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§ The 1968 campaign says
I remember it as "Neat and clean for Gene", at least in later phases of the campaign, including in New York (where I met my wife-to-be in it).
A very brief Google search turns up plenty of evidence, some of which I'll park here till I can add it as appropriate:
-- Thnidu ( talk) 01:20, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
The article states:
"He was a civilian technical assistant in the Military Intelligence Division of the War Department in 1944 and an instructor in sociology and economics at the College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota from 1946 to 1949."
However, in another article it is stated:
"After leaving the novitiate [either in 1943 or 1944], McCarthy enlisted in the Army, serving as a code breaker for the Military Intelligence Division of the War Department in Washington, D.C. In 1945, he returned to Minnesota...."
Source: http://www.csbsju.edu/mccarthy-center/about-the-center/who-is-eugene-j-mccarthy (St. Benedict-St. John's, McCarthy Center)
The Wikipedia article indicates that the subject never served in the military whereas this source indicates he did. This seems to constitute a major discrepancy and the source I give seems most reliable. Should the article be corrected? HistoryBuff14 ( talk) 18:48, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
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