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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hotwheelsearl, post: 7326683, member: 75143&quot;]Lovely commemorations. That was a really rough time in many families&#039; lives.</p><p><br /></p><p>My dad <i>barely</i> missed Vietnam, by getting a college deferral (he was in NROTC in college, marine option).</p><p><br /></p><p>During training/drills, the DI wouldn&#039;t say &quot;if you go to war&quot; it was &quot;<b>WHEN</b> you get shipped to Vietnam....&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>In many universities across the country, there were massive student protests. College ROTC students were harassed as well, and it go so bad at my dad&#039;s college that they had to hold drill indoors to avoid being harassed.</p><p><br /></p><p>At one point the students tried to storm the armory, but his father, a gruff Marine MGySgt stood on the steps with the smokey bear hat, and put hands on hips and gave a gruff look.</p><p>Armory survived for another day.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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