulart. Maybe the answer is that
right wing terrorist governments
are much more helpful to UeSe
business men than left leaning
democrats like Goularte

3) Lare, July 17 1970. ohen Pres-
ident Nixon's fact-finding com-
mission oent to IndoChina they
toured the prison island of Con
Sone There they saw the inhumane
"ticer cages" where many of Sai-
son's political prisoners are
kepte :

iiost of the Congressmen didn*t
want to make these facts public

"LOOK MB JULY 28 1970

a�"� ,

i)

but two men insisted and Life got
the pictures.

All of this upsets many people
thus Spiro Agnew is applauded,
when he attacks the presSe a

But Life did not paint their
pictures of the prison cages.

Time did not create torture in
Brazil. Nor is Look responsible
for young men who don*t come back
with twe arms, two legs and one
undivided head.

Americans may not like to face
up to these unpleasant factse
The truth about this governments
policies and this governments
choice of friends hurts any Amer-
ican who wants to believe that
this country supports decency and
justice in other parts of the
worlde

But the ostraight press� 1s
beginning to report the whole
truthe We commend them.

a el

Bragg Briefs is published by GI's
United Against tne War in Indo-
China. P.O. Box 437, Spring Lake,
N.C. 25390. Meetings are held on
Tuesdays, 7:30 PM, at Haymarket
Square Coffeehouse,

. John I. Be Vail II, USATCI; George Vliasits,

Haymarket Sq.; Bennie Parker, 12th Support;

Rich Olson, zttn Civil Affairs; Hal Noyes,

JFK; Bili MoDonald, 12th Support, Bill
Monigold, 2oth arty.; Bill Lynoh, 42g :
Halliday, USATCI; Kendali Halliday, GI wife;
Pete Gorezynski, 10th ABCAR; David Bunten WAH.

Fg

With payday rolling around it
is once again time for all good
commanders to start hitting you
up for the Army's share of your
paycheck. On the schedule this
month is the Army Emergency Re-
lief and (not already) Youth
Activities again. Coming up next
month is the United Fund. This is
in addition to whatever other
levies they have for you. Company
T-shirts? Good for esprit-de-
corps. Make everyone get one or
two. Or paint for the barracks
because self-service has nothing
but OD? Well, they live there,
make them pay for the paint. Is
the Stupid Old Man leaving? Hit
the junior officers for $4.00
each for a booze pucket and some
nice flowers, not to mention the
$7.50 for his hail and farewell.

The coersion tool kit issued
to every CO is full of marvelous
levers, ranging from a friendly
word to 3-nour dissertations on
the value of a 12% T-shirt being
sold for $2.50.to the surprise of
weekend duty to lost passes and
leaves and on and on.

But most beautiful of all is
the training holiday. How marve-
ious! A three-day pass that costs

you only the price of a couple of
raffle tickets. And if you don't

buy, your neighbor has to buy
yours too or no three-day pass.
Once again the Army uses your
buddy to police you, or you to
p@lice your buddy. The CO wins
because he gets 100% support and
gets his mame im the paper and
his next OER shows excellent
leadership and loyalty.

The best part is that this
form of Diackmail is legal. Corps
Reg 35U-1 provides that comman-
ders may authorize up to 1 rull
holiday per month for "outstand-
ing performance." Perhaps their
idea of outstanding perrormance

includes giving away part of your
tiny paycneck.

Book Review from Robert

SherrillTs

MILITARY JUSTICE IS TO JUSTICE

Robert Sherrill's book is a
very readable account of the way
the Armed Forces of Uncle Sam
treat those people who can't get
along in the system. Actually, if
you've been in for any length of
time at all, the meat of this

book will be very familiar to you.

The Pentagon teaches that anyone
in the service has no Constitu-
tional rishts whatsoever and the
UCMJ is desizned to obscure that
fact.

In any legal system under the
Constitution, from municipal tra-
ffic court to Federal laws and
the Supreme Court, the key ques-
tions are odue process� as pro-
vided by the Fifth Amendment and
jurisdiction. Supposedly the jur-
isdiction question is covered by
the Constitution which provides
that the Congress shall establish
and regulate the Armed Forces}
the UCNiJ was established by Con-
gress to regulate the Armed For-
cese This curious explanation al-
so covers the Armed Services ver-
Sion of due process. :

Sherrill explodes the polite
lie that Army, Navy, Air Force,
and Marine Corps legal systems
are anything other than contri-
butors to the military mission.
Here is a quote from Sam Ervin,

Chairman of the Senate Constitu-

MP
Lv

5

We'll teach you due process!

