INDOCHINA
Silver-haired General J. Lawton Collins, 58, knew that Indo-China was the graveyard of military reputations. In Saigon, at President Eisenhower's behest, to determine whether the demoralized free half of Viet Nam could be saved from the Communists, Collins resisted a newsman's commiserations. "I've already had one military career," he said unworriedly.
"Lightning Joe" Collins got off to a remarkably confident start. "I have come out to Indo-China," he told a press conference, "to take measures to save this region from Communism. I have come to bring every possible aid to the government...
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