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Dee McLelland: Growing up during Vietnam
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Dee McLelland, Publisher
Published: May 28, 2020, 1:24 PM
I grew up during the Viet Nam War. The war started in 1955 and I was born in 1959. The war ended in 1975 and I was 16 years old. As I grew older, watching the news every night was part of our family routine and even though I was not sure why we were fighting, I knew it was something that was a divisive subject in our country.
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Jeff Whitten: Talking (and driving) in circles
Jeff Whitten
Updated: Jun 19, 2025, 12:35 PM
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I bumped into a neighbor of mine the other day and we got to talking. “I don’t get this Juneteenth holiday,” he said. “What are we celebrating?”
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