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Originally Posted by rebel727  I don't think anyone that grew up in that era will ever forget Nam. I came of age right after the draft was suspended but I spent several years thinking I was going to go. Seeing all those news reels showing young and I mean real young kids walking round with captured M-16's and AK's was more than enough to scare the chit out of me. The way vets I knew personally acted when they got home was worse tho. |
REBEL, SIR I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. I TURNED 18 TWO MONTHS AFTER THE DRAFT WAS SUSP., I THOUGHT SURE I WAS GOING. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I WOULD HAVE WENT! I WOULD NOT HAVE DODGED [LIKE b.clinton] BUT YOU ARE RIGHT WE DO OWE THOSE SOLDIERS A DEBT OF GRATITUDE THAT CAN NEVER BE REPAID. ONE OF MY BROS. DID TWO TOURS OVER THERE AND TO THIS DAY HE STILL CAN NOT TALK ABOUT IT. HE ALSO WONT WATCH ANY MOVIES ABOUT VIETNAM.