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"G.I. Racial Clashes Held On Increase Away From Front." New York Times, February 21, 1970, p. 8.

A report on a meeting held by over 36 congressmen, former military officers and others discussing the increase in deadly clashes between whites and African-Americans in Vietnam (mostly in rear areas away from the fighting). One item of note is the contention that this was the result of a racist war in which the enemy were referred to as "gooks, slopes, and dinks."


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