"Suckers" Sirs:
TIME [April 6] requests the comments of disabled veterans on the "Sucker" ad. My own personal reaction is one of mild amusement, for the following reasons.
I was discharged at Fort Sheridan with a disability of 28%. The Examining Board looked over the remaining 72% and decided there was just enough left to make a good chemical engineer. My disability, gentle reader, was from the neck up.
Previous to my enlistment in the Chemical Warfare Service, I had been a powder maker for the du Pont Powder Co. for three years; three...
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