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Retelling the stories of Vietnam with my Dad; my hero.

from Our Firesides · host Kelsey Mercer

Growing up as an only daughter of a United States Marine offers its own unique opportunities for discipline, duty and determination.  Growing up with a Vietnam Vet and the reality of PTSD offers another whole world that bounces between chaos, compassion and curiosity in seconds.  Meet Jim Bennett; my dad, a United States Marine Corporal who at 18, was drafted to fight the Vietnam War .  After 1 year of fighting on the front lines as machinist and interpreter for the Viet kong was brought back to the U.S. soil, a forever changed man! A shocking 60 lbs lighter and a heart heavier than the world for the lives of his friends who did not come home with him.  Hear a few of many harrowing stories of defying all odds including death itself on multiple fronts from multiple directions and why when you come home from a mission like this you know your life mission ahead must be monumental in purpose.

Growing up as an only daughter of a United States Marine offers its own unique opportunities for discipline, duty and determination.  Growing up with a Vietnam Vet and the reality of PTSD offers another whole world that bounces between chaos, compassion and curiosity in seconds.  Meet Jim Bennett; my dad, a United States Marine Corporal who at 18, was drafted to fight the Vietnam War .  After 1 year of fighting on the front lines as machinist and interpreter for the Viet kong was brought back to the U.S. soil, a forever changed man! A shocking 60 lbs lighter and a heart heavier than the world for the lives of his friends who did not come home with him.  Hear a few of many harrowing stories of defying all odds including death itself on multiple fronts from multiple directions and why when you come home from a mission like this you know your life mission ahead must be monumental in purpose.

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