McNamara's Boys: Lost Innocence in Vietnam
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How the US government deliberately sent thousands of mentally-disabled men into combat during the Vietnam War. A bonus episode and companion to Episode 12: "The Good Guys".
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Hastings, Sir Max. Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy (1945-1975). 2018.
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Charles Rivers Editors. The My Lai Massacre. 2015.
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O’Brien, Tim. The Things They Carried. 1990.
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