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 Re: Remember when...
[Re: John175☮]
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08/21/17 05:27 AM
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slipbobber
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Ah the good ol days! Shame they did away with it.
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Re: Remember when...
[Re: John175☮]
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08/21/17 09:57 AM
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TLW
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was already 3 months "in country" (july '66) got my notice ta show!.. unit boss (Lt. Com.) said no, ya can't go home, i'll take care of it from here!!!.. thought that was kinda narrow minded of 'em....
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Re: Remember when...
[Re: Scagnetti]
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08/21/17 10:59 AM
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Bigbob_FTW
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I was at an Army induction center at Ft Hamilton, Brooklyn on Dec 2, 1969 the day after the very first draft lottery had been held
I had already been drafted
Not that it made any difference at that point but my number was 036 Dang. That is a low one allright. It's not easy for some of us to know when you are being sarcastic or not. Soooo help me here... Pretty sure he literally means that's a low number. 
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Re: Remember when...
[Re: John175☮]
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08/21/17 12:53 PM
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KingwoodCat
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# 21 but I was already in so I beat em.
The very first Vietnam Draft Lottery my number was 6, and I was already in them too, so I guess I was just destined to serve my country.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him had better take a look at the American Indian".
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Re: Remember when...
[Re: John175☮]
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08/21/17 01:05 PM
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TexDawg
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I registered when i turned 18, which would have been in 1979. Not sure why but it was a requirement
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Re: Remember when...
[Re: John175☮]
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08/21/17 01:33 PM
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Dan90210 ☮
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So this was way before I was born but using the logic here I would have been 176.
Would that have been a "your going" number? Or would that be safe? Like where was the cut line about?
And I assume each year you got a new number? Like a new chart was produced?
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Re: Remember when...
[Re: John175☮]
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08/21/17 01:44 PM
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spacejunkie
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That was the year I got discharged. Already had done my 4 after I enlisted in the Navy.
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Re: Remember when...
[Re: John175☮]
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08/21/17 01:50 PM
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T Bird
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The thought of humping a ruck through the jungles of SE Asia did not appeal to me.
Joined AF before Uncle Sugar got me.
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Re: Remember when...
[Re: John175☮]
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08/21/17 01:51 PM
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1A ............Drew a high number 4 years in a row!
By the we were getting out of Nam and I was married with a child and working every day.
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Re: Remember when...
[Re: slipbobber]
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08/21/17 02:54 PM
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crankn101
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Ah the good ol days! Shame they did away with it. Yes. Bring it back, that would stop these fake wars
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Re: Remember when...
[Re: John175☮]
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08/21/17 03:20 PM
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Bass&More
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Re: Remember when...
[Re: John175☮]
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08/21/17 04:35 PM
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TexasBlonde
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My former BIL was drafted even though he was in college and in good standing with the college but was drafted anyway. Being in Vietnam gave him a lifelong present of malaria.
What I do remember was every day the local newspaper listed how many of our troops died that day. It was terrible to see over a hundred people losing their life every single day.
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Re: Remember when...
[Re: Scagnetti]
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08/21/17 04:40 PM
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Bob Davis
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[quote=Scagnetti]I was at an Army induction center at Ft Hamilton, Brooklyn on Dec 2, 1969 the day after the very first draft lottery had been held
I had already been drafted
Not that it made any difference at that point but my number was 036 Dang. That is a low one allright. It's not easy for some of us to know when you are being sarcastic or not. No sir, not sarcastic. I meant it as written.  
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Re: Remember when...
[Re: John175☮]
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08/21/17 05:46 PM
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Oldrabbit
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In 1973 was classified as 1H waiting on the lottery. They stopped the draft that year so it was off to trade school and then to work.
Many thanks to all who served. We owe than so much.
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Re: Remember when...
[Re: Billy Blazer 300 HPDI]
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08/21/17 05:52 PM
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Kay Dyson
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I think they stopped the draft in 73 if I recall. I was about a year to young. Me too, I was 15 in 74.. Seems like the draft was over, and the legal drinking age went to 18, I had a fake ID. production line going too. 
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