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Thanks for the narration Michael Herr: 1940-2016

posted 9 years ago by HalRagland
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Michael Herr, Whose Vietnam War Reporting Became Iconic, Dies At 76:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/24/483412772/michael-herr-whose-vietnam-war-reporting-became-iconic-dies-at-76

[–] Cube_Brick1138 8 years ago

I bought his book Dispatches from an op shop years ago. A few pages in I realised why the prose was so farmiliar. I went home and watched Apocalypse Now and it was the perfect blend. His words, Coppola's direction and Sheen's performance.