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The Vietnam War

The Nightlight

A Marine remembers being afraid when assigned a listening post at night.

Aired 09/17/2017

FromKen Burns

The Vietnam War

The Nightlight

Clip: Episode 2 | 1m 37sVideo has Closed Captions

A Marine remembers being afraid when assigned a listening post at night.

A Marine remembers being afraid when assigned a listening post at night near the DMZ and how that fear stays with him today.

Aired 09/17/2017

FromKen Burns

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