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Sargent Golman emphasized that it would be less traumatic and embarrassing for both of us if we did not have to look each other in the face. None of my questions went totally unanswered, although several were answered in such a way I knew not to push the issue. When the interview was over, I agreed that the anger and intensity in his voice would have been hard to deal with in person. Half a million soldiers were sent to Vietnam in the 1960’s and ‘70’s by the United States government. The Vietnamese Communists were trying to take over the non-communist South, both by invasion from the North and guerilla warfare within the South by the Viet Cong. The United States declared they had gotten involved to keep South Vietnam from becoming communist. Christopher GOlman was a senior in high school when he first heard about the war. “Being naive, immature, and idealistic, [he] could not understand why we didn’t just drop the atomic bomb and come home.” Astonishingly, Mr. Golman was not drafted for the war as most Americans sent to Vietnam.
Approximate Word count = 715
Approximate Pages = 2.9
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