Another very interesting account, Hugh. Reading “Vietnam..A Reporter’s War” would be one of the greatest and most informative accounts of the Vietnam War a person could read. The taking of Saigon was so very tragic and moving.
This account of your experience in “4-Day Truce” with a pseudo reporter was quite amusing despite the tragedy around it. Well done!
I cannot believe you were tricked so easily , Hugh. It was a case where for want of a bowl of rice a scoop was lost. As Jim would say " you bastard boy, Lunn"
As I was reading your story … I was thinking … No no no don’t spill the beans Hugh! I love the way your story takes me on a journey … Ah … the beguiling nature of rational thought … seemed so plausible spilling the scoop to the official press secretary. Thank you … never stop writing
The details of your story are most enlightening...the way leaders were so much more available to reporters, the way your head office in London retracted your story on that place captured by nth Vietnamese because no one else was corroborating it. I cannot imagine anyone bothering to correct a story these days. D'you think bosses took more care in that era?
Another very interesting account, Hugh. Reading “Vietnam..A Reporter’s War” would be one of the greatest and most informative accounts of the Vietnam War a person could read. The taking of Saigon was so very tragic and moving.
This account of your experience in “4-Day Truce” with a pseudo reporter was quite amusing despite the tragedy around it. Well done!
I cannot believe you were tricked so easily , Hugh. It was a case where for want of a bowl of rice a scoop was lost. As Jim would say " you bastard boy, Lunn"
Great story. And so relevant today. The more things change....
But how did this happen? Slowly, incrementally like propaganda? Or did it appear suddenly? Who started it?
As I was reading your story … I was thinking … No no no don’t spill the beans Hugh! I love the way your story takes me on a journey … Ah … the beguiling nature of rational thought … seemed so plausible spilling the scoop to the official press secretary. Thank you … never stop writing
The details of your story are most enlightening...the way leaders were so much more available to reporters, the way your head office in London retracted your story on that place captured by nth Vietnamese because no one else was corroborating it. I cannot imagine anyone bothering to correct a story these days. D'you think bosses took more care in that era?
Superb story Hugh ..always fascinating, and the experiences that you have had never cease to amze me..great stuff .. Cheers, Bob.
I remember reading about the Tet offensive, when I was a high school student at Murwillumbah.
Fascinating stuff, Hugh, as always.