[lbo-talk] blacks shun military

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Mon Oct 8 18:13:22 PDT 2007


Jordan Hayes wrote:
>
> > You mean that _very_ small part of the Air Force that has
> > something to do with airplanes, don't you. For the rest,
> > it's just a way of avoiding getting shot at.
>
> Can't avoid it for much longer: now they instill "an expeditionary
> foundation in every Airman" at Basic ...

Well anyhow it kept ME from getting shot at back in 1951-55. Safe & sound in Arlington Virginia. In Basic Training we all referred to each other as draft dodgers -- as did the training personnel.

*Carrol



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