QPR match programmes 'kept me sane' in Vietnam War
Two QPR fans have told 麻豆社 Radio 5 Live about their unlikely friendship, the US soldier fighting in the Vietnam War and the 11-year-old boy in Slough, exchanged Queens Park Rangers match programmes from 1969.
Nils Guy was 22 years-old when he was called up for military service with orders overseas in Vietnam.
He had emigrated to the US from Surrey.
When on active duty, he wrote a letter which was published in the QPR match day programme, asking if anyone would be interested in sending him clippings on how his club was doing.
11-year-old John Wild responded to the request and started to send Nils the latest QPR updates.
Speaking to Adrian Chiles, Nils explained how the Rangers programmes 鈥榢ept him sane鈥�.
This clip is originally from Chiles on Friday on 24 August 2018.
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