given Griffin seems to insert Vietnam War, it’s fascinating Myre is bringing that war into the story, along with Mike Esper/Stars & Stripes:
Tweet: Greg Myre, NPR national security correspondent - 4h ago
A backstory on Pentagon’s plan to shut down ‘Stars and Stripes.’ Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s uncle was renowned Associated Press correspondent George Esper, who covered the Vietnam War from its early days in 1965 until the bitter end a decade later ….
LINK NPR
(2) George Esper’s tenacity as a reporter was legendary, best illustrated by the final day of the war, April 30, 1975. As the few remaining Americans got on the final helicopters out, George declined the ride and remained in the AP office in Saigon and just kept filing stories…
(3) George Esper stayed until the North Vietnamese troops came knocking on his door, cut of the electricity, and told him it was time to go home. George Esper died in 2012 (his obit is below). But not hard to imagine what he would have thought about closing ‘Stars and Stripes.’
(4) George Esper’s obit from 2012:
(DEAD LINK?)
http://ap.org/Content/AP-In-The-News/2012/AP-Vietnam-correspondent-George-Esper-dies-at-79
https://twitter.com/gregmyre1/status/1301992332519190528
3 Feb 2012: WBUR: AP: AP Vietnam Correspondent George Esper Dies At 79
(FULL TEXT)
This program aired on February 3, 2012. The audio for this program is not available.
https://www.wbur.org/news/2012/02/03/george-esper-obit