I see the theme of loss of innocence in the “Sweetheart of the Song of Tra Bong”. The young men, Rat Kiley, Eddie Diamond, Mark Fossie and the others they were with, thad been stripped of their innocence. They might have been fresh out of high school, not having any idea they would land in Vietnam witnessing and experiencing the hostility of the time. As a former military member, I feel like you grow up faster, much more if you experienced war. From dependence to independence, you learn to deal…
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