PEACE RHETORIC

Hail the generals

With their shiny bright stars

Hail politicians

And their big brown cigars

Hope on for everyone the moment
they cease

For then the beginning, and the

Summer time
Of peace

Sing glad songs for those

With love in their hearts

Sing songs of hope

For others to start

Next to the beginning there's

only the end

Just think of each other, for

we*re your best friend

Look on to the future

Where all our hopes lie

Inside my intentions

I*m wondering why

Believe me we all have the same
color skin

The ones that battle,are never

to win

Lay down your weapons

Bring a smile to your lips
Politicians can be happy

Generals may have ships
Believe its for someone and your

love will increase
For then the beginning and the

summertime of peace
WMe

WHAT MILITARY MUSIC IS TO MUSIC

tional Rights Subcommittee: oThe
primary purpose of the adminis-
tration of justice in the mili-
tary services is to enforce dis-
cipline plus getting rid of peo-
ple who think they are not cap-
able of contributing to the de-
fense of our country as they
should.�

In the Army we are taught that
everything is secondary to the
mission: prisons, medicine, and
law are equally important in the
process of total preparation of
all the people for the inevitable
necessity of totally destroying
some hapless nation. The services
teach that total discipline is
necessary for the proper handling
of their missions and this disci-
pline can only be achieved if the
individual troop has no rights of
any sorte. The UChJ acts as an ade
junct to training, as do the in-
credible prisons, by demonstrate.
ing the futility of resistance to
military might.

~every man in uniform isa citizen
first and a serviceman second.

we must resist all attempts to
separate the defendersfrom the

defended.T
Richard M. Nixon

LN TI AN OT OO OO ON OQ ON Nt ttle

Now about due process. Among
other delightful things about the
UCMJ, there is mo due proeess. A
man isn*t brought up for trial
unless he is guilty of something.
Therfore he is a threat to disci-
pline and should be punished.
oJuries� are never composed of
peers every officer, as I was
once told by an OCS 1LT, is supe-
rior to every EM, and that inclu-
des the juicers and wife-beaters.
Witness for defense can only be
called if the prosecution permits.-"
Questions of moral consideration
are unacceptable. The list of in-
defensible assertions is endless.

Officers are in even worse
shape. It is not enough for them
to play the game, no Sir, they
have to love it and say so at
every opportunity. Phis Howard
Levy and Henry Howe learned the

hard way, and so have an enormous
number of bitter but silent Lieu-

tenants. Each of these facts is
demonstrated in case after case.
Those of us who live with
these fascinating rules and reg-
ulations know just how heavy the
army hand ise But so do the two
million veterans and they never
do anything about it. One excel-
lent conclusion to be drawn from
this concerns the socializing
effect of the services. The vet-
erans are so accustomed to taking
orders that it never occurs to
them that things could be other-
wise. Taking orders, or, for off-
icers, giving them, is so much a
part of life that it is unques-
tionable, that it seems obvious
and natural. It will take more
than a book detailing the non-

justice of the military to end
it. ~

S
Fg

With payday rolling around it
is once again time for all good
commanders to start hitting you
up for the Army's share of your
paycheck. On the schedule this
month is the Army Emergency Re-
lief and (not already) Youth
Activities again. Coming up next
month is the United Fund. This is
in addition to whatever other
levies they have for you. Company
T-shirts? Good for esprit-de-
corps. Make everyone get one or
two. Or paint for the barracks
because self-service has nothing
but OD? Well, they live there,
make them pay for the paint. Is
the Stupid Old Man leaving? Hit
the junior officers for $4.00
each for a booze pucket and some
nice flowers, not to mention the
$7.50 for his hail and farewell.

The coersion tool kit issued
to every CO is full of marvelous
levers, ranging from a friendly
word to 3-nour dissertations on
the value of a 12% T-shirt being
sold for $2.50.to the surprise of
weekend duty to lost passes and
leaves and on and on.

But most beautiful of all is
the training holiday. How marve-
ious! A three-day pass that costs
you only the price of a couple of
raffle tickets. And if you don't
buy, your neighbor has to buy
yours too or no three-day pass.
Once again the Army uses your
buddy to police you, or you to
police your buddy. The CO wins
because he gets 100% support and
gets his mame im the paper and
his next OER shows excellent
leadership and loyalty.

The best part is that this
form of Diackmail is legal. Gorps
Reg 35VU-1 provides that comman-
ders may authorize up to 1 rull
holiday per month for "outstand-
ing performance." Perhaps their

includes giving away part of your
tiny paycneck.

Book Review from Robert

SherrillTs

MILITARY JUSTICE IS TO JUSTICE
WHAT MILITARY MUSIC IS TO MUSIC

Robert SherrillTs book is a
very readable account of the way
the Armed Forces of Uncle Sam
treat those people who can't get

along in the system. Actually, if

you've been in for any length of
time at all, the meat of this

book will be very familiar to you.

The Pentagon teaches that anyone
in the service has no Constitu-
tional rights whatsoever and the
UCMJ is desizned to obscure that
fact.

In any legal system under the
Constitution, from municipal tra-
ffic court to Federal laws and
the Supreme Court, the key ques-
tions are odue process� as pro-
vided by the Fifth Amendment and
jurisdiction. Supposedly the jur-
isdiction question is covered by
the Constitution which provides
that the Congress shall establish
and regulate the Armed Forces}
the UChiJ was established by Con-
gress to regulate the Armed For-
cese This curious explanation al-
so covers the Armed Services ver-
Sion of due process. :

Sherrill explodes the polite
lie that Army, Navy, Air Force,
and Marine Corps legal systems
are anything other than contri-
butors to the military mission.
Here is a quote from Sam Ervin,

Chairman of the Senate Constitu-

MP
WV

5

We'll teach you due process!

