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jmcquown[_2_]

On 3/4/2021 11:06 AM, wrote:
> On Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 9:14:06 AM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
>>
>> I did pass up the opportunity, in 1971, to join the military and get an
>> all-expenses paid "one year vacation" in Vietnam. ;o
>>
> Not everybody who got drafted went to Vietnam. If you scored high
> enough on your tests you were most likely stationed somewhere
> else.
>
Even if you *enlisted* you didn't automatically get sent to Vietnam. I
know someone who joined the Army in 1968. They sent him to Alabama.

Jill