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?
Edited 4 y ago
Posted 8 y ago
Responses: 917
At the time I received my notice, I was 3 weeks into BCT at Ft Ord, California. My thought was something like; "What timing", or 'better late than never".
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I was at the MEPPS in Indianapolis; got a call from home that my draft notice had come in the daily mail, and knowing the daily mail schedule it was probably delivered about the same time I was raising my had to enlist in the USAF. I told my wife to take it to the local recruiter and let him handle it. I still chuckle when I think about it.
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When I saw the envelope from the Draft Board I didn't open it. I went to the closest Navy recruiter and signed. I was headed for Boot Camp the next morning.
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The first one was expected. My number had come up while I was in college so I was deferred until I flunked out of school so I got the notice and dutifully reported taking a 3rd year at the AFES and picking a field I wanted (67N). A second notice came from some foul up while I was in Vietnam so I responded that I refused to go. I guess the APO SF return address and no postage stamp gave it away that I was already in the Army.
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Why did my mom get my draft notice 6 months after I joined the military. Talk about slow government
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I thought that I would be sent to RVN. As life would have it that is where I wound up. I was on the roof of the building where I live, watching Ocean Hill Brownsville burn after Rev. Martin Luther King was assassinated What a backdrop for the notice. I went down to ask my mother had she picked up the mail She said No.. Right then i told her my notice was in the mail. Just as I said, the notice was there. No they did not say anything about the war.
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I was in boot camp for The Marines when I received my notice. My Gunny asked if I wanted to go Army but I declined. I was having too much fun already but was also Proud to be a US Marine. Demoed Fi!!
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I was already in a few months ready to ship overseas when it arrived. I called the number on the letter and let them know my situation. The nice lady said if I didn't report I would be prosecuted. I was about to be a wise ass and say "Come and get me," but my mother was standing next to me so I said I would take care of it when the time came. Never heard back from them.
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