PEACE RHETORIC

Hail the generals

With their shiny bright stars

Hail politicians

And their big brown cigars

Hope on for everyone the moment
they cease

For then the beginning, and the

Summer time
Of peace

Sing glad songs for those

With love in their hearts

Sing songs of hope

For others to start

Next to the beginning there's

only the end

Just think of each other, for

we*re your best friend

Look on to the future

Where all our hopes lie

Inside my intentions

I*m wondering why

Believe me we all have the same
color skin

The ones that battle,are never

to win

Lay down your weapons

Bring a smile to your lips

Politicians can be happy

Generals may have ships

Believe its for someone and your
love will increase

For then the beginning and the

summertime of peace
WM.

tional Rights Subcommittee: oThe
primary purpose of the adminis-
tration of justice in the mili-
tary services is to enforce dis-
cipline plus getting rid of peo-
ple who think they are not cap-
able of contributing to the de-
fense of our country as they
should.�

In the Army we are taught that
everything is secondary to the
mission: prisons, medicine, and
law are equally important in the
process of total preparation of
all the people for the inevitable
necessity of totally destroying
some hapless nation. The services
teach that total discipline is
necessary for the proper handling
of their missions; and this disci-
pline can only be achieved if the
individual troop has no rights of
any sort. The UChJ acts as an ade
junct to training, as do the in-
credible prisons, by demonstrate.
ing the futility of resistance to
military might.

~every man in uniform isa citizen
first and a serviceman second.

we must resist all attempts to
separate the defendersfrom the

defended.T
Richard M. Nixon

CC I CT LO ON ON I OQ tt ttt te

Now about due process. Among
other delightful things about the
UCMJ, there is mo due proeess. A
man isn*t brought up for trial
unless he is guilty of somethinge
Therfore he is a threat to disci-
pline and should be punished.
"Juries" are never composed of
peers every officer, as I was
once told by an OCS 1LT, is supe-
rior to every EM, and that inclu-
des the juicers and wife-beaters.
Witness for defense can only be
called if the prosecution permits.-"
Questions of moral consideration
are unacceptable. The list of in-
defensible assertions is endless.

Officers are in even worse
shape. It is not enough for them
to play the game, no Sir, they
have to love it and say so at
every opportunity. Phis Howard
Levy and Henry Howe learned the
hard way, and so have an enormous
number of bitter but silent Lieu-
tenants. Each of these facts is
demonstrated in case after case.

Those of us who live with
these fascinating rules and reg-
ulations know just how heavy the
army hand is. But so do the two
million veterans and they never
do anything about it. One excel-
lent conclusion to be drawn from
this concerns the socializing
effect of the services. The vet-
erans are so accustomed to taking
orders that it never occurs to
them that things could be other-
wise. Taking orders, or, for off-
icers, giving them, is so much a
part of life that it is unques-
tionable, that it seems obvious
and naturale It will take more
than a book detailing the non-
justice of the military to end
ite

Ex Green Beret Msg Condemns Vietnam War
oThe whole thing was a lie!�

by Donald Duncan
\

HEN I WAS DRAFTED into the Army, ten years ago, I was a
militant iiGeplaat, Like most Americans, I couldnTt
conceive of anybody choosing communism over democ-
racy. The depths of my aversion to this ideology was, I

suppose, due in part to my being Roman Catholic, in part to the stories

in the news media about communism, and in part to the fact that my
stepfather was born in Budapest, Hungary. Although he had come to the

United States as a young man, most of his family had stayed in Europe.

From time to time, I would be given examples of the horrors of life

under communism. Shortly after Basic Training, I was sent to Germany.

I was there at the time of the Soviet suppression of the Hungarian revolt.

Everything I had heard about communism was verified. Like my fellow

soldiers I felt frustrated and cheated that the United States would not go

to the aid of the Hungarians. Angrily, I followed the action of the brute
force being used against people who were armed with sticks, stolen weap-
ons, and a desire for independence.

While serving in Germany, I ran across the Special Forces. I was sc
~impressed by their dedication and élan that I decided to volunteer for
duty with this group. By 1959 I had been accepted into the Special
Forces and underwent training at Fort Bragg.

NE OF THE FIRST AXIOMS one learns about unconventional war-
fare is that no insurgent or guerrilla movement can endure
without the support of the people. While doing research in
my job as an Area Specialist, I found that, in province after

province, the Viet Cong guerrillas had started as small teams. They were
now in battalion and regimental strength. Before I left, the Viet Cong
could put troops in the field in division strengt : in almost any province.
Such growth is not only impossible without popular support, it actually
requires an overwhelming mandate

We were still being told. both by our own government and the Saigor.
government, that the vast majority of the people of South Vietnam were
opposed to the Viet Cong. When J questioned this contradiction, | was
always told that the people only helped the Viet Cong through tea:
Supposedly, the Viet Cong held the people in the grip of terror by as-
sassination and torture. This argument was also against doctrine. Specia

