I never got away from the w... by Neil Sheehan, an American Journalist

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“I never got away from the war. Not because I was obsessed with it in those years, but because it was the event of my generation and I started out covering it so I stayed with it.”

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Name: Neil Sheehan

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Oct 27, 1936

Profession: Journalist

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