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2. I think dead bodies on TV nightly did turn people against Vietnam War. While I don't remember Chronkite saying the

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Wed Apr 30, 2025, 11:26 AM

Apr 30

War is bad specficially, he and others just showed clips that would revolt any decent person-- dead bodies, caskets, children on fire, Lt Calley, fire bombings, destroying villages in rice paddies, etc.

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