[rollei_list] Jerry Lehrer: I am baffled
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Lehrer, Gerald" <gerald.lehrer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"Jerry Lehrer" <glehrer@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 10:48:46 -0400
At 09:34 AM 5/29/2008, Lehrer, Gerald wrote:
>My military history started in the ROTC where I "served" for four
>years. I achieved the
>rank of Cadet Major. I also spent three months at Fort Belvoir, where
>I learned what the Army was really like. Just before graduation, I
>turned down the offer of commission in the regular Army, (since I was
>a "Distinguished Military Student"). The
>CO said that he would see that I was drafted within two weeks. I said
>"F--- you, Colonel, I quit". Walked out without shutting his door.
>Been a civilian ever since.
>
>There is no doubt in my mind that you are the fourth of the McCoy brothers.
Two points.
Your tale sounds sour. There has never been any
connection at all between the US military and the
Selective Service System and the two were quite
hostile to each other, the Andrews Sisters and
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" to the
contrary. No US Army Colonel would have ever
suggested that he would have you drafted and so
forth as a threat, as your Draft Board would just
have laughed at him had he tried to arrange this.
Much more likely was that your Colonel advised
you, as he was legally required to do, that your
name would be turned over as a loser to your
Draft Board. I am certain that this
happened. In general, Draft Boards felt that
someone too stupid to make it through ROTC was
probably of sub-normal intelligence and thus
refused to call them up. This might have been what happened to you.
On the second point, I certainly do have Riley
blood, from County Cavan, but I am equally
certain that I have no McCoy blood, and your
reference completely escapes me. Who are the
first three of the McCoy brothers?
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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