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Feb. 11th, 2016 08:58 pmI hab a code.
I am getting so very, very tired of breathing through my mouth all the time. It's just a cold and will run its course in a few days. But getting through it sucks. Getting through it while only taking 4 hours of sick time because the office will fall apart if I take a full sick day sucks even more.
Question: did American soldiers in the Korean War serve a "tour of duty" a la Vietnam, and then get to go home (assuming they had survived, that is) or were they there for the duration of the war, like soldiers during WWII? I know the UK brought in National Service around the time that Korea first kicked off, so I'm assuming they were operating on a tour of duty system. But I don't know about the Yanks. Or the Canadians, for that matter. I know Canada sent troops to Korea.
There's a war memorial window at my old church with lots and lots of parishioner names for 1914 - 1918, rather fewer names for 1939 - 1945, and a few names for 1950 - 1952. Yes, I realize the Korean War didn't actually end in 1952, but those were the dates on the damn window, and I don't intend to argue with a stained-glass window. The WWI section of the window is the most gut-punching one, because it contains several names with the same surname. I always found myself devoutly hoping that they were cousins who happened to go to the same church, and not brothers. To lose one child in a war is a tragedy, to lose more than one would be unspeakable.
And I still can't breathe through my nose! Ugh. Going to bed early. I'm exhausted but not sleepy. I may take more than the recommended dose of nighttime cold medicine tonight. If I never ever post again, assume that decision killed me! Isn't that a nice, cheery note to leave you on?
I am getting so very, very tired of breathing through my mouth all the time. It's just a cold and will run its course in a few days. But getting through it sucks. Getting through it while only taking 4 hours of sick time because the office will fall apart if I take a full sick day sucks even more.
Question: did American soldiers in the Korean War serve a "tour of duty" a la Vietnam, and then get to go home (assuming they had survived, that is) or were they there for the duration of the war, like soldiers during WWII? I know the UK brought in National Service around the time that Korea first kicked off, so I'm assuming they were operating on a tour of duty system. But I don't know about the Yanks. Or the Canadians, for that matter. I know Canada sent troops to Korea.
There's a war memorial window at my old church with lots and lots of parishioner names for 1914 - 1918, rather fewer names for 1939 - 1945, and a few names for 1950 - 1952. Yes, I realize the Korean War didn't actually end in 1952, but those were the dates on the damn window, and I don't intend to argue with a stained-glass window. The WWI section of the window is the most gut-punching one, because it contains several names with the same surname. I always found myself devoutly hoping that they were cousins who happened to go to the same church, and not brothers. To lose one child in a war is a tragedy, to lose more than one would be unspeakable.
And I still can't breathe through my nose! Ugh. Going to bed early. I'm exhausted but not sleepy. I may take more than the recommended dose of nighttime cold medicine tonight. If I never ever post again, assume that decision killed me! Isn't that a nice, cheery note to leave you on?
