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Repo Depot
Echoes of the Vietnam War
English - March 02, 2023 05:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 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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For soldiers joining the Vietnam War after the initial buildup, the first stop in Vietnam was usually at a replacement battalion — commonly referred to as a “repo depot” — where they would wait to be assigned to a unit. Those few hours or days unfolded in a strange kind of limbo where hot emotion met cold procedure. And somebody had to run it.