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Diary of a North Vietnamese Soldier Ends in Despair Near My Chand
A North Vietnamese soldier’s diary found on a body north of My Chand describes hours of shelling and a wish to escape into isolation, concluding with a vow to die for the country. The note to his brother Nguyen Dinh Que links personal loss to the war’s burden. South Vietnamese troops found the corpse after a fatal shell hit. The writer, once a schoolteacher, crossed the Ho Chi Minh Trail in May and died from shell fragments while advancing with fellow soldiers.
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