To: "Don Bowen" <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Homestead] War
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:35:01 -0500
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net> wrote:
> Does it count that I get to wear the little red and yellow ribbon with star
> (at least those are the colors I remember) from two tours in Vietnam? I
> never set foot on land, I was on a huge gray boat with an airport for a
> roof.
>
> By the way I am anti war and anti Bush/McCain.
I'd say it counts. Both of my BILs are anti-war and anti-Bush/McCain.
One was a helicopter pilot in Viet Nam (one of his brothers died
there); the other joined the Merchant Marine to avoid the draft...and
found himself on the Mekong River delivering shipments for the troops.
Marie
Re: [Homestead] It's not just politics. It's people.
, (continued)