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Paul Hardcastle
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In 1965 Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war, but it wasn't
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It was different in many ways, as so were those that did the fighting
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In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was twenty-six
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In Vietnam he was nineteen
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In inininininin Vietnam he was nineteen
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In inininininin Vietnam, he was nineteen
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In Vietnam, he was nineteen
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N----nineteen
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The heaviest fighting of the past two weeks
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Continued today twenty-five miles northwest of Saigon
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I really wasn't sure what was going on
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N----nineteen, nineteen
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N-nineteen, nineteen
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In Vietnam the combat soldier typically served a twelve-month tour of duty
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But was exposed to hostile fire almost every day
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N----nineteen
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(N----nineteen) nineteen
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In Saigon a US military spokesman said today
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More than seven hundred enemy troops were killed last week
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In that sensitive border area
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In all of South Vietnam
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The enemy lost a total of two thousand six hundred eighty-nine soldiers
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All those who remember the war
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They won't forget what they've seen
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Destruction of men in their prime
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Whose average age was nineteen
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D-d-d-d-d-destruction
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D-d-d-d-d-destruction
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According to a Veteran's Administration study
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Half of the Vietnam combat veterans suffered From what psychiatrists call
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Post-traumatic stress disorder
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Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
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Some succumb to suicidal thoughts
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Eight to ten years after coming home
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Almost eight-hundred-thousand men
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Are still fighting the Vietnam War
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None of them received a hero's welcome
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Nineteen
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S-S-S-S-Saigon
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Nineteen, -----ninteen
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N-----ninteen
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Nineteen -----ninteen
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N-----ninteen, nineteen
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(Vietnam, S-S-S-S-Saigon)
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Purple heart, Saigon
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(I wasn't really sure what was going on)
Paul Hardcastle - Nineteen (Destruction ...
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