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To: vaudine
The Texas Tower shooter, Charles Whitman, was not a Vietnam veteran. He was discharged from the Marines in December 1964 and never served overseas.
399 posted on 04/16/2007 8:55:59 AM PDT by atomic conspiracy (Rousing the blog-rabble since 9-11-01)
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To: atomic conspiracy
The Texas Tower shooter, Charles Whitman, was not a Vietnam veteran.

Thank you for posting that. I was just about to go find out for myself. The 'crazy' Vietnam Vet is something that we need to get away from. As the widow of a Nam vet who faced employment discrimination because people thought these vets would go nuts and commit violent crimes (thank you, MSM), we need to put this one to rest. There are plenty of reasons for people to go off; you don't need to have seen combat, in Nam or elsewhere, to be a nutjob.

697 posted on 04/16/2007 9:51:05 AM PDT by radiohead (They call me DOCTOR radiohead.)
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