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Why Vietnam Will Always Haunt America

Past Present

The Vietnam War remains the eternal American scar. A New York Historical Society exhibition combines the political and personal to build an affecting portrait of the conflict.

David Freedlander
David Freedlander
U.S. Army Special Forces Capt. Vernon Gillespie contacting his base camp by radio while Vietnamese soldiers burn down a National Liberation Front hideout.
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David Freedlander

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