[rollei_list] Re: Jerry Lehrer: I am sorry
- From: "Robert Lilley" <54moggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 11:18:39 -0400
If this was before the draft lottery was in effect, your IIS student
deferment lapsed when you graduated college. This would have been reported
to your draft board. I remember in the midst of transferring from one
college to another, my draft board informing me that my IIS deferment would
be taken away because as I was transferring I wouldn't have enough credits
to graduate in four years. I enlisted and joined my fellow dropouts in that
little happening in Indochina.
Your story does remind me of the time I quit Valley Forge Military Academy
and being told by the deputy commanding officer that he hoped I would
shuffle sh*t on S4 detail for my entire army career after I was drafted. I
never did S4 detail in all my eight years of the army.
Rob
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[mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lehrer, Gerald
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:34 AM
To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Jerry Lehrer
Cc: msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Jerry Lehrer: I am sorry
Marc,
Because I am writing this from work, I figure that the RUG server would
reject it, so I am asking you to send it on to the RUG.
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.
DRUMMER, not bugler!
There is no doubt in my mind that you are the fourth of the McCoy brothers.
Jerry
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From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marc James Small
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:00 PM
To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [rollei_list] Jerry Lehrer: I am sorry
At 11:13 PM 5/28/2008, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
>Flagship= the leader
>
>I have seen photos of my Uncle Joe in uniform, with drum. Foreground
>signs, in Cyrillic, stated Imperial Russian Navy.
>I did not know that he had to be Russian Orthodox. He was not a
volunteer. He
>was "impressed" into service.
>
>End of that discussion.
>
>Now do you want to hear about MY military history? I thought not!.
Jerry
I am hungry for the story of your military
history. I apologize for not understanding your
heritage. I started to write you a response
along the lines of those I often post to Ted
Grant on the Leica Users' Group and then I
recognized that this would be inappropriate -- I
am perfectly capable of doing mature things, at
least once a year. My family has a long military
tale but almost all of it consists of avoiding
unfriendly people were dong nasty things toward
them. But, then, they were dumb enough to volunteer.
I would be honored to learn the entire tale of
your bugler uncle. I would delight to learn of
your own military experience. I suspect that is much larger than mine.
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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