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is CBS I on the world with John Bachelor.

His book The Long Reckonings,

tells the story of war, peace, and redemption.

The war is done for America, but not for those

who serve there, nor for the Vietnamese people who live with the remains of the American bombing

campaign, the American herbicide campaign, and the damage done to generations in Vietnam.

At the same time, America enters into a period of political turmoil following the exit from Vietnam during the time of Richard Nixon's

second administration particularly there were events the Vietnam

veterans against the war they were throwing medals on the steps of the capital

There were protests. There were some radical statements being made as well. Chuck Searcy one of our protagonists, participates in that way.

He's a very skilled communicator at the University of Georgia and in Washington.

Manis Campbell, on the other hand,s is a wanderer is restless.

At the same time there's an overarching story that explains a deal about America's confusion and hesitation about the war during this period

which George guides me to say is 1973, that's the Nix administration, through the Carter administration, through the Reagan administration

into the first term of Bill Clinton.

That is the story of missing in action, left behind the MIA flag.

George, I've very carefully followed your reporting. What we have here is a legend that never had

credible evidence but the search continued for living MIA, correct George?

What was the vision in the 70s and 80s that made this such a political

obstacle to those who wanted to speak of the war?

Well, I think the context for it was that America was traumatized by its first ever experience of losing a war.

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