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Vietnam POW Hal Kushner Remembers Long Captivity

Federalist Radio Hour

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The Pain of Getting Shot

"I don't remember any pain from the shot or from the helicopter crash," he says. "But about two weeks later, took a month to get to the camp that I ended up in." He recalls being beaten with bamboo sticks and having his pants burned off by an old man who found him covered in leeches. 'It was like a, an island of kindness and just a sea of cruelty'

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