212:, Barry found himself "disgusted" by the escalation of American presence in Vietnam. He resigned from West Point in November 1964, returned to active duty and was discharged from his Army enlistment in May 1965. Journalist Nick Medvecky notes this was because Barry did not agree with the American response during the Vietnam conflict.
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war dispatch that he felt incited outrage. Barry received a two-page reply in which the editor defended the war policy. After this, Barry sent his war medals with a "furious letter of protest" to New York senator
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