Comment on Just meet an 86 year old Vietnam veteran with 2 People Hearts, and he said "Platoon" 1986 was the movie that best portrayed his Vietnam experience.

BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Thank you for kindly bringing my attention to that error. It was a very important point and I’m glad I was able to correct it.

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• Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s interesting that the link you posted indicates the purple hearts he received were probably part of the surplus manufactured in WWII, in anticipation of the losses the expected in the invasion of Japan, which never happened.

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  • BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Who is the “he” you are referring to?

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    • Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The veteran I met today, in the post.

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