The other day I spent a few hours drinking beers at a Mekong River cafe in Laos, and talking with a really interesting guy.
Larry is about 60, from Philadelphia, and got drafted into the Vietnam war when he was a student at College. Now he is an Arts Professor, and is on a 1 year sabbatical doing research for his artform, which is abstract representations of his experiences in SE Asia.
He tried to dodge the draft by going to Canada, but ended up going back to school, and then got drafted and sent to Vietnam. He was full of stories such as jumping out of Huey Helicopter into rice fields, buddies getting killed, heroin, marijuana, categories of soldiers (lifers, freaks, and bloods). We discussed US politics and why it gone completely insane at some points in history. He was a really interesting guys, and we went for dinner a few times while in the 4 Thousands Islands part of southern Laos.
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