[newcats]

I'm going to say that it likely has something to do with not understanding what it means to volunteer for anything, let alone to volunteer to serve your country.
What don't you understand about volunteering? Why is it so difficult to understand that I love my country and was willing to give 4 yours of my life for it? Could it be because I am not agreeing with the santification of Reagan?

[Tennessee_Bob]

Whoa - whoa - settle down there. I'm not disputing your service. I served myself - gave ten years of my life to it, so I understand about volunteering. I was throwing a response out to the "Why are you puzzled" comment.

[null and void]

Could it be because I am not agreeing with the santification of Reagan?

Actually, I believe now as then that Nixon's the one. IMHO He deliberately prolonged the war for his own personal political advantage.