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7. I got missed, by 30 or more numbers. I was involved with the Mobilization Against the War ...

Wed Dec 4, 2024, 07:33 PM

Dec 4

... enlisted in 72 when some of us got the bright idea that we needed to be organizing in other fields beside universities.

There was a strong anti-war, anti-authoritarian attitude when I was in. My being there changed nothing and I came to believe where I was meant someone else was being freed to be placed in harm's way.

The other major eason I joined was to be free to speak my anti-war opinions at the Thanksgiving table without my dad telling me my opinion meant nothing because after all - what did I know, I'd never signed up.

It worked out. VA has been very good for me.

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