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BARRY: Bobby was one 
month younger than me,

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and we were 
raised like brothers.

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I enlisted in the 
army to go to Vietnam,

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that was my intention.

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And he didn’t want to 
go in the military,

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but he got drafted anyway.

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They sent him to Vietnam,

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and he ended up 
being in my brigade.

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I became a lieutenant and 
he begged me to help him

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get out of the field.

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But, I couldn’t help him.

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And, my nephew got 
me out of Vietnam.

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One day I got back 
from a patrol.

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They told me,

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“Your nephew Robert 
has been killed.

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He was running to 
save a friend of his who

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had been wounded in battle 
and he was shot in the throat.

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Enemy fire was too intense."

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So, they couldn’t retrieve 
the body and he was in the

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sun for 48 hours.

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A staff sergeant said,

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“Why don’t we seal it, 
the body, permanently?

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That way your family,

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they’ll remember him 
as he looked like when he

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graduated from high school.”

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I was then sent to 
escort the body home.

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I had white gloves on, 
and a uniform with my medals,

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but I felt dirty.

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You know, I thought I 
was gonna die in Vietnam.

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But, I didn’t have 
to go back there.

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I had my ticket punched 
by my nephew’s blood.

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And I felt that I failed him, 
I failed my family.

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And, uh, I still 
feel guilty to this day.

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(music plays through credits)