Summer 1967 - Tale of Three Americas

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My father used to tell my brother to "get a haircut!"

My brother used to go to Vietnam War protests.

He became a Rush Limbaugh type later.

Very ironic. He was an ass in his "hippie" days, too.

I hope he's nothing like john stoessel.

He looks like Chris Christie. Used to weigh as much as him, too

There were always 10 times as many North Vietnamese/Vietcong dead as American dead. About 5 times more South Vietnamese dead as US dead.

They used to report the death toll at least weekly.

if I was of age back then, I would have been mightily tempted to avoid the draft any way I could.

My brother missed getting drafted by a few months. My father missed Korea by a few months.

both my brothers got very low draft numbers so they just joined as soon as they could, so at least they'd have some say in the matter, not to be automatically put on the infantry front lines. only one got sent to 'nam.

I hope he didn't meet his end there....

...I remember, in summer 1972, when I was 12, my family was visiting my mother's folks in East Texas, I was in my Mom's parents' house, in the more formal living room, where a circulation opening/transom let you hear what was being said in the " real " living room (the TV room/kitchen) on the other side...
And I overheard my Mom and Dad and aunt and uncle discussing what was to be done with me when I turned 18 vis-a-vis the draft!





="auntblabby"]if I was of age back then, I would have been mightily tempted to avoid the draft any way I could.[/quote]

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

^^^^ so what did mom and dad and uncle decide on?

...My father was in the Navy in WWII, after he was demobbed he was still in the inactive Reserve for a while, he said that when Korea came up he could have been called back up but wasn't.




"kraftiekortie"]My brother missed getting drafted by a few months. My father missed Korea by a few months.[/quote]

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

desert storm happened when I was in my 3rd year of individual ready reserve but luckily it ended before I was activated.

Who has long hair in the 60s and 70s? Mine came down almost to my shoulders in the late 70s.

my parents gave me a pigshave until I was 12. then they let me grow it to my shoulders or so.