Go, enjoy the country and the people. As a Vietnam vet, I would never go back despite the wonderful peasants outside of the cities that I worked with. I provided medical assistance to villages that had few men and boys, but lots of women and their children who experienced hardships that are incomprehensible to most Americans. They always had a smile for me and occasionally gave me gifts of their last possessions. I don't know a Vietnam vet who would think you as insensitive because of your travel dreams.
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