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from Vietnam

“You know, mother, since I’ve been over here I’ve been refraining from mentioning all the bad things that are happening but to be truthful with you, things are really getting bad. My troop has been operating on the Cambodia border along the northwestern front. And I’ve never seen so many N.V.A. in my life… On the 26th one of my best friends got killed. We killed an estimated 60 to 100 N.V.A. We also had 30 casualties… On the 25th another buddy of mine was killed with two other guys in the troop…”

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