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he was part of the USMC forces sent into Hue to help recapture the city and releave the beleaguered American and South Vietnamese troops then being besieged by the joint NVA and VC offensive which had captured most of the city

The son of a notable Revolutionary War officer

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Wallace was a lowlander from a small town called Elderslie

Eventually his travels led him to St

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