>>>I missed the draft by a few months. I would have gone.
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>>>Which kind of draft, 16 or 22 oz ? <s>
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>>>Sorry, that was too easy....
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>>Oddly enough, I have not had a beer in years.
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>>I would have gone to Vietnam. A couple of my high school teammates died there. They were only a year older than me.
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>You certainly could have volunteered. Even though the draft had ended, many did. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announced the draft was ended in favor of voluntary enlistment on January 27, 1973. Most draft protests were due to the view that the draft was unfair because it appeared to target poorer members of society because they couldn't get college deferments.

I had a draft number that would have let me stay home and in school. Most of my friends had been drafted, so I volunteered and joined the Marine Corps. There are some of us who have taken the necessary steps to aid in our security and protection by putting our asses where most people's mouths are.