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The daily coverage of the Vietnamese battlefield helped convince the American public that the carnage was not worth the candle.

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Walter Cronkite
Age: 92 †
Born: 1916
Born: November 4
Died: 2009
Died: July 17
Journalist
News Presenter
Saint Joseph
Missouri
Walter Leland Cronkite
Jr.
Walter Leland Cronkite
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Helped
Daily
Carnage
Worth
Vietnamese
Public
Battlefield
American
Battlefields
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Candle

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