What were your feelings and thoughts when you first opened your draft notice?

The FBI showed up at my parent's house looking for me when I missed reporting to the Board. My mother smiled nicely and told them they could find me at Basic Training in Fort Know, KY. She said the agents turned a tad red, thanked her for her time, about faced and left.

Never got one. Enlisted at 17 during my Junior year in High School - Naval Reserves. Immediately upon graduating, I switched to the Regular Navy. AFTER discharge (before enlisting in the Army) I went to the local Draft Boarr for giggles and signed up for the draft.
The lady there told me I was in serious trouble ... I laughed and walked out. A month or so later, I received a Draft Card and for more giggles, and to my Mom's horror, I burned it.

I never got a draft notice per se. I was married with a kid at 17. But by the time I was 20, we were separated and my ex-wife kept turning me into the draft board. My business had gone under and I was alone so I enlisted in the Army, best thing I ever did for my future. I was a High School dropout that finally availed myself of opportunity provided and made good

Was my best option as an orphaned boy.. streets at 13.. hitched across America in 68..Drill Sgt & God ...

I registered in 1970. I was given five 4F ratings and told that I could never serve in any branch. I went home and started a business. Two years later I was drafted. I couldn't sell thee business before I had to report for basic. I lost about $20,000. I was not a happy camper. My DI knew about the now missing 4F and kept trying to get me to fight him. I started playing mind games on him, I caused our Captain to chew him out, then I scared the hell out of him when I casually picked up the heavy coil of rope used for tug of war and tossed it up on a flatbed truck. The worst thing was I was ready to propose to my girlfriend the day that it arrived. We never really got back together, after that.

I never signed up for the draft. I was already under contract with the Navy as a 17 year old in December 1972. Nixon ended the draft in January 1973. I was told I was the youngest person to volunteer to serve in the military during the active period of the Vietnam War. 17 years 2 months and 12 days old.

There may be a day when the draft will be needed again. China may be ahead of us in advance weapons and Russia may have many of those already. We move at a much slower pace. We could get our butts burned.

Can not speak for myself, But may dad told me about Getting his in Boot Camp in Great Lakes, Micigan.
He was alowed to call them and tell them where he was.
They did not beleve him.
so since his draft board was just out side of his boot camp he was escorted straight there and straight back.

I thought I would go see them and straighten things out when I got back from Vietnam.

I understood what was going on. I knew about Dien bihn Phu. I knew about the 1954 Paris agreement that split the North and the South. I also know that the North with the help of the Soviets and other Communist block countries were pouring aid into the north. I knew how the north from day one after the 1954 agreement were setting up a takeover of all of Vietnam. How they prevented those in the north from moving to the south. I know that oner the north there were Russians flying planes with NVA markings against out aircraft. I know how those in the north were not allowed to have a free will. I saw folm while in Thailand that showed what the leaders did when we did bomb seeding segments in the passes along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Then instead of risking their trucks they had people forced to carry supplies through the pass to trucks on the other end of the pass. And they were not Volunteers. They either did it or were killed. The Soviets did the same to their soldiers in WWll either fight and keep advancing or be shot. The Soviets had sharpshooters behind the lines shooting those who hesitated . That's why I was proud of our efforts during the first part of the war in Vietnam. Then lost heart when the politicians put more restrictions on us and would stop bombing letting the north get a new start.