{"id":6897,"date":"2022-11-20T06:20:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T14:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=6897"},"modified":"2022-11-20T06:20:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T14:20:22","slug":"i-dont-know-why-im-shooting-these-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=6897","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I don&#8217;t know why I&#8217;m shooting these people!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to this documentary, it was military &#8220;grunts&#8221; who finally ended the Vietnam War (Vietnamese called it the American War). 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