Wayne Coker in his U.S. Army barracks in Vietnam

ID: 1038 ~ Source: Judy Coker Benowitz ~ Creator: Wayne Coker ~ Date: ca. 1970s
This file appears in: Vietnam
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ID: A young white man with blond hair, glasses, and a mustache sits in a chair in a utilitarian room holding a book. He is wearing white shorts and a white tee-shirt and has one leg resting on the arm of the chair.

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By Judy Coker Benowitz
"The Vietnam War was very different. When my brother, Wayne, was drafted, I became a war protester, joining student sit ins and running from the police who tried to break up our demonstrations. Wayne served two years in Thailand as a medic. I met my…