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Army faces severe morale and discipline crisis in Vietnam era
A New York Times analysis from Fort Carson Colorado reports deeply troubled morale in the U.S. Army amid Vietnam. Desertion, drug use, and indiscipline rise as leaders experiment with new containment methods while veterans warn the force risks long term weakness. Deserters and AWOL rates triple compared with five years earlier.
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B. Drummond Ayres JR
New York Times News
Fort Carson
Colo
Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Rockies
38Th Parallel
Berlin Wall
Yorktown
Normandy
Hal Moore
Fort Ord
Calif
Moore
Pentagon
Maj
William Thompson
Fort Leonard Wood
Col
David H. Hackworth
K.P
Hamilton H. Howze
82Nd Airborne Division
Eighth Army
Korea
Army Magazine
United States
Matthew B. Ridgway
West Point Society of
Western Pennsylvania
Army
Marine Corp
Southeast Asia