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navy/technician (user) of offensive artillery cannons.
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David Floyd
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The bottom of a large bottle of beer
Jan 1970
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Aren't you the one signing up as an Army lawyer? |
I was - I'm ineligible now because of the pins in my arm.
However, I was doing that as a "Help David get ahead" thing, not a "Serve my country" thing. I decided that the risk of going into combat was low, and the possible benefits were worth the risk.
Yes, I could've ended up in conflict, but I doubt it, and this was one of those situations in which it was in my own self interest to take the risk.
If the US was at war (and I don't mean this bullshit War on Terror) I wouldn't even consider it.
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Dan Severn
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Wellborn, Texas The Warrior Dennis Miller
May 2001
time: 23:20
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I'd rather die for my country...
Than spend a lifetime hearing what dipshit corrupt politicians have to say.
Sic semper tyrranus, eh?
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David Floyd
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The bottom of a large bottle of beer
Jan 1970
time: 05:20
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Ahh yes, everytime we forget, david reminds us what a gutless wonder he is |
I don't understand why everyone says draft dodgers are cowards - it takes just as much, and probably more, courage to go against the flow than it does to go with it.
That runs doubly true for the COs in WW2 - in my book, that took far more courage than fighting the war.
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Sikander
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Boulder, Colorado, United Snakes of America
Jan 2000
time: 22:20
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Originally posted by David Floyd
I don't understand why everyone says draft dodgers are cowards - it takes just as much, and probably more, courage to go against the flow than it does to go with it.
That runs doubly true for the COs in WW2 - in my book, that took far more courage than fighting the war. |
Yea, I can imagine how much tougher it was to face all those disapproving looks. My uncle had it easy, just kicking back for the most part. I mean infantry training isn't that hard right? Especially when you spend a couple of years doing it. And he only had to fight in three campaigns, Guadalcanal, Saipan and Okinawa. Guadalcanal and Saipan were long sure, and Okinawa was intense, but I'm sure there were some long and intense stuff going on with the COs. And of course my uncle had to deal with killing people, his friends getting killed, and his unit shooting up a few civilians accidently one night. That was pretty tough, but he only dreams about that woman screaming once a month now. And hey, the combat guys got all the dames, so that's some consolation. Unless you were dead, or in my uncle's case in the hospital for 8 months right through the end of the war and beyond trying to fight off a serious series of infections from your wounds, the worst of which takes off a couple of inches of the business end of your manhood while the rest of the country is celebrating. But you're right, I'm sure it took more courage to be a CO.
I know that some of the COs served in hazardous situations etc., and I know it was hard, but it's hard to be a soldier in combat too, it's hard for a moral man to kill. It takes a lot of courage.
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