As a White House Special Projects Aide during the Vietnam War, LaSpada organized a USO tour to Southeast Asia with her friend, the journalist and humorist, Art Buchwald. Visiting a military hospital, she met a battle-injured medic who had seen 35 men in his unit die before he himself was mortally wounded.
During her role as a White House Special Projects Aide during the Vietnam War, LaSpada organized a USO tour of Southeast Asia with comedian and journalist Art Buchwald. At a military hospital, she met a medic who had seen an alarming number of casualties before being fatally wounded himself.