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CT: CHS students learning from veterans of Vietnam, other conflicts

The Daily Progress - 9/17/2017

After surviving his first firefight in the Vietnam War, Charlie Jones watched his fellow Army troops kick and spit on the body of a Viet Cong rebel who had tried to kill them just moments earlier. Jones said he fell to his knees and prayed that he would never feel such hatred toward another human being.

The retired sergeant major shared this story at Charlottesville High School last week, telling an audience of 200 students that he wished the same thing for them.

Click to read more at Charlottesville Tomorrow.