In 1965, a young Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter named Bob Schieffer convinced his editor to send him to Vietnam.
Once there, he tracked down soldiers from his hometown to write about their daily lives. The Star-Telegram encouraged readers to send in letters about their loved ones in Vietnam, so Schieffer could check in on them.
A Star-Telegram paperboy named Billy Buchanan wrote to Schieffer from Dublin, Texas, asking the reporter to look for his brother Fred…