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Descant · 05-20-2024, 03:14 PM

FLL's draft calendar: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
I signed up June 10, 1969, expecting to report a few weeks later. In July the Navy called and said "we're slowing things down". Pick a Tuesday between now and next June. I picked March 10, (after ski season, before ice-out) and showed up with 53 other volunteers. In May 1970, 40 of us were called out and given notice that "you can go home. The Navy doesn't need you anymore. We'll send a letter to your draft boards, so you won't be drafted." Ironically, at the time, us dozen survivors felt we were lucky, and the guys who went home were unlucky. (Falcon 135--XP3NFO)

05-20-2024, 03:14 PM	#17
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,337 Thanks: 1,339 Thanked 1,620 Times in 1,052 Posts	FLL's draft calendar FLL's draft calendar: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. I signed up June 10, 1969, expecting to report a few weeks later. In July the Navy called and said "we're slowing things down". Pick a Tuesday between now and next June. I picked March 10, (after ski season, before ice-out) and showed up with 53 other volunteers. In May 1970, 40 of us were called out and given notice that "you can go home. The Navy doesn't need you anymore. We'll send a letter to your draft boards, so you won't be drafted." Ironically, at the time, us dozen survivors felt we were lucky, and the guys who went home were unlucky. (Falcon 135--XP3NFO)