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  1. Today I got a scanned letter my brother wrote my father in fall of '69, from Vietnam, discussing how he was in a very dangerous situation. After talking to father about the details he mentioned something new to me: that most of his fellow draftees were high school dropouts, and that they were bloodthirsty. Eager to kill. I guess I am used to seeing that war either through the CBS evening news or via movies with sympathetic and intellectual protagonists.

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    2. Pink Fairy

      Pink Fairy

      :( It makes sense that it's true, but it's not something I want to believe.

    3. In the Rain

      In the Rain

      Gosh, that is sad. I hadn't heard that viewpoint before either.

    4. windmillmarie

      windmillmarie

      My dad tells me stories like that. He says they kept all the people from Chicago grouped together because they had this reputation for being a little overzealous. He was in earlier than '69 though.

       

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