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Correspondent:<\/strong>\u00a0
Faith Perez\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guests:<\/strong>\u00a0
Jane Carson, Vietnam Veteran\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Dotty Beatty, Vietnam Veteran\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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