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Newspaper

Wilson County News

Location

Floresville, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1995

Page

3

Captain weeps over wounded soldier in Vietnam ambush

An artillery captain in Vietnam consoles a 19 year old wounded comrade after a Viet Cong ambush. The boy, struck by an AK-47, loses a left arm. the captain hovers over him in the helicopter en route to a field hospital during January 1969.

Vietnam

Assault weapons and the duty to protect life

A veteran recounts battlefield injuries and the deadly impact of assault rifles. The piece notes two enemy KIAs loaded from a helicopter, describes M 16 rounds tearing through bodies, and argues against repealing the last year’s semi automatic assault weapon ban. It questions motives behind partisan moves and emphasizes weapons designed to kill.

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Political representatives contact list fragment

Readable elements show U S Senate and House offices with district notes and phone numbers. Includes names such as Kay Bailey Hutchison Frank Tejeda Dan Morales Lyndon B Johnson state office contacts and addresses in Austin Washington DC and San Antonio.

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By Julius Michel Anthony White House Washington, D. C U. S. Senate Senate College Station Russell Senate Kay Bailey Hutchison Russell U. S D-Mission Longworth San Antonio Rayburn Corpus Christi Frank Tejeda Austin Bob Bullock Capitol Station Texas Laredo House J. E Pete" Laney Dan Morales Linton Har Lyndon B. Johnson Eddie de la Garza McAllen Robert O. Gutierrez Benavides Edmund Kuempel R-Seguin Bill Siebert Wilson County News P.O. Box Floresville Wilson County Alanon Dept. of Public Safety St. Hedwig American Legion Lions Club Pizza Inn Hwy Hermann Sons Lone Oak Arts & Crafts League Ch of Christ Fiesta of Gems Morris Activity Center Joe Freeman Coliseum East Gate Wilson County Library China Grove Blessed Sacrament Parish Hall Path Eagle Creek Old Rural Schools of Bexar Co Highland Social Club Laurel Ridge Hospital Floresville Vfd Ladies Eagle Creek Raphas SD Assembly of God Church Webelos Tiger Cubs BSA VFW Poth Firebam Immanue Lutheran Church WC Historical Society Jailhouse Museum Immanuel Lutheran Church K of C Methodist Church WC Library St. Boniface Catholic Church Falls City Kosciusko Hall Randolph Roadrunners
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