[Ads-l] Vietnam moves to South Pacific

[Dan Goncharoff]

And here I am thinking we're talking about competition on Broadway...
On Apr 25, 2015 9:35 AM, "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Esquire, concerning Vietnam War re-enactors:
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> "Together, they live like squadrons readying for the South Pacific
> battles...and they take NLF prisoners, portrayed by whoever drew the short
> stick at the beginning of the day."
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> http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a34564/vietnam-war-reenactment-40th-anniversary-in-country-film/
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> BTW, in the popular mind, the war against Japan was fought exclusively in
> "the South Pacific."  In fact, most of it was in the less romantic North
> Pacific.
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> JL
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