CONDUCT UNDER AMERICANS IN MEKONG DELTA
The savagery with which American attack in the Mekong Delta is proceeding is indicated by a January 10 Agence France Presse dispatch reporting that in Long An province, the South Vietnam "Rangers," accompanying the Americans, entered a small village and seized four youths. Labeling them "Vietcong," the Rangers cut off their heads. Leav-— ing the bodies at the roadside, they strolled through the village, swinging the heads by the hair as trophies of war. The officers of the American unit in the area were reported to have been disappointed at such conduct as it was not calculated to help them win the hearts and minds of the local population, which Ky's American advisers have repeatedly affirmed is required to "win" the war.
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