Posted on Jun 11, 2020

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On June 11, 1963, Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức immolated himself at a Saigon intersection creating one of the Vietnam War's most iconic images.

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CW5 Jack Cardwell

Posted 4 y ago

Thanks for the history share.

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Sgt Jim Belanus

Posted 4 y ago

I was still in grade school when this was going on, but it is still there in my mind. all over the news,and couldn't understand how someone could do that to themself

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SPC Margaret Higgins

Posted 4 y ago

This is just horrific/horrendous. How very tragic. Rest eternally and infinitely in the everlasting and, in the ever Loving Arms of: THE LORD; SIR. SGT (Join to see)

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