An American Soldier in Vietnam I—The Rooster and the Tiger
Neil Sheehan’s 1988 profile of Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann.
Neil Sheehan, "An American Soldier in Vietnam I": John Paul Vann's war begins, the tragedy taking shape before our eyes.
June 20, 1988
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