Michael Coyne is one of a select band of Irish citizens who served in U.S. forces during the Vietnam War.

He stopped by Newstalk to share some important life lessons with us.

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"If we don't look at why men go to war, if we don't examine the reasons and try to understand it, then wars will just keep happening. Which means more people will die. And nobody who has been through it wants that."

Michael Coyne, 73-year-old Irish Vietnam Veteran

Michael received five Purple Hearts, two Bronze Stars for his time serving in the US Army during the Vietnam War.