Richard Hertel recalls first inkling of being different in Vietnam
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Army personnel clerk Richard Hertel of Champaign, Illinois remembers his life-changing epiphany on the plane ride home from Vietnam.
Richard Hertel Tim Meyers/Illinois Public Media
Army personnel clerk Richard Hertel of Champaign, Illinois remembers his life-changing epiphany on the plane ride home from Vietnam.