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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 280896, member: 66"]Notice I said they were guidelines, they do not have the force of law so they CAN ignore them if they chose. </p><p><br /></p><p>When you say the 230th anniversary of the Army I assume you mean the Marine Corps dollar, unless they have something new coming up. I thought the Marine Corps dollar was a pretty stupid coin as well. Not that I have anything against the Marines, I just think the choice of what they were commemorating (The particular anniversary) was stupid.</p><p><br /></p><p>And Clembo you are correct. The 38th parallel was so intensely stressed during the war and everything always revolved around it. Even when they finally reached the truce, the boundary was once again the 38th parallel. Today no one seems to remember that (Which is surprising considering that at the time the TV show MASH would have been very fresh in peoples minds. It took place in Korea during the war and there were several references in the show to the 38th parallel.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 280896, member: 66"]Notice I said they were guidelines, they do not have the force of law so they CAN ignore them if they chose. When you say the 230th anniversary of the Army I assume you mean the Marine Corps dollar, unless they have something new coming up. I thought the Marine Corps dollar was a pretty stupid coin as well. Not that I have anything against the Marines, I just think the choice of what they were commemorating (The particular anniversary) was stupid. And Clembo you are correct. The 38th parallel was so intensely stressed during the war and everything always revolved around it. Even when they finally reached the truce, the boundary was once again the 38th parallel. Today no one seems to remember that (Which is surprising considering that at the time the TV show MASH would have been very fresh in peoples minds. It took place in Korea during the war and there were several references in the show to the 38th parallel.)[/QUOTE]
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