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In reply to the discussion: "Boomers seem very resistant to understanding that the living standards".... [View all]Celerity
(54,366 posts)Department of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia. His academic work centers on alleging active links between the far-right and conservatism over the past two centuries.
Curious that you always refer to him only by his twitter url name.
Also the majority of Boomers were too young to be drafted and called up to serve, and the vast majority who were old enough never were called up and never served in actual combat in Vietnam.
The first Vietnam draft lottery was held on December 1, 1969 and affected the birth years 1944-1950 (1944 and 1945 born were not even Boomers).
The last draft call for the war was held on December 7, 1972, and the youngest birth year subject to that was 1953, which was applied to the lottery held on February 2, 1972.