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it Co vy 7VwfBRAGGITS UNITEDAGAINST THE WAR IN INDOCHINA- Bragg BriefTs is published in the spirit of the Declaration of Independence andthe United States Constitution. It isa free press, published by active duty GI'sstationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Bragg Briefs is dedicated to realizingthe vision of the American Revolution of libery and justice for all peoples.fo ; ; }|» We, : Pyrat, tho: fedVOL.3 NO.11 JANUARY 1971Nope Gl) VY plod _friae ProfnC. Rloc-+ tri iin me Divery cpt LK7GlTs ed PlatformRealizing that words, even thoughts concerning the many problems that con-front this nation todav are, frankly, of little importance, GI's United, in an effort to bepart of a national solution to these problems, lists a platform of priorities that must bemet if the ideals in the minds of men can ever hope to be realized.A unilateral withdrawal of military personnel, arms and war materiel that ac-tively, inactively or inadvertently suppresses the struggle for self-determination of thepeoples of Indochina remains the primarv issue. Without an end to the vain hone of mil-itary triumph, without an end to corporate America forcing its markets of overabun-dance, waste and greed on peoples of other nations, without an end to the much tooreal misuse of Americans bv Americans, without the cessation of imperialism, the vast-ly more important question of the survival of the human race cannot be reconciled.U.S. foreign policy that supports cruel and unjust dictatorships only to ensurethe survival of the American economy and the corporate system must cease, and theU.S. must begin to support peoplesT struggles for justice and liberation not only inVietnam but in nations such as Brazil, Argentina and Angola as well. U.S. troops mustbe withdrawn from all foreign countries and an end to the use of Gi's against thestruggles of oppressed peoples must be realized. Indochina is the first step.Then there are the worlds that seem to separate you and me - prejudice andracism: personal, regional and cultural. The glorification of one human being overanother must be overcome not only on the city streets, but in our own backyards.The unethical attitudes of business and government that exploit individuals and insti-tutions must be ended through a more relevant education of the very basic humanvalues of equality, justice and the right to pursue happiness for all people. Closer tohome, in our military world we want to see an end to the harassment of GI's and aguarantee of constitutional rights through a democratic army.Of great importance is an end to the wanton destruction and pollution of theenvironment by indifferent governmental and corporate policies with a re-ordering ofnational, state and city priorities. We must cease to shuffle the responsibility and real-ize that pollution begins at home...also ends. There can be no second thoughts.We must go beyond our own selfish desires, beyond nationalism, beyond revo-lution and seek to bring about an America where barriers to love and deep human rela-tionships - assumptions of superiority - are replaced with the principles of equality andfraternity.WHAT WE ARE AGAINST1. We oppose the U.S. 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 GlTs by the U.S. government which won'tpay GI's a fair wage, but which endlessly gives gravy contracts to war corporations.4. We oppose the continued use of GI's against struggles of Americans fighting for jus-tice - blacks, women, students, workers, etc.5. We oppose the U.S. governmentTs support for the brutal wort less dictatorships inBrazil, Greece, Spain, South Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Guatemala, tran, etc.WHAT WE ARE FOR1. We want GI's to be treated as first class citizens, both by the military and the civi-lian communities.2. We want GI's to receive full protection of Constitutional rights.3. We want a society where barriers to love and deep human ralationships-the assump-tions of supgriority between races and between men and women-are replaced withthe principles of equality and fraternity.4. We want the United States to begin supporting the truly heroic revolutionary strug-gles for justice in Brazil, Guatemala, South Vietnam, Angola, etc.5. We want a 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 ofU.S. corporations.6. We want a country where evervone has the same educational, recreational, and occu-pational Opportunites that todav are the privileges of the rich and upper middleclasses.oSupposeG BRIEFSSPARE CHANGE!!BRAGG BRIEFSSUIT REACHESSUPREME COURTpage 10Ne O_O O_OVietnam Vetin the Stockadepage 4Pn Pay Mig tay Th Mg(OMA, AP AT I Me nah Og APA IPASJ EAI eaeThey GaveaWarand Nobodycame�GPBLACKBIRDTHEATERpage 12MY LAI GI SIGNSCONFESSIONoIt Was MurderTpage 11agp iP fp Nay pg a Pag Pg G Creal asl aAE yewitness Accountpage 5How the Army last monthdelayed help to two injuredjumpers in order not tospoil show for governmentbrass.RADIO

