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In reply to the discussion: A disturbing e-mail from the Army today. [View all]GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)I deer hunt there every year. But I pity you the politics!
My dad was raised in an IP paper mill town just over in Louisiana right on the boarder between Louisiana and Arkansas about an hour north of Shreveport. Mill closed in the 70s. I imagine you know where Im talking about. Of course the piny woods stretch from the Mississippi to Texas!
His time at LSU was interrupted by a stent in the Army in Korea. Back then all LSU boys had to be ROTC or so I think he told me. Never once talked about his time in Korea so I cant tell you what he did except I know he was a corporal in the infantry. Mother said he had a bad time. Unfortunately he died young when I was 22 from a heart attack. I have a photo of him in his dress uniform. Those were sharp.
He Ended up getting a PhD and mother told me Vietnam really shook him. As did Wallace since dad was a liberal journalism major who supported integration. In 84 I was set to go to college on an ROTC thing and was surprised when he advised against it. I remember it as the first time he treated me like a man rather than a boy. Told me if there was a conflict that threatened the US I had a duty join up. But did not think that was the case at the time. He hated Reagan who I at the time loved.
Surprisingly I listened to him.
We rural southerners have an ingrained respect for those that serve that transcends politics. Actually I think all Americans do.