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McNamara's Boys: Lost Innocence in Vietnam

Conflicted: A History Podcast

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Freddy's Killing

Freddy, a low-eccentric young man was killed in Vietnam. He failed to qualify for the m 14 rifle test and never fired a single shot. Freddy's mental deficiencies became clear one night during boot camp when they were watching a lightning storm. The men resented being used as guinea pigs in mac namera's social experiment. Project 100 thousand took fit recruits from the bottom of the barrel and rushed them to viat nom.

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