The Photograph

Bob Brigham always knew he was adopted, but growing up, he didn’t know anything about his biological parents. When he was seven years old, a social worker came for a visit and Bob heard her whisper something to his mother – something about the Vietnam War. “Within a nanosecond, I created a story in my head.”

Bob Brigham's book is This Is a True War Story. My Improbable History with Vietnam (press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/T/bo…).

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