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Those Are The Things That Stick With You
Micheal Maurer talks about the memories and feelings from Vietnam that have stuck with him all these years later.
This clip is from the TPT documentary Perspectives. Learn more below.
As unpleasant as it is to talk about Vietnam, what is the meaning if we don't?
Biographical Details
Submitted From: Sartell, MN
Story Subject: Military Service
Military Branch: U.S. Army
Dates of Service: 1968 - 1969
Specialty: Airborne Infantryman
About Minnesota Remembers Vietnam: Perspectives
Through a series of 12 short profiles and a feature-length documentary, Twin Cities PBS producer Luke Heikkila unpacks the personal narratives of family members and Minnesota veterans who endured one of the most unsettling chapters in American history: the Vietnam War. These stories reveal the unexpected ways that war forever changes someone.
Story Themes: 1968, 1969, Army, Combat, Death and Loss, Firefight, First Impressions, Michael Maurer, Perspectives, Sartell, Storytelling, Terrain, TPT, Twin Cities PBS, Watch
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