On 9/1/2013 12:10 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 9/1/13 12:03 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 01 Sep 2013 10:55:30 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 9/1/13 10:40 AM, iBoaterer wrote:

Let me guess, you two know more than this guy, right?

http://tinyurl.com/qf77s3q

One paragraph:

Those comments really get on my nerves. And they?re flat out wrong. I
served with a few Legionnaires and a lot of regular French troops.
Whatever the French public?s or government?s politics are, their
soldiers are brave, well-trained, in fantastic shape and aggressive.
Describing those men as cowards is an absolutely unfair
characterization.



Herring's wartime soldiering ended the same way the French soldier's
did...by pulling out of Vietnam. If memory serves, Fretwell was in the
Coast Guard. Bert Robbins served stateside. The only action flajim saw
was in a whore bar in Manilla. The four mouse-keteers.

We showed up at the recruiter and stuck our neck out. You were still
hiding behind your 2-S thinking, service for your country was for
suckers. Thanks for pitching in.


My student classification ended when I got my B.A., and though I
informed it of my whereabouts, I never got a "you've been reclassified,
report for a pre-induction physical" letter. I saw no reason to support
a massive war against Vietnam then or now. The Vietnamese were no threat
to the United States, and no matter what happened, they weren't going to
be parachuting troops into Topeka.

Had I been drafted, I would have reported as ordered. But I wasn't. I
got to go to Vietnam anyway. It was a beautiful country...too bad we
bombed the crap out of it and used chemical warfare on it.

"You got to go". Was it a deal you made to do alternative service? Or
are you just feeding us your usual ration of bull****?