"I suddenly had visions of crawling through these tunnels beneath the rice paddies with hand grenades. It was not an inviting prospect."
Too bad he was not drafted, it may have done him some good.
Posted on 07/13/2002 3:44:10 PM PDT by GeneD
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:07:58 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
BOSTON -- It was 1968, as U.S. soldiers were being shipped off every day to fight the war in Vietnam, when 22-year-old Robert Reich walked into the Oakland military induction center and made the examining sergeant's day.
"Just what we're looking for!" the sergeant said upon sight of the 4-foot-10-inch Reich. "A tunnel rat to flush the Vietcong out from under the rice paddies!"
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
"I suddenly had visions of crawling through these tunnels beneath the rice paddies with hand grenades. It was not an inviting prospect."
Too bad he was not drafted, it may have done him some good.
(USMC grunt platoon doc, 65 - 66, WIA x2.)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
