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Obama Moves To Solve Ugly Vietnam War Legacy
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5:16Now PlayingDuring the Vietnam War, American forces frequently bombed the country of Laos. That legacy is still felt today. John Iadarola, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
Xieng Khoung, Laos (CNN)For two years after the accident, Yei Yang refused to leave his home.
"I couldn't farm, I couldn't go to see friends, as they might be afraid of me," Yang tells CNN.
"I didn't want to live."
Yang was just 22 and burning rubbish near his village in the province of Xieng Khoung in north-eastern Laos, when a bomb blast tore off one of his eyelids, his top lip and an ear, mutilated one of his arms, and left him with severe scarring from the waist up.
"I remembered I burned the garbage, but after the explosion I was unconscious for two weeks," Yang says. "I felt extreme pain...all over my body. I still feel pain always."
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