Word: homesickness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Cocky young ARVN troops who had enjoyed easy triumphs on the plains of Cambodia grew fearful in the dark jungles of Laos. "The first week everybody was happy and confident, writing letters and trading souvenirs," reported a Japanese photographer with the lead tankers. "Now they are homesick and worried...
...WHILE I march with a group that looks like my Cambridge friends, with NLF flag and Right On With Weatherwomen banner, and am suddenly terribly homesick. It's been a long summer, my friends are scattered across the country. I'm walking alone down Fifth Ave., carrying a notebook. One of these women (I must admit, I don't really think of people my age as men and women, still) sees my notes, is suspicious. I mention the CRIMSON, but also the Post; she warns me. "This is not a bourgeois women's movement. It's OK to write something...