Some themes from Dear America, Letters Home from Vietnam

    Without a clear purpose in Vietnam, Killing the enemy became the only goal.

    1. "Our purpose is to find VC and kill them."
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    The killing became easy and soldiers became callous and even cruel.

    1. "Instead of a yellow streak, you get a mean streak."
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    The many frustrations, the terror, the death and destruction, the young age of most of the soldiers, the lack of clear purpose, all seemed to produce a kind of insanity.

    1. "They're just kids, 18, 19. I got to get out of here."
    2. "For a while when I read your letters, I'm a normal person again."
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    1. "Move without contact. We are all scared. The VC are all around us."
    2. "The night belongs to Charlie."
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