Talk:Homecoming: When the Soldiers Returned from Vietnam

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Did you know... that in his 1989 book Homecoming, Bob Greene reprinted scores of letters from Vietnam veterans who claimed they were spat upon when they returned from the war zone?

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An overlooked angle[edit]

If you had spat on someone in the past, would you be willing to admit it? Or would you deny it?Georgejdorner (talk) 19:57, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Another overlooked angle[edit]

Veterans being spat upon was so common it was not even reported in the news. It's like the old "man bites dog" routine. If the dog bites the man, what's the story? But if the man bites....Georgejdorner (talk) 19:59, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]