Claude AnShin Thomas volunteered to serve in the Vietnam war when he was seventeen. From September 1966 to November 1967, he was the door gunner and crew chief on helicopters. He killed Vietnamese people, was himself shot down five times, and ambushed while on ground patrol. At the end of his tour, he received a Distinguished Flying Cross and a Purple…
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