European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Continued from Page it what when they Learned i had been , Williams found on return from Vietnam that his prop Rev tax records from Onslow county no carried the designation col ored " resentfully he told the county commissioners i am an american citizen. I fought because i believe in Mcreynolds was on his Way Home to Montgomery with a negro army buddy and two White Marine friends and stopped at a restaurant. Theman at the Cash Register told me you la get served faster if you go on the other Side those marines they wanted to tear the place apart. The really did t like it but the Man did t mind where they Lawrence Joel 39, of fort Bragg n c., the Only living negro medal of Honor Winner in the Vietnam War stayed in the army because he Felta negro could t make it really big in civilian life. Young said that when Black Veter ans encounter prejudice and discrimination like these examples they will be come disillusioned and hostile and full of fresh memories of an Environ ment where life was cheap and where the order of the Day was kill or be would then be realistic to expect such experts of mines and Booby trap Sand All other forms of destruction to find Good reason Why they should use these skills and risk their lives against the enemy of personal injustice As they did against the enemy of communist a Power leaders like Stokely car Michael h. Rap Brown and others have said the negro Veteran will heed the Call of the militants and join a revolutionary will use their skills to liberate the negro people Brown said in a propaganda broadcast from Cuba. He predicted that negro veterans of Vietnam Are going to be the most vigorous fight ers because they have the skills an when they return to America this skill will be used in liberating the negro people with the same implacable will for Freedom which the negro Man Al ways has shown in fighting for his coun try " not Many veterans agree with Crown sometimes i think he s nuts said decorated hero buddy War Rick of Providence. He s not doing anything but hurting us. His air Force col. David James or. Of Pensacola fla., a negro Pilot in Viet Nam in denying that Carmichael spoke for the negroes of the United states once called him an thing got to me the lawlessness rioting men like Stokely Carmichae acting As if they speak for the negro people. They Don t and they be set civil rights Back 100 corp Gen. Westmoreland praised negroes for feeling of empathy with vietnamese. The attitudes of both negro Gistand veterans toward the ghetto riots that have swept the cities during the Pas several Summers Are pretty much the same they oppose . James Butler 20, of Philadelphia was asked in Saigon about the riots that followed the death of or. Martin Luther King. Or. There should t be noting Back in the states. It s not going to do us an Good it will Only get More people killed and enough of us Are dying in Vietnam Butler whole thing is ridiculous said spec. 4 Stephen Mccall 21. Also of Phil Adelphia serving in Winston of Boston who got out of the army last year said the riots Are hurting the negro More than anything else. It s the negro s properly that is being destroyed and it s the negro who is being killed in the s. Franklin 22, of Harlem said riots were useless and he would never join it came to where the heat was really on me to riot i d move out of the ,.,. These attitudes can and do change u the individual Veteran encounters prejudice and discrimination if he is unable to find a Well paying meaningful Job or if he can t obtain Good housing or a Good education. Joey Williams was in Vietnam during the Walts riots and said he Felt at the time that they were a Low morale thing for Black soldiers at the front. Umpir i i Jame Carmichael it an sunday july 21, 1968. Evhen they re turn. They Are More interested in putting their lives in buddy Warrick tried to Stop riot. The stars and stripes i said these Are some Damn yet. Williams joined in the Memphis riot after King s killing and his Only regret was that i did t feel like i did As much As i most negro soldiers Are As hawkish on the War As their White comrades. And when they return to civilian life the Yare More interested in forgetting about Vietnam and putting their lives in order than they Are in joining either traditional veterans organizations or such Antiwar groups As band Blacks again.-, Nega Tive dying. The Vietnam veterans against the War has a membership of about 200, but Only a half dozen or so Are negroes. Parker the distinguished service Cross Winner from Pittsburgh said when he came Home he was mixed up an wanted to be but he was certain of one tiling."1 did t want to come Home and f is lit. I had enough fighting in _ o ease the negro Soldier s return no civilian life Federal state and local governments civil rights groups an private agencies Are operating numer Ous programs to help him find a Job a Home or an education. New York City has a Center where any Veteran can get help in one office with housing a Job or school. Chicag has an employment Center limited to Vietnam Washington group known As thu lawyers committee for civil rights under Law is helping negro veterans obtain jobs As policemen. The american legion has a Job program. So does the . Department of three biggest programs Are the veterans administration s one Stop assistance centers recently set up in 20 cities for disadvantage veterans the on Pone 15
