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For: Lead fall
Vietnam against North Victnam. The
cases carrying weapons and sometimes
at them. They were holding hands in
American military had long years of
employing them. I chided Fall a bit
death."
fighting alced to conquer South Viet-
on this as I knew be did the same.
nam as well as deal with the implica-
"First of all," he responded, "your
We parted company in front of the
tions of its air and artillery war
civilian clothes wouldn't last a day in
restaurant. He walked off to keep his
against the North. When 1 pointed out
the bush. Secondly, if you were cap-
appointment on the M-16 check-out.
that this was certainly not the point
tured in civilian clothing you might
Beneath that brisk confidence and
of view expressed by the State Depart-
be shot as a sny. In uniform you have
knowledge about his own competence
ment he quickly replied, "Of course
'Press over the right breast pocket and
with, respect to Vietnarn lay a real
not, but the military know it. West-
the name of your paper over the left.
love of the country. Fall knew Viet-
moreland is screaming for men. He
Then the Vietcong at least know what
nam was dying and he was fighting
feels very much overextended.'
classification to put you in."
American, policy in his own way. A
At the last luncheon I also spoke of
I asked how he could square being
few weeks later he by a
the effect of the M-16 rifle. Fall
such a critic of American policy in
land mine in the Vietnam countryside.
showed line a communication from
Vietnam with his own shooting at the
He deserved to sec the outcome of
MAC V (the U.S. Military Command
Vietcong. "Well, in an ambush, for
the war: The "victory of the grave-
Headquarters) written in reply to his
example, they don't know I am a cor-
yard"-c dare we hope that the Unit-
request to take M-16 rifle drill. The
respondent, let alone which onc. I
ed States will come to its senses be-
military had agreed and were setting
figure they have the right to shoot at
fore it is too date?
up the time. His interest in the M-16
me, but I certainly have the right to
was his belief that it also violated the
defend myself.' No doubt it was all
Geneva protocols on the use of "dum-
part of Fall's basic feeling that you
dum" type bullets. Fall spoke of the
could not fully understand the war
bullet shattering on impact, causing
without being in it. He certainly spoke
massive tissue damage. I showed him
with pleasure at the unique position
a story which appeared in the Saigon
he occupied: being both a frequent
o
Daily News of December 20, 1966,
lecturer at the U.S. National War Col-
quoting a U.S. Army doctor who spoke
lege and one of the ablest critics of
What's lively,
of the surgical difficulties in treating
the war.
GI's whó had been hit by Vietcong
But beneath his interest in things
weighs three
using captured M-16s. Fall was much
military, and under the layer of cyn-
interested and carefully noted the date?
icism that all good international
to four ounces,
and source of the story.
correspondents use to shield their
Along this same line, Fall also told
struggle for some semblance of objec-
and throws c/f
of the destruction of a hospital at
tivity, Fall was dceply touched by the
Ben Suc, another clear Geneva viola-
sparks every month?
Vietnamese war. During our, meeting
tion. "I raised the question with the
he spoke of interviewing a Vietcong
Commanding Officer. His tongue in
prisoner who had been fighting con-
cheek reply was, "Hospital? What hos-
tinually for thirteen years. This partic-
The Progressive
pital? Yes, perhaps it was a hospital,
ular one, a captain, had an advanced
but after the supplies and equipment
degree in physics and mathematics - and
were removed it was just a building,
he and Fall had reminisced together
heep yours
so we destroyed it.'
about the earlier years of the war.
Perhaps Fall was chasing a will o'
Victory or defeat no longer seemed to
€oming
the wisp in recalling signed agreements
concern this captain, nor even a life
about past efforts to civilize war. Yet
that might have been. All that seemed
one sensed in Fall that for him this
left was the attitude exemplified by
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humanity of the enemy. We were still
Fall spoke of walking among the
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Vietcong dead, many of whom were
Name
It was also an effort to correct Amer-
young girls. Hc spoke of one about
ican cavalier attitudes, toward interna-
eighteen years old who had been carry-
Address
tional agreements with perhaps a
ing a love letter in her pack. Finally
glance at the Geneva accords which
Fall described a death tableau which
City
stopped the war in 1954.
he said was "one of the most poignant
State
We had another interesting inter-
moments for me in this war. Some ner-
Zip
change about correspondents going
vous and trigger-happy GI had sud-
about armed. I had asked how corre-
denly come upon a young Vietnamese
The
spendents could claim objectivity when
couple out taking a walk. The GI had
Marliscn, 53723
they went about in uniform, in many
promptly opened fire. I looked down,
May, 1967
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