Comments on: Prisons & Geography: Past and Present http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/prisons-geography-past-and-present Geography at its Finest Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:39:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: STAN BOWKER http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/prisons-geography-past-and-present/comment-page-1#comment-103825 STAN BOWKER Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:30:30 +0000 http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/prisons-geography-past-and-present#comment-103825 I SPENT 6 MONTHS IN THE FORT ORD STOCKADE IN 1967 AND ALSO WAS EVENTUALLY DISCHARGED WITH AN "UNDESIRABLE" DESIGNATION. I WAS DRAFTED IN 1966 AT 18, DUMB AS A POST. I FIND IT IRONIC THAT WHILE I STAYED AND FOUGHT AGAINST AN UNJUST WAR, THE ONES THAT RAN TO CANADA HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN, BUT NOT US. OUR RECORD OF DISSENT STANDS AS TESTIMONY TO A FORGOTTEN ARMY OF THOUSANDS WHO RESISTED WHILE SERVING THEIR COUNTRY. I'M GLAD THE "CANADIAN CREW" GOT AMNESTY, DON'T GET ME WRONG. THERE'S JUST ALOT LEFT TO DO FOR THE ONES WHO STAYED AND FOUGHT THE MILITARY FROM WITHIN. I SPENT 6 MONTHS IN THE FORT ORD STOCKADE IN 1967 AND ALSO WAS EVENTUALLY DISCHARGED WITH AN “UNDESIRABLE” DESIGNATION. I WAS DRAFTED IN 1966 AT 18, DUMB AS A POST. I FIND IT IRONIC THAT WHILE I STAYED AND FOUGHT AGAINST AN UNJUST WAR, THE ONES THAT RAN TO CANADA HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN, BUT NOT US. OUR RECORD OF DISSENT STANDS AS TESTIMONY TO A FORGOTTEN ARMY OF THOUSANDS WHO RESISTED WHILE SERVING THEIR COUNTRY. I’M GLAD THE “CANADIAN CREW” GOT AMNESTY, DON’T GET ME WRONG. THERE’S JUST ALOT LEFT TO DO FOR THE ONES WHO STAYED AND FOUGHT THE MILITARY FROM WITHIN.

]]> By: John HAll http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/prisons-geography-past-and-present/comment-page-1#comment-70806 John HAll Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:07:50 +0000 http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/prisons-geography-past-and-present#comment-70806 I was in both the presidio and fort ord stockade in 1968 I spent 89 days in the black box at the presidio during the mutiny 27, I manned a table outside the main gate after my release. what is it you would like to know about the conditions.VVAW/WRL activist I was in both the presidio and fort ord stockade in 1968 I spent 89 days in the black box at the presidio during the mutiny 27, I manned a table outside the main gate after my release. what is it you would like to know about the conditions.VVAW/WRL activist

]]> By: Bobby May Sr. http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/prisons-geography-past-and-present/comment-page-1#comment-2191 Bobby May Sr. Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:14:08 +0000 http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/prisons-geography-past-and-present#comment-2191 In 1968 my brother was wounded in the head in Vietnam, at the tender age of 18 I joined the Army. Trying to go to my brothers side with no help from the army I left. After 1,050 days AWOL time, I spent 5 mo. in that stockade at Fort Ord and do know about the conditions you speak of. I now have a UD discharge and my life has been ruined much like my brothers life was ruined by the military. Bobby May In 1968 my brother was wounded in the head in Vietnam, at the tender age of 18 I joined the Army. Trying to go to my brothers side with no help from the army I left. After 1,050 days AWOL time, I spent 5 mo. in that stockade at Fort Ord and do know about the conditions you speak of. I now have a UD discharge and my life has been ruined much like my brothers life was ruined by the military.

Bobby May

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