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[d mowery]

I know but sometimes I think about taking the nam vet plates off my truck , Then I think to H--- with it as I did what had to be done along with all the rest and let the calofornia fly where it may

[Tulsa]

Talk about lucky! That would be me. I was born in August of 59. Growing up in the 60's with the war on TV every night, it was just assumed that everyone would go to war. By the time I was 18 though, they had not only eliminated the draft but also the registration. In the early 80's they reinstated the registration and they had made it retro-active back to people born in 1960 and up. I missed it by 4 months.

I never saw my Dad happier than than day when he knew I was never going to have to face what he did.

[logicprobe]

We can all be thankful now, for men like you guys... boys forced into manhood via a trip through H-E-L-L.
They stopped the draft the first year I was eligible for it. I was OK with that, but didn't understand myself at the time (or especially now) how we could ship out boys... and have so much of the nation turn their backs on them!

You MEN have our appreciation!

For years, all I knew about 'Nam was what I saw on the nightly news... the scenes of gunfire... and the body count report that they just HAD to update each time. (How many died today?) It seemed like certain death to a 12 year old... and when my brother was drafted, I cried for days when he boarded the bus. Until he showed up at our door unannounced a few days later... being rejected for an ulcer and broken arm in years past. It never bothered me again when he picked on me. :wink:

[gwarzin]

I was almost as lucky (or maybe even luckier, depending on how you look at it). In 1970 I was an air traffic controller. It was a draft deferred job - for a little while. Then they ended all job related draft deferments. They called me up for service. I reported to the induction center. They sent me home. Turns out that 3 years as an air traffic controller had given me an ulcer. Because of that, the Army didn't want me. :grin:

[d mowery]

Thanks and to all who went befor and ones that went after and the ones there and them that wil go, Be safe, take care.

[arbycoffee]

the news media was the forth column for the communist.
the picture here was not as what was really going on there.

they have not changed look at what is going on now, thank God for FOX NEWS and the inernet.

I will tell you the only price of freedom is blood, just like the bully in the school yard, blood was the only way to bet them and have your freedom.



enough said i guess or to much.
HAPPY NEW YEAR

[d mowery]

You right -nuff said , summer time I pilgrimage to IOWA, if they let me cross border and drink coffie toast to all our thoughts and rememberances ( may be milk toast ) but means the same, Thanks Arby--Don
Dont mean Milk but milk with toast in it , Just can't help myself :grin:

[arbycoffee]

it good when your teeth aren't in :grin:

[d mowery]

I be a half retired Dental Lab guy -Problem solved
Don

[slotter]

true to my handle i was a luckydog.

got drafted 1963 two years active, 4 years reserve,

right inbetween berlin and viet naum.

spent my duty at the pentagon

army war room support division, working with computers.

stationed at ft. myers, south post,

living off post, :lol: :lol: :lol:

not enough barracks there..

My time, too, LD. 1964-1968 4 years active. Davis Monthan, Tucson, AZ. Jet Mechanic F-4C. Univ of AZ next 4 years then on with life. Lived in the southern climates because of business (Phoenix, Tucson, San Antonio) for 30 years and finally left the traffic, cities, etc. and moved back to Iowa where we now live on an wonderful acreage. Love it here. Lifestyle is just perfect for us! :smt003

[Utopia1dc]

God Bless all who have served their country!!!