Comments on: Veteran’s Day

By: Darren S. A. George

Darren S. A. George — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:33:49 +0000

I might have been born then (and I’m Canadian), but I still understood the comic. Knowing that it’s Remembrance day makes it obvious.

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:28:48 +0000

You can sort the strips by date, then they will show with the earliest at the top0, and latest at the bottom.

By: paperboy

paperboy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:52:08 +0000

The subtle reference reminds me of the Arlo strip on Nov.22, 1988, which had, if memory serves, 3 panels of Arlo sitting on the stoop just silently thinking, the last panel with him thinking “25 years…”.

By: MrKenneth

MrKenneth — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:32:28 +0000

High school friend’s name is on the third panel to the east of the apex.
that means it was early in the war. West Point grad, forever 22. God bless them all.

By: zbicyclist

zbicyclist — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:12:26 +0000

1. Thanks for running the link.

2. The interesting thing is that 1969 lottery wasn’t a fair pull. It’s pretty well established that if you were born late in the year, you were much more likely to get a low (bad) number. Guys like me, born in February, were likely to get high (good) numbers. I got 290. It was hard to celebrate because in every group of guys, there was somebody with a low number.
This gets blamed on the fact that they didn’t mix up the numbers enough, and it was an innocent mistake. For arguably the most important lottery of the 20th century? I don’t know.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_lottery_%281969%29
actual numbers here:
http://www.sss.gov/LOTTER8.HTM

By: Mark in Boston

Mark in Boston — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:38:14 +0000

I wonder how many names are on the wall in Vietnam.

By: Drdan

Drdan — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:22:00 +0000

I was 14 when the draft ended, before that my earliest memory of my parents was them telling me how important education was so I could be an officer, I didn’t really get it until later when they used to show the drawing of the number, and my parents checked to se which of my cousins might go, when the draft ended I was still “forced” to pursue my education, but the possibility of my being an officer was never brought up again. I’m a minority and I remember my folks saying “______” like you die up on the front for nothing, kind of insensitive but looking back I understand

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:44:41 +0000

Maybe I’m too young to appreciate it. The look on that German’s face is pretty funny.

By: Larry

Larry — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:41:13 +0000

I got a 312 in the lottery in 1974. I was subsequently classified 1H. A lot of my HS buddies got lower numbers, and a 1A. Some got their asses shipped off to Nam before they knew what was happening.

There were a few that I never saw again…. I do miss them.

Thankful, I am.

By: Singapore Bill

Singapore Bill — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:30:50 +0000

Wow! Bill, that series is incredibly powerful. Thanks for showing it to me. A nice change from rah-rah jingoism that sometimes appears at this time of year.