SIR!  NO SIR! -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY

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WALTER CRONKITE: There are more problems to winding down the Vietnam War than just holding the enemy at bay and moving South Vietnamese troops into the line. One unforeseen problem is trying to keep up the morale of GIs who know they're going home but not soon enough. It has produced flagrant insubordination, shooting of officers by their own men, and a deadly practice called "fragging."

SERGEANT GENE TINGLY: The purpose in my mind was either to get me or intimidate myself and all others in authority in the company and the battalion.

REPORTER: Sergeant Gene Tingly is saying that some of his own men tried to maim or kill him, but it's not an isolated incident. Since then, one officer has been killed, and another wounded at this base, and there have been dozens of similar incidents all across South Vietnam.

GI: I've seen more than one big group meeting where actually all they talk about is fragging as we call them "pigs."

REPORTER: By "pigs" you're talking about your senior enlisted men and your officers?

GI: That's correct. That's one of our most common terms.

REPORTER: Because the fragmentation grenade is often the weapon used, the violent attacks on authority have come to be known as "fragging." And many GIs talk openly about fragging and the military counter-measures.

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