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Del Barnes SPC, SSG, USA
Announcer, Saigon (66-67)
From: Bob Morecook
Dated: May 30, 2017
Subject: New AFRS News Clip Posted: Spc Del Barnes covers a Saigon Dock Workers Strike
The date is sometime in the 1960s.
From: Jim White
Dated: May 30, 2017
Subject: New AFRS News Clip Posted: Spc Del Barnes covers a Saigon Dock Workers Strike
Bob,
The Chicago Tribune ran an article on December 29, 1966 about a Saigon Dock Strike. It included the following statement:: "Moyers said the Vietnamese were hired to work at Newport with the understanding that they would be employed only until United States troops were available to replace them." That makes me believe that the audio clip is from very late December1966 or early January 1967.
EVERYONE Anyone know or have any information on SPC Del Barnes?
Jim W
Here is a clipping from the Chicago Tribute for December 29th , 1966
describing what is most likely the same dock strike that Del Barnes was
covering in his audio clip.
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