Journalism in Vietnam War

1964, August, "North Vietnamese Troop Infiltration"

Journalism in the Vietnam War

This article written by Beverly Deepe Keever covers the suspicion and discovery of North Vietnamese soldiers crossing the 17th Parallel into South Vietnam. With US involvement at stake, the legitimacy of captured North Vietnamese troops in South Vietnam was important. Through the article, Keever covers an interview done with a captured NVA soldier. The content in the article contains the captured NVA soldier's testimony (why he and other NVA troops were ordered to march into South Vietnam), while including statements coming out of Washington at the same time.

Beverly Deepe Keever

1964, August

Vietnam

Journalism

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Chase Podell