Sentence 1: William and I were in the Army Security Agency school together. 
 Sentence 3: William wanted to go to Korea and I wanted to go to Germany 
 Sentence 4:  So they sent William to Germany 
 Sentence 5:  And then they sent me to Vietnam 
 Option 1: They needed field personnel, but the passed over us in favor of two other students. 
 Option 2: They needed field personnel so pulled us both out of school early.