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An Anti-War Father Honors His Fallen Son

Courtesy of Bill Mitchell family
By Paul Rockwell
San Luis Obispo New Times | June 10, 2004
Bill Mitchell, a Vietnam vet who lost his son, Sgt. Michael Mitchell, to the war in Iraq, speaks out against the conflict. His interview is accompanied on the San Luis Obispo New Times Web site by two other interviews of fathers who've lost sons to the war. One of them complains that recruiters are going into Mexico with promises of U.S. citizenship in return for enlistment.
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