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To: greyfoxx39
I have to admit that I would have a more favorable view of Mormons if I had seen any at all while I was serving in Vietnam. There was a notable lack of the fringe sects among us..

I note that the Mittster had better things to do while I and many others were taking the brunt of the fight.and his many sons have never worn a uniform.

Must have a different definition of patriotism than the rest of us.

4 posted on 05/30/2012 7:27:16 AM PDT by Chainmail
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To: Chainmail

Don’t you remember? Willard said that his sons serve their country by working on his campaigns.


10 posted on 05/30/2012 7:39:42 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon (Time for a write-in campaign...Darryl Dixon for President)
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To: Chainmail
Must have a different definition of patriotism than the rest of us.

I've served with several Mormons in the Navy, both officers and enlisted.

17 posted on 05/30/2012 8:01:31 AM PDT by Drew68 (I WILL vote to defeat Barack Hussein Obama!)
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To: Chainmail

I am sure Romney thinks he served his country gallivanting around Europe (mostly France) for two years, while you were in Nam.
I mean he has said that his sons have served this country by campaigning for him.
The Romney family has a skewed view of service to country.
Thank you for your service.


25 posted on 05/30/2012 8:20:16 AM PDT by svcw (If one living cell on another planet is life, why isn't it life in the womb?)
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To: Chainmail
I have to admit that I would have a more favorable view of Mormons if I had seen any at all while I was serving in Vietnam

That's odd...I didn't see you either..I guess we never crossed paths,in 1966-67,1969-70,and 1973-4.You could have found a bunch of us at Sacrament meetings aboard most any Naval vessel and at DaNang...at least I could find them.

30 posted on 05/30/2012 8:36:56 AM PDT by oldsalt (There's no such thing as a free lunch.)
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To: Chainmail

During the Vietnam war the Mormon church was requesting excessive deferments for their young men. They met with the government and finally agreed to limit the deferments each ward could request for young men to go on missions. It was understood that after finishing their mission the young men would be eligible to serve. Romney got his first deferment to attend college, when he quit school he requested a 2nd to go on a mission. When he returned he request a 3rd to again attend college. He insults the military when he claims his sons serve their country by campaigning for him.


40 posted on 05/30/2012 10:25:29 AM PDT by brightright
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To: Chainmail
My pop....was in the USMC. He recalled to me once...about talking to another Marine, who happened to be a mormon..while crossing the Pacific during WWII in a ship headed for some island.

Don't know why the conversation came up...it was many, many years ago.

42 posted on 05/30/2012 10:35:26 AM PDT by Osage Orange (God is my Co-Pilot.)
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