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The Vietnam War: A Short Story

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The Vietnam War was a troubling time for many young men who feared and despised the thought of being drafted involuntarily into the war. O’Brien had these exact thoughts as he was drafted into the war. “Young, yes, and politically naive, but even so the American war in Vietnam seemed to me wrong.” Driven by fear, he made his way to the rainy river on the Canadian border, but didn’t feel relieved or satisfied as he did so, illuminating his thoughts, “A giddy feeling, in a way, except there was a dreamy edge of impossibility to it --- like running a dead-end made --- no way out --- it couldn’t come to a happy conclusion.” Even with these thoughts brought to him, he still made his way for the rainy river. Exhausted, he pulled into the Tip Top

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