Leaving Letters:

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Smith recounts when negotiations with North Vietnam drew to a close. After they refused to accept the hundreds of letters from local Wacoans, delegation member and previous Waco mayor Karl May decided to leave them behind for North Vietnamese officials to find.

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By Allie Roberts
Tragedy marked the experiences of many during the Vietnam War. On the home front, Americans increasingly questioned the country’s role in the conflict and lamented the loss they watched unfold throughout the first widely televised war. Americans…