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I didn't know Doug King was cruising the Bahamas
"Vic Smith" wrote in message ... On Wed, 14 May 2008 01:29:11 +0000, Larry wrote: Vic Smith wrote in m: AFAIK it's a better Navy today. Smarter. We were just prisoners....volunteer prisoners avoiding the Vietnam Army draft. I enlisted in the Navy when I was 16, about a month before JFK was shot. Everything was done but the oath taking. Took the oath and was in boot camp all in one day a couple months later, the day after my 17th birthday. My ma wouldn't let me go on my birthday. Viet Nam and the draft had nothing to do with it. I never had a draft card. If Viet Nam had been hot when I turned 17 I probably would have joined the Marines to fight commies. A couple years into my Navy time there was a call for Swift boat crew for Viet Nam and I volunteered. They didn't want boilermen on Swift boats, so I never scored that hazardous duty pay. Like I said, smarter Navy today. Mostly due to better education, better training, and fewer 17 year-olds. And not a one of them is dodging the draft. --Vic Well said, Vic |
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