Word: killingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...interesting illustration of American hypocrisy and misconception. It is true that the Negro has attained a semblance of equality in Viet Nam. But American racism still exists at home; it has disappeared only in a temporarily Americanized environment 10,000 miles away and in a context of wholesale killing. Negroes should reject a freedom achieved amidst a deluge of non-American blood. All Americans should be appalled at the fact that it is now necessary to kill an Asian to free an American...
...Germans appeared May 10 in the exact areas where they had been expected, so that some of our platoons had German paratroopers jumping right over their heads and managed to kill many before they reached the ground...
...Load per man for a two-day mission: Claymore mine and 240 rounds of ammo; four canteens of water and three meals of dried meat with rice; compass, flare gun, signal mirror, orange-and-cerise panel to signal for help; morphine for wounds, pep pills for drowsiness, codeine to kill coughs that might betray a position, antidysentery pills; tape to ward off leeches by closing off wrists and ankles of uniforms...
...various moves. You know like "On guard, ahh" and all this kind of stuff. You have to growl with each movement you make. This is to intimidate the enemy and every five minutes or so he'll say, "What's the spirit of the bayonet?" and everyone shouts, "To kill, to kill." And they're serious...
...know whether I would kill if I were in Vietnam in a battle. I would like to say I wouldn't, but I suppose, in reality, that's what makes people afraid of being drafted--not knowing whether or not they'll kill someone. I can truthfully say I don't know. I don't really particularly like to think about...