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Letter To The Editor
Editor Chowan Herald:
Recently I read in ‘'Letters
to the Editor” a letter ad
dressed to all responsible ci
tizens urging them to strike
out in protest against our
President through a letter to
their Congressman. Ad ter
much thought, 1 decided
someone should project still
another view before these re
sponsible citizens come to
any hasty conclusions about
•their college age youth.
The entire article from that
May 14, 1970, issue seems to
infer that the Cambodia move
and the action taken by the
Guard at Kent State
was perhaps idiotic and that
this nation simply needs a
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good healthy upheaval be
ginning at the White House
and going right on down to
Gov. Scott in Raleigh. The
author of that article intend
ed to remedy this situation
by “attending rallies, organi
zational meetings, and even
liberation classes.”
Let us first review the
facts concerning the Cam
bodia move. In the early
1960’s U. S. troops were call
ed into South Vietnam to
help stop the communist ag
gression that threatened that
country’s very existence.
Since that time, one of the
primary problems of the
fighting man in Vietnam has
been that of the enemy es-
THE CHOWAN HXRALD, EDKNTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, I*7B.
caping into Cambodia an i
area where V. S. troops arc i
forbidden to enter. Many I
battles resembled a tag team ]
wrestling snatch. The enemy 1
would exhaust U. S. fighting ;
men with countless attacks,
then rush out of the “ring"
into Cambodia to let the
“fresh” enemy troops come
in and continue the fighting.
Because the enemy had this
advantage, he killed many
Americans.
May I remind the author of
the May 14 article that many
of these men were from North
Carolina. To provide the
American fighting man with
added protection, President
Nixon’s military aides advis
ed him to send troops into
Cambodia. This he did, and
once inside these troops found
countless caches of munitions
and weapons that lay waiting
for the users to take into
South Vietnam.
In my opinion, this proves
that President Nixon’s move
was a wise one. Many lives
will be saved and, more than
likely, the enemy will be
forced to make a speedy re
treat to higher ground. Os
course, the President and his
military aides (all graduates
of military academies and
veterans of many battles)
may not be as wise concern
ing military science as those
who have been educated at
“liberation classes” on some
college campus or “marched
three miles through the
streets cf Raleigh.”
The author also mentioned
that the deaths at Kent State
were not necessary. I agree,
but may I also remind the
reader that the stone, brick
and Molatov cocktail throw
ing was a little uncalled for.
The fact that is overlooked is
th a t National Guardsmen
fired because their lives were
in danger, also that the order
to cease fire came almost im
mediately. One might pause
to ponder what might have
happened had this taken place
in Russia.
Communism is at work in
this country in the worst
way. It can be found in our
high schools, our colleges,
our jobs, and even sometimes
in our places of worship. The
sad fact is that communism
doesn’t appear in the form
of a red uniformed guard
pointing a rifle at you and
yours, but can sometimes be
an enticing lure for the eas
ily swayed. Communism
works through a high school
student who wants to legalize
marajuana, a college student
who believes we should do
away with the “establish
ment,” a group of people who
would have a guaranteed
yearly wage for the non
worker!; and workers alike,
and in some cases in a minis
ter who stands in front of his
congregation to protest the
policies of our government.
I agree 100 per cent that
all people who disagree vio
lently with the policies of
our government do not wear
loud clothes and long hair
in Vietnam they wear straw
hats and black pajamas.
The article was closed by
encouraging all citizens to get
involved Too many of our
young people think this means
protest it doesn’t matter
what you protest or if you
have a solution to the prob
lem, just protest and be
counted. Still others have a
more definite goal, that of
destroying the powers that
govern our nation. If they
believe in the Bible, let me
remind such people that the
Apostle Peter wrote in II
Peter, chapter 2, verses 9 and
10 that people who did this
sort of thing could expect
punishment instead of reward
on the day of judgment. In
11 Peter, chapter 2, verse 12,
he says that such people are
“natural brute beasts, made
to be taken and destroyed,
(they) speak evil of the
things that they understand
Commission Okays
Proposed 17 Bypass
State Highway Commission
has approved the proposed
corridor location of the U. 8.
17 by-pass of Eden ton.
This approved corridor is
the same as recommended by
the state at the public hear
ing here on February 23.
The proposed, by-pass be
gins at the east end of Cho
wan 'River bridge, follows ex
isting U. S. 17 for a short
distance and then is on new
location north of Eden ton. It
crosses Highway 32 north of
the new Chowan Hospital and
ties back into V. 8. 17 ap
proximately 8,000 feet west of
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Survey work on the project
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92.8 million when completed.
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not; and shall utterly perish
in their own corruption." If
these people cere so muds for
loving everyone, why must
they show their love in such
a violent manner?
I harbor no ill feelings tor
the author of that May 14 ar
ticle. Certainly, die should
be congratulated for taking a
stand even if it was a bit un
patriotic. Someone once said
that if you don’t stand for
something, you’ll fall for anyt
hing, but the author cf the
May 14 article, like many oth
ers of our age group, has
been misguided into her
stand. Government is made
up of the citizens. If the ci
tizens don’t support the gov
ernment, it soon falls, and if
the government falls, so does
the country.
I am a native bom Ameri
can, I believe in God, I am a
Vietnam veteran, and I am
presently training men for
duty in Vietnam. 1 am only
23 years old, but 1 am as
proud of these four facts as
any 90-year-old could ever
be. Because of my back
ground and because of my
love for my country, it is im
perative that I, too, take a
stand—l’ll stand with my
commander in chief. What
about you, citizen, will you
stand with the President or
will you foDow the Judas
Goat to the slaughter house?
S/Sgt. F. T. DANNELLY,
U. S. Air Force.
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