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To: Brumar89 who wrote (388931)	6/6/2008 9:14:16 AM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 1571808

Its hard for me now to know what i would have done but many folks enlisted in national guard or reserves and avoided vietnam. I did know someone highup so i probably would have done that. Too scared to go to jail and too cold in Canada. But i must admit if i had served, i would have been killed in basic training. I am not the soldier type. Thats what amazes me when i study motivated soldiers in WW2. Guys like me did go willingly and did risk their lives. There was no second guessing about service because the war was so clear cut. Wars since WW2 have been more like police actions with nationbuilding and limited objectives. Makes it hard for the ordinary guy to adapt.