A. PETER DEWEY

Dewey spoke French and Vietnamese and had connections with all the parties to the struggle for the post WWII contol of IndoChina [Vietnam], His was the first official warning about Vietnam. His relations with the Viet Minh Nationalsits were very good, bue they accidently shot and killed him shortly afterwards when they heard him speaking French to French officers and assumed he was one. He had wanted to fly an American flag on his vehicle, but was prohibited by the British Militay Commander who had ordered that only military vehicles should be allowed to display a flag. He was the first American Casualty of the Vietnam Theater.

Dewey spoke French and Vietnamese and had connections with all the parties to the struggle for the post WWII contol of IndoChina [Vietnam], His was the first official warning about Vietnam. His relations with the Viet Minh Nationalsits were very good, bue they accidently shot and killed him shortly afterwards when they heard him speaking French to French officers and assumed he was one. He had wanted to fly an American flag on his vehicle, but was prohibited by the British Militay Commander who had ordered that only military vehicles should be allowed to display a flag. He was the first American Casualty of the Vietnam Theater.