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Old 11-08-2013, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Ocala Mike View Post
Much, much different now than "back in the day." After a 4-1/2 year hitch in the USAF, 1964-1968, I got out and joined an ANG unit out of Floyd Bennett Field in NY. We got activated and "deployed" in March, 1970 for......wait for it......the postal strike!
Have many 'older' friends who served in 'Nam and can't imagine the shiat they dealt with coming back with little to no help sans 'welcome home' compared to those coming back now to 'open' arms.

I'm sorry for those 'back in the day'.
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