Posted on Mar 11, 2016
What were your feelings and thoughts when you first opened your draft notice?
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This question is for our Vietnam era Veterans here on RallyPoint. Share with us what your feelings were when you first received and opened your draft notice.
The Comments Here are Historical and Awesome!
What was your stance on the war? Explain your opinion
Did your parents put ideas into your head about the war that you didn't nessisarly believe in?
The Comments Here are Historical and Awesome!
What was your stance on the war? Explain your opinion
Did your parents put ideas into your head about the war that you didn't nessisarly believe in?
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My Draft notice was actually a letter threatening to send the FBI after me and have me arrested for failure to register. I already had been in the Army since I was 17, and had 6 years of Active Military Service and had already done 3 years in Germany, 18 additional months at Fort Benning GA, and 1`1 Months in Nam, my mother had forwarded the letter to me while I was in Germany about three months before I left there, and it had followed me to FT Benning to Nam and caught up with me at Walter Reed. Fun time.
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CPT William Jones
Back then you were required by law to register within a short time after you turned 18 regardless of where you were or what you were doing including already on active duty.. if on active duty you were supposed to notify draft board when you got out. I am not certain but believe the law is still on the books and 18 yo still need to register just in case the draft gets reactivated.
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SFC Charles McVey Sr.
When I came home from Germany, I had stopped off at the local draft board, in Uniform< and informed them that I was on active duty in the Army and enroute to Fort Benning. The lady I talked to took my name and everything and said she would take care of it, yeah right-typical bureaucrat. Since I never got out officially until 1973 and then went back in 1874, I wonder if I should have let them know when I retired from the Army in 2003.
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I actually never saw my draft card until after I'd discharged. Enlisted at 17, so basically avoided the draft. :-)
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Obviously, I have never received a draft notice, but this discussion is an amazing read. Thank you all for your service and sacrifice, and thank you for laying the groundwork for my generation of servicemember.
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Cpl Lloyd Martin
After returning from Nam did have to go register. Was 19 by then. Was only 17 in April 1068 when went in
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I laughed then showed up for my pre-induction physical wearing Navy officer (midshipman) dress whites - hey it was summer - I suppose I could have worn Trop Whites, but what the hell. (And, yes, I was a Middy 3rd, in NROTC at the time).
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Not sure if I ever got one. If I did, my father probably took delight i taking care of it for me ....
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I never signed up for the draft. I had just finished A school in the Navy when I turned 18. I went to Vietnam three times. Flew in A-3' Then in H-3's After the Navy's 6 years did 2 in the Air guard and 30 years in the Army Guard.I retired after I was deployed at the age of 54. I did get to fly all but the 2 years in the Air Guard.I retired SFC.
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