Det danske Fredsakademi
Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 3 januar 1967 / Time Line January 3, 1967
Version 3.52. Januar 1967, 4. Januar 1967
01/03/1967
Vietnamkrigen
- The Children of Vietnam
Photographs and Text by William F. Pepper
Preface by Dr. Benjamin Spock
'A million children have been killed or wounded or burned in the
war America is carrying on in Vietnam, according to the estimate of
William Pepper. Not many of them even get to hospitals, which are
few and far between, but when they do, they may lie three in a bed
or on newspapers on the floor. Flies are in the wounds. Even such
simple equipment as cups and plates are in short supply. Materials
for the adequate treatment of burns—gauze, ointments,
antibiotics and plasma—are usually non-existent. This
contrasts with the incredible speed and efficiency with which
American troops napalmed by mistake are given elaborate first aid
while being lifted out of the battlefield and then flown to a Texas
hospital for treatment.
When Terre des Hommes, a Swiss humanitarian organization, asked for
American government assistance in flying burned and wounded
children to Europe for repair, our officials refused. With
crocodile tears they explained children are unhappy when separated
from their families. The fact is that a third of all Vietnamese
children in institutions have already lost both parents or been
abandoned.
Can America, which manufactures and delivers the efficient napalm that causes deep and
deforming burns, deny all responsibility for their treatment? Many
American physicians are now volunteering to treat the children if
they are brought to America. But citizens must be asked to pay the
bill for transportation and hospitalization. They will also have to
persuade our government to allow the children to be brought
here'.
01/03/1967
Carl Wilson of the the Beach Boys was indicted for draft evasion.
Claiming conscientious objector status, he eventually won his battle
against the charges, writes This
week in peace history.
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