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Article: A force reborn: how did America's military exorcise the specter of Vietnam? Twenty years of tough self-criticism and endless training. (Cover Story)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- March 18, 1991
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How did America's military exorcise the sPecter of Vietnam? Twenty years of tough self-criticism and endless training
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