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I had an aviation guarantee. Figured I'd be safer in the back areas twisting wrenches on a plane than in the paddies. Like you, I was never sent to Vietnam.
My brother, however (actually two of them) joined the Air Force and went to Nam. One spent his tour dodging rockets and mortar rounds around the air base and eventually came home on a stretcher. The other we're a bit unsure of, but there were rumors he spent some time in the countryside repairing communications installations. He also came home. Funny how that works out. I ended up taking a Mediterranean cruise on an aircraft carrier. Go figure.
They also serve who only stand and wait. Some gave all, all gave something. 
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