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From the San Jose Mercury News, September 20, 1998:

Davis' job as a member of the Signal Corps in Vietnam was to deliver radio equipment by helicopter to troops on the front lines. He said he "got caught up in rocket attacks" every few weeks, and the helicopter "was hit a few times." But more traumatic for the impressionable Davis was the fact that few of his frat brothers or law school classmates were in Vietnam. Even fewer were on the front lines.

"I was pretty naive growing up, and I just thought everyone did their duty. America was fighting a war, everyone kind of had to share the burden," Davis recalls. "The burden of this war fell disproportionately on minorities and whites who were less well-educated." He adds: "That's why I'm a Democrat."

He was awarded a Bronze Star for his year in Vietnam. The commendation noted his "initiative, zeal, sound judgment and devotion to duty" in the effort to rid Vietnam "of the Communist threat to its freedom." Wary that he may give his more liberal audiences the wrong impression, Davis now often calls the war "ill-conceived" and asks them not to "think I'm a hawk."

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The burden of this war fell disproportionately on minorities and whites who were less well-educated." He adds: "That's why I'm a Democrat."

This idiot doesn't remember that Lyndon Johnson was the President from November, 1963 until January, 1969. Wasn't that when the draft levels were the highest? Also, wasn't Congress controlled by the Dems during that time period?

BTW - your screen name is a hoot!