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Rediscovering Vietnam & The World
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Rediscovering Vietnam & The World

Through the lens of a photojournalist

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Jim Buie
May 07, 2025
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Growing up in the late 1960s and early 1970s, I was too young to be drafted into the Vietnam War, but I was very much against it. I felt sad and angry for older men who were forced to serve in what I perceived as a nightmare. Over the years, my perspective has changed. I surprise myself when I say I missed something by not serving.

My former colleague,…

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