Making A Fuss: Pearcy & I been muttering to each other about all these “born again” ex-WarCriminals who seem to get all the attn while us never bought the okeydoke in the first place are ignored. Like how would we know shit, compared to a Colonel?

Well okay, I WAS in the army, but I was drafted & it was a long time ago, pre-vietnam/postKorea. But it ain’t nothing I’m proud of, except a lil just to have survived it.

So I was a Dummy too, once. Been dumb about a lot of things since, but not dumb enough to buy into the DOD trip. I can identify with a young “Troop” up to a point I guess. Except I was a draftee & always regarded the Regular Army guys who’d enlisted Voluntarily with a mixture of fear & suspicion since they all displayed nco stripes, or would shortly.

WWII is the joker in this; some of the sergeants in our outfit had done heroic deeds on the European front in ‘44/45. Like this one guy played the tuba in the division band? He’d led his squad from way behind German lines back to where Patton’s advance guard was, very hairy time of it according to the other nco’s. Nice enough guy I guess, not much of a tuba player but what the hell.

Then there was another sergeant, been in Korea, come out Alcoholic. The other nco’s, the ossifers even, they all covered for him. Played the trumpet, pretty well even drunk out his mind. His barracks room was like a Drill Sergeant’s dream: spotless, gleaming at all times. How he did it I have no idea, every time I ever saw him he was soused to the gills. But I remember him w/fondness cuz he dug marchen to jazdup YankySnarDrump:)

Well, I’m running on again. But I hope somebody like Rosemary J. keeps alert for possible contradictions? I mean, I think Pearcy is right, all these FOB/Fresh Off the Bandwagon types oughta act real humble when they come around people been protesten this shit for decades.

Take it easy,

Dan:)