That play is over with, you are just another old man, probably even older than me, and no one gives a shit about Vietnam. I listened to my neighbor when we got to know each other, his service in Vietnam warrants that respect. That is why we get along so well; I show respect to those who actually earned it.
You were an officer, and you took your assignment, but you could have always asked for another assignment. The only thing that kept you in that "hole, " was you.
I always understood why anyone did not want to go to Vietnam, it took a while for that to sink in, but then in 1966 I was just 15 years old. Once again Cadet Bonespur belongs to Donal Trump, but thanks for reminding all of us that he didn't have that deferment once but many times, and after graduation he used good old Dad to intervene again.
But that is why you like trump, he evades everything in life, Vietnam, along with his 34 Felong Charges. He reminds me of you, who evaded Vietnam by sitting in a hole when you knew you could have gone to Vietnam, as an Officer. Vietnam needed Officers but you never wanted that assignment.