From dodging bullets to getting shot down in a helicopter, a Missouri U.S. Army veteran said fighting in the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War still feels surreal to him. Bill Tlapek, of southeast Missouri’s St. Genevieve, served in infantry in 1968. “Which was, unfortunately, the worst year for casualties,” he told Missourinet. “I was […]
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Missouri veteran gave up college life to serve in one of largest military escalations of Vietnam War
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