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TIM O'BRIEN
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The Vietnam War

As charging enemy bunkers But just to walk, day after day and through the paddies just to...

TIM O'BRIEN: as charging enemy bunkers But just to walk, day after day and through the paddies just to get up in the morning and think, "In a few minutes "and will my corpse be there, Will I lose a leg out there?" Just to walk felt I would sometimes look thinking, how am I doing this?

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TIM O'BRIEN:
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as charging enemy bunkers
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But just to walk, day after day
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and through the paddies
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just to get up in the morning
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and think, "In a few minutes
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"and will my corpse be there,
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Will I lose a leg out there?"
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Just to walk felt
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I would sometimes look
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thinking, how am I doing this?
Duration
42 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
01:20:11
Uploaded
Jul 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Production
United Artists

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Movie Summary

A comprehensive history of the United States' involvement in the bitterly divisive armed conflict in Southeast Asia.