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'On Two Fronts' Film Focuses On Latino Experience During Vietnam War

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“On Two Fronts” looks at the soldiers and their families during the Vietnam War.

A new documentary premieres Tuesday on PBS that looks at the Latino experience during the Vietnam War, both on the front lines, and in this country.

“On Two Fronts” looks at the soldiers and their families during the war. We talked to filmmaker Mylene Moreno, who produced the documentary and Oscar Urrea, a first generation American who served as a radio operator in Vietnam and now works as a veterans’ advocate and artist.

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