page 2letters to the editor+t7The editors have been recieving a del-' uge of letters. Due to our desire to printas many of them as possible, we requestthat letters stay within the limit of 500words or less.CIVILIAN FRIENDDear friends,General Hugh Hester sent me a copy of yourfine newspaper. It is very interesting to me as a Civ-ilian to know that the soldier himself is finally con-fronting the obsene camage being perpetrated bythis war, not only in Vietnam, but in this countryas well.I would like to help you financially, but |can only enclose $2. I am a struggling artistand fighting Multiple Sclerosis to boot.Your friend,Alvena V. SeckerARMY S OCIALISTIC?To the editor of Bragg Briefs:After reading Pete GorczynskyTs article on social-ism, ITm wondering why he doesnTt go to Cuba, where~a planned economy:has been used successfully.�Transportation is available for the 90-mile trip fromFlorida. Maybe he doesnTt want to give up what hehas going here.DonTt misunderstand me, | am a GI against imperi-alism and the war in Indochina, but I donTt believegiving us a socialist government will solve all our prob-lems. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics wasformed as pure socialism, but I understand that somecapitalsim had to be introduced to keep their agricul-tural production high enough.Stop and think tor a moment and you must agreethat the Army is very socialistic in structure, and it isnot very popular, to say the least. Because of lack ofincentive, quality of services and goods produced islow (for example, mess hall food). And you know howdifficult it is to get the supplies you need. I donTt thinkwe want to have the same problems as civilians that theArmy has now.The answer to AmericaTs problems is certainly in re-form, but not in such a radical reform as Mr. Gorczyn-sky proposes. For example, giving our unemployedcitizens jobs in urban renewal would help solve twoproblems at once. The money now going to Indochinawould finance the project. This much socialism is ne-cessary.There is no easy solution, but the level-headed read-ers of Bragg Briefs can do better than to make this theoUnion of American Socialist Republics.�Kenneth ParthieEDITORTS REPLYBrother,We'd like to direct a few comments to some techni-cal errors in your letter which we:hope may lead to acontinued analysis of socialism and capitalism.First, the Soviet Union was not o~formed as pure so-cialism.� Any working, near pure, socialist governmentwould have to be something built over time through areconstruction and reorientation of the structure thatit was replacing.In the revolution to replace the class structure ofCzarist Russia, the forms of Socialism originally inst-ituted were truly an attempt at a peoplesT socialismbut over the years many incorrect paths were takenand counterrevolutionary people were able to gaincontrol of some areas of the social structure.Some of the errors were seen and corrected, butbut many areas of the political and economic devel-opment of the Soviet Union have become unrepre-sentative and unresponsive to the peoples needs.Overall, the Soviet Union today is not a good ex-ample of true Socialism, though it still retains manygood Socialist structures that can be used as exampleswhen you're talking of alternatives to areas of capi-talism._ Secondly, we disagree that the United States Armyis at all o~very socialistic in structureT. The U.S. Armyis one of the most perfect children of Capitalism It isa large mass of people controlled by a very small rul-ing class.The people who control the army have absolutelyno responsibility to the masses. The thousands of sol-diers are used by the ruling brass soley for their per-sonal enhancement and as a profit mechanesm forthemselves and the major individualists (ie, the Viet-nam War, interventions in the Dominican Republic,Panama, Postal Strikes, etc).The lack of incentive and quality that you talkabout is very clearly the reaction of alienated people.The soldier has almost no control over his life. Skills,interests and emotions are all negated by the sterile,beauraucratic mechanisms of the military. The ind-ividual sees no ego fullfillment, no real rewards to begained, from either his peers or these higher up in theclass structure.Most men feel that they canTt accomplish anythingtangible in the military, so since they canTt build, theyare forced into a very defensive psychological position.This ego defense is what you see around you.There is no building and brotherhood, because thearmy today isnTt used for anything consturctive------only as a destructive agent.Wasteful, non-accomplishing, non-fullfilling jobslead to boredom, defensiveness, and alienation.MAJOR INCARCERATED?On October 27, 1970, Major James ChambersCommanding Officer of the 82nd Military IntelligenceDetachment, received a call at his home informing himthat an enlisted member of his elite intelligence com-munity had been arrested, charged, and incarceratedfor driving while under the influence of alcohol. Leav-ing the confines of his home, where he had been in-bibing several Manhattans, he and his wife proceededto the County Court House to attempt to bail out theenlisted man. Knowing that he had consumed a con-siderable amount of alcohol, Chambers had his wifedrive him to the Court House. After presenting hiscredentials to the on duty deputy sheriff, the Majorwas informed that the man he wanted was not there.Somewhat of an argument ensued when the irr-ascible Major insisted that his man was there. Thedeputy retorted, oAre you giving me a hard timeboy?