- 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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