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by beverly deepe
saigon •• the toll of milit ary ani ci-vilian reporters and

photographers covering the vietn.mese war is inemrably
rising,.

the lQtest count : ten killed.

four of tbese were mnerican ci tizens, one a singapore citizen

of indian extraot· ion, one a vietrwne se working foe thefassooiate d
press_, one �- military photograph!r with the 25th division., am
three vietnanese rep:>rters working for local newspape rs.

only one of these , u.s. freelancer jerry rose, was killed

in what could h ave been an accident. the air vie tnam civilian
plane he was riding cr.1shed•

the rest die d violently on the battlefield.

the latest to die was ch arlie chellappah_, 26, a freel.mce

si.ngapore photographer who had done previous.- st·-ring wcrk fer the

associated press in mal..aysi a.

chellaipp.ab was hit in the he ad with a heavy caliber bullet

february 14 as he moved

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regiment out side cu chi. n his short time in vie t JUim 1
chel lappah had taken some distinguish!d pictures.

he died instantly alongsi de a priva-m from the 25th di vision's

press information office. earlier that s ame day, associated

press correspondent john wheeler was hit with grenade fragmmte
as he moved u p with a squ ad .•

wheeler has his arm in a ba.ndage, but is otherwis e okay.

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saigon

-- first add new sman t, s toll

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newsnen haw taken more c:.sualties around c u chi in th.e

past t wo week:a than any other one place in th! country": bob jones

·from the hon olu lu advertiser w.i.s hit with mort@r fr�gmm ts

.f"bruary 10 near cu chi• five soldiers/bear him wre killed,
six others stretcher c ases<(!i
jones

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tl:e only one who walke d away, but he had

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fingers

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troken a.Iii shra.pnel in his b.-.ck:« he says most of the �
already been dug out.,
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the s.ine mort...r blastfille d specialist fourth cl.ass kermit hw
yoho_, ,from moundsville-1 west virginia1 a 21 year old photographer

for the 25th di vision,

he was killed just one week be fore he

was cile to ret u r n to the united states for his d.iscr•. rge,, an d a

job with a newspaper.

the toll of ne,,,smen and photograpm rs -wt:>undt�<.l t{�s now f eacre d
On one da� liLlone last·
more than thirty ,., j;t, is expected to go highe l'"- 4!

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wo"'k

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ens c mcr;,.."l'fle:n were. wounoed•--o:ne 1ietriamose and one

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newsmen thm ever are going out to units in the fiel.d ,-

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accompanying them on dangerous oy.-eratio:ns to get. the £eel .nd

temper of th! war that is unobtQin.ioble in saigon.
the soldi.e rs are happy to have tn,m Q.lone
"this way _,.. the felks back at hom

really know ':✓h.lt we are

doing and the flrst.r.;,tions we r-re going throu€:fl, over here, 11 one

fir st di vision lieutenant commented to a rq;orter the other
d,_y.,

the soldiers also h-.ve a let of respect for the newsmen

who got out · day after day w:I. th

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saigon --- seco nd add newsmen's toll
c"i4io · serve d in vie t
a s� cial f�s se1geanet�te .

xxx with them•

rua°:? one

newsmen recently:

"we all heard how much the late emie Pf+e w.i� loved by the troops
in world war two. now I know why�

"I have seen newsmen out at my camp ti.me after time when there

were a million otll! rs place� better to be,•. they were sh arirg
our dangers and our £ear•.

"I respect the1 a nd lo ve tpem_." endit deepe

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