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This is a good way to do it.
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Posted by KingTalkyTiki
on February 15, 2024, 16:14:19, in reply to "
My dad faught in Vietnam
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It's crazy to realize how slowly we were sucked in, yet how quickly we escalated it...and how early the powers that be knew we were pretty much effed.
Message Thread:
I'm re-watching the Ken Burns Documentary "The Vietnam War".
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KingTalkyTiki
February 15, 2024, 16:09:14
As long as this is the documentary thread, I randomly stumbled across Hoop Dreams last night
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Blazer
February 15, 2024, 18:25:59
What streaming platform are his docs on?*
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Sounder
February 15, 2024, 16:50:14
Either Amazon Prime or the PBS app if you donate.*
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KingTalkyTiki
February 15, 2024, 16:53:58
Ooops, forgot one. "Prohibition" is in my top 3.
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KingTalkyTiki
February 15, 2024, 16:34:34
Daniel Okrent, prominent in the Baseball doc, wrote a book about it
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bjl63
February 15, 2024, 17:11:47
That book is a great pop history, strong recommend as a beach/vacation read *
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illiniranger
February 15, 2024, 17:42:49
Interesting. Have not heard of that one*
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bbonb
February 15, 2024, 16:37:03
One of his shorter ones. 3 eps 5.5 hours*
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KingTalkyTiki
February 15, 2024, 16:41:43
Interesting you bring this up. Because we did BoB into Pacific into Masters of Air
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GrandmotherPearlsJam
February 15, 2024, 16:28:14
The War is really good....there's just SO MUCH to cover when it comes to WW2
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KingTalkyTiki
February 15, 2024, 16:31:59
[ SPOILER] We lost*
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bbonb
February 15, 2024, 16:24:41
I said that to the wife last night.
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KingTalkyTiki
February 15, 2024, 16:29:35
My dad fought in Vietnam
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Sounder
February 15, 2024, 16:12:51
has he considered or gone on an honor flight? I went in August with my dad and it was really cool*
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lcubed
February 15, 2024, 20:30:17
My dad missed going by mere weeks*
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bjl63
February 15, 2024, 17:05:00
My brother soaked up a couple of pieces of shrapnel on the Me Kong*
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Stu
February 15, 2024, 16:28:49
This is a good way to do it.
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KingTalkyTiki
February 15, 2024, 16:14:19
It's a really insightful documentary*
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GrandmotherPearlsJam
February 15, 2024, 16:28:45
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