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Luciano S. Martinez: Vietnam and the draft: What was it all about?

The soldiers I knew in Vietnam remain Best Friends Forever.

(AP Photo/Nick Ut, File) In this June 1970 photo, taken by Associated Press photographer Huynh Cong "Nick" Ut, south Vietnamese Marines rush to the point where descending U.S. Army helicopter will pick them up after a sweep east of the Cambodian town of Prey-Veng during the Vietnam War.

(AP Photo/Nick Ut, File) In this June 1970 photo, taken by Associated Press photographer Huynh Cong "Nick" Ut, south Vietnamese Marines rush to the point where descending U.S. Army helicopter will pick them up after a sweep east of the Cambodian town of Prey-Veng during the Vietnam War.

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By Luciano S. Martinez: | Special to The Tribune