"Homecoming: When the Soldiers Returned From Vietnam is a book of selected correspondence published in 1989. Its genesis was a controversial newspaper column of 20 July 1987 in which Chicago Tribune syndicated columnist Bob Greene asked whether there was any truth to the folklore that Vietnam veterans had been spat upon when they returned from the war zone. Greene believed the tale was an urban legend. The overwhelming response to his original column led to four more columns, then to a book collection of the most notable responses.
After Greene made his best effort to check the truth of the accounts to be printed, he inserted a minimum of his own commentary in the text, preferring to let the veterans' words speak for themselves. The reprinted letters show a steady pattern of mistreatment of Vietnam veterans by all segments of American society, and in a wide variety of settings.
Homecoming was later criticized by those who did not believe that Vietnam veterans had been spat upon."
weird how that entire section is totally unsourced.
idk it's definitely cool if it happened but i feel like someone somewhere would have come out to brag about it, "hell yeah i spat on those shitheads and i'd do it again" kinda thing
true, but i could use that to buy a gumball instead. and given what even wikipedia is willing to say about this dude, i get the feeling it would be more intellectually stimulating as well
like aside from all the criticisms of his journalism ("the journalistic equivalent of Tuna Helper" lmao jesus christ), you neglected to mention that your boy got shitcanned for fucking a 17 year old in his 50s
forgive me if i don't find his troop fellating sob stories particularly credible.
"Homecoming: When the Soldiers Returned From Vietnam is a book of selected correspondence published in 1989. Its genesis was a controversial newspaper column of 20 July 1987 in which Chicago Tribune syndicated columnist Bob Greene asked whether there was any truth to the folklore that Vietnam veterans had been spat upon when they returned from the war zone. Greene believed the tale was an urban legend. The overwhelming response to his original column led to four more columns, then to a book collection of the most notable responses.
After Greene made his best effort to check the truth of the accounts to be printed, he inserted a minimum of his own commentary in the text, preferring to let the veterans' words speak for themselves. The reprinted letters show a steady pattern of mistreatment of Vietnam veterans by all segments of American society, and in a wide variety of settings.
Homecoming was later criticized by those who did not believe that Vietnam veterans had been spat upon."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homecoming:_When_the_Soldiers_Returned_from_Vietnam
weird how that entire section is totally unsourced.
idk it's definitely cool if it happened but i feel like someone somewhere would have come out to brag about it, "hell yeah i spat on those shitheads and i'd do it again" kinda thing
eh, either way
The book is $2.34 on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Homecoming-When-Soldiers-Returned-Vietnam/dp/0399133860
"He included an open invitation for anyone who had spat upon a returning veteran to explain their motivation." No such reply was received.
true, but i could use that to buy a gumball instead. and given what even wikipedia is willing to say about this dude, i get the feeling it would be more intellectually stimulating as well
like aside from all the criticisms of his journalism ("the journalistic equivalent of Tuna Helper" lmao jesus christ), you neglected to mention that your boy got shitcanned for fucking a 17 year old in his 50s
forgive me if i don't find his troop fellating sob stories particularly credible.
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