hilly, October l7. l9" ICARLET AND- ILACK PA I lovon Colonel Calls Alumnus' War Report “Treason" By Mark Graeser Robert Hodierne, 24, of Gales. burg, 111., a 1968 Grinnell graduate, made the news in a big way recently—for "making news.” He wrote a story tor the oiiicial military newspaper in Asia, the Pacific Stars and Stripes, which so irked the chief army spokesman in Vietnam, Col. James Campbell, that the colonel accused Hodierne 0i “irresponsible reporting” that "does not harder on treason, it is treason." Campbell made the charge in l speech he wrote for an inion motion officer’s meeting earlier this month. In his speech he revealed that because of stories by Hodiernc and two pulitzer prize reporters for the Associated Press, “the Pacific stars and Stripes has earned for itself the title of the Hanoi Herald.” The day after his speech was made public, the U.S. Army announced that Campbell was being “reassigned” to some other capacity within the us. Army headquarters, Vietnam, in Long Einh. His new assign- ment was not specified. Army officials also declined to reveal whether Campbell would take over editorship of the Stars and Stripes next January as had been planned before his contro yersial speech was published. Hodieme’s story, reprinted in this week's 5&3, bearing its or- iginal headline "A Weary Com- pany Fights On with Rifles, Grenades. Guts," describes a “very close, personal. infantry fight" between the Viet Cong and members of the Americal DR. DUANE L. TOWN onomsrnlsr — PHONE 235-4002 Office Noun: 9 to 12.1 to I closed Thursday and Saturday Ahmoono CONTACT LENSES 1” 5th Au. Grinneiiians— MAKE YOURSELVES AT HOMEI LAMPS RUGS CHAIRS PILLOWS BOOKCASES TABLES Wilcox-Garland Furniture 713 Broad St. Division in the Hiep Duo Valley. The story mentions casualties, tiredness, cowardice, lack of helicopter support, and the company pulling back. Apparently, no one disputes the facts in the story, par- ticularly the casualty figures. Even Colonel Campbell didn’t deny that the {acts in the story were accurate, but said “whether these figures are true is completely beside the point. “it is my contention that such Irresponsible reporting is absol- utely devastating to the morale. t .of all soldiers. It is also my contention that such reporting« in the Stars and Slripes of all publications‘is of tremendous aid and comfort to the enemy,” Campbell said. In leaiing through the Stars and Stripes, a daily with a circulation oi 250 thousand, one notices a dearth of stories from the wariront. There are stories with Saigon datelines, but these are mostly trom either AF or UPI. Paradoxlcally, Colonel Campbell decried the lack of frontrline reporting, saying: “With the exception of report- er Hodieme, the entire staff apparently considers the battle zone off limits. . ." l-lodierne, according to Pro- fessor Herbert Prescott (Jour- nalism) who knew him when he edited the 5&3 in 1965, “H0- dierne is the kind of reporter who gets himseli right in the midst or things, even battle zones." MOVER’S EAST END GROCERY GROGERIES MEAT - BEER OPEN DAILY 8 AM. - 8 EM. 2 Blocks East of Quad 1501 5th Ave. 6-4465 A Weary Company Fights On With Rifles, Grenades, Guts By Spec. 4 Bob Hodierne (Reprinted trom the Pacific STARS AND STRIPES.) Hiep Duc Valley, Vietnam — The fighting here is a very close, personal, infantry fight. The valley is dried terraces, each terrace three or {our feet higher or lower than the one next to it. Around each of these tiny ,lields are thick hedgerows. And in the middle of the hedgerows are ditches and bunkers — ditches and bunkers that you just know Charlie Is in. Bravo co. 4th on. 3Ist lnt., Americal Div., knows it. They were here when it all started last week and have been chew- ed up again until Thursday moming they numbered only 73 men and two officers. Thursday evening, when the lighting was over, they would number only 46 men and one officer, Thursday morning Bravo Co. moved slowly forward .— tor- ward being the direction they had to move — to join Marines lighting from the other end of the valley. The Marines were just a few hundred meters ahead and everyone hoped this time they might find nothing in between. At 11 am. two machine guns. [W0 AK47 and a M79 grenade launcher blew that hope away. Pinned down in the late Why Not Buy A Last-Minute- Touch of Hair-Ribbon M R & 1 Fabric? Corner at 5th and Brand NEW POSTERS .. some for black light SPANISH CARVED WOOD -— CANDLE HOLDERS AND OTHER PRETTY THINGS. GET THEM AT Gfis International 01: Broad Street morning sun, a very hot sun, Eravu had a man killed, a new guy, and 13 others wounded or nearly unconscious as a result of the heat. Heat that some- times reaches 120 degrees. Caretuliy they pulled back, leaving the body of the new guy, to evacuate their wounded. By 2 pm the 61 men or Bravo Cu. were ready to move back into the same area. No one really wanted to go. They just wanted to sit in the shade and be left alone. The commander, Capt. Wil- liam H. Gayler, explained the situation. There would be no helicopter gonship support. The gunships had more important things to do than support Bravo Co. Air and artillery couldn’t be used because the Marines were too close. They had no mortars. The infantry- man, with his riile and gren- ade, was expected to dig out the North Vietnamese. Wearily, Bravo moved for- ward again — only to be pinned down almost at once. Now crawling ahead, the first 15 men were cut off from the rest of the company. Men who had been tired for days, men with no water, men who were really scared, were on their own. The man nearest the cut of! group was told to carry gren» rides forward to them. He re- fused, crawled back and asked the medic tor pills tor his nerves. While hiding back with the wounded, the nervous sol- dier was wounded by 3 M79 grenade round fired by tho NVA. While the rest of the com- pany lay pinned down and help— less, the point group fought it out with Charlie. Late in the alternoon, just as darkness was coming, the point men man< aged to escape, crawling a row meters back to the rest of the company. Four more Americans were dead — their bodies still fur- ward. The company threw out tear gas and looking like monsters in their gas masks, tried to advance against the enemy to recover the bodies. They man- aged to get just one of them. Five more NVA were dead and two captured M60 machine guns destroyed. As night fell, the company straggled back to find a place to sleep. Friday morning, more tired than Thursday morning, but now only 47 strong, Bravo knew they would have to go back in to get the bodies. PANEL SET The Departments of History and Political Science am spon- soring a special panel discus- sion next Monday, Oct. 20, at 8 pm. in the South Lounge at the Forum. Professors Guthrie, Gurofi and Grey will speak on the “Liberalization of Soviet Society.” Anyone interested is welcome to attend. W Opportunities FOR TYPING in my home — call Joan Devereux, 2364407. ANTIQUE AUTO FOE SALEr 1938 Buick Touring Sedan in good running condition. $500 or best offer. Call X-ftll or 676421 during p.m. Welcome Back, Alumni! GRINNELL STATE BANK The Time ind Temperature Bank PIONEERS: Goocl Luck Saturday! Don’t forget to keep well shod, Grinnell fans. Brown's Shoe Fii' Co.