Mercenaries For Vietnam
(N.Z. Press Association —Copyright) MELBOURNE, January 11. A group of white South African Congo mercenaries said in Johannesburg yesterday that the United States Army had enlisted them to fight in South Vietnam, the “Melbourne Herald” reported today.
According to the newspaper they are being paid 1000 dollars a month—almost treble the pay of an average American private. They said a small group has already flown to Vietnam, and that they are in a second group of 74 who will leave for Vietnam early next month. The newspaper said United
- States officials in Pretoria de- ■ nied any knowledge of the en--1 listment, but in Leopoldville - a mercenary army officer said by telephone that 110 had > signed on with the Americans. The report was also con1 Armed by Major Douglas Day. > military commandant of Kivu . province, wh< is in Johannes--1 burg arranging arms and medical supplies.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 30956, 12 January 1966, Page 11
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147Mercenaries For Vietnam Press, Volume CV, Issue 30956, 12 January 1966, Page 11
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