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Glorfindel

(9,726 posts)
2. I know what you mean. I had an uncle in Montreal; I could have
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 08:49 PM
Jun 2020

fled to Canada and he would have taken me in, but I could never have returned home, as my older brother was a wounded hero of the Korean War and four of my uncles served in World War II. I don't regret one minute of the time I served in the military. I was never in combat, but I went where I was sent and did what I was ordered to do, as did (almost) everyone else in the same situation. I don't have any patience with guys my age who avoided the draft; no time to waste on them. And you're absolutely correct about the current occupant of the oval office. Thank you for sharing your feelings in an eloquent and thoughtful post.

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