Review of Echoes of the Vietnam War - Many stories simply aren’t

Many stories simply aren’t credible.

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“I’m a Marine Vietnam combat veteran(‘68-‘69) so I started listening to this series. Unfortunately after listening to just three stories I stopped because I knew that the vets were simply lying. Not fudging or embellishing, but out and out lying. Sad to say but I’ve seen it many times with Vietnam veterans. Keep in mind that for every combat veteran there are ten in support. It’s often these guys who feel they have to make stuff up. They know the jargon and often will tell someone else’s story. Often they’ll trip themselves up and veterans like me will notice. The Marine in one story said his platoon carried body bags with them. Never happened. Another said he landed in Danang with the first group of Marines and there were ships to his left and right as far as the eye could see. There were only FOUR ships. It wasn’t Normandy! Another said they were out on Christmas Eve and were hit and took casualties but after radioing for artillery support and a Medevac were told no help was coming because it was Christmas Eve and there was a Christmas truce. Are you kidding me? Anyway, I couldn’t take any more stolen valor lies and stopped listening.”

Saigon17 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/25/23

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