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Part of Part one of a five part series on the Vietnam War
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Bovorly A. Doepe, ·30 has served s a ryo,r corroopondent in Vietnam
for five ycaro-longor than any other .American journalist. Arriving on
Valentine's Day, 1962,
sho found 5aigon lslov.-pacod little to:m. m.th
today, it is a big city
Paric-stylod sidewalk oafos;
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tho oido�alk cnfcs have
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faded into rock •n roll bars
anti-g.i.·e de grilling on the windows.
In 1962, ohe oovorod the 3000 American advisors, some of horn livod
in ducty, rcuoto proVincinl oapitals;
tod y, �m0ric�n brigade and division
bcadquartcro for the 380,000 American troops dot tho same towns.
VictnamoAo
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holicoptcro :1.n Vietnam;
today more than 1500 of tho orlc\ •s mo<Jt modern,
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iso Doepo attended tho University
nduating s a Phi Beta Kappa in 1957.
GraduQto School of Journalism at Columbia Univer ity,
tho follo•·dng year.
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du ting 'rlith ik honors
a previously aasooi ted in Vietnam �dt� Ne� rook and
the no-:;-oxtinot Ne York Herald Tribune.
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Photos of Beverly Deepe in camouflage helm0nt and Vi0tnameR0 airborne
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Please return th0 negatives to Beverly Deepe;
San Franci o, California.
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