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PORTLAND/OBSERVER Thursday April 1, 1971
Conversation with a mother whose only son is in Vietnan
Mothers across Am erica are
becoming more and more upset
because their sons are being sent
to Vietnam to fight a war they
don’ t understand.
Black mothers with s o n s in
Vietnam are e s pe c i a 11 v d is -
turbed. They are disturbed tie-
cause they don’ t understand o r
think it is right fo r any Blackman
to defend this country when he
isn’ t treated as an equal with
in the country.
When it comes to war, we
Blacks are treated equal, offer
ed one man. The man w ill sign
us up in a minute and ship
us
overseas before we know it. But
you let us try to make it in this
country and we are the victim s
of
all types
of injustices.
One Portland mother of a young
man in V ietnam fo r over a month
discussed her son being sent to
by Verna Henderson
VERNA HENDERSON
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very
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sent
to Vietnam, the mother stated,
’ ’ 1 stayed off from work
fo r
three nights. My blood pressure
went up, up and up. My blood
pressure
is s till sky high.”
The young mother said she
didn’ t understand the war in
Vietnam. ” 1 don’ t understand
the w ar. I don’ t know what they
are fighting fo r over there. The
United States is always help-
ing someone and in the end tlie
people they are helping end up
attacking tlie USA. We parents
with
sons in Vietnam a r e
w orried. It is so sad, that w ar.”
The mother who tried to act
as if
she wasn’ t worried ,
continued. ” My son is a quiet
and sensitive young man. If he
has any problems he trie s to
keep them from me. He says
Vietnam is a spooky jungle,
The conversation was draw-
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