Dear Wiley, I've not been in the armed forces, let alone a combatant, so I'm no one to judge a soldier. Tony saw members of his unit machine-gun a party of women and children under a flag of truce and frankly expressed his horror at it. Like many other intellectuals he subsequently became utterly disillusioned by our government's conduct of the Vietnam war. This hardly makes him cowardly or unpatriotic. I suggest you read the entire book if you want a fuller picture of this admirable man. As for Korea, I just watched a spectacular documentary hosted by Colonel North on the retreat from that frozen reservoir, and I salute the gallantry of you and your comrades-in-arms. It is not forgotten.
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