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longislander · 05-20-2024, 09:24 AM

Military draft for Vietnam "conflict"

Conscription

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...0Vietnam%20War.

Lottery

https://www.sss.gov/history-and-reco...nam-lotteries/

Enlisted; if going to be drafted, might as well choose a training
Myself, after training: 189th AHC at base camp Holloway; Pleiku May 1967- Feb.1969

JayR · 05-20-2024, 10:35 AM

Thank you to all who serve and have served.

I am disheartened (pissed) about the slow removal of "or die." It is yet another little example of people - we know which people - chipping away at what made the USA the USA.

So many people lived out the motto - died so we could live free. And they did not do it so that years later a bunch of MEOWS could start to remove it for fear of being scary or offensive or deter some wussified voters and boaters!

God bless America and here's to those who stuck and stick together to protect her!!

LoveLakeLife · 05-20-2024, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by JayR

Thank you to all who serve and have served.

I am disheartened (pissed) about the slow removal of "or die." It is yet another little example of people - we know which people - chipping away at what made the USA the USA.

So many people lived out the motto - died so we could live free. And they did not do it so that years later a bunch of MEOWS could start to remove it for fear of being scary or offensive or deter some wussified voters and boaters!

God bless America and here's to those who stuck and stick together to protect her!!

I agree regarding the lamentable slow chipping away. They also changed Superman’s motto to Truth, Justice, and a Better Tomorrow. How putrid.

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John Mercier · 05-20-2024, 12:21 PM

Our Motto has not changed...
Just the marketing slogan.

It is ghastly... I mean if this keeps up, there would be so much revenue from tourism that we would need to lower taxes. Egads!!!

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, 10:35 AM	#2
JayR Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Westwood, MA and sometimes Gilford, NH Posts: 67 Thanks: 23 Thanked 22 Times in 13 Posts	Thank you to all who serve and have served. I am disheartened (pissed) about the slow removal of "or die." It is yet another little example of people - we know which people - chipping away at what made the USA the USA. So many people lived out the motto - died so we could live free. And they did not do it so that years later a bunch of MEOWS could start to remove it for fear of being scary or offensive or deter some wussified voters and boaters! God bless America and here's to those who stuck and stick together to protect her!! __________________ Jay R. (Westwood, MA) "Faithfully losing the ice-out contest since 1975"

05-20-2024, 03:14 PM	#5
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,482 Thanks: 1,393 Thanked 1,667 Times in 1,086 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)

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05-20-2024, 09:24 AM	#1
longislander Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 556 Thanks: 49 Thanked 103 Times in 78 Posts	Military draft for Vietnam "conflict" Conscription https://www.statista.com/statistics/...0Vietnam%20War. Lottery https://www.sss.gov/history-and-reco...nam-lotteries/ Enlisted; if going to be drafted, might as well choose a training Myself, after training: 189th AHC at base camp Holloway; Pleiku May 1967- Feb.1969

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05-20-2024, 12:21 PM	#4
John Mercier Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2021 Posts: 3,578 Thanks: 3 Thanked 637 Times in 524 Posts	Our Motto has not changed... Just the marketing slogan. It is ghastly... I mean if this keeps up, there would be so much revenue from tourism that we would need to lower taxes. Egads!!!