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28 Sep 70

Dear John,

I went to Hue last Sunday to see what was left of the great Imperial buildings after Tet ’68. What there is, is still pretty impressive. The Imperial Throne Room, all gold and red, is magnificent. How can we call these people “Dinks” is beyond me….

Peace and love,
Tom
Sp/5 Thomas P. Pellaton worked in intelligence with the 101st Aviation Group, 101st Airborne Division, based at Phu Bai, from June 1970-May 1971. An opera singer and maitre d’ at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City at the time of the dedication of the Memorial, he went on to study at Yale Theological Seminary.

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