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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Lost my college deferment upon graduation in 1967 so being drafted was inevitable and I was just resigned to the fact.
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Mine came while I was in boot camp. I never saw it, my dad took care of it.He probably enjoyed doing so.
As far as going, I knew I was going to be drafted, I had a low number. I decided if I was going to go in I wanted to be on the water. The only immediate influence my parent's had was when I told them my decision to enlist in the Navy, my WWII Navy vet father told me "Screw the Navy, join the Coast Guard, they know how to run an outfit!" The next day he took a personal day and drove me about an hour and a half to the nearest CG recruiting station.
The reason I said immediate influence is because, I suspect most of us in that era, I was raised to love my country. Did I question the war? Heck by the 70s who didn't? There was no question in my mind however that I would serve.
As far as going, I knew I was going to be drafted, I had a low number. I decided if I was going to go in I wanted to be on the water. The only immediate influence my parent's had was when I told them my decision to enlist in the Navy, my WWII Navy vet father told me "Screw the Navy, join the Coast Guard, they know how to run an outfit!" The next day he took a personal day and drove me about an hour and a half to the nearest CG recruiting station.
The reason I said immediate influence is because, I suspect most of us in that era, I was raised to love my country. Did I question the war? Heck by the 70s who didn't? There was no question in my mind however that I would serve.
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Got a letter from my mom with my draft notice when I was stationed at FT Rucker threw it in the nearest shit can.
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I said to myself that the time has come! I had spoken out against the war in Vietnam, demonstrated, wrote to my congressional representatives and now finally I had to put myself on the line and telll my draft board how I felt about the criminal war in Vietnam, and see how they dealt with me then!
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I never did get a draft notice although I joined the Navy in 1966 so I wouldn't get drafted and sent to Viet Nam. Silly me though, I volunteered for River Boats after my first year off the coast of Nam. Young and dumb and full of you know what.
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I am in the Marine corps , over seas over 6000 miles away and now they draft me ? Really ? LOL
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I registered for the draft through the American Consulate in Munich Germany, I was an Army Dependent going to the American High School in Wurzburg. I made sure that I had been accepted into collage so I could get a deferment, I did not want to be drafted, as an Army brat I knew too many draftees. During my first year of collage they stopped the draft and after that year of school I enlisted delayed entry in the spring of '75. My Step dad was in Vietnam in '66-'67 at Cam Rahn Bay.
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