Forces are taught that reliable support can be gained only through
friendship and trust. History denied the oterrorTT argument. The people

feared and hated the French, and they rose up against them. It became
quite obvious that a minority movement could not keep tabs on a hostile
majority. South Vietnam is a relatively small country, dotted with thou-
sands of small villages. In this very restricted area Companies anc
battalions of Viet Cong can maneuver and live under the very noses o.
government troops; but the people donTt betray these movements, even
though it is a relatively simple thing to pass the word. On the other hand,
government troop movements are always reported. In an action against
the Viet Cong, the only hope for surprise is for the government to move
the troops by helicopter. Even this is no guarantee: General Nguyen
Khan, while still head of the Saigon government, acknowledged that
Viet Cong sympathizers and agents were everywhere " even in the:inner

" First enlisted man in Vietnam to be nominated for Legion of Merit

consider such actions good strategy when the tables are reversed. When
teaching Special Forces how to set up guerrilla warfare in an enemy
country, killing unpopular officials is pointed out as one method of
gaining friends among the populace. It is recommended that special
assassination teams be set up for this purpose.

ANY OF OUR MILITARY, Officers and enlisted, have exported
the color prejudice, referring to Vietnamese as oslopes�
and o~gooksT* " two words of endearment left over from
Korea. Other fine examples of American Democracy in

action ar (ne segregated bars. Although there are exceptions, in Saigon,
Nha Trang, anu Da Nang and some of the other larger towns, Negroes
do not gu into white bars except at the risk of being ejected. I have seen
more thaa one incident where a Negro newcomer has made a omistake�
and walked into the wrong bar. If insulting catcalls weren't enough to

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" Decided ~vast majority of the people were pro-Viet Cong and anti-Saigon�

" Quit Army

" Now organizing a lobby in Washington for GITs 7

councils " when he made the statement: oAny operation that lets more
than four hours elapse between conception and implementation .s
doomed to failure.T He made these remarks in the last days of his re-
gime, right after a personally directed operation north of Saigon ended
in disaster.

O BACK UP THE TERROR THEORY, the killing of village chiefs and
thcir families were pointed out to me. Those that were quick
te point at these murders ignored certain facts. Province, dis-
trict, village and hamlet chiefs are appointed, not clected. Too
often petty officials are not even people from the area but outsiders being
rewarded for political favors. Those that are from the area are thought
of as quislings because they have gone against their own by cooperating °
with Saigon. Guerrillas or partisans who killed quislings in World
War !1 were made heroes in American movies. Those who look on the
Viet Cong killings of these people with horror and use them as justifica-
tion for our having to beat them, don't realize that our own military

make him leave, he was thrown out bodily. There are cases where this
surt of thing has led to near-riots.

It is obvious that the Vietnamese resent us as well. We are making
many of the same mistakes that the French did, and in some instances
our mistakes are worse. Arrogance, disrespect, rudeness, prejudice, and
our own special brand of ignorance, are not designed to win friends.
This resentment runs all the way from stiff politeness to obvious hatred.
It is so Common that if a Vietnamese working with or for Americans ts
found to be sincerely cooperative, energetic, conscientious, and honest,
i automatically makes him suspect as a Viet Cong agent.

ITTLE BY LITTLE, as all these facts made their impact on me, I had
to accept the fact that, Communist or not, the vast majority
of the people were pro-Viet Cong and anti-Saigon. I had to
accept also that the position, ~~We are in Vietnam because we

are in sympathy with the aspirations and desires of the Vietnamese
people,�T was a lie. If this is a lie, how many others are there?

I suppose that one of the things that bothered me from the very be-
ginning in Vietnam was the condemnation of ARVN as a fighting force:
othe Vietnamese are cowardly . . . the Vietnamese canTt be disciplined . . .
the Vietnamese just canTt understand tactics and strategy . . . etc., etc.�
But the Viet Cong are Vietnamese. United States military files in Saigon
document time and again a Viet Cong company surrounding two or even
three ARVN companies and annihilating them. These same files docu-
ment instances of a Viet Cong company, surrounded by ARVN battal-
ions, mounting a ferocious fight and breaking loose. I have seen evidence
of the Viet Cong attacking machine-gun positions across open terrain
with terrible losses. This canTt be done with undisciplined bandits. For
many years now the tactics and strategy of the Viet Cong have been so
successful that massive fire power and air support on our side is the only
thing that has prevented a Viet Cong victory. These are all Vietnamese.
What makes the difference? Major oCharging Charlie� Beckwith, the
Special Forces commander at Plei Me, used the words odedicated,�
otough,� odisciplined,� o~well-trained,� and obrave� to describe the
Viet Cong " and, almost in the same breath, condemned the Viet-
namese on our side.

T BECAME OBVIOUS that motivation is the prime. factor in this prob-
lem. The Viet Cong soldier believes in his cause. He believes he is
fighting for national independence. He has faith in his leaders,
whose obvious dedication is probably greater than his own. His

Officers live in the same huts and eat the same food. His government
counterpart knows that his leaders are in their positions because of
family money or reward for political favors. He knows his officersT.
primary concern is gaining wealth and favor. Their captains and majors
eat in French restaurants and pay as much for one meal as they make
in a week. They sleep in guarded villas with theie mistresses. They find
many excuses for not being with their men in battle. They see the officers
lie about their roles in battle. The soldier knows that he will be cheated
out of his pay if possible. He knows equipment he may need is being sold
downtown. His only motivation is the knowledge that he is fighting only
to perpetuate a system that has kept him uneducated and in poverty. He

has had so many promises made to him, only to be broken, that now he
believes nothing from his government.

