A Vietnam War Story

I graduated from Chicago’s Mendel Catholic High School in June 1966.  Played football and basketball all the way through.  Vietnam was a million miles away from this 18 year olds life. Kathy was my first love.  She was my sweetheart for...

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Billy Taylor

This story is about a young black Marine that came to our platoon early in November, 1967.  It starts out at a place called A-4.  A-4 was one of McNamara’s bases to stop the infiltration of the North Vietnamese to South Vietnam.  McNamara...

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