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One of our readers who
wants to be better Informed
has asked us to publish the
Code of Conduct for Mem
bers of The Armed Forces Of
The United States. Here it is:
1. I am an American fight
ing man. I serve in the forces
which guard my country and
our way of life. I am prepar
ed to {^ve my life in their de
fense.
2. I will never surrender
of my own free will. If in
command I wHl never surren
der my men while they still
have the means to resist.
3. If I am captured I will
continue to resist by all means
available, 1 will make every
effort to escape and aid others
to escape. I will accept
neither parole nor special
favors from the enemy.
4. If I become a prison
er of war, I will keep faith
with my fellow prisoners. I
will give no Information or take
part in my actlcm which might
be harmful to my comrades. If
1 am senior, 1 will take com
mand. If not, I will obey the
lawful orders of those appoint
ed over me and will back them
up in every way.
5. When questioned, should
I become a prisoner of war,
I am bound to give only name,
rank, service number, and date
of birth.! will evade ansv/erlng
further questions to the utmost
of my ability. I will make no
oral or written statements dis
loyal to my country and its
allies or harmful to their
cause.
6. I will never forget that I
am an American fighting man,
responsible for my actions, and
dedicated to the principles
which made my country free.
I will trust in my God and in
the United States of America.
A copy of the above Code
of Conduct, drafted by execu
tive order of President Eisen
hower in 1955, is now given to
every member of the armed
forces of the United States.
Situated in close proximity
to Cherry Point and Camp Le-
jeune, all of us in New Bern
are or should be Marine con
scious. Even so, you may not
realize that at the present time
there are no less than 51,000
leathernecks serving in South
Vietnam.
And no doubt it will come as
a surprise to most of you to
learn that there are 7,500 at
Okinawa, and 5,000 on duty in
Hawaii. In other States a to
tal of 155,000 are on hand. No
Marines are stationed in Alas
ka, however.
There are 7,500 leathernecks
in Japan, 1,500 assigned toVie-
ques Island, and 1,250 at Guan
tanamo. The remaining 1,750
serving their country are with
the Sixth Fleet. Needless to say,
these various locations are
considered vital to the na
tion’s defense.
By comparison, the United
States Army has 225,000 sol
diers in West Germany
and 165,000 in South Vietnam.
There are 22,000 in Hawaii,
17.000 in France,15,000in Alas
ka, 8,000 in the Canal Zone,
13.000 at Okinawa, 50,000 in
SouthKorea,4,500each in Italy
and Thailand, 3,000 at Puerto
Rico, 5,500 in Japan, 1,900 in
Turkey, 1,500 in Ethiopia, 1,000
at Formosa, 700 in ttie United
Kindgom, 500 in the Philippines,
(Continued on page 4)
The NEW BERN
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VOLUME 9
NBW BERN, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1966
NUMBER 13
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HEADING NORTH—Claudia June Parker, a rising
sophomore at New Bern High School, will be North
Carolina’s Yankee Doodle Dandv for Philadelphia’s an
nual Freedom Week, June 30 through July 4. She Is
the daughter of Peggy and D. M. Parker, Jr., of 1707
River Drive, and her mother has been invited to ac-
comnany her on the expehse paid trip, tendered bv
the City of Brotherly Love. Oaudia, born on July 4,
has written an essay which she will nresent In comoe-
tition with 12 other Yankee Doodle Dandies from the
13 original States. Freedom Week is quite an affair,
with top leaders of the nation in attendance. Repre
senting the Old North State is an honor that couldn’t
have come to a sweeter girl than Claudia. One of
Catherine Latta’s niano students, she loves music and
sports, and looks forward to being a NBHS majorette
next September.
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