� Midway between the heated dialogue, aburly deputy entered the room and approachedthe Major. As the deputy came within close prox-iminity of the Major he an alcohol stench on himand quickly wisked him away and charged him withbeing drunk in public. (Anyone who has the brassbounded gall to walk into a sheriff's office in a deepreligiously conservative state while in a drunken stuporshould expect to be arrested--at least.)Quite fortunately, the sixteenth century Latinmaxim, oNemo tenetur prodere se ipsum---or, in Eng-[lish, oNo one should be required to accuse himself,�occupied a very salient position in the MajorTs stup-orous mind. Next morning the Major was released fromjail and returned to work.Quite naturally, the entire 82nd Airborne DivisionTspyramid of command had heard of the incident andthe Major was soon before BG General Samuel Wilson,Assistant Division Commander, making a full explana-tion of his alleged orailroad job� and simultaneouslymaking an urgent supplication for mercy. Not wantingto see the Major branded as ethically disoriented and apublic drunk, the pious General went so far as to ex-ert his potent influence and mysteriously arrange fora dismissal of the charge. Although no judicial actionwas taken against the Major, it has been reported thathis recent move back into the confines of the militaryreservation was prompted by the October incident---an unexpected denouement!It is paradoxical that General Wilson was so will-ing to adhere to the presumptative innocence theoryfor the commissioned malefactor when on the otherhand he would undoubtedly enact the presumptativeguilt theory against his enlisted oscum� who are in-capable of providing a challenge toward their owndefense.The 1970 breed of soldiers should not accept suchan iniquitous condition fatalistically; he should dosomething about it, and the wonder is that there hasnot been a major revolt before this. It is apparent thatwhat General Wilson, and the other up tight command-ers, are so eager to do for the commissioned. GOOSEthey wonTt do for the beleagured non-commissionedGANDER. The question with which the military manof today must toil is whether ornot he can survive inthis mental backwash of escapism? We are learningthat good men differ on what constitutes the good.You can have a perfect assembly of pieces inyour watch, but they are worthless if the mainspringis broken. The concern is not about the various piecesthe individual soldier, our machines, our resources.But we must desperately concerned about our main-spring--the alleged leader. That it has run down weknow. But is it broken; is it broken beyond repair?In the last analysis, ng question is worth more con-sideration in the Arm, today!Truthfully and respectfully submitted,Lt. (Tony)eins eeeeetantimantian aia arena eee eae ee ee

HuvestheafwiebaSPIRIT OF |REVOLUTIONTo The Editor:What has happened to this country or, more speci-fically, what has happened to the spirit of the people?This is a country founded by revolution yet the meremention of that word today is enough to have thespeaker classified as a person who is dangerousunamerican, and probably a communist. Many peoplebelieve that this country is in need of change, somethink that they can bring this change about throughmass actions and through voting, others do not.Some members of this society, after seeing thelies that are all around them, think it totally-im-possible to change the system as it is today with lessthan revolutionary means.LetTs take a look at history anid see if these peopleare justified by historic precedent. In 1787, ThomasJefferson, one of the founders ofthis country said,~God forbid that this countryT... should ever betwenty years without a rebellion.T Abraham Lincolnstated that when a government becomes, in the mindof a people, too.oppressive they have two alter-natives: the constitutional right to change the govern-ment by vote or the revolutionary right to change itby rebellion. This latter case is clearly illustrated bythe Civil War.During the War Between the States there were anumber of questions provoking bloodshed, the mostimportant was not slavery, as many imagine, butrather the question of how much power the federalgovernment had over the states and in turn, over theindividual (slavery being one of the points of con-tention; could the federal government make it illeg-al for a private individual to own another person?)Rather than submit to what was thought to beunreasonable restrictions and limitations on stateautonomy and individual (slave owner) freedomseveral states dissolved the union and proceeded withan armed rebellion challenging federal power.These are just a few examples of our Americanhistory of revolution. More would be: the AmericanRevolution, used as an example by many countries tojustify their own revolutions; the Mexican War inwhich American settlers who were invited to settlein Texas by the Mexican government, overthrew theMexican authorities and, with United States troopssent to their aid, established the Texas Republis;;the New York draft riots of 1863-64 in which Irishimmigrants, who were too poor to buy there wayout of the draft, started a riot that took weeks toput down.These are examples, examples from our historythat show that-revolution is not of necessarily foreignorigin but is actually quite American. Why then is itthat those in society today that preach revolution arelooked upon as traitors, subversives in the pay offoreign enemies, and totally un-American?Our generation has been sent to school, told tolearn,told to think for ourselves, use our imagination,help build society; now we are thinking and puttingthese thoughts to use and immediately we are theoutcasts of society. Is it our fault that our