Was Bergdahl a deserter?

[planosteve]

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.

[GFB]

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.

[planosteve]

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?

[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.

[BigTex]

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.

[planosteve]

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.

[BigTex]

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

[planosteve]

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

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

[BillB]

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.

[Dancer]

YES DAMMIT!

[planosteve]

In the South it was refered to as "The recent unpleasantness".

[Red Oak]

Son of California expats - what a surprise !