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No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.

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Richard M. Nixon
Age: 81 †
Born: 1913
Born: January 9
Died: 1994
Died: April 22
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I seriously doubt if we will ever have another war. This is probably the very last one.
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I want to be sure...that nothing is done on these veterans. Is that understood?...Is the word out? That they are not to touch em, they are not to do a thing?...Get a hold of the district police they're not to touch them, they're to do nothing: Just let em raise Hell.
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