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2015-06-25T08:59:19-04:00 2015-06-25T08:59:19-04:00 LTC John Shaw 769359

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I find it interesting that Kennedy and LBJ escalated the number of troops engaged before the 1968 convention and the massive shift of the Dem party to the left.

2015-06-25T09:14:52-04:00 2015-06-25T09:14:52-04:00 SFC Jeremy Stocker 769792

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Waiting 9 years to be born.

2015-06-25T11:39:22-04:00 2015-06-25T11:39:22-04:00 SP5 Charles Gould 7585778

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Home from Nam for 5 years already, wondering why we were still engaged. Thought we got ‘em all while I was there. Someone must have screwed-up.

2022-03-22T18:32:07-04:00 2022-03-22T18:32:07-04:00 2015-06-25T08:59:19-04:00