How to make turtle soup:The Strange and Possibly Sordid Story of Mitch McConnell's Military Service
He enlisted in either March 1967 or in July 1967 and served at Fort Knox in the 100th Division (Training) of the U.S. Army Reserve until August 15, 1967. He was assigned Selective Service number 15-131-42-44.
Addison M. McConnell, Jr., reported for duty as instructed, possibly in April or May, 1967. After that, though, things get murky. Convoluted explanations, obfuscations, outright denials, ("Senator McConnell had polio as a child and he never served in armed services.” said Robert Steurer, press secretary for McConnell in Washington. “I am not aware of him ever serving.”)
In Richard Flahavan's extract he writes "the U.S. Army ordered him to undergo an Armed Forces Physical Examination which he did July 9, 1967. Apparently, he did not pass because he was released from the U.S. Army Reserve August 15, 1967."
A new member of the 100th Army Reserve Unit in Basic Training at Ft. Knox was arrested in the barracks for sodomy. The guy is getting out of the military and the excuse will be due to an illness, an eye disorder. The Major then told a joke about it saying, "I guess the guy couldn't see the difference between guys and girls."
Much more-older story:https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/2/24/1189537/-The-Strange-and-Possibly-Sordid-Story-of-Mitch-McConnell-s-Military-Service
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We've discussed it on DU before. It's not new, but nobody can confirm the story one way or the other. The Army brass who were involved are long gone, documents/records disappeared or were never kept.
It's possible - I have no direct knowledge either way - that in 1967 a young man who wanted to get out of service in Vietnam could have faked a homosexual assault. He wouldn't have been the first one to try it, nor the last.
Allergy eye problems this morning
Changed it.
I knew guys who split for Canada, I knew guys who tried to fake a disease or medical condition. I'm sure the gay thing was tried several times. Lots of guys my age went to college who probably didn't belong there, but they needed the student deferment. Guys were scared, and most people my age did not support the Vietnam War politically or morally. Bone spurs anyone?
