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Digital Object Identifier
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363-08361 to 363-08363
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Title
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Article about the death toll of journalists
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Description
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Original title: N/A, Keever's title: N/A, Article draft about the death toll of journalists, for the Overseas Press Club of America
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AI Usage Disclosure
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Draft transcripts were automatically generated via Google Document AI and are currently under review. Please report significant errors to Archives & Special Collections at archives@unl.edu.
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Transcript
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by beverly deepe
saigon the toll of military and civilian reporters and
photographers covering the vietnamese war is inexorably
rising.
the latest count : ten killed.
four of these were american citizens, one a singapore citizen
of indian extraction, one a vietnamese working for the associated
press, one a military photographer with the 25th division, and
three viet name se reporters working for local newspapers.
only one of these u.s. freelancer jerry rose, was killed
in what could have been an accident. the air vietnam civilian
plane he was riding crashed.
the rest died violently on the battlefield,
the latest to die was charlie chellappah, 26, a freelance
singapore photographer who had done previous string work for the
associated press in malaysia.
chellappah was hit in the head with a heavy caliber bullet
february 14 as he moved ith a squad from the 27th wolfhounds
NORTHWEST OF SAIGONI
regiment outside cu chi in his short time in viet nam,
chellappah had taken some distinguished pictures.
he died instantly alongside a private from the 25th division's
press information office. earlier that same day, associated
press correspondent john wheeler was hit with grenade fragments
as he moved up with a squad.
wheeler has his arm in a bandage, but is otherwise okay.
more deepe
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saigon
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first add newsman's toll xxx okay.
newsmen have taken more casualties around cu chi in the
past two weeks than any other one place in the country, bob jones
from the honolulu advertiser was hit with mortar fragments
en/hear
february 10 near cu chi, five soldiers hear him were killed,
six others stretcher cases.
jones was the only one who walked away, but he had two fingers
(METAL)
broken and shrapnel in his back, he says most of the has
already been dug out.
THAT DAY
the same mortar blast (killed specialist fourth class kermit h
yoho, from moundsville, west virginia, a 21 year old photographer
for the 25th division.
he was killed just one week before he
was due to return to the united states for his discharge, and a
job with a newspaper.
the toll of newsmen and photographers wounded has now weache d
more than thirty, it is expected to go higher. On one day alone last
week
CBS camcramen were wounded-cae Vietnamese and one Thai.
more newsmen than ever are going out to units in the field,
accompanying them on dangerous operations to get the feel and
temper of the war that is unobtainable in saigon.
the soldiers are happy to have them along
"this way, the folks back at home really know what we are
doing and the firstrations we are going through over here," one
first division lieutenant commented to a reporter the other
day.
the soldiers also have a lot of respect for the newsmen
who got out day after day with them more deepe
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saigon
second add newsmen's toll
who served in viet nam
xxx with them.
a special forces sergeant/wrote to one newsmen recently:
"we all heard how much the late ernie pyle was loved by the troops
in world war two. now I know why.
"I have seen newsmen out at my camp time after time when there
were a million others places better to be, they were sharing
our dangers and our fear.
"I respect them and love them." endit deepe
them an
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Date
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Unknown
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Subject
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975
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Location
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Saigon, South Vietnam
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Coordinates
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10.8231; 106.6311
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Size
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20 x 26 cm
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Container
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B191, F7
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Format
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dispatches
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Collection Number
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MS 363
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Collection Title
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Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
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Creator
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Collector
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Copyright Information
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These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
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Publisher
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Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
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Language
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English
