Gary Thorson, a trooper in the 101st Airborne, wrote to Edward Peterson, a history professor at the University of Wisconsin -River Falls on a regular basis to complain about the absurdity and corruption present in the army, and the overall waste of both materials and life that he witnessed as a soldier in Vietnam.  This is a three page excerpt of a twelve page letter written November 1, 1969 just prior to his rotation back to America.

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Gary E. Thorson [River Falls, WI]

Peterson, Edward N.  Letters, 1968-1969.

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