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Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 10:40 am
by planosteve
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.
Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 10:45 am
by GFB
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.
Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 10:56 am
by planosteve
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?
Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 1:47 pm
by Bob Of Burleson
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.
Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:09 pm
by BigTex
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.
Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:33 pm
by planosteve
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.
Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:35 pm
by BigTex
The military culture is the military culture regardless of a declaration of war.
Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:46 pm
by planosteve
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'.
Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:49 pm
by BillB
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'.
Was the Civil War a declared war?
No.
Were deserters shot?
Yes.
Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 7:19 pm
by Dancer
YES DAMMIT!
Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 7:30 pm
by planosteve
In the South it was refered to as "The recent unpleasantness".
Re: Was Bergdahl a deserter?
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 7:46 pm
by Red Oak
Son of California expats - what a surprise !