Jacques Leslie
author, journalist, essayist, war correspondent

Vietnam war reportage 1972-75

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Comments at Yale Class of 1968 50th reunion “Quaker meeting” session on the Vietnam war’s impact on the class, May 31, 2018

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The following stories won the Sigma Delta chia Professional Journalism Society Distinguished Service Award for foreign correspondence, an Overseas Press Club citation, and a Pulitzer Prize nomination:

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     “WE ARE FRIENDS,” VIET CONG TELL VISITING U.S. NEWSMAN, Los Angeles Times, February 1, 1973.

 

     Binh Phu: A Lesson in How Viet Cong Village Operates, Los Angeles Times, February 2, 1973.

 

     In Viet Cong Country, Villagers Are the Key, Los Angeles Times, February 4, 1973.

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     Saigon’s political prisoners tell of torture: freed with paralyzed, atrophied legs, Los Angeles Times, March 4, 1973

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     Three S. Viet Prisoners Tell About Torture, Los Angeles Times, March 8, 1973

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     U.S. Advisers Tell of South Vietnamese Corruption, Los Angeles Times, April 23, 1973

     Both Sides Found Committing Major Viet Truce Violations, Los Angeles Times, May 26, 1973

     Troop Corruption Seen Alienating South Vietnamese Populace, Los Angeles Times, May 27, 1973

     Truce Team Divided Into Two Ideological Camps, Papers Show, Los Angeles Times, May 28, 1973

     South Vietnamese Generals Suspected in Brass Smuggling Scandal, Los Angeles Times, June 20, 1973

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