govern-ment has grown stagnant over the past years? Is it ourfault that the direction of our government is mov-ing in is toward war, death, destruction, or worlddomination? Is it our fault that this society is sickand dying? Is it our fault that we can see no way tochange the course of society short of revolution?Is it our fault that we are taught that Americanstands for freedom while at the same time thecountry is supporting a military dictatorship inGreece, a militaryddictatorship in Cambodia, a num-ber of dictatorships in South America, an unpopu-lar, cruel government is South Vietnam?) Is it ourfault that we point with pride to our revolution andsay that all people can be free when we train mil-tary officers in the armies of these dictatorships andprovide them with mney and arms to put downpopular uprisings against these unfair governments?Can an election change all of this? How many ofof these have you ever voted on? Did you have a sayin sending troops into the Dominican Republic,South Vietnam, or Cambodia? Did you vote to givethe president the power to press an unfair and illegal*~war~ I know I never voted for any of these.Can we not all agree that something must change?Now we need only decide what must change and howto go about changing it. The government was insti-tuted to serve the people and it isn~t, it is servingonly itself, building its power and control. The wayomzhoeSitio CAiceso Sen-TimttMNo, Hanson, you didnTt find a box of bullets and two bags-saof rice. You captured an ammo dump and a supply depot.to change is not truly open to all possibilities in myestimation. When a million people were in the streetsNovember fifteenth 1969 to protest our presence inVietnam what did the president do? He watched afootball game on television and a few months latersent troops into Cambodia. Mass non-violent protesthas been tried and ignored. The riots in Chicago dur-ing the Democratic convention and the conventionitself served to weaken belief in the present electorialsystem. What course does that leave open? I supportall those of you who still try these previous twomeans but for myself, | believe revolution to be theonly way to change this sick society.Charles P. ArnoldA DISSENTINGPOINT OF VIEW~The following letter appeared in the Fay-etteville Observer. It is being run as an op-posing view point.To The EditorWould someone enlighten these intellectual o~com-mandos� of GITs United Against the Vietnam War,that (real) soldiers are supposed to fight any and allwars they are called upon to fight, on order of theirgovernment. Not just those wars they happen to agreeon.Soldiers of any army, regardless of their individualcapabilities and courage, are only as good as their dis-cipline and the quality of the command that leadsthem. The next thing these frustrated misfits will bewanting, is choosing their officers on a nomination andpopular vote basis.The Russians tried the all comrade army in 1939against little Finland and were systematically choppedto ribbons. They learned their lesson the hard way andwe now have a great deal of evidence in the news toshow that Ivan is ready to go anywhere, anytime, any-how, against anyone, for any or no reason at all. Allhis officers need to do is point him in thfe dhis officers need to do is point him in. the desired dir-ection and oturn him lose�. "If this new o~Action� army of ours is indeed so sup-erior to the one I belonged to in WW II, how is it thatit canTt seem to function properly without the frillsand pampering of a bunch of kindergarten crybabies?At least that osub� standard, griping army of the oldmanaged to return the odividends� expected by thenationTs taxpayers, for his $21.00 a month per mansecurity investment. It won the wars it was committedto engage in.I propose that these proponents of GI individualismbe ounited� into special battalions and offered toHanoi on a 10 to | ratio, in exchange for Amencanprisoners of war! In this manner, these disaffectedideologists would have a chance to serve their countryhonorably, while being on that side of the war theyso much want to be on.HERBERT BRUCKER(MAJOR RET.)| REVOLUTIONARYMANDATE Ithese are not the timesto take your friends for grantedto assume they will always be there.they may not be.and if you waituntil the next timeto tell them that they are very special to youyou may wait untilsomeone calls you and says thatSo-and-soTs body was foundbeneath the bricksof a dynamited building, orSo-and-so was blownlike water from a fountain,over a midnight highway, orSo-and-so was shot while he slept.therefore,it is hereby mandated(By the poets and artists and musicians,who are responsible for the spirit and soulof the revolution)that when you finish this poem,you are to call your brotherssistersand in your own waymake them know thatyou love them,that because of their loveyou have become moreYou.Let them know.Five minutes from nowyou may never have the opportunity again.Julius Lester

