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During the Vietnam war there were lots of brave men who served during that time some didn’t want to go but they got drafted so they had to go no matter what. Many didn’t make it through those long 20 years. Although I am very grateful to have got the chance to know two Vietnam vet one was grandpa he wasn’t in active duty he just worked on the aircrafts and then there was my neighbor Melvin Garrison he was in active duty I wish I got the chance to ask him about the things that happen during that time, but sadly I never did. The one person I wish I did a chance to met was my mother's cousin Douglas Vincent Dailey.

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