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Re: [OM] Re: Marine War Memorial

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Marine War Memorial
From: Larry <halpert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 04:41:44 -0500
just a technicality, but this came through 3 times... :)

Lex Jenkins wrote:

> Just a technicality, Acer, but anyone who has served in the military is a
> veteran.  The line of thinking is that everyone is service is potentially
> exposed to danger at a moment's notice, something that's become increasingly
> evident the past several years.  My tour of duty began a few months after
> the end of Vietnam and ended a year or so before the fun started again with
> Grenada, etc.  Only the debacle in the desert during the Carter
> administration interrupted a rather tame six years.
>
> Hence I've been reluctant to apply for benefits due any veteran since I
> faced nothing more dangerous than my recruit company commander, "Killer"
> Kilpatrick (who was a truly formidable man), and a few rattlesnakes (they
> really do taste like chicken) during physical training runs in Camp
> Pendleton.
>
> Semper Fi, jarheads,
>
> Lex
> ===
>
> >Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 16:40:37 -0800 (PST)
> >From: Acer V <siddim01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >from the look of his self port, i'd say he looks to young to be a vet <g>
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