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Post-War Is Still Hell

In the early 1980s, Vietnam War vets felt ignored and disrespected

Contemporary Asian Art by Thu Huong
Contemporary Asian Art by Thu Huong (Contemporary Asian Art by Thu Huong)

The Vietnam war ended nearly 50 years ago. When I was in college in the mid-1980s, veterans suffered physical and emotional wounds that were still intense. They felt forgotten, tagged as “losers” of an unwinnable war. I vividly recall witnessing two different set of emotions first hand in completely diverse locations.

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