Recently, Cecil E. Chapman posted:

pilot would never do that to fellow pilots. So what in hell was he
doing in the National Guard? Don't answer that I really don't want
to know.

Easy to answer that one,,,, he was trying to avoid the likelihood (at
the time) going into combat with the draft by joining the Guard...
An 'artful dodger' :-)

Let's not forget the insurance policy... he went AWOL for a year and a
half.

Neil