Post by eastcoast2 on Mar 17, 2018 14:04:48 GMT
Before posting this thread, I did go looking for a Vietnam veteran thread and wasn't finding one, but I'm sure there was one. I did find a Special Forces thread, and a National guard thread.
I'm sure this theory has been published before, but let me try with a timeline.
We all know the Vietnam was going on in the 60's into the 70's. High school boys had to apply for the draft, it was mandatory. Now you can shift this timeline accordingly as to weather you believe EAR was or was not the original East area Burglar (72-73) and the VRS (74-75), and then the EAR in 76.
If EAR gets drafted in 1968 at age 18 and does a tour in Vietnam (68-72), and returns home, we all know how Vietnam veterans were treated when they returned. You can move the timeline if you think EAR actually started as EAR and had nothing to do with the earlier "activity"
I think everyone can agree EAR was in excellent physical shape, and what better way to get in that kind of shape then in the military. The military will also "teach" a person discipline, recon skills, to be cool under pressure (assuming you don't break first), and an appetite for killing, knot tying, killing up close. Based upon stories we have heard of the goings on in Vietnam, we know women were treated poorly (to say the least). Also, maybe EAR found out that he was good at this type of work. That he could be cool under pressure.
There are many connections to military in the case. Mather's Air Force base. There is a theory that EAR knew the Maggiore's, and they recognized him.
I know a lot of ex-military , once they return consider a career in Law enforcement. I know this has been raised before, but I wonder if EAR may have returned and applied but was denied, either for psychological reasons or no position were open.
This could have created a very angry individual, he just server his country , risked his life and now he is rejected. This could create an attitude of I'll show them. He figured he would put all the skills he had been taught to the test, and he found out he was really good at it. His planning and discipline are what really strike me. It became his job. Apparently a bogus badge was left at a crime scene, so assuming it belonged to EAR, he has some affinity for LE.
For those who are too young to remember Vietnam, it was a really big deal, from the late 60's to the early 70's young men were drafted, many of which were never to come home alive.
I just think the goings on in the country at the time are an important factor.
I'm sure LE has done this, but checking the list of returning Vietnam vets to northern California, who may have applied and been rejected for LE positions might help, assuming they even still exist. Also looking at their psychological profiles while in the military may be helpful. This guys was cool as a cucumber. Most folks would not be.