Based on the online commentary about Thursday and Friday's stories on Iraq veteran Josh Gaines, who sent his medals and a letter to former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld Tuesday, some readers may have harbored misconceptions on Gaines's story.

Gaines is not a student, but is actually currently embarking on a new career in audio-visual equipment in California. According to Gaines, he'll never need to use the GI Bill to pay for college expenses.

Also, a detailed description of the content of Gaines's letter to Rumsfeld in his new position as a fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution had to be cut due to space constraints. Although the protesters Tuesday demanded an audience with the governor to argue against the international deployment of the Wisconsin National Guard, Gaines's letter was an indictment of the man he holds responsible for his deployment to Iraq.

Gaines spoke out against the assignments his unit received in Iraq, which he views as ill-defined and poorly directed.

Foremost of these was his description of the front-gate security it performed at a major U.S. military base: According to Gaines, the flow of Iraqi National Guard troops into the base was too massive and poorly regulated to allow for proper security screening.

“Iraqi National Guard (ING) identification looked worse than most college fake I.D.’s.,” Gaines wrote.