Washington Post has issued a correction. Looks as though Phillips never served in Vietnam:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...ded-him/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7c16253aae91
Correction: Earlier versions of this story incorrectly said that Native American activist Nathan Phillips fought in the Vietnam War. Phillips said he served in the U.S. Marines but was never deployed to Vietnam.
He was either grossly misquoted by CNN and others or he lied or I'm misunderstanding something
And it's because I'm a veteran -- I'm a Vietnam veteran -- that these two groups even have the right in this country to have protests, to have conflicting opinions.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/21/us/nathan-phillips-maga-teens-interview/index.html
Theres another interview floating around where he claims to be a Vietnam veteran. So not sure what to think there.