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Originally posted by Tim Sullivan
My wife's grandfather actually tried to join up in 1940 or '41 but couldn't due to medical reasons. He was actually given a lapel pin and "pass" that declared him unfit for military service, I guess to keep the red caps off his back for being a war-avoider. The inlaws still have the button and info....very interesting indeed!
Tim
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Hi TIM;
Thanks for your little story
It's interesting to hear about the lapel pin and "pass" :-)
My youngest daughters father is American and he wasn't allowed to get into active duty. I don't know the wars, or his service history, but I think it was Vietnam or Korea time that he served. He's 90% blind now in one eye and had a little vision loss in the other. When he told me he served "at home" he seemed "apologetic" when he told me and I knew he felt badly.
I guess a lot of people wanted to get right involved but were denied because of health (physical or/AND psychological I presume)
BY THE WAY.... me being a short thing
(A L M O S T 5'2"
.... (be nice!!!!)
would they have turned me down for being too
short?
Carman