Time Of Change In America's Armed Services
AP Special Correspondent Hugh Mulligan surveys combat units from Korea to Okinawa and Germany, reporting that drugs, racial tension, and eroding discipline dominate modern military life. Leaders push reforms, loosened routines, and improved amenities, while sailors and soldiers confront fragging, desertion, and a failing public image amid a shifting culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
AP Speciel
Hugh Mulligan
Rugh A
Mulligan
Germany
Disci
Whitey
Carl D. McFerren
Onawata
Citadel
Saigon
Fle
Sheridan Barracks
Augsburg
Alex Barnes
172Nd Signal Battalion
Seoul
Korea
Philadelphia
William C. Westmoreland
A. R.s—Army
Matthew Ridgway
West Point Society
Western Pennsylvania
Pentagon
Gen. Westmoreland
Army
Vietnam
Seneral
Westmoreland
Usaceu Ans Neoch
Janet Sonda
LaGuardia
Hutch
Ems
Washington, D. C
Smith
Water Point
Rhine
Patchburn Road
Bangkok
Khe Sanh
Checkpoint Charlie
Vietnam’ Demilitarized Zone
Okinawa
7Th Fleet
Panmunjom
Berlin Wall
Twne Cena
Boonies
Mommasan
Corso
Frankfurt
Pop
Hanai
Defense
Melvin Laird
Air Force
Berlin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gulf of Tonkin
Laos
Cmdr
Ronald K. Ohslund
San Diego
Calif
Greg Hutch
Nutley, Nal
101St. Airbornes
Phu Bai
Oep Rey
Rick Merran
Khe
Camp Eagle
Ind
11Th Artillery
PFC
Threestin Powell
Suffolk
Merron
Hanau
Spee
Lester Chadband
Trinidad
45Th
Hox
Richard Johnson
Councl
Chazan
Chasband
Marine Corps
Roy Hall
Harold Veneable
Stokesdale
N.C
WKBY
Chotham
Inervas
Clent Anderson Furn. CO
Dial
Halla de Caverens
Imiay Saile
Diskay
Styro
ICE
Nordan
MATS
Riverside