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Steve discusses this book about the Vietnam War, explaining that Michael Herr was sent to cover the war for Esquire magazine and spent years talking to soldiers. Steve notes that Stanley Kubrick used quotes verbatim from this book in Full Metal Jacket.

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Steve discusses this as 'one of the best books about the Vietnam War.' He explains that Michael Herr was sent by Rolling Stone or Esquire to cover the Vietnam War, and that most of the dialogue in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket comes from this book. Steve describes it as 'a masterpiece of war reporting' and discusses how the author struggled to reintegrate into society after the experience. He specifically recalls Herr describing an odor as 'smelling like snakes left too long in a jar.'

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Referenced during a discussion about milkweed and keeping items in different pockets. The speaker mentions how Michael Herr's book 'Dispatches' describes long range reconnaissance patrollers in Vietnam keeping uppers in the right pocket and downers in the left pocket of their tiger suits.

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Explicitly described as a book about the Vietnam War. The speaker states: 'And the book Dispatches by Michael Hare, which is his He covered the He covered the vi He was a journalists that covered the Vietnam War, then came home and wrote a book about Vietnam called Dispatches.' Referenced while discussing luck and survival, specifically relating a story from the book about a kid from Miles City.