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The pentagon found general lavelle, commander of all in vietnam ordered those raids without authority. he had two of his four stars stripped away and was forced into retirement. just seven years after his exit from the air force, he died and took some genuine anguish over what he called a catastrophic blechish on his record for doing a job he believed he was expected to do. a job, it turns out, general lavelle was authorized to do by his commander-in-chief. >> he can hit s.a.m. sites, period, okay? but he is not to do it with public word. >> lavelle always said he was following orders.
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