Corpl. Cleaver Posted December 11, 2008 Share #126 Posted December 11, 2008 335, have fun in the jungle guys.... My dad was less than 5 numbers away from being drafted in 1972. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB44 Posted December 11, 2008 Share #127 Posted December 11, 2008 111...Ill see my fellow forum members in the jungle! Not Necessarily so. In 1970 I was 1A, in college, and my number was 111. Naturally I got my "greetings and order to report" in the mail. However, a week later I got another letter which said they had issued the induction order out of sequence and were cancelling my induction. About a month later a student deferment showed up. Wierd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted December 11, 2008 Share #128 Posted December 11, 2008 I drew # 95, so I would have been gone. Pleased to see that several of the members have already mentioned ' Country Joe & the Fish ' Well come on all you big strong men, Uncle Sam needs your help again, got himself in a terrible jam way down yonder in Viet-Nam, Put down your books and pick up a gun, we are going to have a whole lot of fun and it's 1-2-3 What are we fighting for, don't ask me I don't give a damn whoopee next stop is Viet-Nam and it's 5-6-7 Open up those pearly gates, ain't no time to wonder why whoopee we are all gonna die. Classic time frame tune, long hair, headbands, girls, sun, fun and stuff, I remember a girl very often mentioned amongst friends, most people appeared to know her Mary Jane Whana. ??? Cheers ( Lewis ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeper704 Posted December 11, 2008 Share #129 Posted December 11, 2008 GI Number One! Erwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercenary25 Posted December 11, 2008 Share #130 Posted December 11, 2008 067.... No sir, I volunteered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted December 11, 2008 Share #131 Posted December 11, 2008 GI Number One! Erwin Erwin, GI Number One ! Cheers ( Lewis ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmjordan77 Posted December 12, 2008 Share #132 Posted December 12, 2008 110 for me - off to fight for Uncle Sam I was born on a familiar date too.... June 6 a few years later though..... My dad was initially drafted into the US Marines. This was in late 1969. True story. He was sworn into the marines, and was waiting for the bus to carry him to Parris Island. There was a bad snow that year and the bus was snowed in somewhere in SC. The marine recruiter did not want to stay at the station with all the draftee's that evening when he could go home to sleep. He called the Fort Bragg truck and yelled out, "any one want to join the army??" and off to Fort Bragg my dad went. Honest to goodness True story Was in the tank divisions in the "Big Red One" had the m48's and m60 tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TS Allen Posted December 12, 2008 Share #133 Posted December 12, 2008 Far enough up there that I wouldn't have been stuck there... although I'm sure I'm just the type of idiot to volunteer! Hippies or Marines, who do I like more? This isn't really a tough one... ~TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfireguy Posted December 12, 2008 Share #134 Posted December 12, 2008 322 but I was to young then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Ragan Posted December 12, 2008 Share #135 Posted December 12, 2008 From reading many of these posts, it seems a lot of people don't know that just because you were drafted during the Viet Nam War, didn't necessarily mean you would be shipped to Viet Nam. Remember, the Cold War was in full swing all during that time and we had thousands of troops in Korea, Europe and many other places. How many Army divisons were in Germany during those year? Draftees served all over the world in that time frame, not just southeast Asia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmjordan77 Posted December 12, 2008 Share #136 Posted December 12, 2008 My dad was drafted (story above) and after basic, and tank training, and jungle training, off to NAM he went...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memphismeister Posted December 12, 2008 Share #137 Posted December 12, 2008 004 off I go. Thinks I would have tried for WOC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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