Posted on Oct 14, 2015
I joined the Army when I was a "hippie". How did your age group view the military when you joined?
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97' Had a lot going on at that time. Bosnia, Kosovo, second crisis in Iraq. Had a lot to think about. Being part of the "Clinton" days I was in it for the college money. Other than the things listed above.. Joining pre 911 it was much different then. I carried a lot of pride in my uniform.
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My age group thought that the military was a bunch of animals and that it was more patriotic to skip out of the country than to join the military.
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SPC Margaret Higgins
SGT Jerrold Pesz, My brothers were ready to leave the U.S.- and I think go to Canada.
To this day, I was the only child to join the military; and it took a long time for them to say they were proud of me, thank me, etc.
To this day, I was the only child to join the military; and it took a long time for them to say they were proud of me, thank me, etc.
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I joined in 71, I guess we were the end of the Hippy era. While many of my friends went to college to protest the Nam war I enlisted... I lost a lot of friends..... I found me.....
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SPC Margaret Higgins
GOOD FOR YOU, SFC Everett Oliver! I really RESPECT you for your choice to enlist in the Vietnam War; against all odds. And I could not be happier; that you found you.
I HONOR AND RESPECT YOU NO END.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR SACRIFICES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE; AND YOUR SACRIFICES IN VIETNAM.
With My Love in HIM, Margaret
I HONOR AND RESPECT YOU NO END.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR SACRIFICES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE; AND YOUR SACRIFICES IN VIETNAM.
With My Love in HIM, Margaret
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