European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Fogt 16 the stars and stripes Date Ember 1964 hell and death in Vietnam Rice paddies i cant Thiril from Pittier Ever thing is in their the pita he water stored in worn out 1 can Lake an have written my superiors on 30cul round or occasions explaining Klen Long s and drop it through condition of the equipment Are completely surrounded received Tho Hunting his end of the barrels of we must fight with and Hare Miles by the Viet so sent me the knife it of there rifles and it will fall out to solicit help to rec Only Way into this area and what i needed and unusual about end of the barrel As these weapons Are is by will come in Handy it included a Page from or no the dangerous to fire and we go in Battallio primarily to which True for the easily explode in a Mant search Andelear operations and find water on the How meant for a Friend sub machine so far nothing has been so far we have encountered we run out of machine Many few enemy As they keep n Sharp knife to Cut in to the functioning letters away from they will not vines and Bamboo to these weapons Are weapons Are missing 11 dead captains letters Home told nothing new9 of hat been very utile Gong on Here in the Way of War they the Viet Cong teem to have evaporated from Una from Page informed of the status letter to his immediate that Doest make me in King was assigned to men and equipment nothing had been done not been re mind you our Intel on m and died less than was assigned the hit letter that he had the such As it keeps telling months on an army spokesman said Kings criticism was no talk the combat ineffective rating placed on the unit had been cleared by Brig Gen he sold the units weapons were poor because of its location in an isolated part of the of a col identified by army officials Here As it that there but Lavent made a Contact in better Nan a reports chief but he talk u senior guess that is lust or have not been the spokesman King also complained of the weapons had been replaced on 1 after b stationed at by which covers the Klen Korea in that we Are plagued with Long periods of bore that the unit had been were unsafe and visited the it in which Kings unit interrupted by Short periods combat ineffective in was done when he scheduled to enter a Preston was not intense Ber but added that King fighting for United Stales s waiting lbs prods Pentagon on even in doctoring of Dollart a year having advisers these people Donl know what they dont and arc either too proud or too stupid o admit they listen to Tram past this where the in Many York api advice and agree hat we every Effort be made to continue hit movement toward a National guard in every state in which there be no Arr Leah attitudes of some of our own military personnel and is not generally practice by nations of the Host country inspired by the attitude of a minority of White effective use of military coupled with pointed Board chairman of a restaurant explained in a letter Why he once gave is million to build n med Leal and go right ahead and execute operations that violate every Basic principle of the Only was this War will participation based on discipline should go at col Niebla be won is for the United or or of Way toward correcting refused o donate i o to step in and say our and Johnson said Public accommodations of of business Are going to plan every that has been obtained Are particularly acute there is no More operation at every level the Pentagon and state and near certain practice am of the opinion thai in striving for this objective f b o u 1 d of maintained the far numerous complaints were received from on bases overseas than at and while this engineering or the subject of i ulsness is do not publish any Hong Ive said at least not strengthened and he asked in these the considerably improved enough to be lid injures troop morale there clearly that 1 wasted my time w presidential  a false image of discrimination in Columbia school of arrived Here after four made theto Points with of negroes to staffs of of the third to the National most serious of special was by far the most hectic it the Only armed forces Branon which hit not been fully integrated but Progress has been id that several threat appears Over in we covered m Miles of Rice Paddy and canals completely dominated by every Trail and Road was Satu ago u Southern states had no negro guardsmen while now there if at least nominal negro but a great irom ii est tides of the backing up streams that normally their in so Tilyou county near the Oregon an area of Square Miles and from the Rockies to the Mississippi had a Low of with Booby traps and sniper fire during this move we had one Man killed and 11 wounded All due to mines and remains to be the it was 11 below National guard swollen tributaries