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shortly before my 18 birthday I went to the Selective Service office ,
Had visions of ricepaddies in Nam
But I believedi n my country .
shortly before my 18 birthday I went to the Selective Service office ,
Had visions of ricepaddies in Nam
But I believedi n my country .
In 1971 all males at 18 had to sign up for the draft, now what is the rest of your story?
Did you get drafted or enlist? If you believed in your country and the war, why wait for the draft, you should have enlisted.
shortly before my 18 birthday I went to the Selective Service office ,
Had visions of ricepaddies in Nam
But I believedi n my country .
You signed up for the draft?
What the fuck does that mean?
shortly before my 18 birthday I went to the Selective Service office ,
Had visions of ricepaddies in Nam
But I believedi n my country .
You signed up for the draft?
What the fuck does that mean?
shortly before my 18 birthday I went to the Selective Service office ,
Had visions of ricepaddies in Nam
But I believedi n my country .
You signed up for the draft?
What the fuck does that mean?
There was a draft lottery from 1969 to 1975. Every American male had to 'sign up for the draft' when he turned 18. You received a letter from the government that you had to sign and return.
Selective Service System: History and Records
shortly before my 18 birthday I went to the Selective Service office ,
Had visions of ricepaddies in Nam
But I believedi n my country .
In 1971 all males at 18 had to sign up for the draft, now what is the rest of your story?
Did you get drafted or enlist? If you believed in your country and the war, why wait for the draft, you should have enlisted.
shortly before my 18 birthday I went to the Selective Service office ,
Had visions of ricepaddies in Nam
But I believedi n my country .
I did likewise. Sorry but I wouldn't fight for the trash living in this country for any amount.
We reaped what we sowed and we have no one to blame but ourselves.
"I spent 33 years and 4 months in active service as a member of our country's most agile military force--the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from second lieutenant to Major General. And during that period I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism. I suspected I was part of a racket all the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all members of the military profession I never had an original thought until I left the service." - Major General Smedley D. Butler, USMC (1881-1940)
shortly before my 18 birthday I went to the Selective Service office ,
Had visions of ricepaddies in Nam
But I believedi n my country .
In 1971 all males at 18 had to sign up for the draft, now what is the rest of your story?
Did you get drafted or enlist? If you believed in your country and the war, why wait for the draft, you should have enlisted.
Thats the end of the story, ginscpy didn't do jack shit.
In 1971 all males at 18 had to sign up for the draft, now what is the rest of your story?
Did you get drafted or enlist? If you believed in your country and the war, why wait for the draft, you should have enlisted.
Thats the end of the story, ginscpy didn't do jack shit.
you didn't either so you are even
We were taught that we had to obey. At 18 we signed because we thought we were adults and it was our responsibility.
With the arrival of wisdom, that changed.
I dind't want to make waves.
When you are about to turn 18- just go with the flow..................
I did my tour in Vietnam '69-70.
Proud to have done my duty.
shortly before my 18 birthday I went to the Selective Service office ,
Had visions of ricepaddies in Nam
But I believedi n my country .
You signed up for the draft in 1971 because of what occurred at 12:30 CST on November 22, 1963.
President Kennedy's Television Interviews on Vietnam
September 2 and 9, 1963
MR. CRONKITE. Mr. President, the only hot war we've got running at the moment is of course the one in Viet-Nam, and we have our difficulties here, quite obviously.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY. I don't think that unless a greater effort is made by the Government to win popular support that the war can be won out there. In the final analysis, it is their war. They are the ones who have to win it or lose it. We can help them, we can give them equipment, we can send our men out there as advisers, but they have to win itthe people of Viet-Namagainst the Communists. We are prepared to continue to assist them, but I don't think that the war can be won unless the people support the effort, and, in my opinion, in the last 2 months the Government has gotten out of touch with the people.
Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived
In public, Kennedy had maintained the posture that a U.S presence in Vietnam was essential, to prevent "a collapse not only of South Vietnam but of Southeast Asia."
Yet Kennedy had committed only to the presence of thousands of U.S. military advisers in Vietnam, not active combatants. He wanted to help teach South Vietnam, a U.S. ally, to fight for itself against Communist-led North Vietnam.
Out of the glare of TV cameras, he repeatedly fought with U.S. generals and other hawks who wanted to replace the advisers with soldiers. He told then-defense secretary Robert McNamara that he wanted to begin withdrawing advisers by the end of 1963, and to be completely out of Vietnam by the end of 1965.
What happened after his assassination was the exact opposite: president Johnson decided to send tens of thousands of soldiers to Vietnam, believing a war could be quickly and decisively fought and won.
Johnson's gambit proved pure folly. When the war finally ended in 1975 with America's haphazard withdrawal, more than 58,000 Americans and two million Vietnamese had been killed.
Thats the end of the story, ginscpy didn't do jack shit.
you didn't either so you are even
Whatever bitch.
you didn't either so you are even
Whatever bitch.
internet tough guy ^ sends me insuting PM messages too
what a coward you are
Whatever bitch.
internet tough guy ^ sends me insuting PM messages too
what a coward you are
Bah, you are dismissed bitch.
shortly before my 18 birthday I went to the Selective Service office ,
Had visions of ricepaddies in Nam
But I believedi n my country .
You signed up for the draft?
What the fuck does that mean?
There was a draft lottery from 1969 to 1975. Every American male had to 'sign up for the draft' when he turned 18. You received a letter from the government that you had to sign and return.
Selective Service System: History and Records