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The Wrong Side Won

On: July 27, 2019

In: Commentary, Historical Perspective, Myth vs. Fact, South Vietnamese, The Communists, The Lessons of War

By Uwe Siemon-Netto At the height of the Vietnam War, Ralph White tried to join the U.S. Marine Corps but was turned down because of an eye injury he had sustained playing tennis. As the fighting drew to a tumultuous close in April 1975, however, 27-year-old White was inContinue Reading