Here's a salute to the veterans among us for Veterans Day, Monday, November 12.

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I enlisted in the US Army in February of 1967 and went to Fort Knox for Basic, then Redstone Arsenal for 32 weeks of training as a missile test station repairman (21J20)

Off to Europe for about 2 years of service as -- not a missile test station repairman -- but as a company clerk. Reached Spec 5 rank.

Got out in December 1969 and returned to Michigan State for the last 6 months of work on my BS.

I enlisted to avoid the draft. My draft board called and told me I would be drafted the next month so I enlisted so I could choose the school I would go to -- the longest one the Army offered. And the missile I worked on was the Pershing, a 400NM range rocket with a nuclear warhead. Not likely to be used in Vietnam.