Military service helps make America great
I recently reconnected with a friend from college.
We graduated from Auburn University in 1970 and were commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army. We attended officer basic at Fort Sill where we were roommates. After graduation we went our separate ways but were both stationed in Europe during the height of the Vietnam War.
My friend and I had “dodged the bullet,” so to speak, as we had the good fortune to be stationed in Europe instead of Vietnam. My friend had served his country honorably and could have resigned his commission and returned to civilian life. But he did not. He volunteered for Vietnam where he became an artillery forward observer with an infantry unit where life expectancy was measured in weeks.
Think about that. He was not drafted and sent to Vietnam. He volunteered.