Re: I didn't know Doug King was cruising the Bahamas

"Vic Smith" <thismailautodeleted@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Wed, 14 May 2008 01:29:11 +0000, Larry <noone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>Vic Smith <thismailautodeleted@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> AFAIK it's a better Navy today.  Smarter.
>>
>>We were just prisoners....volunteer prisoners avoiding the Vietnam Army
>>draft.
>
> I enlisted in the Navy when I was 16, about a month before JFK was
> shot.  Everything was done but the oath taking.
> Took the oath and was in boot camp all in one day a couple months
> later, the day after my 17th birthday.
> My ma wouldn't let me go on my birthday.
> Viet Nam and the draft had nothing to do with it.
> I never had a draft card.
> If Viet Nam had been hot when I turned 17 I probably would have joined
> the Marines to fight commies.
> A couple years into my Navy time there was a call for Swift boat crew
> for Viet Nam and I volunteered.
> They didn't want boilermen on Swift boats, so I never scored that
> hazardous duty pay.
> Like I said, smarter Navy today.  Mostly due to better education,
> better training, and fewer 17 year-olds.
> And not a one of them is dodging the draft.
>
> --Vic

Well said, Vic