"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message
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Not everyone. Not my a long shot. While he did seem to shirk some
responsibilities, the record is not quite clear on exactly what
happened.
However, he *was* a youngun. I might have done a stupid thing or twenty
in
my younger years, too.

It is impossible to be AWOL from the National Guard, as drill attendance
was
optional.

Call it whatever you want. The fact is that, using his father's connections,
he got placed in the National Guard to avoid the Vietnam draft and even then
did not have the balls to meet his commitment. Now that may not mean much to
you, but to me it says a whole lot about character.