Letters to the Editor: I served in Vietnam, and I don't remember the protests fondly
Los Angeles Times - 2024-05-08T10:00:18.511Z

To the editor: In May 1967 I was finishing my surgical internship in New York City when I was drafted into the military. I spent 10 days at Camp Pendleton and was then flown to Vietnam, where I became a Marine Corps battalion surgeon. ("Don't denigrate pro-Palestinian campus protests by claiming the Vietnam War protests backfired," Opinion, May 3) When I returned to California in 1968, the antiwar protests were all the rage. If I was seen on public streets in my uniform, I was pointed out and in... Read this story