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[kat_denton]

What a day.  We had CNN on at the office all day.  A nightmare in broad daylight.

When you have a child in a war zone as a volunteer in the military, when you have a spouse as a law enforcement officer, then you brace yourself (at least a little) and you know that 'no news is good news'.

When you have a child in college, you shouldn't have to worry

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[gryphonrhi]

{{hugs}} Thank you for expressing this so well, Kat.

It's funny, I was thinking of you last night, and how were you doing since you hadn't posted recently. It's good to hear from you.

[kat_denton]

Work has been the mad house that the first few months of the year always are for us accounting types. Hopefully once the first of May rolls around, it will be better.

Mom is continueing to improve. Some days are better than others, but overall the trend is positive.

Happy Anniversary, btw.

[gryphonrhi]

::nodding:: Yeah, for accountants, this is the crazy season! {{{hugs}}} Glad to hear your mom's doing better, too!

Oh, would you mind helping me with a Marine question? I'm trying to sort out what Marine unit Joe Dawson would have been in. Any opinions?

[kat_denton]

Sure - do we have a date/place of when Joe was wounded from a flashback or from the Watcher's CD?

In the Vietnam era, there were still Marine on floats (Navy ships) more often than now, but I can probably guess as to a probable unit if I have an approximate date.

Marines don't use patches on their uniforms to indicate units like the Army does, so pictorial evidence won't help much.

His MOS would have started out 0311 (basic infantryman) and then added additional training on from there. Let's knock heads on this.

[lunasv]

Thinking of you and yours.

[kat_denton]

Likewise. Scarry times we live in, eh? Sometimes I just wanted to bung the Marine!Goth and the littlest Ventrue into a vault and stand guard in front of the door.

But life doesn't stand still and now he's out protecting US and she's about to launch herself into the world of adulthood right behind him. Where DID the time go?

[kat_denton]

Let's see. My canon knowledge in Highlander is less than in some fandoms, but I can certainly research *G*.

He was wounded in action - so he was in a 'grunt' unit (vice a support unit - he was no pogue). Does he describe or do we have good flashbacks of any of his 'nam experience? An infantryman would be MOS 0311 (basic infantry).

Marine's do not wear unit patches on their combat uniform (unlike the Army), so visual flashbacks may not provide a lot of information.

And I'm guessing you've already checked on the Watcher's CD for any info there. Do they mention a timeframe or place for his being wounded? We might be able to cross ref unit info to the units in county on that date.

Most Marine units rotated in and out of 'nam.