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Don't Mean Nothin'
Retired Army veteran Lee Walker sustained multiple injuries when his squad walked into an ambush in Vietnam. He explains to reporter Kevyn Burger how he has learned to live with the pain. Kevyn also explored a “four-word catch phrase” that many who fought in Vietnam subscribed to as a coping mechanism and mantra.
DON'T MEAN NOTHIN'
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Biographical Details
Submitted From: St. Paul, MN
Primary Location During Vietnam: Vietnam 
Story Subject: Military Service
Military Branch: U.S. Army
Dates of Service: 1967 - 1968
Specialty: Infantry
They put me on a helicopter. I went to the 93rd Evac and they cleaned my wounds and they patched me up until I was able to travel.
This story was captured by AMPERS in partnership with the Minnesota Humanities Center’s Veterans' Voices program and was shared with permission.
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Story Themes: 93rd Evacuation Hospital, African American, Ambush, Ampers, Army, Automatic Rifles, Booby Traps, Brotherhood, Classism, Claymore Mines, Death and Loss, Draft, Duty, Firefight, Hamburger Hill, Infantry, Japan, Kevyn Burger, Lee Walker, Listen, Martin Luther King Jr., Minnesota Humanities Center, Physical Wounds, Racism, Ronn Easton, Saigon, Suzanne Constantini, Veteran's Voices, Weaponry, WIA, Wounded in Action
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