Kamis, 06 April 2017

The Transformation of Don Luce

A Vermont farm boy went to Vietnam as an aid worker and came home, in the eyes of the government, as one of the reasons the U.S. lost the war. Alongside members of the U.S. military, many aid workers, civilian government employees and contractors braved the risks of the Vietnam War and had their lives …

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