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“I dropped out in '64. And I came back to Michigan, in '65. In 1965, when I came back I had never heard of Vietnam.” quote by Bill Ayers — Download Open image

“I dropped out in '64. And I came back to Michigan, in '65. In 1965, when I came back I had never heard of Vietnam.”

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