The Nation - News from April 11, 1989

The Pulitzer Prize executive committee said it saw no reason to rescind the prize for nonfiction awarded to Neil Sheehan for his book “A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam.” Several Vietnam veterans had charged that Sheehan had maligned the performance of members of the all-black 24th Infantry Regiment in Korea by charging they repeatedly fled in battle. The committee said the reference was only one paragraph in a 790 page book, and that it paralleled the Army history of the regiment. The Army is now reviewing the official history.