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6/7/06

The book I ordered arrived, and I went over to "Village Books" to pick it up. As I said earlier, it is titled: "Vietnam: A Natural History." I'll take my time to savor it. I have to laugh, when I think back to when I was stationed there during the war. I was looked upon as downright subversive, with my interest in bird watching. Now military involvement and posturing around the world is looked upon as being the bad influence on civilized society!

I'm dabbling with touching up my essay on my time in Vietnam & Korea, birdwise. But I still have a couple of copies of my original, if some interested birder would like one.

Phil Hotlen
Bellingham, WA
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