[ChiMark]

This is exactly the type of condescending piece you'd get from the NYT. This attitude comes from what I callthe 0.5%.
Some how they think the world needs them.
Could someone please dispel the perpetuation of the "myth" that we put more blacks into combat lines in 1965.

[elbucko]

Could someone please dispel the perpetuation of the "myth" that we put more blacks into combat lines in 1965.

A good source of Vietnam demographic stats, well annotated is:

http://members.aol.com/WarLibrary/vwc20.htm

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