US soldiers force Vietnamese woman to become "human minesweepers", walking through minefields, Vietnam War (1966).

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US soldiers force Vietnamese woman to become "human minesweepers", walking through minefields, Vietnam War (1966).

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History@mander.xyzEnglish · 20 days ago

Reflections on life as a Vietnam War correspondent

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For ABC correspondent Tim Bowden, a 1966 patrol with a platoon of gung-ho US Marines provided an object lesson in why the Americans were doomed to lose in Vietnam.

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