Have you ever experienced combat?

@puck61Thank goodness I was spared. Too young for Vietnam. Too old for Grenada. I believe that I would have been a good solider. Glad I never had to be tested. If you did...., I thank you for your personal sacrifice and that of your brothers in arms. Sincerely.

@zhafar I was post Vietnam era. People tend to scowl when they hear that. 79 to 85. I actually have no idea whether I killed anyone or not, I was talking about Portland Oregon actually! A brass goose head at the tip of a cane. Kathunk. The bill of the goose was a good three inches long.

Oh. I think I understand. I have known those who were killed and those who killed. None were happy. My brother was both. Such is life. The Marines turned me down because I had punched out a cop before he and his partener beat the shit out of me. I did a y

year. They were stupid to not take me. The best canon fodder US tax dollars could buy. I was patriotic and built like a steel spring. Fuk'em.

1978.