>>Bubba Ho-Tep wrote: “No, YOU imply that. The law says no such thing. In fact, the law draws a distinction between the two. It could have said, “Any person who served in the armed forces of either side during the Civil War shall be considered a United States veteran.” But it doesn’t.”
Then should we assume the Confederate military was a foreign military, and not a military of the United States?
Mr. Kalamata
Maybe this is a controversial opinion, but I tend to believe that an army wearing a different uniform and under a different flag that's fighting against the army flying the United States flag and wearing the uniform of the United States army isn't the United States army.