It is scenes like this that remind me of how deeply the American psyche remains scarred by the Viet Nam conflict. It was deplorable that the disgust exhibited by the public was vented upon those who were obliged to fight in a very dirty conflict and not directed at the shabby politicians who instigated and perpetuated this wholly needless loss of life. Like others of my country, I was grateful that the New Zealand government (after earlier Malayan involvements) recognised the futility of the exercise and early on had the sense to withdraw from the ill-advised undertaking. Otherwise I might not be writing this.
So I have a particular empathy with the observations of cavuman 1 and SASless; I was profoundly affected when living in the States and visiting the Moving Wall on a couple of occasions. My respects to Col. Knight and his contemporaries.
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