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27 Mar 67
Dear Mom and Pop,
…I’ve been doing good since the guy in the hole with me put the bandage on after I got hit. General Wall came in the ward the other day and passed out the Purple Hearts. I guess I’m a genuine veteran now, getting wounded and everything else…
Love,
Mike
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Cpl. Michael T. Boston, who grew up on Staten Island, was a squad leader with Company B, 1st Battalion, 4th Regiment, 3rd Marine Division from October 1966-November 1967, operating in I Corps where he was wounded. He has been hospitalized twice since returning home, and receives disability compensation from the VA for post-traumatic stress disorder. He works as an independent auto mechanic in Brandon, Vermont, where life has not been easy for him, he reports.
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