The Don Englebreston Collection
Gallery: cnn
Newspaper clippings and an editorial cartoon from June and July 1998 tracking the CNN and Time "Valley of Death" report, which alleged that U.S. forces used sarin nerve gas during Operation Tailwind, a 1970 covert MACV-SOG mission into Laos. Washington Times columns, an ex-Army medic's rebuttal that the drops were tear gas, and Chuck Asay's cartoon on the retraction preserve how veterans fought back against a story the network was ultimately forced to withdraw.
Editorial Cartoon: 'Asay's View' on CNN's Operation Tailwind Retraction, The Gazette, July 7, 1998
Newspaper Clippings: 'Moorer: Heard Sarin Rumors' and 'Special Forces Veterans Deny Nerve Gas Claims,' June 1998, Operation Tailwind Controversy
Scanned News Text Clipping Regarding Operation Tailwind Claims (CNN Materials)
Newspaper Clipping: "Sarin" - Air Force Officers Dispute CNN/Time Operation Tailwind Nerve Gas Allegations
Newspaper Clipping: 'Special Ops Vets: Sarin Never Used' — Operation Tailwind Controversy
Washington Times Clipping: 'Source for Sarin Story Not There, Ex-GI Says' (June 23, 1998) — Operation Tailwind CNN/Time Controversy
Newspaper Clipping: "Operation Tailwind" Nerve Gas Controversy Coverage (CNN NewsStand/Time Retraction Era)
Washington Times Newspaper Clipping, 'Ex-Army Medic Rebuts CNN, Says Tear Gas, Not Sarin,' June 24, 1998
Washington Times Newspaper Clipping: 'Valley of the Poison Pen' by Mona Charen, June 25, 1998 (Operation Tailwind/CNN Controversy)
Washington Times Article: "NewsStand Commando a Short-Timer Far From Laos Raid" (June 26, 1998)
Newspaper Clipping: CNN-Time 'Tailwind' Report Controversy
Washington Times Article: "Commando Groups Demand Retraction from CNN-Time" (June 27, 1998)
Washington Times Article: "Commandos Reject Report of Vietnam-Era Sarin Attack" (June 17, 1998)
Washington Times Newspaper Clipping — Operation Tailwind Nerve Gas Controversy Coverage
Newspaper Dateline Fragment: Washington Times, June 18, 1998, Page 20
Newspaper Byline Clipping: 'Harry Summers,' Washington Times
Newspaper Clipping: 'Dispelling the Vietnam Vapors' -- Washington Times Article on CNN/Time Operation Tailwind Nerve Gas Controversy
Newspaper Clipping Regarding CNN 'Operation Tailwind' Sarin Gas Allegations, Washington Times, June 1998
Newspaper Clipping: "Now the Phonies Are Confronted" — B.G. Burkett Vietnam Stolen Valor Exposé Reference
Newspaper Clipping Fragment: Reference to "Stolen Valor" and Tailwind Nerve-Gas Claims (Washington Times, 1998)
Newspaper Column Clipping Rebutting the 1998 CNN/Time 'Operation Tailwind' Nerve Gas Allegations, Washington Times, circa June 1998
