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West Point’s Collection of Letters from the Vietnam War

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Rediscovered after their near rendezvous with a trash compactor, the West Point Vietnam letters were organized, catalogued and added to the academy library’s special collection. Occasionally they are read by cadets and junior faculty, still serving the purpose originally intended by Colonel Griess and Major Torrence: bringing the face of battle to the quiet banks of the Hudson River.


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This article was written by Lt. Col. James Jay Carafano, U.S. Army (ret.) and originally published in the October 2002 issue of Vietnam Magazine.

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