Bush Flew Fighter Jets During Vietnam

Subject: Bush Flew Fighter Jets During Vietnam
From: (WalterM140)
Date: 7/21/2004 9:09 PM Pacific Standard Time
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Well, I joined the Marine Corps on my 18th birthday and my recruiter told
me
not to worry about it.

That's not the same as you claimed originally. What Marine unit were you
in?

My claims have been consistent.

I was at Parris Island from 11/12/73 to 2/11/74. I had ten days leave and
seven days transit time before I had to report to Intantry Training School at
Camp San Onofre -- Camp Pendleton.

Here's a picture I took from San Onofre of Mount Mother****er in 1974:

http://members.aol.com/walterm140/mountmother****er.jpg

I graduated from ITS on 4/12/74. I had a follow on school at Portsmouth --
the Sea Duty Indoctrination Course. That was a 4 week course. From McGuire
AFB I flew to Rota, Spain and joined the Marine Detachment of the U.S.S.
Simon
Lake.

Here's a picture of the Lake:

http://www.beachrealty.com/simonlake/as336.jpg

Here's a picture I took in the Marine Detachment in 1975. That's Tye Wright
and FiFi King in the foreground. In the left background is Gunnery Sergeant
Carlos Hathcock. Gunny Hathcock killed 93 men in Viet Nam. Some of his real
accomplishments were fictionalized in the movie "Sniper."

http://members.aol.com/walterm140/mardet75.jpg

Here's a picture I took on a CAX at 29 Palms in 1983:

http://members.aol.com/walterm140/cax84.jpg

Here I am at the Marine Corps Ball in 1983:

http://members.aol.com/walterm140/oki83.jpg

Oh. Here's a picture of my Porsche 928:

http://members.aol.com/walterm140/porsche928.jpg

Is that enough?

Walt



What percentage of those on this NG who challenge your service ever volunteered
for anything, much less the Marines?


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

On 22 Jul 2004 04:09:14 GMT, (WalterM140) wrote:

Oh. Here's a picture of my Porsche 928:

http://members.aol.com/walterm140/porsche928.jpg

Is that a Bondo patch down low on the right rear and looks like rust
just under the door?

"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
...
On 21 Jul 2004 13:30:09 -0700, (Fred the Red
Shirt) wrote:

"Brett" wrote in message
...
"George Z. Bush" wrote:

... in my day the law didn't
require
you to register if you had volunteered and were waiting for your
reporting date.


It did,


You sure about htat?

you didn't have to register between 1975 until 1980, when Jimmy
Carter got concerned about the Soviet's in Afghanistan.


I believe that is true also.

The law has always required males to register (since the original
establishment of selective service.) If you were in the DEP or
awaiting a training date you reported that as well and were
immediately recategorized. Males still have to register on their 18th
birthday.

The registration requirement was suspended from 1975 to 1980, but
that's the only time. Lots of info at http://www.sss.gov/Default.htm

I stand corrected. Thanks.

George Z.

"Fred the peabrained moron" wrote
"Brett" wrote in message
...
"George Z. Bush" wrote:

... in my day the law didn't
require
you to register if you had volunteered and were waiting for your
reporting date.


It did,


You sure about htat?

Well since you eliminated what the response was given to I'm sure my
response to the comment originally presented that you cut away was correct.

"Brett" wrote in message ...
"Fred the peabrained moron" wrote
"Brett" wrote in message
...
"George Z. Bush" wrote:

... in my day the law didn't
require
you to register if you had volunteered and were waiting for your
reporting date.


It did,


You sure about htat?

Well since you eliminated what the response was given to I'm sure my
response to the comment originally presented that you cut away was correct.

Easily corrected:

George Z. Bush" wrote:
"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
...
On 19 Jul 2004 08:57:38 GMT, (WalterM140) wrote:

I turned 18 in 1973. My draft lottery number was somewhere between
183 and 187. But no one was drafted from my year, the first such
year since the start of the Vietnam era draft.


I turned 18 in 1973 also. I asked my recruiter if I should register and he
said not to worry about it.

Walt

You recruiter told you to break the law and you did? It becomes
clearer with each posting why think the way you do.

Unless they changed the law back in the 70s, in my day the law
didn't require you to registerin my day the law didn't require
you to register if you had volunteered and were waiting for your
reporting date.


It did, you didn't have to register between 1975 until 1980, when Jimmy
Carter got concerned about the Soviet's in Afghanistan.

*******

Now, are you sure that the law did require Walt to register for the draft
after he had volunteered and was waiting for his reporting date?

--

FF

"Fred the peabrained moron" wrote:
"Brett" wrote in message
...
"Fred the peabrained moron" wrote
"Brett" wrote in message
...
"George Z. Bush" wrote:

... in my day the law didn't
require
you to register if you had volunteered and were waiting for your
reporting date.


It did,


You sure about htat?

Well since you eliminated what the response was given to I'm sure my
response to the comment originally presented that you cut away was
correct.

Easily corrected:

George Z. Bush" wrote:
"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
...
On 19 Jul 2004 08:57:38 GMT, (WalterM140) wrote:

I turned 18 in 1973. My draft lottery number was somewhere between
183 and 187. But no one was drafted from my year, the first such
year since the start of the Vietnam era draft.


I turned 18 in 1973 also. I asked my recruiter if I should register
and he
said not to worry about it.

Walt

You recruiter told you to break the law and you did? It becomes
clearer with each posting why think the way you do.

Unless they changed the law back in the 70s, in my day the law
didn't require you to registerin my day the law didn't require
you to register if you had volunteered and were waiting for your
reporting date.


It did, you didn't have to register between 1975 until 1980, when Jimmy
Carter got concerned about the Soviet's in Afghanistan.

*******

Now, are you sure that the law did require Walt to register for the draft
after he had volunteered and was waiting for his reporting date?

Now peabrain since he was over 18 and he was under 27 and he wasn't on
ACTIVE DUTY at the time, the law did require him to register and they did
change the law during the 1970's.