NEW SHOW: Unfit For Service

Drowning Creek

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Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Randy Taylor became a soldier to serve America. But he was forced to live a life plagued by paranoia, secrecy and isolation. For years, Randy hid his true identity while risking his life in the United States Army. This is his harrowing, untold story.

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0:00.0	There was constant sniping, constant gunfire, and I had a lot of adrenaline.
0:06.3	I saw what these warlords did.
0:08.5	They just didn't shoot somebody and move on.
0:10.9	They massacred them.
0:12.9	Let me tell you a story about this soldier, this man, Randy Taylor.
0:18.6	Randy is a fierce patriot.
0:21.2	He's dedicated his life to serving his country
0:23.6	as a member of the U.S. Army.
0:26.3	He believes in defending his country
0:28.3	and its constitution with all his heart.
0:31.9	He's been living through years of training,
0:34.5	so he knows how to think clearly
0:36.1	and calmly in life and death situations.
0:39.0	So I went to the television and watched the news play in real time, and then we all just
0:45.3	prepared as if we were going to war. But Randy Taylor faces another battle for which he's had
0:51.2	no training, no support. The worst way he could ever characterize
0:54.9	anybody is that they would be gay. This was something that my stepfather ridiculed about
0:59.7	quite often. I just wanted to be left alone. I didn't want the public spectacle of this.
1:07.3	The issue is not whether there should be homosexuals in the military. Everyone concedes that there are. The issue is not whether there should be homosexuals in the military.
1:11.7	Everyone concedes that there are.
1:14.1	The issue is whether men and women who can and have served with real distinction
1:18.5	should be excluded from military service solely on the basis of their status.
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