The Other Thing That Happened Was My Last Military Assignment - This Was In The Air Force; I Had Enlisted In Order To Avoid Being Drafted As A Private, And Of Course I Only Practiced Medicine Or Psychiatry In The Air Force So I Was Never In Any Kind Of Violent Combat. - SearchQuotes

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The other thing that happened was my last military assignment - this was in the air force; I had enlisted in order to avoid being drafted as a private, and of course I only practiced medicine or psychiatry in the air force so I was never in any kind of violent combat.

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