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<blockquote data-quote="turkeyrun" data-source="post: 4203043" data-attributes="member: 27991">I went to school with several like you, that knew they were going to be drafted and went to volunteer Navy, Air Force or Coast Guard to avoid. My cousin was drafted in &#039;66. He volunteered Marine. His thought was, &quot;if I got to go, go with the best training I can get.&quot;He done 1 tour, came home. He told us all kinds of stories and then was sent back for a 2nd tour. He came back, just after Tet and talked very little about Vietnam. He was made DI for troops headed to Vietnam.He volunteered for a 3rd tour, so somebody else wouldn&#039;t have to go. When he came back, he took me aside and said, &quot;if you get called up, leave, don&#039;t go, do not go to Vietnam, the only thing happening is good soldiers are dying. Go to Canada, Mexico, Australia,&nbsp; even BFEgypt, but don&#039;t go to Vietnam. At that time, he looked older than his Dad, was completely white haired.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="turkeyrun, post: 4203043, member: 27991"] I went to school with several like you, that knew they were going to be drafted and went to volunteer Navy, Air Force or Coast Guard to avoid. My cousin was drafted in '66. He volunteered Marine. His thought was, "if I got to go, go with the best training I can get." He done 1 tour, came home. He told us all kinds of stories and then was sent back for a 2nd tour. He came back, just after Tet and talked very little about Vietnam. He was made DI for troops headed to Vietnam. He volunteered for a 3rd tour, so somebody else wouldn't have to go. When he came back, he took me aside and said, "if you get called up, leave, don't go, do not go to Vietnam, the only thing happening is good soldiers are dying. Go to Canada, Mexico, Australia, even BFEgypt, but don't go to Vietnam. At that time, he looked older than his Dad, was completely white haired. [/QUOTE]

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