~ Constitution of the 714thThe following is the format describing theEnlisted MensT Council of the 714th Prevent-ive Medicine Unit. It was drawn up by a fiveman committee within the council, unanimouslyapproved by fifty-four enlisted men, and for-warded up the chain of command to 12thSupport Brigade Headquarters.Purpose: We feel it necessary that an enlisted menTscouncil be allowed to exist in any unit so that en-listed men, as a group, can discuss common griev-ances and effectively pursue redress of these griev-ances through appropriate channels.1. The Enlisted MensT Council will meetonce a month on Pay Day.2. All men of the ran E-5 and below canparticipate in the council. Any man inthe council is eligible for the committee.3. The committee itself presently consist-ing of 5 men, will serve as a vehicle fortransmitting the results of council meet-ings to higher authorities, for transmit-ting information back to the council,9. Attendance will be taken by name ateach council meeting.10. Normally attendance at any councilmeeting will be limited exclusively tomen of the rank E-5 and below, butif individuals not of this rank wish toaddress the council, they may do soas long as the entire council retainsthe right to call for a closed meetingwhen it so desires."eeeeeeEeEeyeyeye"The resentment, low morale, and disrespect amongenlisted men today toward higher authorities is well.founded and exists because there has been a com-plete and absolute one-way street from the brass downin making policies, deciding what is allowed and dis-allowed, what is appropriate and what is inappropri-ate. There has never been any effective channelthrough which men could hope to solve a legitimategripe.What the army has provided in the past in order togive the semblance of a dialogue between brass and en-listed men is the N.C.O. council whereby an individualcould make a suggestion or state a complaint to hisN.C.O. representative; the suggestion in our groupwould get as far as the sergeant-major, where it wouldDissatisfaction on a particular issue or desire to seea change in policy instituted may be supported by on-ly one man, by fifty percent of the men in a unit, or itmay be supported unanimously by one hundred per-cent of the men ina unit. The only way the sentimentsof enlisted men can be accurately assessed, however,is by allowing them to meet as a group and discuss theissues they wish.In our unit there is probably a greater degree ofcommunication between officers and enlisted men andprobably a higher degree of respect for each other dueto the fact that each group will fisten to the argumentsand reasoning of the other and then take action onthese.In other units this may not be the case. This insti-tution has in it a goodly percentage of inflexible mindsthat can only function in a structured environment.These minds will resist change no matter how justifiedit may be. If this is what men are faced with, thenthey will be forced to go outside regular channels topursue change. Men have written in the form of peti-tions and group letters to sympathetic Senators andRepresentatives (and there are many) with much suc-cess in the past.Right now a lot of guys in a lot of units are strungout on smack and going AWOL partly because nostructure exists through which they can voice their dis-satisfaction. If you donTt have an EM. council in yourunit, get one. If you want help or would like to askquestions, come to the 714th and talk to anyone E-5or below.be dismissed as too radical or not in accord with grandand for handling administrative matters. old tradition.~GENERAL WESTMORELAND'S COMPLIMENTS, PRIVATE... AND AFTER THE COFFEEWOULD YOU KINDLY JOIN US AT THE TEN-THIRTY REVEILLE GATHERING?TAS ~ 2= . &SARA RAM AAAS Syr SSRN \\"4. Any subject matter which has todo withthe policies governing our way of life whilemembers of the Armed Forces can bebrought forth for discussion in the coun-cil meeting by any member of the council.5. Any proposals for change of policy whichmight develop in these council meetings andbe supported by a majority of its members,will be written up and forwarded to our unitcommander including the number of membersin support of such proposals.Y 3 D | = - - :pate ptt .a 26. The committee will keep a record of allproposals and replies.7. Information can be passed down to coun- 2cil through the committee at each PayDay council meeting. Information canalso be posted on the enlisted menTs bul-letin board and if a change is institutedon the company bulletin board8. The format by which the EM councilmeeting is conducted as well as mem-bership of the committee is subject tochange and proposals for such changecan be made at any council meeting.Black Viet Nam Vet in Stockadethat he never made a mistake in remember- in Nam.ing who in his company of almost 100 wasOr wasnTt there. He did make several mis-takes on the stand and the prosecution hadto call him back one time after they hadgotten his story straighter.When the whole story was out itwent like this. Wilson and_| Sg ElliottdidnTt get along. Because of his injury,Wilson couldnTt work all the time, butthe | Sg would keep sending him on workdetails. Anyway, Elliott doesnTt like pri-vates, particularly ones that donTt put upwith his shit. So, on Nov. 4 when Wilsonwas trying to go home on a three day passbecause of a trial (leave had been denied)Elliott messed with him enough to makehim miss his plane. He then told Wilsonthat the uniform he was wearing was im-proper (because of the infantry background,PFC insignia, and CIB.) ThatTs one charge.So they get into an argument and Elliotttells him to take off the illegal. Wilsonsays he'll take off the jacket, but doesnTtdo it right there: thatTs another charge.It turned out that Wilson was entitled tothe CIB and had been a PFC in the infantryMilitary.....justice? Every EM knowsthere isnTt any justice in the military. Maybe,you figure, if