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I am older than you. I went in the Army after Korea and before Viet Nam.

Thank you for your service. It was somewhere in the late 70's that I met a recently retired Bird Colonel who had served in late WWII and both Korea and Nam. My civilian living was made in radio and I had been conditioned by ABC news and the AP. I believed the stuff about the guys that served in Nam.

I once made a slightly disparaging remark about the enlisted men who served in Nam compared to WWII and Korea.

I thought for a second I was going to have to defend my honor with my fists. He went over case after case of above and beyond the call of duty perforances by the Men who served in Nam.

I have always remembered that a man who had commanded troops in the WWI, Korea and Nam, felt the best quality of troops served in Nam.

He said the ones that avoided the draft and protested were garbage.. but the men who served in Nam were absolutely the best.

I have never forgotten his heated and forceful remarks. It was one of my first clues about how biased and agenda driven the main stream media is.

Again I thank you for your service. Men like Kerry make me sick. Men like you make me proud of my Nation.