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Marines and Tet photographist revisits battle memories
John Olson, then 19, captured a defining Tet offensive image showing Marines on a mud stained tank. Fifty years later he interviews ten Marines, revealing their harrowing accounts from Hue and other battles, shaping his view of a war that altered him slowly.
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Washington
John Olson
Olson
Newseum
D.C
South Vietnam
America
U.S
Washington Post
Vietnam
Stars and Stripes
Life Magazine
A.B. Grantham
Grantham
NVA
Dong Ba
Hue
Bob Thoms
Thoms
Sarge
Marine Corps
Washington, D.C