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Delwig, L.

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Neil Sheehan

1936, Oct. 27 Born, Holyoke, Mass. 1958 B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1961 1962 Night editor, Asian bureau, United Press International, Tokyo, Japan 1962 1964 Saigon bureau chief, United Press International, Saigon, South Vietnam 1964 1965 Metropolitan desk and general assignment reporter, New York Times, New York, N.Y. 1965 Indonesia correspondent, New York Times, Djakarta, Indonesia 1965 1966 Vietnam correspondent, New York Times, Saigon, South Vietnam 1966 1968 Defense Department correspondent, New York Times, Washington, D.C., bureau 1968 White House correspondent, New York Times, Washington, D.C., bureau 1969 National security affairs correspondent, New York Times, Washington, D.C., bureau 1971 Pentagon Papers excerpted in the New York Times Published The Pentagon Papers as Published in the New York Times, Based on Investigative Reporting by Neil Sheehan (Toronto and New York: Bantam Books. 677 pp.); reissued as The Pentagon Papers as Published in the New York Times (New York: Quadrangle Books. 810 pp.) 1972 Published The Arnheiter Affair (New York: Random House. 304 pp.) Began leave of absence from the New York Times to write a biography of John Paul Vann 1975 Resigned from the New York Times 1988 Published A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (New York: Random House. 861 pp.) Received National Book Award 1989 Awarded Pulitzer Prize 1992 Published After the War Was Over: Hanoi and Saigon (New York: Random House. 131 pp.)

John Paul Vann

1924, July 2 Born John Paul Legay, Norfolk, Va. 1939 1942 Attended Ferrum Training School and Junior College, Ferrum, Va. 1942 Changed name to John Paul Vann 1943 Enlisted in army; assigned to Army Air Corps 1945 Graduated, Navigation School, receiving rank of second lieutenant, Army Air Corps Married Mary Jane Allen (divorced 1971) 1946 Commissioned, Regular Army Attended Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. 1947 Transferred to infantry 1950 Supply and evacuation officer, Twenty-fifth Infantry Division, Korean War 1950 1951 Commander, Ranger Company, Twenty-fifth Infantry Division, Korean War 1952 1954 Attended Rutgers University Business School, New Brunswick, N.J. Instructor, Reserve Officer Training Corps, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. 1957 1958 Attended Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. 1958 1959 Attended Army Comptrollers School, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y., completing M.B.A. in statistics and residency requirements for a doctorate in public administration 1962 Staff advisor, III Corps Headquarters, Saigon, South Vietnam Senior advisor, Seventh Infantry Division, Army of the Republic of Vietnam, with headquarters in My Tho, South Vietnam 1963 Assigned to the Pentagon Retired from the army 1963 1965 Sales representative, Martin Co., a division of Martin Marietta Corp., Denver, Colo. 1965 Province representative, Agency for International Development, Hau Nghia, South Vietnam 1966 Manager, Revolutionary Development Cadre Project, Vung Tau pacification training center, South Vietnam 1966 1969 Deputy director for field operations and director, Office of Civil Operations (OCO), Region III, South Vietnam 1969 1971 Deputy, Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS), Region IV, South Vietnam 1971 Senior Advisor with power of command over military forces, Region II, South Vietnam 1972, June 9 Died in a helicopter crash near the Montagnard hamlet of Ro Uay, South Vietnam From the guide to the Neil Sheehan Papers, 1920-1993, (bulk 1960-1993), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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