Use of Microsoft Copilot for Validation

Microsoft Copilot was used in preparing AGAINST THE WAR v2 to cross-check on errors and issues identified in David A. Willson’s 2016 review of the original version of the novel. The main areas of concern were rank difference protocols and what Mr. Willson referred to as “anachronisms.”

See the following table for a list of the dialogues conducted. Use the associated links to read and/or download the respective PDF files of the dialogues.

Dialogues

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ATWv2_aab	Tour of duty for new Army nurse arriving as newly commissioned second lieutenant circa 1969
ATWv2_aac	Nursing student in Chicago for 1968 DFL convention then in Vietnam in January 1969
ATWv2_aad	LPN warrant officers as nurses in Vietnam War
ATWv2_aae	Plausibility of RN program accelerated to be in Vietnam by July 1968
ATWv2_aaf	Detailed hospital program based on real 1960s MN institutions
ATWv2_aag	Actual hospital in Minneapolis that would have offered this program
ATWv2_aah	How many medical bases in Vietnam had medevac units circa 1970?
ATWv2_aai	General concerns in AGAINST THE WAR v2. Sample chapters checked
ATWv2_aaj	Ranks and timing of promotion medic circa 1970
ATWv2_aak	Could college grad with private pilot license enlist pass OCS wind up as Army courier pilot circa 1969?
ATWv2_aal	Possible formal yet familiar Lt and medic address
ATWv2_aam	What percentage of young men drafted during the years 1967 to 1971 wound up in Vietnam?
ATWv2_aan	Process established to check individual files
ATWv2_aao	41. Morris, coached by Tom Pitt, overcomes a crisis of self-doubt
ATWv2_aap	57. Morris recommits himself to his ideals while missing Ellen Kass
ATWv2_aaq	39. Combat trainee Morris follows the national debate on the war
ATWv2_aar	40. Morris warms to a fervent description of Air Force ideals
ATWv2_aas	58. Morris and Ellen, enroute to Mexico, hear of Tet
ATWv2_aat	60 Morris and Ellen return; Morris is assigned to combat duty