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1 posted on 11/16/2016 1:12:57 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

Melvin Laird ended the draft 4 months before I turned 18.


2 posted on 11/16/2016 1:17:10 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: Borges

I remember his name and said his name many times reciting the chain of command on guard mount.


3 posted on 11/16/2016 1:17:50 PM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Borges

Mrs. Melvin Laird was the sponsor of my submarine.


4 posted on 11/16/2016 1:20:24 PM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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To: Borges

Sometimes know as “Bombsaway Laird” if I remember correctly - by the anti-war thugs, of course - RIP.....


5 posted on 11/16/2016 1:31:12 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Borges

RIP.


6 posted on 11/16/2016 1:44:15 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: Borges

Pretty sure he’s the genius that had the B-52s fly at 30,000 ft. via the same coordinates, same time every day.

Sitting ducks for the North.

(he didn’t want to give away the B-52 strategic profile to the Soviets)


7 posted on 11/16/2016 2:03:23 PM PST by G Larry (America has the opportunity to return to God.)
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To: Borges

Melvin R. Laird, ed., The Coneservative Papers (Garden City, NY: Anchor, 1964). With articles by Henry Kissinger, Milton Friedman, Edward Teller, Harry V. Jaffa, et al.

8 posted on 11/16/2016 2:58:35 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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