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Some people just wanted to blow it all to hell, animal, vegetable and mineral. They wanted a Vietnam they could fit into their car ashtrays.

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Michael Herr
Age: 76 †
Born: 1940
Born: April 13
Died: 2016
Died: June 24
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Journalist
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War Correspondent
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Syracuse
New York
Michael David Herr
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