A Vet Returns to Vietnam

But this time Ray Wilkinson’s mission is to teach English

November 2017

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PHOTO BY: Stefen Chow

Portrait of Ray Wilkinson taken in the city of Hue, which was one of the main battlesites during the Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War. The Perfume River, was reflected in this picture.
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PHOTO BY: Courtesy of Ray Wilkinson

Portrait of Ray Wilkinson during the Vietnam War.
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PHOTO BY: Stefen Chow

Ray Wilkinson describes the military equipment left behind by the US Army to his students from Le Quy Don school on the Vietnam War at Khe Sanh.
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PHOTO BY: Stefen Chow

Ray Wilkinson with his students from Le Quy Don school.
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PHOTO BY: Courtesy of Ray Wilkinson

Photos of Ray Wilkinson during his younger years in the Vietnam War.
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PHOTO BY: Stefen Chow

Ray Wilkinson walks inside the Imperial Citadel in Hue. This was a battle site during the Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War.
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PHOTO BY: Eddie Adams/AP

U.S. Marines and Vietnamese troops move through the grounds of the Imperial Palace in the old citadel area of Hue, Vietnam on Feb. 26, 1968, after seizing it from Communist hands. Troops are in front of the ornate palace, on tanks in the streets of the citadel, viewing the shattered civilian houses and wreckage. The heavy damage was the result of the artillery, air and mortar pounding the area received for 25 days while the Viet Cong/NVA held the area.
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