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‘I went in alone, and I came home alone’: Stockton vet reflects on war and rejection
JOSEPH MAES WILL NEVER FORGET the day he jumped into a helicopter on his first day in Vietnam. It was a supply drop. But before long, Maes, sitting in the back of the chopper, could hear his fellow soldiers yelling, “HOT LZ!” before he was unexpectedly dropped off into what he describes as a hot […] The post ‘I went in alone, and I came home alone’: Stockton vet reflects on war and rejection appeared first on Local News Matters .
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JOSEPH MAES WILL NEVER FORGET the day he jumped into a helicopter on his first day in Vietnam. It was a supply drop. But before long, Maes, sitting in the back of the chopper, could hear his fellow soldiers yelling, “HOT LZ!” before he was unexpectedly dropped off into what he describes as a hot […] The post ‘I went in alone, and I came home alone’: Stockton vet reflects on war and rejection appeared first on Local News Matters .
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