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Daniel Edward Burress |
Daniel Burress, en route to Vietnam, 1965 | Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Marine Corps
2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division
Vietnam
Sergeant, E-5
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A "gung-ho" Marine recruit at 21, Daniel Burress received a liberal education when he was shipped off in 1967 to Vietnam, where "a good day was a dry day" and "a bad day was stacking bodies." During battles, he found little racial tension, but back at the garrison, it was a different story. The news of Martin Luther King's assassination only fed his disillusionment about a war in which he trusted very few people. But on his last night in country, he did find himself sharing a bottle of whiskey with a white Marine to whom he had spoken very little during his tour.
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