Episode 9: “The Marine Corps was the thing that I did that gave me my own confidence in myself.”
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Some soldiers in Vietnam fought bravely, and then came home to oppose the war they’d served in. Their experiences are a reminder that Vietnam mixed up American notions of patriotism. As Ken and Lynn explain, we’re still trying to piece it back together.
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