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To: Carolyn who wrote (643)	3/25/2013 1:22:43 AM
From: joseffy	Read Replies (1) of 826

CBS Spits on Vietnam war Veterans 'Amazing Race' apologizes for Vietnam segment The B-52 memorial in Hanoi, Vietnam, that caused controversy in a segment of "The Amazing Race." CBS and the show have apologized for being insensitive. 3/24/2013 • By Gail Pennington stltoday.com CBS opened Sunday night's episode of "The Amazing Race" with an apology to veterans offended by the previous week's installment, which took place in Vietnam. "Parts of last Sunday's episode, filmed in Vietnam, were insensitive to a group that is very important to us -- our nation's veterans," host Phil Keoghan read in a statement from producers and the network. "We want to apologize to veterans -- particularly those who served in Vietnam -- as well as to their families and any viewers who were offended by the broadcast. All of us here have the most profound respect for the men and women who fight for our country." The segment in question took place at the site of a crashed American B-52 bomber, now a memorial, where contestants went to pick up a clue. Two Americans were killed when the bomber went down. Also in the segment in Hanoi, a choir sang a song paying tribute to the Vietnam Communist party. Among those criticizing the show was American Legion National Commander James E. Koutz, a Vietnam War veteran, who wrote to CBS asking the network to apologize for what he called "its disgraceful slap-in-the face administered to American war heroes."

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