Ask yourself this question: how would you feel if your crew got to
go home after 3 months overseas, and you had to stay for duration
plus six months? Would you say "they went to war" as excited as
you are about JFKerry?

Always wondered about that early departure. Can anyone explain?


Anyone wounded three times could opt out.

It occurs to me that this is what the protagonist in "Platoon" does also.

Walt