[ErnBatavia]

Vietnam War Marine draftee left the service

I enlisted in 1966 and there were a few (very few) draftees in boot camp....the Drill Instructors made life so miserable on the poor saps that I'll bet their reenlistment rate was Zero.

Morale pretty much sucked during those years among the non-lifers, and of all the guys I ran with during those years exactly ONE reenlisted.

[Starstruck]

I enlisted in 1966 and there were a few (very few) draftees in boot camp....the Drill Instructors made life so miserable on the poor saps that I'll bet their reenlistment rate was Zero.

I joined the Army in 1966. At the recruitment center they took a number of draftees and put them in the marines. The picking was done by an Army Sergeant. You could tell he was picking the scrawniest guys he could.