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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta accepts letters from Vietnamese Defense Secretary Phung Quang Thanh in Hanoi, Vietnam, June 4, 2012. The letters were written by American service members during the Vietnam war.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta accepts letters from Vietnamese Defense Secretary Phung Quang Thanh in Hanoi, Vietnam, June 4, 2012. The letters were written by American service members during the Vietnam war.

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