Humping The Boonies
Echoes of the Vietnam War
English - March 15, 2023 17:30 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsHistory Society & Culture 1950s 1960s 1970s the wall vietnam era vietnam veterans memorial vietnam war war Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Of the 58,281 names on the wall, two-thirds of them died in 1967, ‘68, and ‘69. Robin Bartlett landed in I Corps right smack in the middle of that period. His training sergeant at Camp Evans said to him, “your life expectancy is less than 90 days.” In this episode, Robin talks about the realities behind that prediction, how he defied it, and the book he wrote about his Vietnam War experience.