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‘Last Full Measure’ Helps Redeem National Tragedy of Vietnam

‘Last Full Measure’ Helps Redeem National Tragedy of Vietnam
A man points to a name while visiting the Vietnam War Memorial on Veterans Day in Washington on Nov. 10, 2017. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
Conrad Black
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Though I am an infrequent movie theater-goer, I went with a friend to a preview of the new film “Last Full Measure,” a dramatized account of the spontaneous and ultimately successful effort to secure a posthumous Medal of Honor, the highest decoration for conspicuous combat bravery in the U.S. armed forces, for Airman William Pitsenbarger Jr.

Conrad Black
Conrad Black
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Conrad Black has been one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and was one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world. He’s the author of authoritative biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, and, most recently, “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other,” which has been republished in updated form. Follow Conrad Black with Bill Bennett and Victor Davis Hanson on their podcast Scholars and Sense.
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