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2009.07.08: Bob Vilt writes: I applied for the Peace Corps during my days of uncertainty, mostly to avoid going to war. I decided against it and then got drafted instead and ended up in Vietnam.
Sunday, November 08, 2009 - 11:25 am [1]
1988.05.01: May 1, 1988: Headlines: Vietnam: Military: Conscientious Objector: American Heritage: Joe Haldeman writes: Somewhere in Maryland there might be a very old woman who deep-sixed my request, as a conscientious objector, to serve my country for six years in the Peace Corps rather than two in the Army
Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 11:08 am [1]
2006.10.01: October 1, 2006: Headlines: COS - Afghanistan: Nursing: Military: Vietnam: USAID: Courage: Boston Herald: Drew Dix was recognized for his bravery in saving USAID nurse Maggie O'Brien (RPCV Afghanistan)
Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - 11:27 am [1]
2006.11.10: November 10, 2006: Headlines: 1960's: Vietnam: Military: Post-Traumatic Stress: Veterans: The Union: Bill Larsen went into the Peace Corps after college, but got drafted into the U.S. Army as a buck private and found himself in Vietnam in March 1969, stationed on a fire base two hours north of Saigon in Tay Ninh Province
Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - 11:24 am [1]
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Bill Larsen went into the Peace Corps after college, but got drafted into the U.S. Army as a buck private and found himself in Vietnam in March 1969, stationed on a fire base two hours north of Saigon in Tay Ninh Province
10 November 2006
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Drew Dix was recognized for his bravery in saving USAID nurse Maggie O'Brien (RPCV Afghanistan)
1 October 2006
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Ecuador RPCV Bob Watada supports his son in court-martial
8 July 2006
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Tom Bissell writes: Destination Vietnam
15 June 2006
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Ecuador RPCV Bob Watada, who lost a brother fighting in Korea, opposed the war in Vietnam
8 June 2006
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When the tsunami blasted coastal Thailand on the day after Christmas, our son who'd been in that country for two years with the Peace Corps was perfectly safe -- and not simply because his duty station was hundreds of miles away, in the northeastern uplands
24 April 2005
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Kevin Cahalan was a Peace Corps volunteer in India, served two tours of duty in Vietnam as a U.S. Marine and finally as a program director for Catholic Relief Services in Latin America
22 April 2005
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South Africa RPCV Chris Aquino visits mother's homeland of Vietnam
12 February 2005
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A father and son return to Vietnam by Uzbekistan RPCV Tom Bissell
1 December 2004
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Everett Alvarez Jr. served under President Ronald Reagan, who named him as the No. 2 official at the Peace Corps
25 October 2004
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Senate supports $310M appropriation for Peace Corps
23 September 2004
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Belknap said there were other ways of evading the draft including joining the Peace Corps - a course taken by 15,000 young people a year during the Vietnam War - or volunteering for the National Guard and reserve
15 September 2004
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In 1972, councilors, like Kerry, were engaged in local politics. Little did they know they would become a star-studded political group. Councilor Paul Tsongas would go on to become a U.S. senator.
5 September 2004
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History not in Kerry's favour
18 August 2004
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Director Gaddi Vasquez: The PCOL Interview - Long Term Peace Corps Expansion
7 August 2004
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Director Gaddi Vasquez: The PCOL Interview - Long Term Peace Corps Expansion
7 August 2004
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"These are people who at an important point in their lives were intensely involved with Vietnam. I think it’s a matter of people being engaged at an important point in their life, and feeling there’s something incomplete about the U.S. relationship," said John McAuliffe, a Peace Corps volunteer and anti-Vietnam War activist whose younger brother fought in Vietnam.
26 April 2004
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The Peace Corps has been invited to discuss sending volunteers to Vietnam
11 April 2004
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Colombia RPCV Raymond F. Burghardt is US Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
23 March 2004
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Brazil RPCV Brenda Rodgers found love in Vietnam
11 March 2004
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Only a few days ago, the Vietnamese Government extended an official invitation to the Peace Corps to come to Vietnam to discuss a country program says Matthew P. Daley, deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs
12 February 2004
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RPCV Keith Brinton volunteered to go to Vietnam in late 1966 (Philadelphia-born, age 24) as a conscientious objector to war
11 February 2004
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Rene Moquin has been a revolutionary leader for the United Way after dedicating his life to public service, starting back in the '60s when he was a volunteer in the Peace Corps, serving in Vietnam
17 January 2004
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Jerry Wager went to Guyana in the Peace Corps in the 1960's only to find out that we had helped overthrow a popularly elected government and contributed to the separation and hatred between the two dominent racial groups
25 December 2003
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Glen Frey, old enough and healthy enough to be a soldier, is not in Vietnam. He's in Palau, serving as a Peace Corps member.
17 August 2003
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Rather than bouncing into graduate school, Laurel Kendall joined the Peace Corps and the Peace Corps sent her to Korea and that became her specialty
22 June 2003
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RPCV Walter Haan urges support of the men going into action
20 March 2003
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Colombia RPCV John Weldon Scott helps build school in Viet Nam
1 February 2003
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2002:
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Cameroon RPCV Margaret Krome says Viet Vet Still Struggles with Aftermath of War
17 October 2002
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Jim Bullington - Return of the aged warrior?
26 November 2001
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