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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: rich4eagle who wrote (237001)	3/12/2002 6:41:27 PM
From: joseph krinsky	Read Replies (1) of 769670

agd.state.tx.us globalsecurity.org The Vietnam War illustrated a central paradox facing the USAF's reserve components. In January 1968, President Johnson mobilized naval and air reservists following the North Korean seizure of the USS Pueblo. More reservists were called into federal service following the February 1968 Tet offensive in Vietnam. Altogether, approximately 10,600 Air Guardsmen were called into federal service in 1968. Although most of the reservists were used to strengthen America's depleted strategic reserve force, four ANG fighter squadrons were dispatched to Vietnam. ___________________ What that means to me is that 4 groups were sent to Nam and not Korea. Maybe other units were based in Korea, I don't know. I understand your point about why some people went into the guard, but the fact remains they DID serve in Nam. And besides what if they WERE based in Korea, ALL of them, but flew combat missions over and in nam? Does that mean their service doesn't count because they didn't sleep there? If they had been shot down and killed, they would have been just as dead as someone who did.

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