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Jacketedwritten on the front lines in vietnam, dispatches became an immediate classic of war reportage when it was published in 1977. Story if youre open for new perspectives on war, this movie is a must see. But somewhere all the mythic tracks intersected, from the lowest john wayne wetdream. Michael david herr april, 1940 june 23, 2016 was an american writer and war correspondent, known as the author of dispatches 1977, a memoir of his time as a correspondent for esquire magazine 19671969 during the vietnam war.
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