By Norm Cannada
Courtesy The Journal
ncannada@upstatetoday.com

CLEMSON — As he reflects on his time in the U.S. Army a half century ago, Seneca resident Mike Bladel vividly remembers returning home after his tour in Vietnam was over.

The Vietnam War was very unpopular when he came home from his one-year tour in 1970.

“I did come home in civilian clothes,” Bladel said. “We were told before we left the military base to switch out (from military uniforms) and sneak

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