‘Maybe this is how Vietnam vets felt’: Americans who fought in Afghanistan wait to see how their wa

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‘Maybe this is how Vietnam vets felt’: Americans who fought in Afghanistan wait to see how their war ends

By Dan Lamothe
September 10 at 3:10 PM

STATESVILLE, N.C. — Ryan Clay and Anthony “Rocco” DePrimo were in different places in life when they met as Marines more than 12 years ago.

Clay was a combat instructor who already had seen war in Afghanistan and Iraq, where he earned a Purple Heart.

 DePrimo was fresh out of high school and boot camp, a self-described former “pretty-boy dude” who followed in his father’s footsteps to become a Marine.

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