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Cooperhawk · 02-16-2021, 08:15 AM

Back home from Vietnam, working for the FAA and certified as a Journeyman Air Traffic Controller. Best job I ever had. Retired twenty one years ago. Now I have an even better job. None!

Atlee · 02-16-2021, 10:22 AM

I got there on Dec 15, 1969. Actually, on the 16th at GLTS. Spent the 15th and that night flying from Richmond, VA and spending a lot of time at O'Hare waiting for transport to Great Lakes.

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Feb 1970 I had 2 weeks left in Boot Camp in Great Lakes,,,, did 4 year, and retired out of the reserves later in life. The Navy was the best thinks that happen to me outside of getting married. I understand what you are talking about

Alpine36 · 02-16-2021, 10:36 AM

5th grade, Alki Elementary school, likely in the principals office lol.

Cat320 · 02-16-2021, 02:46 PM

On my second VN tour getting ready for a AC check ride in a Chinook (CH47C).

bneiva · 02-16-2021, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Atlee

I got there on Dec 15, 1969. Actually, on the 16th at GLTS. Spent the 15th and that night flying from Richmond, VA and spending a lot of time at O'Hare waiting for transport to Great Lakes.

To paraphrase what others had to say, " I understand what you are talking about!". There was no future where I came from but Uncle Sam changed my life with one simple letter. I now wonder how many other kids today would have a better sense of direction if the draft still existed?

HarryStone · 02-16-2021, 07:58 PM

Going to High School, 10th grade, Eisenhower High School, in Rialto California, to be exact.

FastEagle · 02-25-2021, 08:20 AM

Navy Fighter Squadron 151 Aboard the USS Midway (CVA-41), South China Sea.

FL420 · 02-25-2021, 01:43 PM

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Navy Fighter Squadron 151 Aboard the USS Midway (CVA-41), South China Sea.

Me too. Phantoms and Vigilantes phorever!
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chiefneon · 02-25-2021, 06:31 PM

Drafted into the US Army. I survived and made it home.

BobinICT · 02-26-2021, 08:32 AM

Not 50 years ago but 30 years ago today. Smack dab in the middle of a battlefield. Hadn't slept in two days. Feeling happy we hadn't been juiced yet. (Chemical weapons).

RLLD · 02-28-2021, 04:30 PM

50 Years ago today, in my mommas arms.....
40 Years ago today, probably in middle school, 7th grade....hated middle school
30 Years ago today, in a made up place called "Khanjar" in northern Saudi, just south of the Al Wafra oil fields of Kuwait; the fighting had just ended

sh1seadad · 03-01-2021, 08:59 AM

Second year high school

sh1seadad · 03-01-2021, 09:03 AM

Second year of high school

HopsBrewster · 03-01-2021, 09:57 AM

50 years ago I was in 8th grade listening to my English teacher telling us his number had come up and that we should all write to a Senator and tell him that said English teacher shouldn't have to get drafted because he was a teacher. No, I didn't write. My oldest brother was serving in the Navy and had served a tour in VN.