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Introducción:
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In Vietnam he was nineteen
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In Vietnam he was nineteen
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The heaviest fighting of the past two
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weeks continued today 25 miles west of Saigon.
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I wasn't really sure what was going on
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N-n-n-n-nineteen nineteen
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N-n-n-n-nineteen nineteen
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All those who remember the war
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they won't forget what they've seen
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destruction of men in their prime ... whose average age was nineteen
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Destruction ... Destruction.
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None of them received the hero's welcome
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N-n-n-n-nineteen!
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N-n-n-n-nineteen!
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N-n-n-n-nineteen!
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Vietnam, Saigon, Vietnam, Saigon
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Vietnam, Saigon, Vietnam, Saigon
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Purple Heart, Saigon, Purple Heart, Saigon
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Wasn't really sure what was going on
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Wasn't really sure what was going on