The Don Englebreston Collection
Letter of Apology from Ted Turner (Time Warner) to Colonel Gene McCarley Regarding CNN's Operation Tailwind Reporting, July 14, 1998
A 1998 letter from CNN founder Ted Turner to Colonel Gene McCarley, apologizing for the network's retracted 'Valley of Death' report, which had wrongly alleged the use of nerve gas during the 1970 MACV-SOG Operation Tailwind incursion into Laos. This document reflects the long struggle of Operation Tailwind veterans to have their service accurately and honorably represented in the historical record. Project: 219467