Minicast D6: New Vietnam Theme Park
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English - August 24, 2021 03:55 - 6 minutes - 4.32 MB - ★★★★★ - 292 ratingsPolitics News Comedy gin history jeopardy omnibus politics progressive tacos trivia Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 1975 a right-wing loon purchased 300 acres of swampland outside Cape Canaveral with the dream of building a theme park recreating the experience of a US Special Forces barracks in a rural Vietnamese hamlet at the height of the war. Visitors could take turns firing a machine gun at real Vietnamese refugees play-acting as Viet Cong, while replica thatched huts dispensed souvenirs and snacks. Oh, and there were punji stakes. Real punji stakes. And a lot of barbed wire.
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