tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post7186112754260238684..comments2023-06-03T08:28:36.912-05:00Comments on Military Thoughts: Veterans.Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-83912991891950328392007-05-30T18:55:00.000-05:002007-05-30T18:55:00.000-05:00Bert says: Vietnam era veteran includes anybody th...Bert says: Vietnam era veteran includes anybody that was on active duty during that conflict, whether or not they were in Vietnam NOT being material.<BR/><BR/>Combat veteran would be a person of combat arms MOS who actually was in combat.<BR/><BR/>You could serve in a combat zone and get a stripe to wear for serving in a combat zone, and not even see any combat.<BR/><BR/>Combat infantrymans badgeAlberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06727892316586523158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322065.post-55505197210433348762007-05-30T07:23:00.000-05:002007-05-30T07:23:00.000-05:00"U.S War Veterans. [a veteran is any person servin..."U.S War Veterans. [a veteran is any person serving on active duty during the time of the conflict, not necessarily actually in a war theatre.]"<BR/><BR/>Wasn't the definition of veteran much narrower through most of America's history, restricted to combat arms or to those who exchanged fire with the enemy? It is seeming strange to identify a 1968 crewman in a North Dakota missile silo or an 1966Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com