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Jun 13, 2016, 06:42 PM
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Member Since: Nov 2002
Location: Mid World
Posts: 18,125
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I'm an old fart who lived through those times. I'm going to say it plain and clear, the war was supposed to stop the spread of Communism - bull poop! It was a senseless waste of lives.
Thankfully my brother and future husband were not drafted because they had a student deferment. My brother's best friend from high school was shot in the spine and paralyzed for the rest of his life. He had willingly enlisted when the recruiter told him they would make him a medic. He was the oldest of eight kids and wanted to be a doctor. He figured he'd get some medical training as a medic, then us the GI bill to pay for college. When he got out of boot camp they made him a machine gunner in a helicopter, one of the most dangerous positions. He wasn't over there very long when he got shot.
That story in a nutshell is the story of the war. The powers that be in Washington lied through their frickin' teeth to the citizens of this country and we got shafted!
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