to minor overflow was 23 below at 1 be ship can Lead to callus which flows from Washington 1 below at in what appears to be fully integrated regular military unlit there old be lest through Oregon to and the which with More than six inches of Snow on the 7 below at 10 flow at and water at the present in not sure How serious it Tion if White guardsmen gel to form part of the cold weather at i have the Rich people behind Euf Tomed to integration in flood to 4 inches new you Al the end of Feltne Armor then Nat been Only Token desegregation in some Southern recent the flow of those two streams and the crests met in the Portland Vancouver Harbor area on Christmas the the southwestern town of Kalaria was much better off than it was on Christmas a Dike break the Midwest from the Missouri River to Lake four Western 1 must prepare written statistical and command valuation of the battalion in that 1 did for the month offers basis for belief that Portland the Willamette interstate 5 North victims of based on unitary methods May be 11 feet above flood of town and allowed Francisco observation maintained Bui win require at the pour Over an Industrial a list of the known myself and set in each increased and More pointed about 10 feet Over 300 persons in Fatall unti in the on Erntson fort and prompt corrective action when with respect to overseas Oregon Mark who spent Many hours in an remained isolated by washed out but Bridge repairs were made in some opry cola Herry leg Awot the report to be of any it must he truthful and accurate and Hilt is the manner n the report said must command Pott in the said the flood was and radio batteries were flown to some stranded flooded bile i prepared my All the it sentral and important vigorous efforts to eliminate patterns of segregation and discrimination affecting troops off this especially disaster in the states was the situation outside dipped below reeling near the Border and in Eastern car crash go through washed but Harry about drowned in Jooeph Chinee of the report had to be rated showing the battalion commander and hit unit to he to bin and flood Waters subsided major threat in ear went Over John Dey my immediate Superior places of it is particularly urgent More than evacuees had not but Tome Reno business places remained sandbagged against the Truckee which Collop oed near Rondo car Cra Ehod through Broo near will not Forward my report to he obvious la does not want the truth to be known if two children of i in w e f t e r n already under deep Gharieb Cor wont off John Day renal goes All the Way to d i have refined has paralysed i Ehaman in far to so As to make him Are kitted by Heater received new Falls ranging up to 13 inches at Miles Harilyn Myrtle creak his counterpart look for if 1 do this there is no reason 11 inches at great Simm any of us being Here trying Spain up1 in serious condition in water fined advise and dlr Klimt our vet two Young children of an american Serviceman were and a third child and a Spanish housemaid were overcome by fumes from a kerosene Heater in Spanish fhe spokesman talk the merges left the children in care of the maid when they went out saturday Nihl and found All in the nation Flash flooding was reported along the Okmulgee River at threatening the Central of Georgia Railroad overflow from Walnut Creek while Weini Sonnga Indian Reaa Varien car Bridge Inta warm Stringi Evelyn m car with Nettie Aniie curve drowned in Boa he Taa River while trying to move a log from a colonel Preston b behind me to far we Are having a big meeting on this subject if 1 dont win then i guess in in for Trou Home a air Force spokesman when they a donor pronounced w and John and then of a tale he said the two dead were and hit and Sheryln Lafaye dead when he and the others were rushed to had nearly 6 inches of rain in m it had 1 inches in of Douro in and Laelsie Brusack and Eon drowned in bet to Kings family from the office of the Secretary of the army seven both children of a1c Tom Mcrae and Bis of the couples third in serious condition at and Sheryln were the second and third americans to die in accidents reported in Spain Over the Christmas of Floral said Marine had w subzero cold was reported saturday from the Northern Border of Kansas to the Btl  drowned in be Idaho John drowned in Uoc Haa River while trying to reach Secretary of the army hat asked me to express hit deep regret that your opt John died in Vietnam a air Force Hospital at the spams american air base attached to the embassy in was drowned to Clearwater 11 As the result at hostile he was their Rota Franco who was baby Tilting Christmas morning when he climbed a Power Tho Aon dialled Prete National league Robert drowned 1 True Keo River while trying by vietnamese army when they were ambushed Aad the Accident was on a Baltimore