My War Days

I turned 17 in 1972. A few months after that I joined the US Coast Guard. I had earned enough credits to get out of high school after the first semester of my senior year.

The fondest memory of my military service occurred in April of 1973 as I traveled from boot camp in Alameda, Calif to Governor’s Island, New York.

I had to ride the subway from JFK airport to South Ferry in lower Manhattan in order to get to Governor’s Island, while wearing my dress uniform.

During that ride on the subway, some guy came up and spit on me. People clapped. I served in a different era.

But memes change, and unfortunately the US government and Hollywood have introduced more palatable military/war memes since then.