HE WHOLE THING WAS A LIE. We weren't preserving freedom in

South Vietnam. There was no freedom to preserve. To voice

opposition to the government meant jail or death. Neutralism

was forbidden and punished. Newspapers that didnTt say the
right thing were closed down. People are not even free to leave and Viet-
nam is one of those rare countries that doesnTt fill its American visa
quota. ItTs all there to see once the Red film is removed from the eyes.
We arenTt the freedom fighters. We are the Russian tanks blasting the
hopes of an Asian Hungary.

ItTs not democracy we brought to Vietnam " itTs anti-communism. This

is the only choice the people in the village have. This is why most of.

them have embraced the Viet Cong and shunned the alternative. The

Meet
Donald Duncan

Saturday, August I

At
Coffeehouse

In Fayetteville

letters to the editor

Retired General
Likes Bragg Briefs

To the Zditor of Bragg Briefs:

I have just finished reading
your July issue. I wish every
American could read ite.

I have written the editor of
Stars and Stripes for Peace in
Vietnam suggesting that. now is
the time for organizing on a per-
manent basis a Veterans for Peace
organization to counter the old
line Vets organizations for War

I wish you would give this
idea some thought and sound out
your collegues and other Gl

groups who are opposing the il-
legal, immoral and genocidal war
in Indochina. War in the thermo-
nuclear age is completely out-
modede It is now imperative that
we substitute nezotiations which
are enforcable for war fare among
nation states. Unless something
of this kind is done, thermonuc-
lear war will become inevitable.

Think it over and let me have
your views. Best wishes.

Hugh B Mester

General Hester serves as an of-
ficer in the United States Army
for 34 years. He 1s a veteran of
World War I, Worid War II, and
the Korean War.

people remember that when they were fighting the French for their

national independence it was the Americans who helped the French. ItTs
the American anti-Communist bombs that kill their children. ItTs Amer-

ican anti-communism that has supported one dictator after another in
Saigon. When anti-Communist napalm burns their children it matters

little that an anti-Communist Special Forces medic comes later to apply
bandages.

HEN I RETURNED: FROM VIETNAM I was asked, oDo you

resent young people who have never been in Vietnam, or

in any war, protesting it?� On the contrary, I am relieved.

I think they should be commended. I had to wait until ]
was 35 years old, after spending 10 years in the Army and 18 months
personally witnessing the stupidity of the war, before I could figure it out.
That these young people were able to figure it out so quickly and so
accurately is not only a credit to their intelligence but a great personal
triumph over a lifetime of conditioning and indoctrination. I only hope
that the picture I have tried to create will help other people come to the
truth without wasting 10 years. Those people protesting the war in Viet-
nam are not against our boys in Vietnam. On the contrary. What they
are against is our boys being in Vietnam. They are not unpatriotic. Again
the opposite is true. They are opposed to people, our own and others,
dying for a lie, thereby corrupting the very word democracy.

There are those who will believe that I only started to feel these things
after I returned from Vietnam. In my final weeks in that country I was
putting out a very small information paper for Special Forces. The mast-
head of the paper was a flaming torch. I tried in my own way to bring
a little light to the men with whom I worked. On the last page of the
first issue were the names of four men " all friends of mine " reported
killed in action on the same day. Among them was Sgt. Horner, one of
the men I oprocured� for Special Forces when he was stationed at the
Army Presidio in San Francisco.

To those friends I wrote this dedication:

oWe can best immortalize our fallen members by striving for an en-

lightened future where Man has found another solution to his problems

rather than resorting to the futility and stupidity of war.�

Apollo 13

To the editors

The flight of Apollo 13,
plagued by misfortune, has ended
triumphantly. Because it was such
an amazing and successful feat it
is proof that this country is
blessed with some of the greatest
minds in the world.

Isn*t it a shame this ability
can't be utilized in other endea-
vors? For example, wouldn't it be
wonderful if these geniuses could
devise a method to end the war in
Viet Nam?

From the time of the mishap
until splashdown many people were
worried about the safety of the
three astronauts. There were mo-
ments of silent prayers through-

out the world. Long and boring TV
programs were devoted to them.

And the President greeted them
personally and set aside a day of
thankful prayer for their safe
returne All this for three men,
three men who volunteered for
duty filled with hazards they
were aware of and were well paid
for to performe

Very few of our men fighting
in Viet Nam are volunteers. Their
pay is negligent for the duty
they performe They can make no
mid-course corrections.e The ones
who try are called deserters or
cowards. Those who return safely
are greeted only by their immed-
iate families who alone have been
praying for their safe return.
The less fortunate, the wounded,
the crippled, get no heroes wel-
come nor do they have a prayerful
day dedicated to them.

Of course it is good the astro-
nauts returned safely. But suppose
something had gone wrong and they
had missed the earth and remained
in space. What kind of posthumous
celebration would they have been
given here on earth? Would it have
compared with the Heavenly recep-
tion given them by their dead bro-
thers killed in Viet Nam?

