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It's not right to say that our loss in Vietnam turned out to be a gain. But lessons were learned. And they were the right lessons.

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Tom Clancy
Age: 66 †
Born: 1947
Born: April 12
Died: 2013
Died: October 1
Non-Fiction Writer
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Thomas Leo Clancy Jr.
Thomas Leo Tom Clancy Jr.
Thomas Leo Tom Clancy
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Thomas L. Clancy
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