Hume Parkinson

Hume Parkinson is an American news reporter. He was one of several civilians invited to attend a demonstration held at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the home base for the Green Berets. He was the first also to pitch a question to the senior enlisted soldiers Sgt. McGee and Sgt. Muldoon. His only question was simply asking why the United States was waging a ruthless war in Vietnam. Muldoon explained that the US military simply obeys orders and is in no way in charge of making decisions regarding foreign policy. After this, Mr. Parkinson quietly listened to other questions asked including from George Beckworth and Sybil Sutton, also news reporters.

Trivia

 * Mr. Parkinson may have be an editor as he made reference to his paper's subscribers unlike George Beckworth who made reference to his paper's views of the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War, suggesting that Beckworth had superiors to answer to where Parkinson likely was the authority of his own newspaper.


 * Hume Parkinson is the first of only three news reporter to be named in the opening scene of The Green Berets film. And he is the only one who have asked only one question compared to reporters George Beckworth and Sybil Sutton, who pitched multiple questions and made arguments.