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Relevance of Vietnam War fades for young Americans

(EXCERPT) 03/02/04

James F. Sweeney Plain Dealer Reporter

It's been nearly 29 years since the last helicopter lifted off the
roof of the American embassy in Saigon.

Since then, the nation slowly has come to grips with the war. A
memorial was built in Washington, D.C. Veterans are admired, not
scorned. Vietnam and the United States have normalized relations.

And as the people who fought the war, protested against it or just
debated it around the kitchen table age into their 50s and 60s, their
children are forgetting it. For them, Vietnam was three wars and a few
military adventures ago. What they know about it mostly comes from
histo...

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