From Vietnam to Afghanistan and Iraq, veterans reflect on their military service and what patriotism means to them.
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Morgan Godvin is a student at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health in Portland, Oregon, where she has lived most her life. In 2009 she was discharged ... from Air Force basic training with an Entry Level Separation. Formerly incarcerated and in long-term recovery, she now serves as a commissioner on the Oregon Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission.
From Vietnam to Afghanistan and Iraq, veterans reflect on their military service and what patriotism means to them.
The US spent so much fighting phantom enemies and creating the myth of good versus evil that it ignored the real threat.