Comments on: Memories from Memorial Day http://spurspectives.com/memories-from-memorial-day/ Thoughts on the intersection of social media and 1:1 marketing Mon, 21 May 2012 15:01:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Steve Magas http://spurspectives.com/memories-from-memorial-day/#comment-9823 Steve Magas Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:37:39 +0000 http://spurspectives.com/?p=222#comment-9823 Dave, we grew up at an odd time - war-wise - I think. I had a "draft number" as I recall in 1975 when I turned 18 - I think it was "3." But the draft stopped and Vietnam ended before folks my age got pulled in... then things were "quiet" on the war front for quite a while it seemed, as we sailed through college and graduate/law schools. I don't think we were worried too much by "The Falklands." For many folks my age, knowing kids in Vietnam, or hearing dads talk of WWII was as close as we got to "war." Your memory is particularly poignant as an early age entry wound into the realities of these conflicts... I was never a particularly rah-rah military guy although I did try to get into the Air Force JAG - flunked the hearing test... who knew you had to have two good ears to be a military lawyer!? When my dad came out of h.s., though, he signed up for the Navy, becoming the 4th Magas boy in the service... when his younger brother followed a bit later, that Magas family became a "Five Star Family" - with 5 boys serving at the same time... made the papers and everything. Thankfully, even though 3 were in heavy fighting, they all came back safe and sound. Steve Magas Dave, we grew up at an odd time - war-wise - I think. I had a “draft number” as I recall in 1975 when I turned 18 - I think it was “3.” But the draft stopped and Vietnam ended before folks my age got pulled in… then things were “quiet” on the war front for quite a while it seemed, as we sailed through college and graduate/law schools. I don’t think we were worried too much by “The Falklands.” For many folks my age, knowing kids in Vietnam, or hearing dads talk of WWII was as close as we got to “war.” Your memory is particularly poignant as an early age entry wound into the realities of these conflicts…

I was never a particularly rah-rah military guy although I did try to get into the Air Force JAG - flunked the hearing test… who knew you had to have two good ears to be a military lawyer!? When my dad came out of h.s., though, he signed up for the Navy, becoming the 4th Magas boy in the service… when his younger brother followed a bit later, that Magas family became a “Five Star Family” - with 5 boys serving at the same time… made the papers and everything. Thankfully, even though 3 were in heavy fighting, they all came back safe and sound.

Steve Magas

]]> By: David Svet http://spurspectives.com/memories-from-memorial-day/#comment-9812 David Svet Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:21:19 +0000 http://spurspectives.com/?p=222#comment-9812 Thanks Eric. I think he'd be happy that we remember. Thanks Eric. I think he’d be happy that we remember.

]]> By: Eric Strautman http://spurspectives.com/memories-from-memorial-day/#comment-9811 Eric Strautman Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:13:33 +0000 http://spurspectives.com/?p=222#comment-9811 Thanks for this remembrance David. Gordie would think you were cool for doing this! More importantly, though, we should all reflect on how cool it is that Gordie and so many others have shed their blood and maimed their bodies in order to preserve the freedoms that we enjoy. Thanks for this remembrance David. Gordie would think you were cool for doing this! More importantly, though, we should all reflect on how cool it is that Gordie and so many others have shed their blood and maimed their bodies in order to preserve the freedoms that we enjoy.

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