I remember much of it vividly, since Nixon was the president when I got
drafted into the Army.
On January 22, 1973, he went on nation-wide TV and announced that there
would be no more draft into the Armed Forces of the United States. That
was also the day I got my promotion to Sergeant First Class and orders
to transfer from Nha Trang to Saigon, both major base complexes in South
Viet Nam. I was ready to rip him from a##hole to appetite with a very
rusty and jagged bayonette. Needless to say, I wasn't happy with him, or
his predecessors, who had put me there to begin with.
Hope you enjoy a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. :-)
Rick
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Ron Hawkins wrote:
Rick,
I have to admit to knowing only bits and pieces of the Watergate affair.
Australia was having its own constitutional crisis at the time when possibly
the worst Government in our short history was dismissed.
Some Aussies still have not calmed down...
Ron
Ron, I tend to agree with that viewpoint.
Consider this: most of the heads that got rolled over Watergate had
pretty much been settled by August of 1974, when Nixon resigned.
I have to admit that I turned purple with anger when Mr. Ford pardonned
Mr. Nixon. But I calmed down when I heard the reasoning that Mr. Ford
presented in justification.
Rick
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