On 04-13-08, EARL CROASMUN said to STAN HARDEGREE:


-> ID card at my house and that he was, in fact, a retired Marine.


EC>Years ago Richard mentioned a book on the war that made passing mention
EC>of him as one of the Marines assigned to the Saigon embassy in the late
EC>period of the war.  I looked it up and found it, not because I doubted
EC>him but because it was an interesting experience to see him mentioned in
EC>the book after years of interacting with him in fidonet.


Sauer once stated that he had contacted a Marine recruiter who looked
Richard's record in the Marine Corp up for him, and told him (Sauer) that
Richard had a dishonorable discharge.





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