Letter to Sam Schreiner about river warfare article

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Title
Letter to Sam Schreiner about river warfare article
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Letter to Sam Schreiner of The Reader's Digest from Keever about "River Warfare" articles
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Mr. S. A. Schreiner, Jr.
The Reader's Digest
Pleasantville, New York 10570
Sai On, Vietnam
November 27, 1967
Dear San,
At last the Vietnam river war article! Sorry that it was delayed
for all sorts of reasons. The piece contains most of the angles you
were interested in--the American Civil War, learning from the Vietnamese
and the new tactical concept. Unfortunately, it may still be too
sprawling, but perhaps wacking out alot of the color and quotes will
make it usuable. I had to downgrade the Special Forces aspect
substantially because I found the Game Warden Operation was the
essential counter-part to the Mobile Riverine Force and hence
deserved much more space than I originally planned.
I have deliberately quoted several Negro military persons in
order to under the Navy's fear that the U. S. Civil War connection
might erroneously lead the reader to believe Vietnam is also a
civil war,
which is distinct from the official American view
that it is aggression etc.
I'll be looking forward to your views on this piece. Please
give my thanks to John Hubbell for suggesting the name of Lt. Cmdr.
Dan Dagle, who was very helpful.
Sincerely yours,
Beverly Deepe
Date
1967, Nov. 27
Subject
Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Reader's Digest; Newspaper editors; Journalism--Editing; Schreiner, Samuel A., Jr., 1921-2020; Keever, Beverly Deepe; Correspondence
Location
Saigon, South Vietnam
Coordinates
10.8231; 106.6297
Size
21 x 27 cm
Container
B15, F5
Format
letters (correspondence)
Collection Number
MS 363
Collection Title
Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator
Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Publisher
Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
Language
English