The Vietnam Experience

004: Combat Marine Reveals Ugly Truth About the Vietnam War

15 min · 29. nov. 2025
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Tony Blount was drafted into the military in 1968 and spent seven months in Vietnam as a riflemen with Delta Company of the Fifth Marine Regiment before being wounded by a grenade and evacuated to the United States in 1969. Book: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Old-Breed-History-Marines/dp/1250429935

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