Early contact with LBJ during 1960 campaign; going to Vietnam for the first time; learning about Vietnam and gaining the confidence of the people there; deciphering the motivation of the officers that spoke to him; Homer Bigart; John Vann; John Mecklin; conflict between journalists and military high officials; conditions reporters faced in Vietnam in the early 1960
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Oral history transcript, David Halberstam, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1982, by Ted Gittinger, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-halberstamd-19821101-1-93-5