Glenn W Monigold
(UeSceAcFe rete)

The Supreme Court And Conscientious Objectors

The Supreme Court of the Unit- |
ed States ennounced it opinion in
the case of Welsh v. United States

on June 15, 1970 reversing a con-
vietion for refusing to submit to

induction into the armed forces.

This opinion caused a great deal

of comment in the press and else-
where.
many was, "Won't this open the
floodgates? Won't everyone be
able to avoid military service

just by saying he is a conscien-
~tious objector?"

What does the Welsh decision
mean for conscientious objectors

serving on active duty? The short

answer at this time is probably

paca little, within the Army sys-
en. |

Taking Advantage
Of The Decision

As a mater of fact, a commander
recommended disapproval of an app-

lication for discharge as a con-

scientious objector two days after

the decision was announced, giv-

ing as his reason, that people were %

Just taking advantage of recent

Supreme Court decisions by submit-

ting applications for discharge.

That the man's entire paperwork "=/e

had been completed and formally
submitted serveral weeks before
the decision of the Supreme Court
evidently did not occur to this

high ranking officer, or if it did traditional language.:

occur to him he did not see the
@lering illogic of his response.
The Welsh case does not make
any huge change in the standards
for determining who is a consci-

entious objector. It reaffirms
the decision in the Seeger case

to allow an exemption to those who
do not adhere to any formal relig-

ion. It adds to this in that it
says that the objector himself
need not consider hid belief to
be religious even by his owm def-
inition of religion,

It appears to be saying that
it 1s up to the draft board to
substitute ites judgement that the
Geliefs of the applicant are"re-
ligious", even though he may say
they are moral or ethical. What
this does is it allows the appli
cant to use the wordé moral and
ethical, political, soclological,
and philosophical without having
use spoil his clain.

Guidelines For Draft Boards

The Selective Service Director,
Dr. Curtis Tarr, has published
guidelines for draft boards, for
the first time ever. The prin-
cipal provisions are:

1. "fhe primary test is the
test of sincerity."

2. "The belief upon which son-
scientious objection is based
mist be the primary controlling
force in the man's life."

3e The objection to war mst
stem from beliefs abour right and
wrong held"withn the strength of
traditional religious conviction.

%. "Bosrds are not free to re-
ject beliefs because they consie

The immediate reaction of

| training, study, contemplations

Or other activity comparable in

who expressly deny that his claim
is religious, should look forward
to a Federal District Court suit
in order to be discharged. Ex-
perience shows, however, that dis
charge withour at least starting
a suit in Federal District Court
is extremely rare.

Applications for discharge are
generally denied the first time
they are submitted if there is
the very slightest excuse in the
paperwork to do so.

In summary, the Welsh case will
probably do little to broaden pol
icy towards conscientious obdjecé
tors within Army channels. In
fact, the paranoia of the brass
about openint the floodgates will
probably hurt applicant's cnances
for a while. Where the decision
will make a differecne is in the
Federal Courts, where those who
feel that they are not "religious"
will get a better chance at being
discharged.

FUND FOR C.O.
APPLICANTS

Today amonz young people there
is more of a committment to be
human in our concern for each
other. Consequently, as the War
of Indochina drags on, and young
men continue to be olegally�
forced to kill the number claiming
to be opposed to war will also
increase.
Those GI*s who apply for con-
scientious objection often become
victims of the rigid, unjust, and
outdated interpretation that is
contained in military regulation.
A Gl can be omilitarily� eligible

and stands a much better chance

of getting approval if his beliefs

are based in the teachings-of a
cific, church religion, To a
who today feels the deperson-
alized nature of the institution
church, and who objects to war on
either moral and/or ethical grounds
the likelihood of getting military
approval is odark shadows."

In an attempt to alleviate this
injustice of military justice a
group of GI-conscientious objectors
at Fte Sam Houston, Texas have

organized a fund--The IMP Fund Fer
indigent C.0.'S. This fund provides

ong NN ss
the money for legal assistance in

évent that a GI is forced to take
his case into the courts systam to
get that human justice. The service-
able intention of this fund is to
be made applicable to all GI's in
all of the forts across the country.
Since this Fund is in the early
stages of its development, you
people help @ither make it or break
it. Please "Do it� for the movement.
If you want more information about
the C.O. Fund or if you want to send
over some movement money our cen-
tral office address is: The IMP Fund
For Indigent C.0.'S, 109 W. oYurango,
San Antonio, Texas. In addition, we
are currently setting up a chapter
of the Fund in Fayetteville, N.C.
The address is: The GI Coffee House,
545 Hay St., Fayetteville N.C.
Lets get down to it!

der them incomprehensible."
5. The registrant need not ex-
press his veliefs in "formal or

6. The registrant "must demon-
strate that his ethical or moral

convictions were gained tnrough

rigor and dedication to the pro-
cess by which traditional reli-
Sious conflicts are formlated,."
The Army provides botn for 1-0
discharge and 1-A-O noncombatant
status reassignment for con« spe
sciencious objectors whose belief Gt
has become ficed since coming on
active duty. Army Regulation
635-2U provides for discharge of
both officers and enlisted per-
sonnel. AR 614-106 provides for
assignment to noncombatant status
for officers and warrants. AR
600-20U provides the same for en-
listed men. These regulations
have not yet been changed in any

way to reflect the decision in
the Welch Case.

