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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Murray

Rick Springfield reveals haunting secret from teenage tour performing for troops in Vietnam

  • Musician Rick Springfield revealed on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast that he killed a Viet Cong soldier while visiting Vietnam in 1968.
  • At 17 years old, Springfield was entertaining U.S. troops near Da Nang when the base came under attack.
  • The singer recalled dropping mortars down a launcher tube during the attack and was informed the following day that he had killed someone.
  • Springfield expressed lasting remorse over the experience, stating it remains hard to face being responsible for the end of a life.
  • The Jessie's Girl singer previously addressed the traumatic incident in his 2010 memoir, Late, Late at Night.

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