Troops sent to LA have no food, water or places to sleep - Conway/Newsom via Bluesky

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36. Nothing New, I Faced The Identical Situation In 1968

George Wallace gave a speech that led to a small riot in Omaha before the Nebraska primary that year. The National Guard was activated, but rather than deploying to the riot area, we were sent to the then Omaha Civic Auditorium, where the convoy of trucks was parked in the basement. This was about 2 miles from the riot area. We never did deploy, so we spent the night mingling with the trucks and sleeping on the concrete floor. No food, no water, no sleeping gear nor pillow. As I recall, we were woke up around 6:30AM and transported to the Ak-Sar-Ben grounds, where we were served breakfast, went back to our unit, where we were discharged, sent home to change clothes, and then went to work. I remember calling my boss that I would be a little late getting to the office. We were not called up again the next night. This screw-up doesn't surprise me - been there, done that.