Ed Rasimus wrote in message . ..
[recall of 1972 deleted for brevity]

I was thirty and flying my second tour at Korat in the F-4E, going to
NVN most every day. I had a vested interest in the campaign.


I turned 18 a year after the election of 1972. My number was 187,
but thanks to Nixon 'winding down' the war in Vietnam no one in
my year was drafted so I sat on my ass stateside. Notwithstanding,
what I recall is much the same as what you recall.

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