Got call Sun from Army buddy--hadn't talked to in 40 yrs
Posted on: November 12, 2018 at 11:24:13 CT
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Literally old but so am I guess. We were both one of the last of the unwilling serving the don't cares or ---draftees.
The war was already lost by then and very unpopular as it had been for years. We were down to 25,000 by then more or less. 1972. In 1968 we had like 500,000 troops in country
Served with him in VN--a fellow draftee. He was the first drafted in 71---being born on Sept 14 (#1) and last name began with a J (also #1). He won the lottery so to speak.
I felt like I had wasted 2 years but came out in one piece and got the GI Bill to go back to Mizzou so all good. Many others not so lucky .