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My Dad (who served in Vietnam) said it was really too fishy from the start - and now these stories come out and he just sorts of laughs at the fact people really believed in it. He always said it was too fishy and packaged too neat - and I guess I can see where it comes from.
He remembers it too well - before he went to Vietnam he told me how the government made it sound all good they were winning only to have the Tet offensive come by and basically kick everything the gov't said in the ass. He always said - "they learned and how will only feed the good shit while 90% of the other 'bad' shit is hidden."
Honestly it doesn't surprise me - and I can see how a lot of soldiers who fought in other wars who never got awarded for heroism could be pissed off a bit seeing as to how someone was given a friggin' bronze star for being captured and rescued.
So uh I think i know quite a few soldiers out there who deserve it far more for their heroism under much more extreme cases.
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