I am a university professor in Minnesota, working on research for an article or book about the last year of US military activity in the Indochina Conflict. I am working from the thesis that it is important for people to understand reasons why people continued to enter the conflict in 1972, although Nixon and others talked about peace with honor and Vietnamization instead of military victory. I would appreciate e-mail contacts from anyone willing to have their responses published. If you entered the Indochina Conflict between January 1972 and August 1973, I would like to know:
1. Why did you go, especially considering that the majority of the country thought the war was a mistake by 1972?
2. How was the morale for you and your comrades in the context of public opinion at home and the massive troop withdrawals of 1972 and 1973?
3. How did your family and friends and others respond to your decision to fight in Indochina in 1972/3?
You are by no means restricted to responding solely to those questions. I welcome additional comments/recollections you have to share. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Dr. Christopher Lehman
Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies Dept.
St. Cloud State University
St. Cloud, MN