Fever, you just got lucky, I'm feeling chatty tonight...
I never had a draft card, I enlisted after turning 17 on a delayed departure and entered boot camp 9 days after turning 18.
After boot, I actually asked to be sent to VN and was quickly obliged.
3 months after taking my entry oath and departing for boot, I was in combat zone VN drawing extra combat pay.
I served in 3 campaigns spanning 68-69-70 and returned with a unit bronze star and a VN medal for Gallantry, among others....
I left service after 4 years with many technical schools completed and with a final Top Secret clearance level, having seen and done many things that I can't and won't talk about. I later, while going to college on the GI Bill, served 3 more years in the Selected Reserve with the pay helping me pay my bills.
Good and bad experiences in everything in a long life, but it was the best and most rewarding job I ever had, so not sorry I served.
Now I'm a fairly healthy 6-1.5 215 at 74, and I can still enjoy a cold Michelob dark, a Gurkha cigar, and a round of Golden-T golf.
(handicap -18, best game -27 under)
I also still enjoy raggin' of the twits and dweebs here, at my own pace and when I'm in the mood... 😎
