[thethirddegree]

Great letter.

I served in that time period as a ROTC Lt. My service was limited to 115 days in Ft. Benning for Infantry Officers Basic Course (IOBC)and 3 summer camps of 2 weeks duration each (you couldn't get into a unit back then--in my area they were all filled with returning vets from Vietnam).

When our church asks for all the veterans to stand and be recognized for their service, I NEVER stand up. I am not in the same league as those who served longer or on a foreign field and I applaud all those who did. Blumenthal is the lowest of the low in my book.

[colorado tanker]

I was in ROTC during the last years of the Vietnam War, but was on active duty after it ended. I describe myself as a Cold War vet, and have never told anyone I was Vietnam vet. Blumy’s statements weren't mistakes, they were out and out lies.

[kabumpo]

I applaud your modesty & common sense.

[muawiyah]

Hey, they who only stand and wait serve as well.

Your service was that asked of you for the good of the nation.

When we held the parade for the first dedication of the Viet Nam Veterans Memorial I was there on the sidewalk taking a gazillion photos of the event ~ cost me hundreds of bucks to develop them ~ and as it came near an end there was a fellow out there I worked with, and he called me over to the parade and said "You belong here".

He'd been a forward spotter for Artillery. If he said I belonged there, then I belonged there although I only got as close to any sort of action down on the border between West Germany and the Czech Republic.

All of us went where we were sent.