The Arizona Daily Star
Tuesday, July 11, 2000
Author: Bonnie Henry
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They were typical American teen-agers: playing softball, listening to old Buddy Holly records – and cowering in the kitchen ’til the machine guns fell silent.
For this was Saigon , early ’60s, in a country already at war with itself.
“After our arrival, [...]
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