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Michael Musso

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In 1966, Mike Musso came home from college, his Dad waiting for him at the front door. His father held up a draft notice and said, "Son, it is simply your turn." Within a year, Musso was in Vietnam repairing various aviation equipment, and eventually became a gunner on a medevac helicopter. Musso flew during the Battle of Khe Sanh, supplying water and taking injured or dead troops out of battle. Musso painfully recalls holding a young, mortally injured marine bleeding out on the floor of the helicopter and saying to him, "You will be home soon."  Musso now volunteers on the USS Midway, which has been a "cathartic" experience for him. Musso still experiences PTSD from what he witnessed.

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