A Chunk of My Life Was Taken From Me. You Could Say I Had a Bad Attitude.
Dealing with still-drunk combatants who often outranked me and wanted a second round with the bouncer was never easy.
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DonateEdward Meagher is a Vietnam service-disabled veteran who retired after 24 years in government, 26 years in the private sector, and four years in the U.S. Air Force. He served for seven years as the deputy assistant secretary and deputy CIO at the Department of Veterans Affairs. He lives in Great Falls, Virginia.
Dealing with still-drunk combatants who often outranked me and wanted a second round with the bouncer was never easy.
I wondered whether the lighter bags held small soldiers or only body parts. I kept no count of the work. I still don’t know how many we carried.