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Wilber_Stool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-10-06 04:58 PM
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I just realized something, 10 September 1969,
was the day I got drafted. How time flies.
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-10-06 05:02 PM
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1. my condolences! did you have to serve in 'nam?
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Wilber_Stool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-10-06 05:08 PM
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3. It's a long story but
yeah, I got there.
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DemExpat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-10-06 05:05 PM
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2. Many of my friends were anxiously waiting to see if they were....
:hi:

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hvn_nbr_2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-10-06 05:33 PM
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4. October 10, 1969 for me
I was one of the lucky ones that didn't go to Nam.

It was a matter of lucky timing. They would never admit this, but up until a couple months before I got my assignment, they regularly sent known anti-war protestors to Nam. Then they reversed course (probably because of so many fragging incidents) and started sending them to Germany or Korea. In my infantry training company, about 80-85% went to Nam, but the 6 known anti-war protestors all went to Germany or Korea.
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