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Soldier finds peace in Vietnam pagoda life
Bruce Bagnell, an air traffic control specialist at Gan Tho airstrip, Vietnam, spends off hours with monks in a nearby pagoda. He tutors them in Cambodian language and Buddhist philosophy, while they assist his studies. He has given up smoking, misses his wife back home, and remains an outstanding soldier balancing Army duties with Buddhist practice.
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Bruce Bagnell
Gan Tho
South Vietnam
Syracuse
N.Y
Burs
Sherry
Vietnam