you go to Nam and do the ManTsdirty work for him, heTll treat you a little bet-ter. If so, just ask Wilson Wright, Company B.,82nd Avn. Bn. (TDY - Ft. Bragg stockade)WilsonTs a wounded Nam vet. Last,month he got two months at hard labor onfour counts, not one of which would havebeen a crime in civilian life. He really wentto the stockade because battalion commanderLTC. Rynott and ! Sg Elliott didnTt like him.Rynott turned down a request to releaseWilson from pretrial confinement becausehe had a bad attitude and called black NCOTsUncle Toms. The commander also said thatthere was some doubt in his mind whetherWilson had been wounded.1 (His officialarmy record shows 3 weeks in an intensivecare unit and 5 months in a hospital for awound received in the RVN.)But the guy who really had it in forWilson was his First Sergeant. HeTs obviouslybeen laying for Wilson for a while. He got upon the stand and testified that Pvt. Wrightwasn't here on this day and that day andBut the First Sergeant isnTt through. The nextday he claims that Wilson missed reveille. HowTdhe know. He looked for him. Well the guyTs whostand on either sid2 of him saw him. He wasstanding in between. Sure he was late,but he got there before the count was taken.Charge number 3.That wasnTt enough - now the pile on. Twomore charges of missing revellie. One for theday after Thanksgiving when o~at least 7 guyswere missing.�Seems nobody knew that there was going tobe a duty day that day until late Wednesday.Then the following Monday. First the Set. -thinks he called in and said he would be late.|Next he thinks it was someone else.And the big guns Failure to salute anofficer. The ultimate of crimes. Seems hewus the only one in a group of 5 or 6 thatthis officer, Lt. McGoey, got pissed at, al-though no one saluted: And Wilson hadhis hands filled. All this on off duty hoursin fron of the bowling alley. The sixth charge.Now the clincher. Put on restriction to his(Continued on Page 11)

HIGH WINDSBRASS STRIKE CASUALTIES... Out the show must go onoOn December 8, Fort Bragg was honored with avisit from Melvin Laird for its annual Brass Strike. |was lucky enough to be chosen to prepare the areafor them. Raking, dusting bleachers; etc s !oWe were told that if we were good! boys::and;worked hard we could stay and watch .'Of course wewere too dirty to sit on théT bleachers or even standwoods. From this point we were able to see the DropZone clearly._ oStarting off the show was a mass troop-drop. Thewinds were too high to safely drop personnel, butthey jumped anyway.oFrom my vantage point, I saw two men land and"faom an Torwayiew wirys0/Y Fineo Geaarni.:oWith the help of an Air Force radio we héard acall from the drop zone to the radio team in the blea-a""" ss lti(i~o~o~s�"�O�"�S�"�S�"�C�"��:C RO CO 2 | OSnot get up. Other jumpers could b bendi .behind them. So we were foréed to watch from the over them. ee se it engineer, eae medical oteaie , - that the two men be removed from the DropoDEFENSE� ~SEC'Y LAIRD DEDICATED A SMALL ROOM IN THE PENTAGON FoR a :"_ ; � oAfter a pause the control team informed theREOTTION AND 2 wee NOT PROFOSE To SEPARATE MAN 'FoM GoD. : DZ team that they couldnTt stop the show because3pece :VG the planes were on the way, and therefore, the menwould have to wait.oSo the show went on with two men injured onthe Drop Zone. Planes flew over, heavy loads weredropped and war material demonstrations were puton. When it was over everyone applauded and pre-pared to leave.oAh yes, but the show went over great with thelifers. |wonder how many points the lifers got off thisone. Do you think those two men cared?oThis is what I saw and what I feel. You will neversee this story in the PARAGLIDE (bad for the imageyou know). But I hope it will be heard and I hope youwill see to it that a show never comes before a manTssafety.�coonnrtteseety : i: = se i rar ve |bt er sail sep . i,ae ee hae 4 oti BiNorth Vietnam has filed a formal brief with the ee foo Sah aeUnited Nations listing war crimes committed by the = dil i ly ~ a | a ,United States in both North and South Vietnam over oe : eee LO A aa Pethe last two years.The brief, filed through the Hun-garian Mission to the UN, documents crimes com-mitted by aircraft in the North and police in theSouth.Atty. Gen, Mitchell said terrorists could be partlycontrolled by rounding up the omaniacs� who usebombs.ae eeae Ihe brief alseagainst peasants in the South, whose.been destroved and whohave been forced into the con-lcentration camps called onew life hamlets.�The brief gives statistics showing the escalationof bombing in the North, since the beginning ofNixon administration. In addition, it accuses the USof using anti-personnel devices, such as cluster bombs,fleshette darts, and napalm, on population centers inin the North during 1970.te provincial town of Nam Dinh south of Hanoi. It was bombed on September 15, 1965A kindergarten in th, . Strangely enough, the US has not responded tothe charges.WHO WE ARE THIS TIME!Bragg Briefs is published by GITs United Againstthe War in Indochina, P.O. Box 437, Spring Lake,North Carolina, 28390. Meetings are held at theHaymarket Square Coffee House and sometimes atthe Quaker House at 223 Hillside. Offices at Bill Talbert - 612th Qm Co.Haymarket Square. Subscription Donation is $5 per Bill Carothers - 824th Qm. Co. (USAR)year. J C Honeycutt - CivilianBill Robb - 28th C ATPhil Frederick - 12th SupportDick Olson - 18th AirborneFrederick J Blitzer - MEDDAC Dental Act.Mark D. Dyre - 28thC ABill McDonald --714th Pvnt. Med.John K, Berk - MEDDAC Dental Act.TRUEoSeen from the air, we spell ~Yankee Go Home!T �

