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To: rich4eagle who wrote (236950)	3/12/2002 5:52:34 PM
From: Sedohr Nod	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Which line did you get in? If you have said in the past...forgive me ...I missed it.

To: rich4eagle who wrote (236950)	3/12/2002 6:16:33 PM
From: joseph krinsky	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Stop it already. I already posted links that prove that some N. Guard were there. And they served honorably, bravely, and were in just as much danger as just about everyone else who was there. It's true that the guard was a way out for some people, but that's the breaks. At least they didn't turn tail and run to Canada, all the while moralizing about this that and the other, while their parents sent them money cause Canada wouldn't accept them if they didn't. While chances of going to Nam were not as good going by "hiding" in the guard, they did have a chance they'd be called. Sometimes a person wants to be right so badly, they refuse to accept things that show them they may be looking at things improperly. Maybe step back and..Reevalute your views on the Guard, I think you're not giving them enough credit. Besides, they really aren't for the foreign service, although they have been used a lot. They're really for domestic problems and help. Somebody has to be NG, and whatever reason got them in, it's water over the dam, now.

To: rich4eagle who wrote (236950)	3/12/2002 6:20:48 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

<<I know this much about the guard and Viet Nam. I was in college when Viet Nam went all out and body counts were awful and most students at that time were standing in line to get in the National Guard but it was so long you had no hope of getting in unless your name was Dan Quayle or George Bush. >> I was in college then too. My neighbor signed up for the Guard and got in. I got 247 in the lottery and volunteered for the draft. 247 was pretty safe in my county but I felt a duty. BTW, did you volunteer or sign up?