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I recall the first year of Truman's extension. I
laughed at those that got extended. What a mistake! The next year I had 23 days
to go for rotation and guess who got caught. The 1st Sgt had the greatest
delight in telling me about it. What goes around,comes around.
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Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 12:57
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Subject: Re: Reservist and basic
training
Don't forget Mr. Truman's two one-year extensions of
enlistments in 1951 and 1952. That didn't make him very popular. We had a
torpedoman who was at the quarterdeck, waiting for a boat to fleet landing,
Yokosuka, on his way to the States for discharge, when he heard his six-year
hitch had been extended. Not a happy camper. My enlistment was extended, also.
Don
"J.E. Ballow" wrote:
I recall that the first of the call-ups we
received were Inactive Reservists. One of them had 23 days to go to complete
law school and couldn't get a month deferment. After we got him we managed
to work out an agreement with his school, on of the Ivy League, to take the
final exams in Tokyo under supervision of someone in the GHQ
JAG.
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Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 11:45
AM
Subject: Reservist and basic
training A vet attended the reunion of the Chosin Few in San
Antonio. He told a news reporter he was on a troop ship with some Marine
reservists on their way to Korea. He said some of these had never gone
through boot camp. He said they were being taught to fire M1 rifles off
the fantail of the ship. Bob Dove
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