*" Ky has grown rich and powerfulJ § at Shy dah: s s ot |by plundering the American people./1 - Mr. Vice President, how do you account for the 6 - Finally, Mr. Vice President, what about that old. fired as a result of the exposure from his post as dir-$15,000 per week you personally receive from the smuggling rap? Back in 1964, when the CIA had set ector-general of customs in Saigon -- did he ever getreceipts of the Saigon race track? You have told us you up as the commander� of a fictitious airline to his old job back? £ °your people are fully mobilized for this war; if thatis fly South Vietnamese agents into the North, you were These questions may seem lighthearted, but Gen,the case, just who goes to the races every day so as to fired for using the planes to smuggle opium and gold Ky is not. He has grown rich and powerful from thisenable the track to show a profit sufficient to pay, from Laos. Whatever happened to the 250 pounds wat, not from plundering his own people -- whom heyou? (in 1967 Ky admitted he was receiving this of gold and the 450 pounds of opium whictr were has more. than once betrayed -- but ours. © c In amoney and said he used it from time to time to pay seized? And your collaborator, Gen. Loc, who was , cPher:disabled veterans. He had up to that time, paid out *the total sum of $65 for this purpose. : eee utto a2 - Your protege, Gen. Do Cao Tri has been much " % Migpraised as the oTiger of CambodiaT for his leadership \of your troops there. What was his final explanation You K NOW WHAT we sefor the package he sent to Hong Kong earlier this 9pyear which was unexpectedly opened in customs and THE COMMONS WANT als, afound to contain 71 million piastres in cash (official IsaUS. equivalent: $600,000)? Why would anyone want oeto send that many piasters out of the country, wherethey were practically worthless, unless to be used il-legally - or by the enemy - for purchases back inSouth Vietnam?3 - Mr. Vice President, your old friend, Gen. DangVan Quang, is back in office as chief of intelligence.When you and he shared power as members of the~Military Revolutionary Council,T he was the com-mander of the IV Corps until dismissed for corrup-tion. Did he ever make restitution for the money hetook from his own soldiers?4 - What about your other colleague from the olddays of the council, Gen. Cao Van Vien, now theSouth Vietnamese chief of staff? Do he and his wifestill lease government-owned real estate to Ameri-cans? Do they still own bordello hotels at the recrea-se Pag tne xs tS ciduens, cf EAE | ER es ae ee See ee | A5 - Mr. Vice President, why was your mother-in- law, To #Mme. Hoang, who owns a string of ~resortsT in veral itSaigon, permitted to be the sole bidder on a con- thereStruction contract at an air base to be used by the 4 } ereforeUnited States? urs. Waint the~sson OAll heBRAGG BRIEFS ~Most |ey smSUIT REACHES HIPMENT OF BF leA NEW SHIPMENT aeill playSUPREME COURT | =fA suit against the Army by members of GITsUnited to gain the right to distribute Bragg Briefs onFt. Bragg is scheduled for consideration before theSupreme Court of the United States in the next fewweeks.The suit against Ft. Bragg Commanding GeneralJohn J. Tolson and Secretary of the Army Stanley R.Resor charges that members of GITs United have beendenied the First Amendment rights of free speech,free press, and free association. These complaintsarose as a result of harrassment and intimidation ofthe soldiers in GITs United by military authorities andrefusal by General Tolson to permit distribution ofBragg Briefs on Ft. Bragg.In May 1969, 18 members of GITs United filed theBOOKSHAS ARRIVED AT &THE BOOKSTOREHayMark@T SQuare "bsuit in Federal District Court. Later they applied for ntinuepermission to distribute Bragg Briefs on post, which iy, Wilwas denied with no reason given. CORNER OF BRAGG BLVD. & HAY ST. Pail carIn January 1970, the district judge, Algernon L. prayButler, denied the GITs petition and held that the INCLUDING Thraction by General Tolson was constitutional. sp he ArrThe case was then taken to the Fourth Circuit THE ACK PANTHERS SPEAK Phillip Foner hat. ACourt of Appeals, which also denied the GITs request - endin;for an injunction against the Army. However, the THE LITTLE RED BOOK Mao Tse Tung wo mccourt did send the case back to the district court, iott wcwhere General Tolson will soon be required to give THE RIGHTS OF MAN Thomas Paine tockadhis reasons for denying GITs United the right to dis- Wilsotribute Bragg Briefs on Ft. Bragg. THE MOLLY MCGUIRES Anthony Bimba _yne of 'This action by the appeal court is a victory for GITs oF courUnited. Nevertheless, the attorneys for GITs United VIETNAM WILL WIN Wilfred Burchett uys in.Leonard Boudin of New York and Laughlin McDonald or foof Chapel Hill, N.C., decided to go to the Supreme eg aCourt, which will decide shortly whether or not it vayw''l hear the case. ageSaid the lawyers in the writ to the Supreme Court Ney ri~At stake here is the right of million of our citizensT pthto continue to exercise their First Amendment tent wifreedoms after military induction, to speak, publish, nemy.associate together and disseminate their views on ~ightingmatters of governmental policy.T jen ofrill.

