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F.O.A.D.

On 5/18/13 1:58 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 17 May 2013 17:00:40 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

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.

I bet you were 2-S most of that time.
They did not draft people in school

I did what I was supposed to do in my local draft board. I was not
disappointed I was never ordered to report for a pre-induction physical.