“2 years in the army.....”
makes one think what he could have (i wrote could instead of would) become if he wasn’t born priviledged into wealth and “society”,the Senate.
The back story is that he enlistred for 4 years after he was expelled from Harvard for cheating on a spanish exam and was afraid to face his father. He enlisted for 4 years, but his father got it changed to 2 and had him sent to Paris to serve on the Honor Guard at NATO headquarters. His father also kept him from being sent to Korea.