~ The Army has chosen to follow
the standards of the Selective
Service in theory at least in its |
regulations. It is likely that
the Army will not adopt the more
liberal policy of the Welsh de-
Cision; the Army has not followed
Court decisions in the past.

Because, however, the regula-
tions use the very same wording
as the Selective Service Law, an
interpretation of the test of who
is a conscientious objector dif-
ferent from that of the Supreme
Court in Welsh as elaborated upon
in the Selective Service guide-
lines would probably be improper
if the issue were treated by the
Supreme Court.

This ail means that one who ap-
plies for discharge without a
traditional religious claim, or

Know Your Oppressors-

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The State

Last month the economics column
discussed the nature of the pro-
tit motive in capitalism, the key
to the capitalist system. The
ideal way for things to happen
then is that the producers, urged
on by this motive, attempt to sup
piythe buyer with the things he
wants. The size ot want is indi-
cated by the amount of money the
consumers as a group are willing
to pay for the product.

We saw tnat business can dis-
tort the market; now let us see

how the government distorts things

and begin with a picture of the
money flow in our society.

inefficient lifers. ;

But the state manazes to waste
billions with its orofessional
corps of idiots at the rentaron,
men perfectly willin= to pay 33
million for the C-5A while Boeing
produces the 747 for $17 million,
men convinced that a $10 billion
Avi: System 1s not enoushe

At tne same time, urgently
needed things, decent housing for
all Americans, trood and clothing,
all are cut vdack. A bill for in-
creased hospital pbuilding was
vetoed by Pres Nixon and a bill
to neip people to go to college
taces the same tate. Migrant

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»CCLAL
TAKE.

We divide the system into 3
sectors - consumers, business,»
and government. Obviously, con-
sumers work in the other two sec=-
tors; but there they are produ-
cers. Consumers are taken as Own-
ing all resources and labor used
in the production process. This
simplification is explained by
the fact that consumers own the
stock of those resources they
don't own outrizht. Thus consu-
mers sell resources and services
to business for cash and spend
eash for finished products. Busi-
nesses pay taxes and receive cer-
tain services from the zonern-
mente Governnent takes in tax
money and uses it to buy certain
thinzs for the people.

The thinzs the zovernment buys
] They in-

ets, roads, schools, and suche
fhey also act to redistribute
part of the wealth of the coun-
try to those who aren't capable
of takins care of themselves.
Tnis is a real benefit to the
people if done properly. No one
could possibly buy a Saturn or a
road from south send to Fort
Bracge
Unfortunately, the overnment
is a very bad azent. The vefense
Cf Cur Sountry costs ~¢0,000,000,
QO0C,09 or so ber year, a yta~er-
in- amount, booste:i ac we all
know by the incredible wacve of
money at Fort bra:.:, sponsored by

GOODS AND SERVICES

workers anda poor people in Appa-
latia starve; our nation 18s
drowning in poiiution ana tne
tiitny war goes on.

"ne government spends $UU
billion a year, over 0% or our
GNP. Consequently they nave an
enormous share in determining
what 1S produced. ~Every aollar
they spend is a vote cast to dee
termine what is produced,

Practically everytning tne
government buys costs a 1ot ofr
money; ana the main reason is the
expense of hiring all those

sclLentists anda engineers who spend

1t. They command enormous sala.
ries because ot their educations
and training. sut tnose educa-
tions were gotten vecause once
upon a time some siopd worked hime

self to the bone to produce enough

food for 100 people while tne
rich man supportea someone to
study about things. Educations
consist of knowledge earned while

millions sweat blood in the field.

This is still nappening. Part
of the money earned by every iine
worker, every Gl, every scnool
teacner, and every police officer
goes to support this minority of
educated peopie in their search
tor such useful pieces of infor-
mation as now to shoot down one
rocket with another.

This is our wonderful governe
ment aeciding what we need.

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No:

Coke

Ten years ago Edward Morrow
tried to awaken Apatnetic America

to the plignt of migrant workers
with his TV special, oHarvest of
Sname." Tnis show documents the
horribLe conditions which migrant
workers accepted without any
apparent attempt to get them
cnanged.

Oh, the bleeding hearts poured
forth enormous quantities of
biood, out 1ittle or nothing has
been done to correct tne condi-
tions endured py our fruit and
vegetavie pickers, as Was snown
in a recent NBL wnice Paper on
migrants. tney stiii nave no
unions, tney aren't covered by
any minimum wage laws, they still
nave no unempLoyment insurance or
compensation, their cniiaren
Stiii nave to pica gr tne family
1s to survive (a fact wnicn in-
sures tnat there will be anotner
generation of undereducated wor-
Kxers), and they stiiit itive in

rauncny, rat=- and roacn-liniestea
novels.

