In a message dated 3/20/02 2:50:17 PM Central Standard Time, ALMADISO-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > This is far out, but the form a veteran has to have to get a VA loan & other > things is a DD 214. I have no idea what it means but think it is a > discharge. > > I suppose diarrhea and dysintery both woul;d qualify a a sort of discharge, but I believe I've read that in warfare the twin culprits were most often diarrhea -- or dysintery -- and the resultant dehydration. Maybe DD was a polite way to refer to "the trots." Al Hill