"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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On 5/17/13 4:32 PM, Eisboch wrote:




On 5/17/2013 12:02 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:

I didn't end the draft. The draft was terminated during a
Republican
administration. I protested the war against Vietnam, but never the
draft.

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I have a question that might be difficult to answer objectively,
given
the years that have transpired.

You have mentioned before that you had a high draft number which was
never called. I assume at the time you were a young man in his
late
teens, more likely in your early 20's.

Had your number been called, would you have reported as ordered?
Not
how you feel now .... how you felt then.




Absolutely, I would have reported for a pre-induction physical and if
I
were judged proper cannon fodder, I would have been in the Army, I
guess. But I was never called, even though all the years I was of
draft
age, I regularly sent my draft board a registered, return receipt
letter
informing it of my current status and address. My problem wasn't with
the draft, it was with the moronic war against the Vietnamese people.

Most young men of draft age were not drafted.

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Thanks. Most of us felt that way at the time. Hindsight over the
years may change one's views but at the time it was the honorable
thing to do.
I almost got drafted. Well, actually I guess I did. But at the
advice of a retired Navy Captain, I beat feet down to the Navy
recruiter's office. Signed up and was told to "burn" my draft notice
letter and card if I so desired. I saved them for years but are now
long lost.