Comments on: Happy Birthday, Dear Internet http://iwassaying.net/2009/10/29/happy-birthday-dear-internet/ Chatter, memories and rants. Please, don't stop me if you've heard this one before. Mon, 02 May 2011 10:30:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pete http://iwassaying.net/2009/10/29/happy-birthday-dear-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-4850 Pete Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:30:24 +0000 http://iwassaying.net/?p=962#comment-4850 Actually, Darlene, I didn't understand what that volunteer statement had accomplished until about 25 years after the fact. I just did what the colonel told me to do after I answered his questions by saying, yes, I wanted to stay right where I was. By 1969, there were career members of the military, both officers and enlisted, who had soured on the Vietnam adventure and were working in small ways to minimize its damage to young soldiers, sailors and airmen. I have no idea who that colonel was, but I certainly owe him my sanity—and perhaps my life. Actually, Darlene, I didn’t understand what that volunteer statement had accomplished until about 25 years after the fact. I just did what the colonel told me to do after I answered his questions by saying, yes, I wanted to stay right where I was.

By 1969, there were career members of the military, both officers and enlisted, who had soured on the Vietnam adventure and were working in small ways to minimize its damage to young soldiers, sailors and airmen.

I have no idea who that colonel was, but I certainly owe him my sanity—and perhaps my life.

]]> By: Darlene http://iwassaying.net/2009/10/29/happy-birthday-dear-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-4847 Darlene Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:53:44 +0000 http://iwassaying.net/?p=962#comment-4847 I really learned new stuff from your post today. I don't think I would have believed anyone 40 years ago if they told me I would be typing a message that could be read around the world in a a very short time. You were clever to avoid Viet Nam service the way you did. It shows brains are better than brawn. (Not that you didn't have that, I'm sure.) I really learned new stuff from your post today. I don’t think I would have believed anyone 40 years ago if they told me I would be typing a message that could be read around the world in a a very short time.

You were clever to avoid Viet Nam service the way you did. It shows brains are better than brawn. (Not that you didn’t have that, I’m sure.)

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