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Elphaba · 09-10-2005, 07:53 PM

I have never served but the important men in my life have:

Dad: Enlisted, Navy; WWII. Bombardier in the Pacific in a makeshift civilian aircraft. Shot down three times; spent last six months of war in a psych hospital for "battle fatigue."

First Husband: Drafted, Army, 101st Airborne; Viet Nam. Ground pounder on point for the incursion of Cambodia. Untreated PTSD sent me running from that marriage.

Current Husband: Volunteered for the Navy on a bet with drunken buddies and was the only one accepted; Electronics Engineer E-5, but two or three Captain's mast's for being insubordinant with his immediate officer. Honorable Discharge. Claims to secondary fame: His ship picked up John Glenn (USS Noah); he calculated and strung a communication line for sending an SOS after his ship's upper deck was taken out by a hurricane; and he decoded and delivered the CoC's (JFK) message to his captain to meet the Soviet fleet and prevent their arrival to Cuba.

Overall, not bad for a nonconformist sob.

09-10-2005, 07:53 PM	#93 (permalink)
Elphaba Deja Moo Location: Olympic Peninsula, WA	I have never served but the important men in my life have: Dad: Enlisted, Navy; WWII. Bombardier in the Pacific in a makeshift civilian aircraft. Shot down three times; spent last six months of war in a psych hospital for "battle fatigue." First Husband: Drafted, Army, 101st Airborne; Viet Nam. Ground pounder on point for the incursion of Cambodia. Untreated PTSD sent me running from that marriage. Current Husband: Volunteered for the Navy on a bet with drunken buddies and was the only one accepted; Electronics Engineer E-5, but two or three Captain's mast's for being insubordinant with his immediate officer. Honorable Discharge. Claims to secondary fame: His ship picked up John Glenn (USS Noah); he calculated and strung a communication line for sending an SOS after his ship's upper deck was taken out by a hurricane; and he decoded and delivered the CoC's (JFK) message to his captain to meet the Soviet fleet and prevent their arrival to Cuba. Overall, not bad for a nonconformist sob.