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General Note: For the Advancement of Professional, Literary, and Scientific Knowledge in the Navy

Publication: May 2005

General Note: Reflections on Vietnam by General Joseph P. Hoar, USMC (Ret.), Ron Benigo -Thirty years after the choppers lifted off the roof of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, two combat veterans try to figure out what America's longest war meant to them - and to the nation. Differences over the roles of Colonialism, Communism, and nationalism all contributed to divisions that linger today.

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Citation: Proceedings, 650Serial43747. No Date, Robert Green Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=650Serial43747, Accessed 08 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 650Serial43747, Robert Green Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

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