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One year before his execution while on death row, Babbitt was awarded a Purple Heart medal for the wounds he had received at the Battle of Khe Sanh, Vietnam in 1968. Babbitt refused his last meal and asked that the $50 allotted be given to homeless Vietnam veterans.
(4 May 1999)

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		Journalist, writer and political activist Iris Shun-Ru Chang known for her account of the Nanking Massacre, The Rape of Nanking 28 March 1968 (+) is born in Princeton, United States. 9 November 2004 (-) commits suicide by a shot in his mouth in Los Gatos, United States.
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