"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com on Mon, 19 May
2014 12:37:21 -0500 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
pyotr filipivich fired this volley in
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but I suppose that would be an interesting
question for another time: knowing then what you know now, and given
an honorable alternative - how many combat vets would rather just be
"a vet"? Or a "[conflict name] era vet."?

I've often had that very conversation with my wife. I came home with
only one small hole in me, and no lasting problems from it. A lot of
guys in my unit did not.

She's asked me, "Do you wish you hadn't done it?"

The answer is pretty simple. I wouldn't want to do it again (except) to
save my life. But I wouldn't have foregone the experience for anything.

Yeah. Like I say, I grew up around 'heros'. [GI Brat till I was
twenty-one] Most of them were "You couldn't pay me enough to do it
again, but I wouldn't exchange it for a million dollars" (back when
that was "Real Money")

Lloyd
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pyotr filipivich
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