tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432695.post4460843342591205704..comments2023-09-05T08:08:11.149-07:00Comments on Bits and Pieces: Philip K. Dick at U.C. BerkeleyDiligent Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04426359711191016569noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432695.post-91474345551263120542016-02-12T08:47:46.778-08:002016-02-12T08:47:46.778-08:00Thank you for your comment! It is indeed an honor....Thank you for your comment! It is indeed an honor. Thank you for the information about the scholarship. Perhaps this could account for why his father was listed as guardian of record. "Correct" as mentioned in the blog refers only to historical validity, and certainly no offense was intended or meant towards you or Anne. The assumption of the blog entry was that you were relaying your former's husband's self narrative. <br /><br />You are entirely correct: ROTC was compulsory at the University of California, but only for an "able bodied male." (For example, see page 35 of the UCLA 1949 Catalog http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/archive/catalog/49-50catalog.pdf). Because Dick had a draft deferral because of health problems, it seems within the realm of reason that he could have also sought an exemption from ROTC attendance, if he had wanted to remain in school. <br />Diligent Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04426359711191016569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432695.post-57512936323284893652015-10-29T15:17:04.249-07:002015-10-29T15:17:04.249-07:00Now that I have checked the facts, which you did n...Now that I have checked the facts, which you did not, I know that ROTC was compulsory up until 1962 http://www.fsm-a.org/stacks/AP_files/APCompulsROTC.htmltuffy777https://www.blogger.com/profile/06169895128599237020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432695.post-49532771606012485982015-10-29T14:54:35.925-07:002015-10-29T14:54:35.925-07:00Phil claimed that he specifically, as an individua...Phil claimed that he specifically, as an individual student, was required to take ROTC because he received a scholarship based on his father's military service. That is what Phil said, so don't accuse me of being wrong. I am simply quoting my husband. tuffy777https://www.blogger.com/profile/06169895128599237020noreply@blogger.com