I've got this buddy named Richie

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He was in my company in Vietnam. He is one of the several Tom Breaux and I have located. We have talked for a few months and I finally got up the courage to ask him a favor. I've had some doubts about the facts in the poem I wrote called Bluebird and I asked him among others to read the poem here and tell me if it is true to the facts. I got his reply and he said that it was true as far as he remembered. Then he told me he had a tape. It is a tape of Benbow rapping (in 1969!) and interviewing most of the guys in our company during a rocket attack on Feb 23, 1969 in Bien Hoa. He sent me the tape and it is a treasure to me. Imagine after a third of a century getting 40 minutes of the guys talking and cutting up! My son is somewhat of a computer nerd and is trying to clear up some of the noise. Benbow recorded the tape over a tape his family had sent to him. It was a mixture of both. Rockets exploding and babies cooing. I am not sure yet what to do with it yet but it is a work of art. I have been so blessed, first with you people and lately with the guys from Charlie Med.