75-Year-Old Army Doctor to Serve in Afghanistan

LiberalHeart

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Fri Jun-16-06 03:28 PM
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75-Year-Old Army Doctor to Serve in Afghanistan

EDGEWOOD, MARYLAND (AP) -- Dr. William Bernhard was distraught when a knee injury kept him out of the Marines as a young man. But he still found a way to spend his life in the military by becoming a surgeon in the Army Reserve and National Guard. On Saturday, the 75-year-old Bernhard deploys to Afghanistan for four months. And he hopes it's not his final mission.

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Captain Hilts

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Fri Jun-16-06 03:31 PM
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1. They navy's recalled chaplains in their 70s. nt

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chaumont58

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Fri Jun-16-06 07:02 PM
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2. In 1959, in Chaumont AB, France, I served with a master Sergeant

who joined the US Army in 1914! He had a 5 digit serial number. An 8 digit number was normal. In those days, they didn't use the SSN as military identification.

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teryang

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Sat Jun-17-06 10:57 AM
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3. I received a solicitation to join the Naval Reserve recently

Edited on Sat Jun-17-06 10:58 AM by teryang

I'm well into my fifties. They are desperate.

It came the same day as a VA letter advising me my personal data had been stolen.

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Posteritatis

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Sat Jun-17-06 11:17 AM
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4. I'll respect anyone who voluntarily does that at that age. (n/t)

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