[Dialogue] Military Service

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Forwarded by Jann McGuire.

Records to consider as charges of "lack of patriotism" and "soft on defense" 
fly around this campaign season...
 
Democrats
 * Richard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71.
 * David Bonior: Staff Sgt., Air Force 1968-72.
 * Tom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72.
 * Al Gore: enlisted Aug. 1969; sent to Vietnam Jan. 1971 as an army 
journalist in 20th Engineer Brigade.
 * Bob Kerrey: Lt. j.g. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor, Vietnam.
 * Daniel Inouye: Army 1943-47; Medal of Honor, WWII.
 * John Kerry: Lt., Navy 1966-70; Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat V,  
Purple Hearts.
 * Charles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; Bronze Star, Korea.
 * Max Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver Star &Bronze Star, Vietnam.
 * Ted Kennedy: Army, 1951-53.
 * Tom Harkin: Lt., Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74.
 * Jack Reed: Army Ranger, 1971-1979; Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91.
 * Fritz Hollings: Army officer in WWII; Bronze Star and seven campaign 
ribbons.
 * Leonard Boswell: Lt. Col., Army 1956-76; Vietnam, DFCs, Bronze Stars, and  
Soldier's Medal.
 * Pete Peterson: Air Force Captain, POW. Purple Heart, Silver Star and 
Legion of Merit.
 * Mike Thompson: Staff sergeant, 173rd Airborne, Purple Heart.
 * Bill McBride: Candidate for Fla. Governor. Marine in Vietnam; Bronze Star  
with Combat V.
 * Gray Davis: Army Captain in Vietnam, Bronze Star.
 * Pete Stark: Air Force 1955-57
 * Chuck Robb: Vietnam
 * Howell Heflin: Silver Star
 * George McGovern: Silver Star &DFC during WWII.
 * Bill Clinton: Did not serve. Student deferments. Entered draft but 
received #311.
 * Jimmy Carter: Seven years in the Navy.
 * Walter Mondale: Army 1951-1953
 * John Glenn: WWII and Korea; six DFCs and Air Medal with 18 Clusters.
 * Tom Lantos: Served in Hungarian underground in WWII. Saved by Raoul 
Wallenberg.
 
Republicans
 * Dick Cheney: did not serve. Several deferments, the last by marriage.
 * Dennis Hastert: did not serve.
 * Tom Delay: did not serve.
 * Roy Blunt: did not serve.
 * Bill Frist: did not serve.
 * Mitch McConnell: did not serve.
 * Rick Santorum: did not serve.
 * Trent Lott: did not serve.
 * John Ashcroft: did not serve. Seven deferments to teach business.
 * Jeb Bush: did not serve.
 * Karl Rove: did not serve.
 * Saxby Chambliss: did not serve. "Bad knee." The man who attacked Max 
Cleland's patriotism.
 * Paul Wolfowitz: did not serve.
 * Vin Weber: did not serve.
 * Richard Perle: did not serve.
 * Douglas Feith: did not serve.
 * Eliot Abrams: did not serve.
 * Richard Shelby: did not serve.
 * Jon! Kyl: did not serve.
 * Tim Hutchison: did not serve.
 * Christopher Cox: did not serve.
 * Newt Gingrich: did not serve.
 * Don Rumsfeld: served in Navy (1954-57) as flight instructor.
 * George W. Bush: failed to complete six-year National Guard assignment; 
re-assigned from Texas to Alabama National Guard so he could campaign for family 
friend running for U.S. Senate; failing to show up for required medical exam 
and duties, was stripped of pilot status.
 * Ronald Reagan: due to poor eyesight, served in a non-combat role making  
movies.
 * B-1 Bob Dornan: Consciously enlisted after fighting was over in Korea.
 * Phil Gramm: did not serve.
 * John McCain: US Navy 1958-81; Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, 
Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross.
 * Dana Rohrabacher: did not serve.
 * John M. McHugh: did not serve.
 * JC Watts: did not serve.
 * Jack Kemp: did not serve. "Knee problem," although continued in NFL for 8 
years.
 * Dan Quayle: Journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard.
 * Rudy Giuliani: did not serve.
 * George Pataki: did not serve.
 * Spencer Abraham: did not serve.
 * John Engler: did not serve.
 * Lindsey Graham: National Guard lawyer.
 * Arnold Schwarzenegger: AWOL from Austrian army base.
 
Pundits &Preachers
 * Sean Hannity: did not serve.
 * Rush Limbaugh: did not serve (4-F with a 'pilonidal cyst.')
 * Bill O'Reilly: did not serve.
 * Michael Savage: did not serve.
 * George Will: did not serve.
 * Chris Matthews: did not serve.
 * Paul Gigot: did not serve.
 * Bill Bennett: did not serve.
 * Pat Buchanan: did not serve.
 * John Wayne: did not serve.
 * Bill Kristol: did not serve.
 * Kenneth Starr: did not serve.
 * Antonin Scalia: did not serve.
 * Clarence Thomas: did not serve.
 * Ralph Reed: did not serve.
 * Michael Medved: did not serve.
 * Charlie Daniels: did not serve.
 * Ted Nugent: did not serve. (He only shoots at things that don't shoot 
back.)
 
(Please keep this information circulating.)