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Blumenthal served in the Marine Corps Reserves from 1970 to 76, a plum domestic assignment for a son of privilege. Trump, also a son of privilege, never served at all. Trump got a series of deferments with a dr’s note about bone spurs.
Blumenthal said a few times that he served in Vietnam, rather than during it, on the way to making some point about civil-military relations and the way society treats military veterans. He has apologized for it. courant.com/politics/hc-po…
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