OpinionJanuary 3, 2004
Guardsmen expect call to active duty
To the editor: I and many other veterans can only laugh at the article "Working overtime" in last Sunday's paper. What did this guy think he was being paid for 31 years in the Guard for? Summer camp? No one forced any of these people to accept an assignment or paycheck to be in the National Guard. We've had an all-volunteer military force since the mid-1970s...
To the editor:
I and many other veterans can only laugh at the article "Working overtime" in last Sunday's paper. What did this guy think he was being paid for 31 years in the Guard for? Summer camp? No one forced any of these people to accept an assignment or paycheck to be in the National Guard. We've had an all-volunteer military force since the mid-1970s.
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TOM ZIESKE
Cape Girardeau
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