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Us Involvement In Vietnam War

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I was a veteran in Vietnam War, and have been released from active duty. I opposed the Vietnam War and the U.S. involvement in it. I spent 2 years in Vietnam, and have been wounded many times, and have had saved my crew many times. I have received 3 purple hearts, a bronze star, and a silver star. Yet despite all of this, I realize that the United State’s involvement in Vietnam is not only not beneficial to the U.S. economy or U.S. troop morale, but just plain wrong. Each day in Vietnam, terrible war crimes were committed. I heard stories of American soldiers who had personally mutilated bodies, shot at civilians, razed villages, because their country somewhat made them do it. I have come to this conference to warn the U.S. about the dangers

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