Nest Heads by John Allen for January 08, 2024

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    E.Z. Smith Premium Member 11 months ago

    During the Vietnam war, I was 1 pound overweight. It doesn’t get narrower than that.

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    ajr58(1)  11 months ago

    Pay a doctor to diagnose your bone spurs

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    oakie817  11 months ago

    during Vietnam my draft number was 7…i was on my way, fortunately i have flat feet, and was declared 4F…although i enlisted in Navy in 80’s

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    goboboyd  11 months ago

    It can be an awkward position to be in. It was a rather different time.

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    ChukLitl Premium Member 11 months ago

    I dodged it on a typographical error. They tried to ship me out when I was 8, not 18. It sounded better than 3rd grade on the plainest of Great Plains to me. Marine Reserves flew us food after the Flood of ‘65, so I was ready to join the heroes. Can we get there in time to celebrate Tet? I’ve heard it can be wild. A random Hmong villager may have had other opinions.

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    wellis1947 Premium Member 11 months ago

    You can sometimes cut the irony with a knife…In my 18th year, with the draft in full vigor, I actually WANTED to enlist, and did join my father’s branch of the military – while my “draft” number was “366”.

    For those of you who are too young to have memories of this, a person’s “draft” number was determined by lottery drawing and it was predicated upon a number drawn and your birthday in “Julian” terms – very, very seldom did the draft calls extend beyond the number “10”.

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    Gen.Flashman  11 months ago

    50% of those who took the pre-induction physical were rejected-4F/1Y. You could be rejected for having braces or tattoos.

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