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13-06-2010, 04:18 PM

Quote:Well, there was a 4th option: CO status.

CO status was very difficult to obtain.Then the Army sent the CO(conscientious objector) to Vietnam as combat medics,probably the most dangerous assignment there.One of my platoon medics was a CO.He would never carry a weapon,brave man that.........

Quote:And a "two year obligation" usually meant Nam didn't it?

You always hope that you wouldn't,but after seven months of training I was in Vietnam,cannon fodder that..........

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