Was Bergdahl a deserter?

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Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?

Postby planosteve » Fri Jun 06, 2014 10:40 am

glenn/dallas wrote:I was a sailor aboard the USS Mauna Kea, supplying ammo to Nam in the very early war years. I would expect anyone on my ship that just left their post to be punished to the fullest. Its war time kiddos, you dont do that.

When did Congress declare war in Viet Nam? I must have missed it.
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Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?

Postby GFB » Fri Jun 06, 2014 10:45 am

planosteve wrote:
glenn/dallas wrote:I was a sailor aboard the USS Mauna Kea, supplying ammo to Nam in the very early war years. I would expect anyone on my ship that just left their post to be punished to the fullest. Its war time kiddos, you dont do that.

When did Congress declare war in Viet Nam? I must have missed it.


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Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?

Postby planosteve » Fri Jun 06, 2014 10:56 am

GFB wrote:
planosteve wrote:
glenn/dallas wrote:I was a sailor aboard the USS Mauna Kea, supplying ammo to Nam in the very early war years. I would expect anyone on my ship that just left their post to be punished to the fullest. Its war time kiddos, you dont do that.

When did Congress declare war in Viet Nam? I must have missed it.


You've missed a LOT.

Wasn't it right after the "police action" in Korea?
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Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?

Postby Bob Of Burleson » Fri Jun 06, 2014 1:47 pm

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, passed by Congress on Aug. 7, 1964, was the legal basis for the Johnson and Nixon administrations prosecution of the Vietnam War.

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Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?

Postby BigTex » Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:09 pm

glenn/dallas wrote:I was a sailor aboard the USS Mauna Kea, supplying ammo to Nam in the very early war years. I would expect anyone on my ship that just left their post to be punished to the fullest. Its war time kiddos, you dont do that.


Different military culture.

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Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?

Postby planosteve » Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:33 pm

BigTex wrote:
glenn/dallas wrote:I was a sailor aboard the USS Mauna Kea, supplying ammo to Nam in the very early war years. I would expect anyone on my ship that just left their post to be punished to the fullest. Its war time kiddos, you dont do that.


Different military culture.

It wasn't "war time". It wasn't a war. A declaration of war was never made and a "war" can only be declared against a country.
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Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?

Postby BigTex » Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:35 pm

The military culture is the military culture regardless of a declaration of war.

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Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?

Postby planosteve » Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:46 pm

BigTex wrote:The military culture is the military culture regardless of a declaration of war.

We refer to it as "the rumble in the jungle'.
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Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?

Postby BillB » Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:49 pm

planosteve wrote:
BigTex wrote:The military culture is the military culture regardless of a declaration of war.

We refer to it as "the rumble in the jungle'.


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Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?

Postby Dancer » Fri Jun 06, 2014 7:19 pm

YES DAMMIT!

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Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?

Postby planosteve » Fri Jun 06, 2014 7:30 pm

In the South it was refered to as "The recent unpleasantness".
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Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?

Postby Red Oak » Fri Jun 06, 2014 7:46 pm

Son of California expats - what a surprise !
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