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struggle4progress

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Fri Aug 22, 2025, 12:03 AM Friday

Experience disobeying direct order during Vietnam War [View all]

Army Veteran Dennis Avery recounts his experience of disobeying a direct order during the Vietnam War when he was ordered to open fire on a group of people during takeoff, but radioed back that there were only women and children in the group.

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