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To: Snow Bunny
I am not sure, but I read someplace that the man that started FedEx is a Viet Nam vet. If so HE knows for sure what we are up against in the world and at home.

That's interesting! A "Google" search turned up this...

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"Very interested in military history and aviation, he learned to fly at age 15. He went on to attend Yale University. Feeling pre-ordained and also with a sense of duty, Smith joined the Marine Corps reserve and would later serve tours in Vietnam. Vietnam was an awakening for Smith. Unlike his childhood where he associated with the youth of privilege, in Vietnam, he associated with the less privileged men, watched their courage, and shared their agony and death. He credits an African American platoon sergeant for helping him to understand what enlisted men think and want. Reminiscing about Vietnam, Smith credits the lessons he learned from this sergeant with enabling him to understand the concerns of rank-and-file employees in the early years of Federal Express (OS 87."

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164 posted on 09/19/2001 12:16:33 PM PDT by Ouachita
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To: Ouachita
Thanks a lot for doing that. Not so much because I wanted to be right BUT because he had been a Marine in Viet Nam and should have full appreciation for what he did.

Three cheers for FEDEx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks again !

221 posted on 09/19/2001 4:53:38 PM PDT by Snow Bunny
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