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Message: [QUOTE="victor, post: 711966, member: 2695"] I remember getting off the bus in 1966 accidentally dropping my duffel bag and the drill instructor telling me hey we got us a college boy. He messed with me for a couple of weeks but I knew to keep my mouth shut and was in good enough shape to handle the PT. After the first 2 weeks he left me alone. I also remember when I got my orders out of basic training. Everyone in my company was getting orders to go to advanced infantry training which was basically a ticket to Nam. My orders were to report to Yuma Proving Ground. He looked at me kind of funny like who the hell did I know. The fact that I had a degree in engineering kept me from going to Nam and probably getting killed. Of course at the time I was to young and to stupid to realize how lucky I was. [/QUOTE]