Amb. Quinn’s dreams of a diplomatic posting in Western Europe replete with receptions in chandeliered ballrooms were dashed when⎼⎼as a single, still draft eligible male officer⎼⎼the State Department assigned him as a Rural Development Advisor as part of the Military Assistance Command (MACV) Pacification Program in the war zone of Vietnam.
THE ARCHIVE OF AMBASSADOR KENNETH M. QUINN
FROM THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE MEKONG