Kerrey Recalls Thanh Phong Mission and Vietnam War Memories
An in-depth account recalls February 25, 1969, the Thanh Phong operation, and Bob Kerrey's Delta Platoon experiences in Vietnam. The piece links his later political ambitions to memories of the mission, the fallout among team members, and the burden of wartime actions that haunt him years later.
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Night of Killing Haunts Kerrey revisited in depth
Former Nebraska governor and senator Bob Kerrey, famed for Navy SEAL service, faces new scrutiny as reports in 60 Minutes II and the New York Times Magazine reframe the Thanh Phong killings in 1969. Accounts from Kerrey, teammate Gerhard Klann, and others depict diverging memories of the village attack that left multiple women and children dead near Cat Lo.
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