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To: redfish who wrote (30914)	2/22/2004 9:54:01 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793958

Probably true, but as a 52-year old woman in so-so health, I trust that they have too much sense than to appoint me to walk point in a combat zone. So, I am not one to judge the actions of others. But even when I was an 18 year old girl, and contemplated "right action" - I would not have gone as a combatant. If drafted - I might have gone to Canada, although probably not. I probably would have tried to get into something that did not require being infantry - at the very least, medic. My ancestors who served in the military seemed to have gravitated towards Quartermaster Corps. My dad was a musician during Korea. I'd be brave enough to act as defense, but not offense. Vietnam is a very strange episode in the history of this country, one I suppose we'd rather forget.