Daughter of Coke

Minute Mald Was slngiled out OF
NBC as One of tne cnier ofrrenders
in Fiorida. Tney narvest miiiions
Or oranges eacn year ror their
Orange Juice, and they use hund-
reds of workers. These people
Live in shacks rented to them for
$40 to $70 per month. They gener-
ally have 2 rooms with no running
water and no inside toilets.

Minute Maid is a subsidiary of
the Coc@ Cola Company.

When the NBC interviewer tried
to talk to some of the inhabitants

of Coke's "dormitories" they were
run off by goons employed by the

makers of the real thing. Last
month we ran an-article suggeste
ing that GIs boycott Coke in an
attempt to get them to lobby for
peace, and to take a clearer _
stance in regard to pressing
social needs. This is one of fhe
needs which must be corrected now.

"To gin by silence when they
should protest makes cowards of
mene "

Abraham Lincoln

the underground

white house 34"
about 60 miles west of Wasning- oO

ARE DYING

ton D.C. tnere are the Blue Ridge
Mtns.-ror tnoseT of you who love
camping or out door activities [
this would seem to be a lovly site
I've peen across tne tops of these
Mountains before, along Route oU1,
the area is really out or sight but
I railea to realize one thing,
neneath the road is a miniature
wnite House. A hang out for all
tne top vrass in tne U.S. to go

an case of a nuclear attack or
even better a complete over tnrow
of the government.

This Underground White House 18
composed of a complete military com-
mand-communications center, offices,
nospitals, careterias, and an under-
ground Lake for water supply 01g z
enougn ror a person to water ski on.
It's got 1t's own power supply and o;
radioactive decomtamination cnamber.
The entrance is protected by a 34
¢eon~ door.

The people who work inside this
oHell of the Mountain King" can't
live with their families because
there is just enough room for them
and nobody else.

The huge assemdly nall contains
@ stage, giant world map snowing
Locations of SAC planes, navel ves-
ssels, missale sites, etc. The
whole underground city is covered
by the hardest rock in the country
and it took 21 years to Diast this
Place out.

Snould the oorficials" in Wash-

ington rail to make it to this site
tne personeil inside would take

over complete control of the coun-
try.

It is not publicized but there
are a few teli taie marks that make
it completly ebvious suck as a Cy~-
lone fence with barbed wire along
the top which completly surrounds
the whole thing. There is a shack
you can see from the road which
nouses an air shaft for ventilat

tion. At night you can spot land-
ing lights which make it stand out
lixe a sore thumb.

Instalations such as this must
be made public knowledge for if
the people don't know where the
power of the land lies they will
not have the right to govern
their own lives. A citizenrey
must be armed with facts as well
as weapons if it expects to be
etrong.

The Military Machine is doing
it's best to keep the people ig-
noront of facts which we need!!

os.

oAnd in this very room Presidents Polk, Pierce, F illmore,
and Coolidge made some of their worst decisions!�

make you free but political ac-

G.I.S UNITED

GI's Unised needs your nélp.
GI's United is presently organ-
ized into seven committes. This
is a list of the committees, com
mitee heads, and tne function of
'the committee.

* Congressionals: Al Singer. He
is colkecting statements of evi-
dence by Gls or ex-GIs against
war atrocities, racism, and re-

TNAM *CAMBODIA we srzomiset: rrettt: tee

O Tnis information will ve sent to

SON Congress.

* Education: Rich Olson. He will
help organize weekly presenta-
tions of information on the world
situation, with emphasis on the
Indochina war.

ALL OVER

* Legal Counsel: Bill Lynch. As a

lawyer he gives conseling on GIs
rights, duties, military justice,

and administrative discharges
(such as CO).

* Bragg Briefs: Dennis Halliday.
.. He is in charge of getting rele-
\ vant articles for Bragg Briefs
~and seeing that the paper is
layed out, printed, and distri-
puted.

* Special Projects: Wayne Kelly.
Helping with fund raising, paper
distribution, and other needs of
GIs United not covered by other

~

PN ~committees.

'* Liason: Pete Gorczynski. Helps
ito coordinate errorts of the dif-

ferent committees and makes an
effort to talk to people in diff-

@ erent units to broaden the sup-

port of Gis United.

DOPE or POLITICS * administrative: John Vail. This
committee handles finances, mail-

Many Gl's are fed up with the ing, etc.

system. To escape from the system
they turn to dope. Unfortunatly We urge all GIs to attend the

this only delays everything for meetings of GI's United. We meet
the few hours that you're stoned. every Tuesday night at 7:30 at
We of GI's United feel there the Haymarket Square coffee house.
is a better way. Why not try to The location is 545 Hay Street,
change it. Fayetteville. Ceme om down and
The time has come for action J0im in. You can do nothing but
against the repressive system help yourself. 7
which put you in the position

that you're in now. Dope won't
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tion and organization will. We
of GI's United urge you to work
for your freedom. Do something in LIFE magazine that President
useful. Nixon liked the movie Patton so
' GI's United meets Tuesdays at much --he identified with Gen.
Patton as a man who acted boldly
in a crisis-- that he asked to

see it again. Five days later he

ordered the conta whoa a awed oe
Let's hope hé. d0esri' t..see""

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