I laughed about it with my hippie friends. Vietnam doesn t want me, I laughed. We all laughed. Far out, I whispered as I looked down and fumbled with the dirty peace button pinned on my shirt. Nobody won that war.
Nobody wins any war.
There are only some who lose less than others. A few years later, I realized that I needed to confess my dishonesty to my government. I wrote a long letter to Uncle Sam and detailed my deceit. I never heard back from him. Just as well, I guess.