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A time to remember

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Vietnam War veteran Clyde Slack can recall the first time machine gun fire whizzed over his head.

Mr Slack, pictured, was on a truck with a group of his fellow soldiers when the bullets missed them by a few feet.

“Somebody let rip with a machine gun above our heads, it made us realise that you weren’t there to muck around,” he said.

The incident occurred while he was supposed to be relaxi...


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