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In reply to the discussion: Now That The Missing Man Formation Has Flown Over Annapolis, The Air Is Still and Calm [View all]maddiemom
(5,106 posts)32. My (now former) husband, married in 1968, was a mining engineer.
He was in a "vital job" immediately after college and so never had to worry about the draft. There were a number of such professions, my own, teaching, being one. It became too complicated to make judgements these days. The WWII and Korean veterans could get very judgemental (actual Korea was pretty unnecessary, as well) early on. Later it became amazing how many "old timers" turned against "Nam." Yes, Tom Cruise played Kovic, I too, only saw the movie, but my brother had read the book and thought it very true.
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Now That The Missing Man Formation Has Flown Over Annapolis, The Air Is Still and Calm [View all]
peggysue2
Sep 2018
OP
My husband made a point of watching that today. He choked up talking to a Repub neighbor...
Hekate
Sep 2018
#17
My brother and several of my friends enlisted during Viet Nam for the same reasons:
maddiemom
Sep 2018
#27