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Vietnam: The War Corps
Robinson, Blake | October 21, 1968 issue

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This article describes the psychology of U.S., soldiers fighting in Vietnam war. The Americans in Vietnam fall roughly into three categories. Those in category one, are the very young, the naive who really do believe in what they are doing. But the American in category two is looking for is a not the quick buck (although he is paid handsomely) but a lifetime salary in the upper five figures and the prestige that comes from being `a super-executive in the American New Order. In category three one finds an American who is using Vietnam to revive a dying career. Here also is the man who has fled a private devil-a hunger or a thirst that could not be fully satisfied at home.

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VIETNAM War, 1961-1975; FIGHTING (Psychology); UNITED States -- Armed Forces; SOLDIERS; WAR; VIETNAM; UNITED States
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