My LaiGISignsConfessionIn a signed confession read to the court at FortcPherson, Georgia on January 8, Sergeant Charlesutto admitted what he did at My LaiT three years agoas oMURDER�,On the day of the My Lai operation, Hutto said in¢ statement, oThe order came from the Companyommander Capt. Ernest L. Medina to kill the ani-als, destroy all of the food and kill all the people.�oI saw people trying to hide. Some were running.»me were standing. We opened up. It was Murder!� (WHCK SPIRO! SLUG HER WHILE IL GRAB THE BooK 17�page 11-% GITs United has the people, the information ans: the contacts to help their brothers and sisters in the=: Military struggling for their rights. Conscientious Ob- #sz jector applications, legal problems, Article 15 proceed-#ee ings, Congressional inquiriesT, and general harassmento¢ problem help is available all the time from GITs Unitedoand the staffs at both Haymarket Square and theBS% Quaker House.: The only way things are going to get better in the#3 military is by people making them happen. The man##% isnTt going to give you anything that will make yous:% less able to be used by him. You've got to stand up#oi for your rights, and thereTs a lot of help creatzs right here in the Bragg area. we% Come down to Haymarke: ov the Quaker Houseg#: any afternoon or evening for any heip you need, or toxz: Offer any help you can give. The only way to dosBe togeent: iSERRE SESE PSS eR| Nadia ee= * 7oeSexual Self DeterminationTo the straight (non-homosexual) community,veral important facts: There will be no revolutionthere are alienated factions of brdthers and sisters:erefore, you né@d gay support as much as we needyurs. We are all fighting the same enemy, and we allant the same Revolution.~sson One in Re-EducationAll homosexuals are not perverted old men, trans-Stite ~drag queensT or limp-wristed hairdressers. ,Most homosexuals are between the ages of 16-35:ey smoke dope, hate pigs, the Vietnam War, andO.T�,�.=g0-to colleges (yes, even high schools!),ear long hair, are teachers, administrators and foot-ill players.praying to Tinkerbell."There are female homosexuals who are very beau-tiful. We comie in all sizes, colors, religions and na-tionalities.Every homosexual is not out to suck your cock orrape you (We are probably more selective about sexpartners than most heterosexuals).We are not all hung up on our mothers (or fathers)and we do not hate the opposite sex.DonTt-get paranoid, but weTre all around you - andwe are going to become more and more visible.Love is a very beautiful feeling, and important toEVERYONE: If we cannot love and relate to peoplewhom we choose, then you are denying and destroy-We will not disappear by closing your eyes and ing a part of us. And the death of every gay brotheryntinued from Page 4)iy, Wilson is charged with breaking that re-riction several hours after he was admitted» the stockade._ Three of the charges are thrown out. Evenhe ArmyTs perverted logic couldnTt justify allhat. And the military judge recommended sus-ending the sentence (after all Wilson only haswo months left in the Army). But LTC. Ry-1ott wouldnTt hear it and it was off to thetockade.Wilson WrightTs case is not an isolated one._ ne of WrightTs friends, also a Nam vet. was updr court-martial a few days later. Two otheruys in the company have been on restrictionor most of the past month.Lifer harassment is going to increase as morend more guys stop bting good, unthinkingddiers. Justice will come to the military.then the pegple who are waking up to whathey are being used for, take control of theirwn lives. There wonTt-be any petty-harassiment ..ent when the people's army fights the realnemy. That's because we'll know why we're/ghting then. Wilson Wright and some of ttreJen of B Company 82nd Avn. Bn. certainlyrill.or sister who, after finally spending the last sleeplessnight, or lonely weekend or crying the last tear, sayfuck it all and kills himself, must be on your con-science. ;We must live in your political and social frame-work,Tby your rules (until we change them), but ifyou support us, then our liberation will be that mucheasier and more justified. Next time you rap withwords like: brother, love, peace, or happiness, thinkwhat each one means to everyone, not only to a fewchosen elite - then do something about the fucked upworld we live in! Above all, try and forget that weare homosexuals - look at our minds, bodies andwork - give us the chance to help*you understandwhat we are.

Haymarket Square.PRESENTS THE An inquiry into U.S. Military Policy in} Indochina 'BI A A : k Bl RD WHEN: January 31, February | and 2, 1971.WHERE: Howard JohnsonTs New Center MotorLodge, Detroit, Michigan.If you have testimony to offer, Please contact:Winter Soldier Investigation, 967 Emerson Street,or call collect - (313) 822 - 7700ERE To ee eTGi TOLL: 347,664The following U.S. casualty figures for South-east Asia are based on U.S. government statistics.They are lower than U.S. casualties reported bythe liberation forces. The figures are from Jan. 1,1961 to Dec. 19, 1970. Figures in parentheses arefor the week Dec. 12 to Dec. 19. Killed: 44,167(23); o~Non-combatT� deaths: 8990 (46):Wounded: 293,077 (160); Missing, captured:1430.Bragg BriefsP.O. Box 437Mother America and Death from "POISONS" 28390LIVING THEATER COMMENTS ON AMERICAJANUARY 15 8 PM "POISONS"JANUARY 16 8 PM "TENEMENTS, THE INDIAN SHOW"JANUARY 17 3 PM "IVAN THE FOOL, CHICKEN LITTLEREAR 545 HAY ST. ADMISSION $1.00