re: #563 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

That’s because they talked about the second point he brought up as to why he went: Because going into the NG/reserves or even skipping the country would have looked bad for daddy and his career.

In those days, lots of Ivy league college men were trying to get out of going and they did. He could have joined the reserves like many of his friends did, but he didn’t.

He didn’t have a dangerous position per se. He was a journalist, but he went and deserves that credit.