To: tapatio
Never knew he served. Good for him!
5 posted on
08/26/2009 9:10:30 AM PDT by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: BallyBill
Accidentally signed up for four years after he got expelled from Harvard. Later his hitch was reudced to two years.
He served in Paris instead of going to Korea. Came in a private, left a private...and returned to Harvard!
15 posted on
08/26/2009 9:13:41 AM PDT by
RexBeach
To: BallyBill
I've heard that he mistakenly signed up for 4 years and that his father had to pull strings to get him out in 2 years. He could have been sent to Korea (during the war) but oddly enough spent his time in Paris.
Still, he served more than some other politicians I can think of.
16 posted on
08/26/2009 9:14:21 AM PDT by
ClearCase_guy
(Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
To: BallyBill
Never knew he served. Good for him! It was during the Korean war. Daddy Joe fixed it so Ted served less than two years, at NATO HQ in Paris. He never rose above the rank of Private. Stellar service.../s
19 posted on
08/26/2009 9:15:29 AM PDT by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century. I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
To: BallyBill
1950: Enters Harvard. Is expelled after he is caught paying a friend to take a Spanish exam for him.
1951: Enlists in the US army, assigned honour guard at supreme headquarters of the allied powers in Europe, in Paris. His political connections keep him out of the Korean war. Discharged in 1953 as a private first class, he re-enters Harvard.
38 posted on
08/26/2009 9:34:33 AM PDT by
smokingfrog
(No man's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session. I AM JIM THOMPSON)
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