1968 … my year too!! What memories!!
‘Excuse us for living, but while so many of you remember or have heard of that tumultuous year 1968, we the Class of 1968 put our claim on it. It was our year and, with it, all the misery and anguish that went with living through it, well, we put first claim on it all!’
Thanks so much for this post!!
And Two Books
by
Philip Fontana
Dedicated to the 50th Reunion
The Class of 1968, Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Rutgers University mascot, “The Scarlet Knights”
Excuse us for living, but while so many of you remember or have heard of that tumultuous year 1968, we the Class of 1968 put our claim on it. It was our year and, with it, all the misery and anguish that went with living through it, well, we put first claim on it all! Now having fluffed our feathers, we realize that so many of our generation shared in the same agonies from the military draft hanging over our heads to serving and dying or being wounded in Vietnam. – – And what about living through the upheaval of those uncertain times politically, socially, culturally, in an atmosphere of increasing anti-war protests!
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Horty!!! From my reply to your comment above & on my website: Dr. Rex, Horty!!!!!! WOW!!! Many thanks for the reblog on your website…..honored & humbled by the gesture!!! !968…Your year too???!!! Now did I know that???!!! How neat we share that senior year! Memories to say the least! Horty, my story between the lines of this post: When LBJ needed more bodies to draft for Vietnam, he ended grad school deferments. That’s when I got drafted out of law school in 1969!!!!!! And because I said I was leaving to teach (which I did for 6 months before being drafted), I was not permitted to return to law school in 1971 without reapplying & competing with new applicants. I was rejected. –Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan. I even had the then Governor Miliken (?) investigate my case, but he supported Wayne State’s decision. I think today in this day & age I would still have a shot at readmission…..Or, with 103 credits beyond my Rutgers BA with an MA from Drew U. in Constitutional Law & all my education administration certifications, I might get a “honorary law degree”!!! HA! Thanks again for the reblog!!!” Horty, thanks again for the reblog & knowing of our shared experience living through it all in 1968!!! No one can imagine what it was like. I hope these two books help people or at least my post about these two books! You would devour these two books!!! Phil
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You’re most welcome, dear friend!! 🙏🏽 … what a story!! Being in PR I think I was sheltered from the majority of this. However, I knew many details … m’lord!!
I guess I have 2 more books to buys!
I also got reconnected with the Vietnam war when I started taking care of the Vietnam vets!
Another reason to be connected … class of 1968 …❤️❤️
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Horty, These books were really something. Were they not???!!! That you were in Puerto Rico in 1968 makes these books all the more informative for you. And as I said at the end of my post, I have another page of unbelievable information contained within these two volumes that I left out! They will blow your mind!!!!!!!!! I never tell anyone to read a book. At least people know about the content & can decide for themselves. But Lawrence O’Donnell & Chris Matthews feel like friends to me & they sure did not disappoint me!!! And your work with Vietnam Vets will add to your appreciation of these books. And both of us as members of the Class of ’68 means we are getting old!!!!!!! HA! Thanks again for your attention to a post I slaved over!!!!!!! Love to you too! Phil
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You are most welcome … I’m always in search of information and knowledge. Now you’ve gotten my interest in gear … 🙏🏽 … my fellow 1968er!!
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