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Lovie777

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27. My relative got a draft notice from the Army one morning in the mail..................

Reply to MarineCombatEngineer (Reply #6)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 05:23 PM

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during the Vietnam war. His father on that same day took him to the Navy recruitment center. Boot camp was at Camp Pendleton, and he served for 4 years on San Clemente Island.

Father-in-law just graduated from High School in Los Angeles in 1963. Didn't get along with father and a police officer said maybe he should join the arm forces. He joined the Marine Corp and was at Camp Pendleton before going to Camp Lejeune. After boot camp they ship his unit to Vietnam. He was a Marine Corp Radio Man. Saw heavy combat, in 1967 they flew him to SF Airport, the first thing he did after departing the plane, he kissed the ground.

Both right now are shaking their heads in total disgust at the current government.

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