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GiqueCee

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19. I graduated in '65...

Reply to Biophilic (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2026, 09:28 AM

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... and when I went for my draft physical, I got a 1Y instead of a 1A because I was too light for my height. Hard to believe, looking in the mirror now. When they went to the lottery system, I got a high number, so I never got called up.
'Nam was a war that should never have happened, which, to my mind, makes the loss of 58,220 young lives all the more tragic. And the 303,644 who came home wounded will likely attest to that.

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My high school class in 1964 had 57 people. [View all] Biophilic Sunday OP

Great post for Memorial Day senseandsensibility Sunday #1

My class had about 650 kids PJMcK Sunday #2

And I also grieve for the ones who came home wounded in body or mind, niyad Sunday #12

You and I graduated the same year. COL Mustard Yesterday #16

1967 here. About the same number of grads. Joinfortmill Sunday #3

... anciano Sunday #4

A lot of us lost friends in Vietnam BeneteauBum Sunday #5

A classmate from fifth grade for me IbogaProject Sunday #6

64 also. tavernier Sunday #7

... littlemissmartypants Sunday #8

My SO's brother recounted the story of his friend. Festivito Sunday #9

Hell, I'm getting pretty old and am still too young to remember Unwind Your Mind Yesterday #22

We are the ones left to talk about it. Festivito 9 hrs ago #29

Many of those who survived suffer from severe PTSD. surfered Sunday #10

106 in my 1963 class. MineralMan Sunday #11

1968 reporting in. ShazzieB Sunday #13

I'm so sorry you lost your friend MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #14

Appreciate you sharing this special remembrance. We are of the same generation. My graduating class of 105 in 1967 lost KitFox Yesterday #15

Six from my class didn't make it back. dedl67 Yesterday #17

My uncle was the only male in his highschool class to survive WWII sab390 Yesterday #18

I graduated in '65... GiqueCee Yesterday #19

I protested the war and still wonder if I did enough Jarqui Yesterday #20

Same school OH school (Dad) 1969 had 116, (Me) 1993 had 394, (Boy) 2014 had 255 krawhitham Yesterday #21

war was a taboo topic in my family and school Tetrachloride Yesterday #23

I was the organist at Arlington Cemetery for 5 years. oberle Yesterday #24

A lot of good people died for no good reason. Aussie105 Yesterday #25

My late husband lost both legs at Chu Lai duhneece Yesterday #26

I remember the draft lottery on TV. Irish_Dem Yesterday #27

I graduated in 1961 in a class of 482 Jilly_in_VA Yesterday #28