Obama holds on to trinket from '08 campaign
173 views · Published 18 January 2013 · 5:26 · Indexed 23 October 2026
Channel: Washington Post · 2013 · Entertainment
Earl Smith, a Vietnam war veteran and hotel worker, gave then Senator Obama the last scrap of his Army uniform in 2008. The exchange was a poignant moment from the historic campaign and Post correspondent Karen Tumulty tells the story fully for the first time.
