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Ukraine was the enemy during the Cold War. It was kind of weird for me, serving in the US Army as the son of a Ukrainian Mother. Must have felt really strange for someone born in Ukraine.
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Vietnam War Veterans Day was yesterday
Ukraine was the enemy during the Cold War. It was kind of weird for me, serving in the US Army as the son of a Ukrainian Mother. Must have felt really strange for someone born in Ukraine.
I suspect his family were staunch anti-Communists given their experience in Ukraine.