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In 1965, Vietnam seemed like |
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Just another foreign war |
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But it wasn't, it was |
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Different in many ways |
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As so were those |
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Who did the fighting |
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In World War II |
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The average age of the |
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Combat soldier was twenty-six |
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In Vietnam, he was nineteen |
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In Vietnam, he was nineteen |
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In Vietnam, he was nineteen |
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In Vietnam, he was nineteen |
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N-n-n-n-nineteen |
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The heaviest fighting |
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Of the past two weeks |
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Continued today twenty-five |
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Miles northwest of Saigon |
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I really wasn't sure |
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What was going on |
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N-n-n-n-nineteen, nineteen |
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N-nineteen, nineteen |
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In Vietnam, the combat soldier |
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Typically served a twelve month tour of duty |
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But was exposed to hostile fire almost everyday |
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N-n-n-n-nineteen |
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N-n-n-n-nineteen |
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In Saigon, a US miltary spokesman |
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Said today, more than 720 troops |
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Were killed last week in |
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That sensitive border area |
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In all of South Vietnam |
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The enemy lost a total of |
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2,689 soldiers |
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All those who remember the war |
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They won't forget what they've seen |
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Destruction of men in their prime |
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Whose average was nineteen |
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D-d-d-d-d-destruction |
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D-d-d-d-d-destruction |
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According to a Veteran's Administration study |
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Half of the Vietnam combat veterans suffered |
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From what psychiatrists call |
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Post-traumatic stress disorder |
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Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt |
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Some succumb to suicidal thoughts |
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Eight to ten years after coming home |
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Almost eight-hundred-thousand men |
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Are still fighting the Vietnam War |
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None of them received |
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A hero's welcome |
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S-s-s-s-s-Saigon |
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Nineteen, s-s-s-s-Saigon |
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