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“You don’t often have two hydrogen bombs falling out of aircraft onto U.S. property.”
3:27

“You don’t often have two hydrogen bombs falling out of aircraft onto U.S. property.”

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“...everything was dead. Like if I had landed on the moon.”
2:47

“...everything was dead. Like if I had landed on the moon.”

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“We had even stronger bonds because we had survived this together.”
2:44

“We had even stronger bonds because we had survived this together.”

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"I truly think everyone should do what they can to sustain their country."
2:04

"I truly think everyone should do what they can to sustain their country."

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“You have to go back. And you’re going back to train for the Olympics.”
3:29

“You have to go back. And you’re going back to train for the Olympics.”

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"So much of the world is just noise. And for me, it is that noise that brings the anxiety."
2:55

"So much of the world is just noise. And for me, it is that noise that brings the anxiety."

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"I had to be who I wasn’t so that I could survive."
2:32

"I had to be who I wasn’t so that I could survive."

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“I feel like he’s not looked at as a hero because his wounds weren’t immediate and they weren’t physical.”
3:29

“I feel like he’s not looked at as a hero because his wounds weren’t immediate and they weren’t physical.”

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“The next time you and I saw each other was in the middle of the Vietnam War.”
2:48

“The next time you and I saw each other was in the middle of the Vietnam War.”

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"What was the hardest thing to adjust to in the U.S.?"
1:42

"What was the hardest thing to adjust to in the U.S.?"

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"I for some reason was the one chosen for this."

"I for some reason was the one chosen for this."

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"You never told me anything about Vietnam."

"You never told me anything about Vietnam."

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"I heard the door rattle, and I see you coming in."

"I heard the door rattle, and I see you coming in."

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"He had eyes the color of a swimming pool. They were the lightest blue, and they sparkled."

"He had eyes the color of a swimming pool. They were the lightest blue, and they sparkled."

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"I really just wanted to reach through the computer and hug you."
1:55

"I really just wanted to reach through the computer and hug you."

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"War does change you."
3:00

"War does change you."

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"Nobody has ever loved me the way he did. And I truly hope he felt the same way."

"Nobody has ever loved me the way he did. And I truly hope he felt the same way."

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"I remember just holding his featherweight frame in my arms."

"I remember just holding his featherweight frame in my arms."

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"I wanted to get out there and shoot a gun. I wanted to go in the dirt. But we weren't allowed to."

"I wanted to get out there and shoot a gun. I wanted to go in the dirt. But we weren't allowed to."

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"He threw his car keys, his credit card, and all the cash he had on hand at my feet."
2:26

"He threw his car keys, his credit card, and all the cash he had on hand at my feet."

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