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Army-(Infantry)
Drafted- the only lottery I ever won ! Two tours, compiments of Uncle. Could have done with-out the 2nd tour, but it kept my younger brother, who was also drafted (State side).
I still remeber reporting for my physical- I had broken my collar bone (baseball) my senior year. My Mom, who really did not want me going to Viet Nam, told me to remind them of this injury and it will surely keep me out. Those of you who were inducted know the mechanical process of Army physicals. At each and every station I would bring up my broken collar bone, no one was really interested, and simply told me to move on to the next station. Finally at the last station an older Sargent seemed interested when I told him my collar bone story and said-"Which one?", and ran his finger along it, saying "I can feel the notch"; thinking I'm all set now- he turned and said-"Yeap, an M-16 will fit nicely there". And off I went.
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