[Magdalen] Close Call/Korea.

[Jay Weigel]

My other-daughter's oldest son, who is in the Army (computer specialist)
was stationed in South Korea for awhile. He rather liked it, especially the
food, but was glad when he got back to his base in Hawaii and his
girlfriend (now wife) who is also in the military. I don't think they're
planning on making a career out of the military. He never was, and although
I believe she was at one time, she's changed her mind :) Many smiles for
Dominique and Bethania, and here's hoping they'll be back on the mainland
one of these days.

On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 11:28 AM, cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> With all the attention currently upon events on the
> Korean Peninsula, I remembered that I was very
> close to being eligible for the draft into the US Military,
> and then sent off to the front lines of this unpopular,
> deadly "Conflict."  That War/Conflict ceased for all
> practical purposes in 1953, and I graduated from
> high school in 1955.
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> The USA Selective Service let me finish my dermatology
> residency in 1966 before grabbing me for duty (during
> the Viet Nam War) by placing me in the Cold War in Germany
> 1966 - 1970.
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> I do remember the hordes of Korean War veterans crowding
> the UW-Madison Campus when I entered my undergraduate
> years there in 1955.  The veterans were essentially all male,
> and all carried one of those huge slide rules, usually attached
> to their belts.  They all seemed to go for one of the several
> engineering specialties, so the pathways from the Residence
> Halls to the Engineering Campus were well worn.
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> Years later, I visited the stunning Frank Gehry building at
> UM-Minneapolis housing the finest collection of Korean
> furniture in the USA.  I became an instant convert, and
> half my home is furnished with Korean pieces.
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> Who would have guessed?
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> David S.
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weisman_Art_Museum
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